The Selection Themes

The Selection Themes

Competition

Take The Bachelor, toss it in a blender with Survivor, and then add the pungent garnish of a presidential election, and you've just made yourself a steaming helping of The Selection. America Singer...

Family

Can you remember the first time you were away from your family? Well, we're just going to go out on a limb and say that it was nowhere near as stressful as America Singer's experience in The Select...

Society and Class

The dystopian future-state of Illéa does not seem like a fun place to live. For starters, the country imposes a hyper-strict caste system, which limits the jobs people can do, the places they can...

Love

Oh, to be a teenager in love. To have the world as your oyster. To have butterflies in your stomach. To be competing with thirty-four other girls for the heart of your country's crown prince.Wait,...

Women and Femininity

The country of Illéa in The Selection doesn't exactly have balanced gender relations. Women are supposed to have male providers here. They're valued more for their beauty than their brains. Heck,...

Power

In Illéa, all of the power is concentrated among a select few. It's concentrated in the upper castes, who are given a larger piece of the pie than regular families like the Singers. It's concentra...

Poverty

America Singer and her family are tired of being broke. There's not much they can do about it, but there is one shred of hope: every now and then, the country holds something called The Selection,...

Freedom and Confinement

The Selection might seem like a glitzy reality show, but for America Singer, it feels more like a prison. Here's the deal: thirty-five girls are competing for the heart of Illéa's Prince Maxon, an...