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The Mark Chap5
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The Mark
Chapter 5
Whats happening so far?
By now, you should be well aware of the following...
"dystopian/post conflagaration"
"social class divisions"
Recap
"extreme control"
The story line is a bit difficult to understand from the beginning , but as you continue reading, the story makes more sense and you get an understanding of what is actually happening in the book..
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Characters so far..
By now, you should have a good idea who the following are..
Juliet Seven
Kitty
Characters
Orphan Warden
Handler Xavier
The Reader
The Witch
Misstress Hadeda
Nelson
Posh Trouble
Handler Xavier takes Ettie to Mangeria City
61%
The New York Times
Chapter Summary
The Game
This game works by Handler Xavier pretending to be a toy peddler and Ettie an interested customer to help attract unsuspecting Posh children. The customers will get home and discover that the toys do not work as displayed.
The Game
Why Ettie?
Ettie, with her light skin can easily pass as a Posh, however she covers her eyes with sunglasses as her dark eyes will give her away.
Ettie not Kittie
To my dismay, I was not
accepted into their program.
So what happens to the other 64% of rejected UC Berkeley applicants?
Undergraduate UC Berkeley students
They switch onto other majors.
Transfer students
The boy smells a rat..
Handler Xavier makes the crowd think that the plastic figure dances when music is played but he has a safety pin attached to the back of the figure.
Suspecting boys
A Posh boy starts asking questions about the toy. Ettie quickly steps in to pretend to want to buy one in hopes of reassuring the customers.
The meeting...
Ettie has caught the eye of the Posh boy named Nicholas. He pursues her, asking her name and where she lives...
The Meeting
She makes a quick escape and tells herself that he would not talk to her that way if he knew she was just a drudge from Slum City.
Masks
Masks could be seen as the dominant theme of chapter 5.
The word, ‘mask’, emphasizes the deceitfulness of Handler Xavier and Ettie while they are ‘on the game’ (tricking people),