tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740407660228243477.post1185656476916732947..comments2008-05-01T11:11:05.134-05:00Comments on Literature and Mathematics: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessJohn Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778994524246166730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740407660228243477.post-40258634524801533102008-01-28T11:42:00.000-06:002008-01-28T11:42:00.000-06:00"The book draws you into the One State so well, ma..."The book draws you into the One State so well, making it seem plausible that is the future for the Earth"<BR/><BR/>I kind of feel the opposite as I read the novel. The book shows the impossibility of the existence of society in this sense. The fact that even the "model" citizen can be swayed into discovering his soul is the authors way of showing the faults of the One State. There is no way to rid the people of their souls which innately fight for freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740407660228243477.post-50481103580103213722008-01-28T11:25:00.000-06:002008-01-28T11:25:00.000-06:00I also felt disturbed as I read more of We. What s...I also felt disturbed as I read more of We. What striked me clearly was that there was no inclusion of pets in this society. That made me very sad....I guess pets would create disorder in the One State, but they can be really good companions that are even more reliable than humans.Haseebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172474570495690597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740407660228243477.post-91908808854744738172008-01-28T10:51:00.000-06:002008-01-28T10:51:00.000-06:00i must say that i agree with you totally first of ...i must say that i agree with you totally first of all and this society would suck. i just want to talk of your use of the word "intimate." i am aware that it is often used to mean sexual relations, but there are other ways to be intimate with someone. for example, i would think that O and D just sitting and doing times tables, no matter how dumb that sounds, is intimate or at least it is to O. she obviously likes this task much less than D and yet still sticks around and does it. <BR/> the One State tries to stop people from being intimate, but they just see sex as intimacy. they don't and can't see anything else as being intimate, and that leaves a loop hole open for those who sees others as more than just numbers.Sterbenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532637605114968640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740407660228243477.post-54386428223300188252008-01-28T09:31:00.000-06:002008-01-28T09:31:00.000-06:00It would be difficult for me to live in a society ...It would be difficult for me to live in a society like the One State. Although life would be protected by the order that exists, the quality of life would be minute, at best. The freedoms that many of us take for granted are the same freedoms that those living in the One State will never get to experience, which is very disturbing.<BR/><BR/><BR/> I agree that the author does a wonderful job in ''[drawing me into the One State so well]" because I can really picture what this society might look like. I'm excited to see how the rest of the story unfolds.Brian Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589230977646526768noreply@blogger.com