The story starts when Equality 7-2521 says, "It's a sin to write this" which he's describing that its against the law to write. He also says that he now realizes that he was born with a "curse", meaning that he has the ability to learn and think quickly and ask questions. He always dreamed to get a job as a Scholar but the Council rejected him and he was given the job as a street sweeper, which he accepted. He later discovers a tunnel while on duty of his street sweeping, which was forbidden by the Council. Once he realizes that the tunnel was a "Unmentionable Times" of distant past, he began to use it as a laboratory and steals paper from the outside world and brings it in the tunnel in order for him to write it in as his journal, which this book is …show more content…
I can relate this book to a modern day history like WWII where all the Jews were captured in concentrated camps and many were force to do what they were told.
I would recommend this book to everyone because this really sends a message to society. I feel like this book is good for anyone although I think there were some parts on the book that kind of didn't make any sense. After reading this book, I think I would find more books that are similar like science