An important theme in A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is collectivity, the state of being gathered into one. Both texts are notable examples of this and show the different types of collectivity as the point of view shifts from tourist to native, from rationalist to anti-rationalist. In A Small Place, Antigua's identity as a nation varies when viewed from two different perspectives. Tourists see Antigua as a utopian location that serves as an escape from the dullness of a routine life. However, because a tourist's beautifying gaze distorts the reality that Antiguans face, their vision is very different from that of an Antiguan. Due to Britain's colonization of Antigua for over 350 years, the residual effects of their domination evidently leave Antiguans economically powerless, although many fail to realize that they are also spiritually powerless. Under the scrutiny of Kincaid, who understands both tourist and native perspectives, he demystifies the fog that prevents tourists from seeing Antigua as anything more than a resort. Likewise, One State's demand for a uniform belief in rationality acts as a cognitive prison where individuality and imagination are not permitted. The protagonist, initially the model citizen as the chief builder of the Integral whose aim is to spread rationality like a religion, occasionally manages to escape from that prison. His oscillation between freedom and the confines of the One State is illustrated through his personal diary entries as two contrasting perspectives become clear: belief in rationality and opposition to coercive rationalism. In both Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place and Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, the authors use the collective as a tool... at the center of the paper... entity. Using second-person narration and sarcastic tones, Kincaid introduces tourists' and natives' perspectives on Antigua to show the reader that Antigua is not what it seems. In conclusion, Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place and Yevgeny Zamyatin's We are notable examples of collectivity and represent the author's efforts to solve the problems facing their nations. The nature of the collective in both novels is depicted both psychologically and physically and proves dangerous if taken to extreme measures. By using rhetorical cues and incorporating messages into their texts, the authors' efforts to correct their nations using the theme of collectivity become clear: these texts warn against sacrificing human nature for the sake of utopias planned not only for the people of the period of time in which the lyrics were written for, but also for the present.