Reader-Response Criticism

When first starting this book, I knew that it was the start of science fiction books. Instantly I knew it would have the elements that most science fiction stories have: robots (though the term hadn't been invented yet), new, crazy technology, Twilight Zone-like incidents, and it would take place many years from now.

While reading the book so far, I haven't been disappointed. Science fiction breathes in this story. The world is made of steel and glass. There is no grass and no plants giving the scene of a futuristic society. There are robots in the way that the humans work together as a machine and though they are smart, still act as though they are mindless drones. There are many technologies that are similar to the technology of the ancients (us), though they are much more advanced. Twilight Zone-like incidents are evident, especially in the way that I-330 disappears, and the corridors that have no doorway out.

Since I haven't finished the story yet, I can't say if my expectations have been completely met. I can only comment upon all that I have noticed, though the questions still remain unanswered. Who is I-330? Is she the leader of the rebels helping outsiders sneak into the One State? Giving souls and imaginations to the citizens of the One State? Does she stand for freedom, what it seems like all the people yearn for? There seem to be more than just D-503 who have decided to be different from the others. And will D-503 be capture and killed as an example for others? Or will he be free at the end, and help the outsiders to conquer and rebel against the One State? At this point, I can only speculate.