"In a society that has developed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society." (Dystopian 1).
On The Line by Teri Hall, Rachel is part of a dystopian society where she lives right behind a line that no one in the U.S. is allowed to cross. Her mother, Vivian, is Ms. Moore housekeeper and she also teaches her daughter from home so she can hopefully go to a private college. Sadly, Rachel's father, Daniel, died at war. Rachel almost went across the Line one day and she broke a window; this meant she had to work with the orchids for Ms. Moore to pay for it.
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| This represents how actions have consequences. |
Once the window was almost paid for, Ms. Moore had broken her leg and meanwhile Vivian thought about Daniel and how they had planned to leave the country using their friends key but couldn't.
When Rachel was reading too much about away, Vivian told her to stop because she was too obsessed. She then told her for the hundredth time something she truly believed;
"You can't always believe what you're told" (Hall 34).
I think that this quote wasn't just referring to an specific topic but something the author was trying to convey to us in an extreme example. What this meant in the book was that Rachel couldn't trust the source. This "source" is the government in her society who hides the truth to the people and changes information to get away with what they want. But I think that the real message is, not everything we know is true. You must question what you know to discover the truth. This happens specially today in our lives since we can see the corruption from the Ecuadorian government right before our eyes and yet, many people believe everything this people say while later on we discover they were wrong or lying. Just like Rachel's world, the government hides information for their own advantages while others trust every word they say.
In contrast, Ms. Moore doesn't lie or say anything at all. She never speaks of the past, just about business. When Vivian Quillen began working she began asking many questions but Elizabeth Moore cut her off and said;
"I prefer to keep my personal life personal, Ms. Quillen. Please start in the kitchen next." (Hall 42).
There are so many people who have had a rough past but they have never really talked about it. These secrets can eat them inside which is not good for yourself or anyone else who might try to get close to you. I think that it's okay to live independently but that doesn't mean that you should be stubborn every time someone opens up to you.
This book has made me relate it to my personal life and more specifically to the society we live on now a days. For example, how people are always unaware of what is happening around them even though it is so clear. I think that Rachel will keep investigating about the Line until she finds the answer of what is really out there and she will try to cross it. I feel that this isn't an ordinary book like any other I have read because it shows topics that throughout time have become
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