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The narrator and protagonist, a mathematician and builder of the Integral, who expresses pride in the rational order of OneState.
Record One
The narrator and builder of the Integral, who records the announcement and expresses his dedication to the United State.
Record Two
The narrator and builder of the Integral, experiencing a growing inner conflict between his loyalty to the One State and the unsettling influence of I-330.
Record Three
Narrator and protagonist, reflecting on the Tables and the superiority of the United State's system.
Record Four
Narrator; attends lecture and feels disturbed by I-330's music; later meets with O-90.
Record Five
Narrator who confesses his discomfort with his hairy paws and his internal conflict between rational order and irrational feelings.
Record Six
Accompanies I-330 to the Ancient House, feels disturbed by the chaos and her behavior, struggles with his conditioned responses and delayed duty to report her.
Record Seven
Torn between confessing his visit to the Ancient House and hiding it; experiences a disturbing dream and feels ill.
Record Eight
The narrator, struggling with irrational thoughts and his desire to report to the Bureau of Guardians.
Record Nine
The narrator, observing the execution and reacting to R-13's participation.
Record Ten
Struggles with internal duality after I-330's kiss; feels his rational self breaking apart.
Record Eleven
Struggles with jealousy and a fractured identity after a conversation about I-330.
Record Twelve
Narrator; reflects on mathematics, poetry, and the Guardian-Angel; feels invigorated by the watchful presence.
Record Thirteen
Narrator who steals work from the United State, becomes intimate with I-330, and experiences a dreamlike state of submission and love.
Record Fourteen
Experiences emotional conflict and alienation, unable to reconcile his feelings with the rational laws of the One State.
Record Fifteen
Feels lost and disconnected, struggling with guilt and imagination after his encounters with I-330.
Record Sixteen
Protagonist; diagnosed with a 'soul' and consumed by longing for I-330.
Record Seventeen
Protagonist and narrator; experiences intense emotional and psychological turmoil, including a temporary death state, as he searches for I-330.
Record Eighteen
Narrator; tormented by dreams, logical confusion about the soul, and emotional turmoil from O-90's letter.
Record Nineteen
Torn between his desire for I-330 and his loyalty to the State; he coldly reports O-90 after she begs for a child.
Record Twenty
Narrator who undergoes a psychological 'discharge,' rejecting his former doubts and embracing the State's logic.
Record Twenty-One
The narrator and protagonist, who goes to the Ancient House seeking I-330 and later writes about his anxieties.
Record Twenty-Two
Narrator and protagonist; experiences a crisis of identity and rebellion after mistaking a condemned woman for I-330.
Record Twenty-Three
Narrator, deeply in love with I-330, feels his rational self dissolving and experiences a blooming of irrational, soul-like emotions.
Record Twenty-Four
Struggles with the logical function equating love to death, yet desires I-330; reflects on the Day of Unanimity and calls I-330.
Record Twenty-Five
Experiences intense jealousy and confusion, attacks R-13, and carries I-330 away; reflects on his 'disease' and the collapse of certainty.
Record Twenty-Six
Narrator, experiencing anxiety and laughter at the Integral docks, then seeking reassurance in the Journal of the United State.
Record Twenty-Seven
Narrator who crosses the Green Wall, drinks the Mephi cup, and is celebrated as the Builder of the Integral.
Record Twenty-Eight
Narrator, torn between his duty to the United State and his growing attachment to I-330; hides his manuscript during the raid.
Record Twenty-Nine
Feels a painful compression in his heart, pity for O-90, and is unable to brush off foreign threads on his face.
Record Thirty
The narrator, torn between loyalty to the United State and his involvement with I-330 and the Mephi plot.
Record Thirty-One
Experiences euphoria over the Great Operation, then inner conflict when I-330 forces him to choose between the Operation and her.
Record Thirty-Two
Narrator; experiences existential dread and a sense of unreality; deceives O-90 to avoid leading S-4711 to I-330.
Record Thirty-Three
The narrator, preparing to leave his room and facing the final operation announcement.
Record Thirty-Four
The narrator and Builder of the Integral, conflicted and quivering with inner turmoil as he prepares to betray the United State.
Record Thirty-Five
Plagued by a murderous obsession with U-, he arms himself with a piston-rod and searches for her amid city-wide chaos.
Record Thirty-Six
D-503 is interrogated by the Benefactor, experiences white-page memory lapses, and flees in anguish, longing for a mother's comfort.
Record Thirty-Seven
Runs to I-330's room, finds pink checks with his name, and learns of the Wall's destruction.
Record Thirty-Eight
Narrator who awakens to find I-330 in his room; confesses his visit to the Well-Doer but withholds the Benefactor's final statement.
Record Thirty-Nine
In a desperate state, D-503 decides to confess to the Bureau of Guardians, revealing his inner turmoil and his involvement with I-330 and the rebellion.
Record Forty
Narrator, now operated on and fully loyal, reports the events and his certainty in Reason.
