Question

Excerpts from We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
1924

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

A. "the integration of the indefinite equation of the Cosmos by the use of the glass, electric, fire-breathing Integral. Your mission is to subjugate to the grateful yoke of reason the unknown beings who live on other planets, and who are perhaps still in the primitive state of freedom." (Paragraph 2)
B. "Whoever feels capable must consider it his duty to write treatises, poems, manifestos, odes, and other compositions on the greatness and the beauty of the United State." (Paragraph 4)
C. "I, D-503, the builder of the Integral, I am only one of the many mathematicians of the United State." (Paragraph 9)
D. "not one of us has ever stepped beyond the Green Wall since the Two Hundred Years' War." (Paragraph 12)
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Answer 1

I don’t have Part A, so I can’t pick the best supporting quote yet. Could you paste Part A (the claim or question) here?

If you can’t, here’s a quick guide so you can match them yourself:
- A supports a claim that D-503 and the United State view their mission as rationalizing/conquering other planets (scientific, imperialistic zeal).
- B supports a claim about civic duty to praise the United State (propaganda, required expressions of loyalty).
- C supports a claim about D-503’s self-identification as one among many mathematicians (his role/identity and conformity).
- D supports a claim about physical isolation or restriction on leaving the Green Wall (secrecy, confinement of citizens).

Send Part A and I’ll pick the best quote and explain why.