We, written by Yevgeny Zamyatin in 1921 as a futuristic depiction of the protagonist D-503 living in a controlled dystopian society during the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is the story of a chief engineer who writes in his diary that he lives under the control of the benefactor, following the laws to have the most efficient state and infallible happiness. Citizens are not given a name but a number and every hour of their lives is directed from a table. Zamyatin constructs the machinery motif to convey protagonist D-503's transition from a dehumanized cog in OneState's machine to an individual with whom readers could identify. Analyzing tone, machinery motif, and diction to understand the transformation of characters' reflective thoughts from machine-like to individualistic. The protagonist D-503 is a loyal member of the One State. He lives out his day as the integral's chief engineer. He hopes that one day the benefactor can control every minute of everyone's life. Zamyatin creates D-503 to see beauty and understanding in non-liberal society “Why is this dance beautiful? The answer: because it is a non-free movement, because the whole profound point of this dance lies precisely in its absolute aesthetic subordination, in its perfect non-freedom” (Zamyatin 1921, p6). Zamyatin pairs words with positive connotations to words with a negative impact on a society, D-503 has a limited understanding of what it means to live if one is not in control of one's thoughts and emotions “since the most ancient times, it is intrinsically characteristic of mankind, and we, in our contemporary world of life, are simply more conscious…” (Zamyatin 1921, p6).Constructed in a way... middle of paper......third before? Incomprehensible. The only explanation: my previous illness (a soul)" (Zamyatin 1921, p203), the pure clarity and freedom in a sentence reiterates the individualist the character has become through raw thoughts and emotions written in a diary. Zamyatin successfully illuminates the protagonist transition from machine to individualist through the motif of being a machine and other different literary elements in chronological order This idea created by Zamyatin works together to convey the message of living in a collectivist state and the value of what it means being human (a soul) through D-503's thoughts as he goes through different stages of self-awareness. Zamyatin connects these ideas to warn the audience to believe what they are told, to always question and know who you are and what they feel without it. other influences.