To Build A Castle My Life As A Dissenter Analysis

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“To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter” is a critique on socialist society written by Vladimir Bukovsky. In this excerpt, the reader is presented with the reality of a socialist society and the negativity that accompanies it. By using rhetorical modes such as analogy, comparison, and appeal to pathos, Bukovsky paints a vivid picture of the true nature of a socialist society and how it can only result in decimation of the citizens and the destruction of peace and democracy.
Bukovsky compares those under the rule of socialism to ants he once trapped in a mug, saying that after he had discouraged their escape multiple times, “They gave up, crawled toward one another, and settled in a circle.” (Bukovsky 616). The writer uses this story to

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