The use of the green wall in the novel, We, really stuck out to me. The entire society made of glass so that nothing can be done in secret and nothing can be hidden. These walls surround the city, towering high above so nothing can leave or enter. This concept of a wall to keep in or a wall to keep out was part of the symbol of the wall.
Inside OneState, everything is simple and gray and glass. Nothing really sticks out as different, because everything is equal. But outside, however, an unknown possibly dangerous environment is present. Towards the end of the novel, D-503 and I-330 go to the other side of the green wall and discover what is basically described to us as nature and forest. D is just completely shocked by this green and real outdoors, that he nearly fainted form dizziness. The people he sees remind him of creatures and not humans at all. He noted that they looked like his ancestors from many years back.
The Green Wall is the separation between the monotony and equality of OneState and the chaos and rebellion of the outside. The people on the inside are all the same; shaved heads and gray-blue uniforms. Those on the outside, however, are all different, skin colors, hair colors, no one is really too groomed, and they are all free to do as they please out here in this unknown forest-like area.
In general a wall indicates a separation from on side to another. In this novel it separates the society filled with people from the people who will take action and rebel. It separates the free thinkers and those who must have mathematical thought processes. It shows a past and present perspective; the way those on the outside are similar to his ancestors and how the inside is this futurized mathematical society. The way D-503 feels he is connected to this hairy hunched ancestor shows where he truly belongs, he just hasn't realized it until he ventures over there.
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