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They had their share of human fears (well, maybe a little fewer than their share, but still), and they were certainly flawed people. Tris and Four (should I call him that?) did not find instalove. Just a few power-hungry people is enough to turn any society on its head. And I think in the end, it isn't the system as a whole that is corrupt. However, it is nice to have something different. I have no problems with those books, in any way. I found myself thinking This might actually work as a system! In many, MANY dystopian scifi books, you know straight off that the way of doing things is horrible and cruel, the leadership is tyrannical and/or misguided, etc. At first, the idea of factions based solely on personality, as opposed to skill or region, appealed to me. One of the things that makes this book so unique is how the society isn't noticably dystopian from the beginning. In a time when dystopian scifi is all the rage, it is really hard to find a book that is purely original. 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Includes an Author's Note with photographs and additional background on World War II, Internment camps and 1950s America, as well as additional resources and websites. Inspired by three time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families-about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together. And no one will tell Penny the truth about how her father died. Her best friend is turning into a criminal. To make matters worse, her dog, Scarlett O'Hara, is sick. For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch polio at the pool. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family. It’s 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. 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This is an age-old question that the book touches on heavily. Is doing the right thing morally the right thing if its consequences are huge? If you have to steal to feed your family that’s wrong. The internal conflict of what makes something right or wrong. What internal conflicts does the protagonist deal with? The pressure to start a family that is ignored and the consequences of that. This is the most in your face example of pressure, and this pressure is shown in other characters too such as the naked man. The pressure to accept the bribe because of the way it would improve his life and please his wife vs pressure to do the right thing and reject the bribe. The overarching theme of this book is largely social pressure. |