In the science fiction novel, Crossed, by Allie Condie, Cassia wanders through untamed land to find her boyfriend, Ky, and perhaps join the rebellion against their overbearing government. Throughout the story, Condie utilizes a serious, occasionally grim, tone to establish the idea of the corrupt government, called the Society, the struggle to survive in the wilderness, and the injustice and death surrounding them. One example of this is when the main characters are sorting through a storage of old literature, and Cassia recall how the Society would “edit and cut and prune” their art (Condie 258). This means that they would remove poems, artwork, and many other works they considered useless. In this phrase, Condie used emotionless words to
