Ruby Daly survived a mysterious disease and is one of the many children who have ‘abilities’. The government has set up brutal ‘rehabilitation camps’ for these kids, one of these is called Thurmond, where Ruby escaped from. She joins a group of kids, Liam, Chubs and Zu, who are trying to find East River and save other kids in the camps.
When I read this text, I felt very sympathetic towards the children in the rehabilitation camps, especially Ruby. I felt this because she was only 10 years old when she was sent the camp, where it was harsh, brutal, and definitely not the right setting for a 10 year old girl. I also think she was very brave at such a young age because I know that if I were in her place I would be frightened, depressed and very confused about these abilities. I also felt sympathetic for her because she was always told to be afraid of her abilities and to never use them. “We were terrified of getting caught using our abilities, and we were made to understand from the beginning that what we were, and what we could do, was …show more content…
The author suggests that many parents don’t know what’s happening to their kids. We see this in the text when Ruby finds out that the government spread lies about the where the children were and that they were taken care of, however this was not the case. “The government reads all, speaks all, and writes all. They’ve crafted a lovely little story about how we’re all being saved and reprogrammed back into sweet little darlings at camp.” I think this is very true in our world too because dictatorship still exists in countries like North Korea. The citizens are being misled and only sees what the government wants them to see. If the leader thinks there is an enemy, they will deceive their country. This can be related to the text where even parents are sometimes afraid of the kids with abilities and willingly turn them over to the Psi
When I read this text, I felt very sympathetic towards the children in the rehabilitation camps, especially Ruby. I felt this because she was only 10 years old when she was sent the camp, where it was harsh, brutal, and definitely not the right setting for a 10 year old girl. I also think she was very brave at such a young age because I know that if I were in her place I would be frightened, depressed and very confused about these abilities. I also felt sympathetic for her because she was always told to be afraid of her abilities and to never use them. “We were terrified of getting caught using our abilities, and we were made to understand from the beginning that what we were, and what we could do, was …show more content…
The author suggests that many parents don’t know what’s happening to their kids. We see this in the text when Ruby finds out that the government spread lies about the where the children were and that they were taken care of, however this was not the case. “The government reads all, speaks all, and writes all. They’ve crafted a lovely little story about how we’re all being saved and reprogrammed back into sweet little darlings at camp.” I think this is very true in our world too because dictatorship still exists in countries like North Korea. The citizens are being misled and only sees what the government wants them to see. If the leader thinks there is an enemy, they will deceive their country. This can be related to the text where even parents are sometimes afraid of the kids with abilities and willingly turn them over to the Psi