

He intervenes several times to prevent D-503's arrest. Though D-503 is terrified of his presence, S-4711 is actually operating as a secret agent for the rebellion. S-4711Ī Guardian (i.e., state police officer), S-4711 spends much of the novel shadowing D-503. At the novel's end, I-330 whisks O-90 away to the wilderness, where she can give birth and raise her child safely. O-90 risks the death penalty to illegally have his child.


She cares deeply for D-503, and is devastated when he falls in love with I-330. O-90 offers a traditional representation of femininity she is loving, submissive, and simple. Where I-330 leads rebellions, O-90 wants nothing more than to bear a child. Where I-330 is sharp, O-90 is round and soft. O-90, D-503's lover and companion, is I-330's opposite. I-330 is extremely dedicated to the rebellion, refusing to betray her cause even under torture. D-503 describes I-330 as sharp or cutting, often referring to her as a whip. Often symbolized by the letter 'X', I-330 is a variable: unpredictable and inconstant. I-330 believes in revolution for the sake of revolution in her mind, stability is stagnation. Her real feelings for him are ambiguous he is likely nothing more than a pawn to her. As a rebellion leader, she targets D-503, knowing his access to the INTEGRAL is essential to rebel plans. She breaks OneState laws without hesitation, drinking, smoking, and missing work. I-330 embodies the anarchic tendencies in human nature. In the end, D-503 undergoes a procedure that allows him to finally become a perfectly rational machine. His exposure to I-330 opens a world of emotions that D-503 struggles to manage. As the novel progresses, D-503 becomes increasingly unhinged. He admires and prizes order and control, relishing the highly regimented life in OneState. His involvement with the rebellion is powered by his budding love for the anarchic I-330. Unlike the main characters in many other works of dystopian fiction, D-503 is neither brave, nor particularly disturbed by the totalitarian society he lives in. An engineer working on the spaceship INTEGRAL, D-503 is the primary protagonist and narrator of We.
