CHACON 1 Eric Chacon Professor Cornelius Collins Texts and Contexts: Dystopian Fictions April 18, y Divinity of Logic Religion has existed since man first question his origin, but not without a few apparent flaws. Throughout his novel, We, Yevgeny Zamyatin evolves his protagonist, D-503, who initially supports the One State that rules over him, but develops and sees the wrongs of his previous beliefs. Initially, D-503 is a character that supports the one state whole heartedly. He looks down on the ancient ways of faith and reason, and sees that true happiness is in giving up freedom. Through his interactions with I-330, he eventually sees the light of freedom. Whilst criticizing ancient Christianity, D-503 involves himself in the same wrong doings and fundamental beliefs of previous religions. His vitality centers around logic and a mathematical algorithm for achieving happiness. This is indicative of all major religions around the world which typically center and equate happiness to a deity. As one can see, his belief is just as fanatical as the religions he abhors. I believe Zamyatin is illustrating the shortcomings of organized religion, more specifically Christianity, in his novel by keeping a strong theme of spirituality and mocking modern day Christianity through the main characters contradictions. With allusion to the biblical text, plot, and character development, Zamyatin successfully acknowledges religion, manifests it to the reader, and scorns it. Zamyatin is effective in developing a novel that not only asks the reader to expand their mind, but to see the problem with modern religion and its tyrannical attributes. In record eleven of We , Yevgeny Zamyatin makes several allusions and remarks to the Bible and religious folklore in an attempt connect his text to religion and poke fun at it. More specifically, Zamyatin makes allusion to Adam and Eve. Firstly, Zamyatin builds the story