Chapter 21 Summary

In Chapter 21, as Luke makes his way through the crowd in front of the Population Police headquarters, he sees people dancing, celebrating and eating the food from the building. Luke wonders if he will see anyone he knows, but doesn't recognize anyone as he makes his way under an isolated tree, away from all of the chaos. He realizes he is by the horse stables and goes in to check on his horse, Jenny. He sees that none of the horses have been fed since the Population Police deserted the area the day before. He tries to free Jenny from her stall, but she just pushes her feed trough to Luke. Luke spends hours cleaning out the horse stalls and feeding the two dozen horses. Then, he falls asleep in Jenny's stall.

Chapter 21 Analysis

The horse stable represents a safe haven or place...