Artifacts
It's pretty clear that these little artifacts are significant when the Officials decided to march around one night and take everyone's away. In a Society where every single thing in your life is al...
Maple Trees
Cassia lives in Mapletree Borough, a neighborhood lined with maple trees… That is, until the day she wakes up to the screaming sound of chainsaws cutting them all down. Why? Here's Cassia's asses...
Green Tablet
Society's version of Xanax, given to each member at age thirteen—it's for "calm[ing] us if we need calming" (5.82). Better not get addicted though, because you're limited to one a week. Most folk...
Red Tablet
Ah, the mysterious red tablet—the one that Society's citizens are only allowed to take if a high-level Official tells them to. No one remembers ever taking it, but Cassia figures out why: I know...
Green Dress
What's in a dress? Each sixteen-year-old girl gets to choose a fancy dress from an allotted selection to wear to their Match Banquets—it's the one time they get to wear something besides plainclo...
Rain
Remember how weird it is when Ky starts crying in the middle of that hilarious movie about bombing people? Once he starts sharing his life story with Cassia via drawings, she sees one with his moth...
The Allegory of Sisyphus
Anyone remember Greek mythology? Ky tells Cassia the story of Sisyphus, a powerless Aberration who nonetheless rebelled against Society in small ways. He says:"The Society decided they needed to gi...