Summary

In Chapter 25, Emmeline refuses to eat her nourishment cube because she doesn’t feel good, Eating the cube is required by the Republic. She walks her board and finds another mystery object in Mother’s mat, a flat, circular, golden object with an Indian on one side. The Social Update Meeting is to take place that night. When Emmeline goes to eat her breakfast cube, she realizes that the woman who has nightmares has stolen it from her to give to her children. Even when the Gatekeeper returns the cube to Emmeline, she doesn’t eat it because she believes it is dirty. The woman is taken away.

Emmeline remembers that Social Update Meetings involve armies once a year. As Emmeline goes to the meeting, the man who is the woman’s husband is beaten by the Gatekeepers. As she tries to fight...