4. What does D-503's explanation of the Tables in
the third entry reveal about how he views the
United State?
A D-503 loves the Tables for the security they
bring him in his daily life, to the point of almost
worshiping them; this implies that D-503 is
actually a deeply religious man and that he
thinks of the United State as his church.
BD-503 explains that the Tables are the
enforced timetables of the Numbers (or
citizens) of the United State; he resents these
schedules and thus secretly hates the United

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?