Chapter 27 Summary

In Chapter 27, Luke sits in the dining room, where the newscaster is up on stage interviewing people who want to tell their stories about their experiences with the Population Police. When a crippled boy tells his story, Luke recognizes him as the stablehand that asked the Population Police for a bigger shovel. When Luke tries to make his way to the stage to talk to the boy as he is descending, Luke notices there is a line of Bodyguards keeping people from the stage.

Chapter 27 Analysis

While the people think they are free, it appears the new government has staged people among the residents. The staged people are supposedly there to protect the people from the Population Police. In reality, however, it seems as if they are there to keep order, but the order is being kept in an underhanded way.

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