il ogy ▁is ▁its ▁heavily ▁did actic ▁nature . ▁N os ov ▁describes ▁this ▁as ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁teach ▁" hon esty , ▁bra very , ▁cam ar ader ie , ▁will power , ▁and ▁pers istence " ▁and ▁disc ou rage ▁" je alous y , ▁cow ard ice , ▁m end acity , ▁ar rog ance , ▁and ▁eff ron tery ." ▁Str ong ▁political ▁undert ones ▁are ▁also ▁present . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁general ▁eg al itar ian ism ▁and ▁femin ism , ▁commun ist ▁t endencies ▁domin ate ▁the ▁works . ▁The ▁first ▁book ▁takes ▁the ▁reader ▁into ▁a ▁typical ▁Soviet - like ▁town , ▁the ▁second ▁into ▁a ▁commun ist ▁u top ia , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁into ▁a ▁capital istic ▁sat ire . ▁N os ov ' s ▁capt iv ating ▁and ▁hum orous ▁literary ▁style ▁has ▁made ▁his ▁ide ologies ▁accessible ▁to ▁children ▁and ▁adult s ▁al ike . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁the ▁Canadian ▁anth rop ologist ▁and ▁critique ▁of ▁civil ization ▁and ▁education ▁L ay la ▁Ab del R ah im ▁emphas izes ▁the ▁anti - dis cipl inary ▁and ▁anti - total itar ian ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁Dun no ▁tr il ogy . ▁ ▁Be hind ▁Dun no ' s ▁apparent ▁ignor ance ▁lies ▁the ▁expl oring ▁spirit ▁that ▁pre fers ▁learning ▁through ▁its ▁own ▁experience ▁rather ▁than ▁acqu iring ▁institution al ized ▁knowledge ▁- ▁in ▁this ▁regard ▁N os ov ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁in ▁every day ▁tasks ▁Dun no ▁succeed