Analysis Of Rubashov's Darkness At Noon

The ability to determine fact from fiction is one that is relegated to those who hold the power, especially within a communist nation. Throughout Darkness at Noon, Rubashov demonstrates the Party’s inability to make mistakes, a trait that also existed throughout the Soviet Union during the communist rule. The Party holds complete control over the people who believe in its cause and a members of the organization, whatever the Party says is what is accepted. By being in control of so many people in such an absolute way, the Party has the ability to prevent mistakes from being their fault. The Party uses their own methods to achieve this immunity to error. One of these methods is to turn those who are trying to show a fault in the Party’s ideology …show more content…
Bogrov, a man Rubashov had been somewhat of a mentor to, was arrested and tried for being opposition to the revolutionary movement. Bogrov did not agree with how the revolution was operating in regards to the construction of submarines: “Bogrov advocated the construction of submarines of large tonnage and a long range of action […] [small submarines] is the point of view of No. 1, and the Party”. No. 1 and the Party are in charge of determining the truth and enforcing it, so there is no reason for them to ever be the blame for mistakes. Ivanov tells Rubashov that the Party needed to discredit Bogrov and his followers, so “a trial was projected to unmask the partisans of big tonnage as saboteurs and traitors”. The entire point of arresting Bogrov was to show he was incorrect and trying to overthrow the revolution despite the fact that he was trying to help the Party by improving their submarines. Bogrov expressed his belief that the Party was wrong to continue using small submarines instead of large ones, so the Party felt they needed to remove his influence over their members. The Party prevents the appearance of making mistakes by removing the oppositional voices present in the