How do they keep their numbers steady? What is the unspeakable word? Could an event such as the Great Rebirth actually happen? How? This novel excels at making people analyze their own society to decide whether the laws are fair, and society has enough or too much control over their own lives. Some people wonder what their names mean. The further readers go in this book, the more questions they may ask. Equality wondered what that word could be. The man who knew this word seemed happier than everyone else watching him. Equality watched him as he burned, and he saw the man smiling. John Wick: Chapter 2 Characters by Derek Kolstad Basil Iwanyk Erica Lee Keanu Reeves Common Laurence Fishburne Riccardo Scamarcio Ruby Rose Lance. A man said the word, so he had his tongue cut out and was burned at the stake. Equality witnessed this crime in his youth. The fires caused the loss of a great deal of information from those times.įinally, Equality mentions that there is an Unspeakable Word, which men can't speak or hear. He also describes how in the Unmentionable Times there were wars that led to fires, which ultimately led to the Great Rebirth. He knows they are unhappy.Įquality describes that beyond the city is the Uncharted Forest. He hears Solidarity 9-6347 scream out in the night and Fraternity 2-5503 crying and trembling. He knows that others fear to speak what they're thinking because men cannot have thoughts that others do not share. Even though it is forbidden not to be happy, it also isn't proper to sing without reason.Īt night at the Home of the Street sweepers, Equality describes how he feels an atmosphere filled with fear. After their conversation, Equality found himself singing for no reason, and he was chastised for it. Equality learns that she is only seventeen, which relieves him to know that she has never been to the Palace of Mating. They make it clear that they see one another differently than they see the other people in their society. He tells her she is beautiful, which is a shocking thing to say. One day he decides to speak to Liberty 5-3000. Equality has gone twice to the palace, and he feels ashamed by the experience. At this time men over twenty and women over eighteen are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating with a person assigned to them by the Council of Eugenics in order to create children. In his mind he begins to call her "the Golden One."Įquality explains that men are not supposed to think of women in this way except during the Time of Mating. Another day he raises his hand as if shielding his eyes from the sun, and she returns the gesture, recognizing it as a secret wave. It is against the law to talk to people in other jobs, but Equality smiles at Liberty, and she returns the smile. This chapter begins with some of the most descriptive words that appear in the novel as Equality describes watching Liberty 5-3000. She works in the Home of the Peasants, and he clearly likes her. In chapter two, Equality meets a woman named Liberty 5-3000.
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