I, Robot | Characters & Character Analysis

I, Robot Characters

Interviewer

The Interviewer appears in the introduction and in the transitional linking sections throughout the book. As such, he is more of a function than an actual person, serving as a means for the reader to explore the mind and perspectives of Susan Calvin. As previously mentioned, there is some question as to whether he's a robot or fully human. The text is inconclusive on the subject, but the very existence of the question reinforces a central idea running through all the stories. Everything is not necessarily as it seems.

Susan Calvin

Susan Calvin appears in the "Introduction" and linking narratives, and also in "Liar!," "Little Lost Robot," "Escape!," "Evidence," and "The Evitable Conflict." Throughout the book, she functions in two capacities. The first is as a character in a framing or linking narrative of which the Introduction is the first section. Here, as she is throughout the linking sections, she is an...
(read more)