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This dystopian society novel was probably not my favorite of all that we've read, but I enjoyed it for the most part. The element that held my attention was most likely the use of the math and numbers in the society. I am not a numbers person, but I liked the reoccurring use of society simplified to arithmetic in OneState. Each person in this society wasn't a Mike or an Emily, a number was assigned as a name. Women had vowels and even numbers and men had consonant and an odd number. This signified the equality of each person to another. OneState is an equation that is never undefined.

This society is obviously a victim to too much equality in my opinion. No one can be discriminated against for anything they do, say, wear, or how they act in general. While in theory this seems great, similar to other dystopian societies, when it's put into action, the flaws become clear and people begin to rebel. OneState is a society built around math, but the irrational root is ever present.

This was another idea that I liked- the irrational root. For D-503, it was I-330 and for the society in general, it was the unforeseen flaws; the people who were unhappy with the mundane table of hours and the omnipotent benefactor. No matter how perfect a mathematical society is, the irrational numbers are always there hanging over it like a shadow.

In general OneState is a good, exaggerated example of what could happen if we lived in a society entirely controlled by this perfectly equal equation. I was happy with how it ended however. I felt it was necessary for him to receive the operation and become completly emotionless. Although unpleasant, D didn't have much where he was. He worried about al of these emotions and wasted emotions at that. I-330 was just using him for his position and all that confusion and feeings of being lost were wasted on her. He didn't have much to imagine at this point.