We Journal 2

Topic B: The character D-503 is involved in a struggle with the society. He questions the accepted ideas of the society, and creates a general feeling of confusion, and he becomes very alone. During the novel D-503 slowly starts to become unsure of himself. He describes it using the math term root negative one. The more he mentions the irrational number the more he starts to question the ways of society, creating in him a sort of internal conflict. Part of him wants to believe what he was told, while the other part tries to reason with everything he was told. The conflict creates a rift between D-503 and the rest of the people. He becomes very removed from society, getting up before he was supposed to, taking sick days and skipping work, and staying up after hours. His descriptions of his feelings are very confusing, because he doesn't really understand what is happening to him. All his descriptions often have phrases such as I don't know anything anymore, showing his internal conflict. He describes his mathematical world as an island floating out alone, while before was chained to a spot, always there, always right. But his soul that he has makes him question, which undermines the hold the propoganda has on him.