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Book cover of We
WeYevgeny Zamyatin

Characters in We

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • D-503

    A mathematician and engineer building the spaceship Integral, whose journal entries make up the novel.

Antagonists

  • Benefactor

    The all-powerful ruler of the One State, worshipped by its citizens as a godlike leader.

Supporting characters

  • I-330

    A rebellious woman connected to a resistance movement who draws D-503 beyond the walls of the One State.

  • S-4711

    A Guardian, one of the One State's security officers, who keeps watch over D-503's daily life.

  • O-90

    D-503's assigned romantic partner under the One State's regulated system, who secretly longs for a child.

  • R-13

    A state-sanctioned poet and D-503's close friend, who shares a relationship with O-90.