Zamyatin's argument that he poses in "On Language," from what I have experienced so far of "We" follow each other every closely. I think this because the points brought up in "On Language" include, "the writer must be a great and talented actor," the need of a "fresh and keen imagination,""all the descriptions of the surroundings, the characters, the landscapes must be couched in the language of the milieu portrayed," it is "inadmissible to litter the text with words which are entirely incomprehensible to the reader" and so on.
Zamyatin follows through, or took his own advice when he wrote "We," we see this because many of the ideas in "On Language" are implemented or avoided in "We." Zamyatin's characters are very well developed where it is necessary, Zamyatin incredible grasp on who D-503 is shown through the different circumstances Zamyatin pulls him through.
In no way, does Zamyatin lack imagination. By just reading the first few chapters you are immersed in the futuristic world that he has created for essentially scratch. Though the situations with I-330 have been seen before the setting, and the basic issue of “soul” is entirely out of the ordinary.
Every so often Zamyatin does dump a word into the story that has no real meaning to us as readers. However the way that the book was introduced gave Zamyatin the opportunity to describe what each thing means to them in the futuristic world that they live in, without sounding arrogant.
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