Chapter 12 Summary

In Chapter 12, Luke gets on the ground to hide. He hears someone yell at the truck to get off the road. When the truck driver yells back that he is on official Population Police business, there is gunfire and the blaring sound of the truck horn as if the driver has slumped onto it. The rebels then scavenge the truck to find it full of food. Luke continues to walk in the same direction until he reaches an abandoned village. He goes into one of the houses to see if he can find food, but the cupboards are bare. Then, Luke hears voices.

Chapter 12 Analysis

Luke is having an inner struggle about who is in power and what that means for him and the rest of the country. For example, when the truck driver for the Population Police food truck is shot, Luke...