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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Analysis of Images in We
The image of Birds is explored throughout We. D-503 see birds at the edge of the green wall trying to break the shield protecting the one state. They mirror how D-503 is feeling in that both the birds and D-503 want the green wall to cease to exist so that they would be free and able to go where they pleased and no longer be under the control of a greater power. The image of birds returns later on in the novel when the Green Wall is finally brought down and both the birds and D-503 achieve their freedom. "It looked like an enormous swarm of black aeros: barely visible quick dots at an incredible height. Nearer and nearer; hoarse, guttural sounds from above-and finally, over our heads-birds."(Zamyatin 218) The birds flying overhead is significant because it means that the green wall is no more. Upon seeing the birds D-503 realizes he is free.
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That ties in with my analysis of symbols. The birds seem to symbolize D-503. Therefore, the imagery of the birds trying to escape creates an image of D-503 himself trying to break down the wall.
ReplyDeleteI find Alexander's analysis here interesting that the birds appear to be symbols of D-503, that they're symbols of someone/something also in the book. Also, I like this idea of the birds and it definitely seems like one we should build off of.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, Lou Farigno can't be taken down by mere birds, he's the hulk.