According to Wittgenstein, "Only in silence can one remain in the truth." Constant events and moving prevent an individual from finding the truth or the individual is somehow unaware of the facts around them. This idea can be linked to Jake Donaghue in Iris Murdoch's first published novel. Jake, a character who wanders without aspirations among friends in search of ease, realizes over time what life is. He struggles with the idea that silence and truth merge hand in hand. Throughout Iris Murdoch's Under the Net, Jake is challenged by the silence of the people and events around him. This ultimately allows him to overcome this distinct barrier to find his true calling in life and become a successful writer. In his efforts to become a successful writer, Jake wrote a book based on his conversations with Hugo, a friend he met during an experiment. with colds. After discussing such profound ideas with Hugo, “he publishes them in a book he calls The Silencer, a little ironic twist, knowing that the book is a conversation about truth” (Hart 2). Jake struggles with the truth because he doesn't understand that it needs to be expressed in a certain way, more difficult with words. It is essential that she expresses herself through silence, an arduous task for a writer to document. Jake's book, even though it is deeply theoretical, is a flop in bookstores and few people have read it. In an excerpt from the book: “If by expressing a theory you mean that someone else could theorize about what you are doing, of course that is true and irrelevant. What I'm talking about is the real decision as we experience it; and here the movement away from theory and generality is the movement toward truth” (Murd...... middle of article......3. Literature Resource Center. Web. March 18, 2011 . Hoy, Cyrus. “Homage to Dame Iris Murdoch.” Sewanee Review 107.4 (1999): 595. LiteraryReference Center, March 27, 2011. Johnson, “Under the Net.” March 21, 2011. Lykken, Laurie. “Under the Net,” Fourth Edition (2010): “Overview: Under the Net.” Ed. David A. Galens Vol. 2003. Literature Resource Center. March 21, 2011. Porter, Raymond J. "Iris Murdoch's Leitmotif. Under the Net." David A. Galens Vol. 18. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center.. 2011.