02/13/13

Oops, I forgot to mention in my last post that Feliex, and Mike have now and are currently reading "The Running Man."

Fuka-Eri's father, Tamotsu Fukada and thirty other people founded a new group called "Sakigake." Members of this group began to argue and disagree and the group split up into two. The new side was called  "Akebono." Fuka-Eri running away from the gunfight that began between the two groups, showed up at Ebisuno-sensei's doorstep. Ebisuno tried to contact her father, but was told that he was not available. He then took her under his wing and became her guardian. Fuka-Eri writes her story called "Air Chrysalis." With dyslexia in the way, she tells Ebisuno's daughter, Azami, to help her write it. The story is about a girl in a commune, where she meets magical people, "Little People." After a while, Tengo starts to think that maybe the events that are written in her novel, are actually starting to happen in reality.

1) Why do dystopian authors always choose "touchy" topics such as abandonment by parents or family?
2) How do authors paint the image of such destruction and power within a "group" or "cult"?
3) Do dystopian authors use children or teenagers in dystopic worlds on purpose to create a bigger feeling of pity?