The main character is a young man named Chum, who becomes the leader of the new society and leads it through a series of challenges and conflicts. The novel explores themes such as the importance of cooperation, the dangers of totalitarianism, and the need for a personal paradigm for understanding the technological process of developing modern knowledge. The plot of the book begins with the end of the world as we know it, where a catastrophic event has destroyed most of human civilization and left only a few scattered groups of survivors. Chum, the protagonist, is one of these survivors and he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where technology has regressed to a primitive state. He sets out on a journey to find other survivors and rebuild society, but soon realizes that the only way to do this is by creating a new civilization based on the principles of communism.

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