[ SECRET POST #1981 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1981 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 68 secrets from Secret Submission Post #283.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

You know this is basically Baby's First Look Into Dystopian Sci-Fi and Philosophical Themes in Literature, right? Comparing it to 1984 is pretty hilariously disingenuous.

Also, disregarding the themes behind an entire book because of a math error seems a bit like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. This isn't a book where the worldbuilding is the whole point of the work. It's not. The setting is just an excuse to explore the deeper themes of the book, in a way that's easily graspable for young readers.

[velvet_mace]

Well, what are those themes? And do those themes actually make any sense?

[(Anonymous)]

I would say the biggest theme would be the cost of comfort. Would it be worth it to live in a society that is basically free of all want and hardship, when the price is a society that lacks any sort of deeper meaning in their lives? In fact, what would it take to have a society where everyone was virtually happy with as little strife as possible? It basically questions the nature of humanity in a way that kids can easily digest (and with a handy-dandy very literal plot device and super-literal name).

I seem to remember the nature of morality and the price of personal responsibility are twined together pretty heavily throughout the book as well, though obviously not as deeply as the aforementioned theme.

That's all that I can remember for now, but I honestly haven't read the book in many years (so many that I can't even remember the last time I read it). All the themes are pretty obvious, and don't take a lot to figure out (probably why the book was a big hit with pre-teen literary curriculum for a while. They're deep enough to bring up bigger topics, but obvious enough that kids should be able to identify them without much trouble).

I don't think the book is The Best Kid's Lit Book EVAR, or that it should be free from criticism, but I do think it does a good job at what it sets out to do and reducing it to "angst for angst's sake" is missing the point entirely.