WE- Journal 2, Topic B

      Inaudible, hasty droplets brimming over blue saucers, down her cheeks and words, hastily brimming over, too: "I can't anymore, I must go now... I won't ever come here again, never. But the only thing I want... All I need is a baby from you-- give me a baby and I will go, I'll go!"
      I could see: she was all atremble under her unif, and I could feel myself start to -- I put my hands behind me and smiled: "What? Now you're after the machine of the Benefactor?"
      And back at me with another word-torrent over a dam: "Fine! But, you see I would still get to feel it inside me. And even if I only get to see it for a few days... Just to see its little wrist-crease, just here-- like that baby on the stage. Just for one day!" (page 99)

     With her relationship to D-503, O-90 presents a foil to the relationship between I-330 and D, showing affection rather than desire. There are specific attributes to each Cipher letter we see in the novel and O is consistently described as round in both appearance and in manner. The repeated use of circles and circular objects serves to reinforce D's view of her as simple and childlike, a circle is the simplest of shapes and O-90 is the simplest of the Ciphers in regards to logic and mathematical thinking. D's relationship with O after he meets I-330 is one of affection, he even says later in the novel that his feelings for her are akin to an ancient parent's feelings for their child. By having a childlike figure as one of the main characters, Zamyatin portrays O-90 feelings, emotions and desires and less calculated and more organic (she is also described as pink, which is strongly associated with sex- one of the most instinctual processes). Thus, her desire to create and hold onto a unique experience (Parenthood) is natural. It shows that humans inherently desire to create and produce for themselves. This is further compounded by D-503, who states his journal is created for the state. He, being logical and complex, is the opposite of an analog for innate human desire, and thus it is shown that the desire to create for society is merely a product of that society.