Like Putting A Name To My Problems

[i]n Communism, You'd Threaten A Dog Into Compliance, While In Capitalism, Obedience Is Obtained Through Bribes.

. . . Nobody Every Taught You Loyalty . . .

Imagine A World In Which No Writer Has Written A Literary Novel In Sixty Years. Imagine A Place Where Not A Single Person Has Read A Book That Is Truly About The Character At Its Center.

Where We Are From... [s]tories Are Factual. If A Farmer Is Declared A Music Virtuoso By The State, Everyone Had Better Start Calling Him Maestro. And Secretly, He'd Be Wise To Start Practicing The Piano. For Us, The Story Is More Important Than The Person. If A Man And His Story Are In Conflict, It Is The Man Who Must Change.

For An Entire Populace, Change, Growth, And Spontaneity Were Dangerous. Acting Upon A Personal Desire, Whispering A Hidden Longing, Revealing Your True Feelings - All The Human Actions We Think Of As Essential To A Character - Had Be Censored By The Self Lest They Be Punished By The State.