How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"When General Sherwood came to power, he promised law and order and food for all. By then, that was all the people wanted. And all they got." [...]
"Barons got more," he blurted, then blushed because it sounded so rude.
Jen's dad laughed. "True. You noticed. I know it's not fair, and I'm not proud of it, but...Government officials made a conscious decision to allow one class of people to have special privileges" (28.30-33)
Typical scumbag Government, intentionally creating a segregation of class. And would you believe it, all those Government officials are part of that one class with special privileges. What a coincidence.
Quote #8
"But when you don't find anything--and you won't--you know that I'm entitled to the Illegal Search and Seizure Benefits granted to Barons, and I will press charges." (29.23)
Sometimes (uh, all the time), it's nice to have special privileges. Here, Jen's dad takes advantages of his special privileges at just the right time, while Mr. Talbot is hiding Luke. It's good to have friends in high places—but this also makes us realize just how wrong it is that some people get special privileges while others don't.
Quote #9
Maybe he could succeed where Jen had failed precisely because he wasn't a Baron--because he didn't have her sense that the world owed him everything. (29.70)
Who wouldn't want to be treated like a special snowflake all the time? Well, maybe Luke. It turns out that Jen might actually be at a disadvantage in the "real" world, because she's never experienced real hardship or been quite scared enough of the Population Police. And guess whose fear of the Population Police keeps him alive at the end of the book?