The Disconnect within SocialismThe obvious benefits of communism are overshadowed by the dark truth that the party in power and its agenda will effectively alienate the ordinary people to protect the state. As history has shown, large-scale socialism has evolved from theory to tyrannical regimes that embody the same sustaining principles as a dictatorship. “Omon Ra” by Victor Pelevin, published in 1992 by Tekst publishing house in Moscow, offers an in-depth view of the structure of a Leninist hierarchy in the post-World War II Russian setting. Throughout the novel the main character Omon is steadily and slowly separated from his family, friends and peers until his mind has adopted a reality of complete isolation from the rest of his "companions". The book is written in the first person and Omon opens with a story about his family and the origin of his name. OMON is the Russian abbreviation for a special forces detachment in which his father worked all his life. His older brother died in the fourth grade of meningitis. His only memory of his mother involves a drunken tirade from his father. She died when he was very young. Omen was raised by his aunt and visited his alcoholic father on weekends. His aunt was "indifferent" towards him and arranged for him to spend most of his time in various camps and "extended day care groups". As a child, Omen was obsessed with flight and imagined flying far above conventional flying machines in the “bottomless black abyss of space.” While exploring his interests, in the Cosmos Pavilion at the Industry Achievements Expo, Omen met his best friend Mityok. When they met, Mityok “wore a leather helmet with shiny black Bakelite earpieces… in the middle of paper… to defeat the individualists and alienate the innocent. Omen was forced to grow up and face mortality right after high school in a country that wasn't at war. After learning of the murder of his friend Mityok, Omen no longer had anyone he could relate to. The deception of the mission and the need for the “academy” to be under the control of the first KGB office represents the disconnect within socialism. The first office of any state institution is usually charged with monitoring political compliance and management of state secrets. Therefore, “what would the first department of the KGB do?” Although Omen survives, he is taken to a train car where his portrayal of his experience is pretty much that of the mission. He was safe on a train and still felt like he was alone on the moon, headed to where he would eventually die..