The story of Adam and Eve has been told for many generations. One of its main focuses is the power of temptation in a utopian society. In this Genesis, man's disobedience to God showed the world that people will always challenge authority and that laws were meant to be broken. In Yevgeny Zamyatin's We and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the societies in both texts resemble the characters in Genesis both in their characteristics and in the actual role they play in (their) society. The only recurring theme in all three texts told by God in Adam and Eve, by Big Brother in 1984 or by the Benefactor in Us, was that they cannot have both freedom and happiness. The characters in both stories broke the rules of authority and had to be punished. This shows that human beings are always selfish and look for different alternatives to live in a perfect world. These relationships between the characters with the authorities and with each other connect very similarly to the story of Adam and Eve. These stories show us that the world is indeed imperfect and that authority will punish those who rebel, sin, or rebel. In We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin the society resembles the society of Genesis which is immutable in the utopian paradise. Each We character resembles a Genesis character both in terms of characteristics and the actual role they play in society; they cannot have both freedom and happiness. The Great Benefactor and God both show authority and both have humans who broke their rules and had to be punished. Yevgeny Zamyatin states: “Those two, in heaven, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative...” (Evgeny Zamyatin. Page 62) this shows that human beings are always themselves...... middle of paper......TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the controversy over creation/evolution. Retrieved December 21, 2011, from http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/genesis.htmlTija, H.T. (2000, February 23). We and the power of words by Zamyatin: science fiction and the city. UBC Blog | House. Retrieved December 21, 2011, from http://blogs.ubc.ca/sciencefictionandthecity/2009/02/23/zamyatins-we-and-the-power-of-words/Westfahl, G. (n.d.). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of ... - Gary Westfahl - Google Books. Google Books. Retrieved December 21, 2011, from http://books.google.com/books?id=SQMQQyIaACYC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=nineteen+eighty+four+george+orwell+adam+and+eve&source=bl&ots=O-gs2dcaGq&sig= gOMWCnZ21oZleDOEWNeKF_OmeA &hl =en&sa=X&ei=ZYPyTsz0CdG4tweHiOXPBg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=nineteen%20eighty%2Zamyatin, E.I., & Randall, N. (2006). We (Modern Library pbk. ed.). New York: Modern Library.