I read a book in high school that was about an orphan and in their society everyone was given a number as their name. He always referred to himself as we and us because their society believe that the whole was greater than one person. He escapes he society with a woman and come across a library and they learn of past generations use of I and me. I forget how it goes from there

I'm a retired librarian and also called my home library to brainstorm with the librarians there. All we could come up with so far was this: Amazon.com: The Giver (9780440219071): Lois Lowry: Books (http://www.amazon.com/The-Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440219078)

I think it's called, "1984" By Orwell