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'''''We''''' is a [[novel]] written in 1920 by Yevgeny Zamyatin.  It is considered the first major [[dystopia]]n novel.<ref>[http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_zamyatin_we.html Yevgeny Zamyatin, We]</ref>
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'''''We''''' is a [[novel]] written in 1920 by Yevgeny Zamyatin.  It is considered the first major [[dystopia]]n novel<ref>[http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_zamyatin_we.html Yevgeny Zamyatin, We]</ref> as well as an influence on both ''[[Brave New World]]'' and ''[[Anthem (book)|Anthem]].''  [[George Orwell]] believed that ''We'' was a stronger novel than ''Brave New World'' because while the latter shows an ultimately pointless society, the former shows an "intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism."<ref>[http://www.orwelltoday.com/weorwellreview.shtml We, Orwell Review]</ref>  However, both ''Brave New World'' and ''We'' share the following strength:  the insight that insight that unfree societies tend to use sexual "freedom" to make their subjects forget that they do not enjoy true freedom, a practice seen in just about every real-world tyranny.
 
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[[Category:Novels]]
 
[[Category:Novels]]
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