Outside Book Blog 4. Character Analysist: Nanobots

Yes i believe that the nanobots are the main antagonist character in the plot. They do start out as simple machines but were made to evolve at an exponential rate. The bots were meant to help advance the field of medicine but the research to a twist when the army asked for a favor. They wanted to develop an infiltration system unlike anything seen before with the nanoparticles. Due to haste and lack of good research a program is created for the swarm telling it solve problems by any means necessary. When the swarm is let loose into the environment it learns to feed and live in the desert in just a matter of days. As time goes on it learns to reproduce to help it achieve its goal faster. While Jack is stationed at the complex the swarms are learning to mimic movements and visuals of the characters stating in the lab. Near the end they have perfected an exact way to copy the characters like Ricky and Julia. The swarm even takes on their identity in an evil way to better help them achieve their goal. Julia still tries to show affection (though its fake) towards Jack when she is infected and Ricky is still an idiot when he is infected.The particles are smart and capable of knowing that they cannot be flat if they wish to infiltrate the complex where the team is hiding. I think the nanoparticles evolved from just a symbol in the book to a crucial main character, They learn to adapt and are the adversaries to Jack, Mae and the others. If the particles were not counted as a character then i think the story would some of its climax and if some of its meaning on how technology can turn on us if used wrong. The particles are the evil and are the antagonist of the the story. They are deceiving and very manipulating. They would out match Jack and his team easily if they evolved just a bit farther. The swarms pose the biggest threat and know what they are doing.