Chapter 4 Summary

In Chapter 4, Officer Houk tells Luke to pick the old woman up and take her to the town square where he can shoot the woman to teach the others a lesson. When Luke picks up the old woman and carries her outside of a house, a crowd starts to gather, so the officer tells Luke to drop the woman there. Officer Houk tells the crowd the woman is guilty of treason. As he raises his gun to shoot her, the driver of the jeeps runs over with the radio for Officer Houk to listen to, which is calling for all backup to another area because of resistance there. Officer Houk instructs Luke to shoot the old woman. Luke drops the gun and runs away.

Chapter 4 Analysis

Luke thinks about what the old woman said about having a choice. This makes Luke realize he...