![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On the other hand, the book suggested that people with children were looking down on those without, indeed finding them outsiders of their society and therefore, dispensable.Ī good read, with lots to consider about society and ethics. I’m not sure whether Dorrit, had she been real, would have accepted these outsider laws so readily. Since it was set in the very near future, with not many (other) changes from our current society, it was a very possible future. After she’s been in the unit for a short while she starts to question her situation and that of her peers. At the time Dorrit was still hopeful of having children so she did nothing to fight this law and passively accepted it. Only 15 years ago the law regarding the removal of outsiders was passed. She is quite willing to go, it is what is expected of her and she complies. The main character, Dorrit, moves to this unit on her 50th birthday. They live in very good conditions, in a beautiful building with everything they may wish or need. They also donate organs when they are a match with someone in society outside, until their final donation of vital organs leads to their death. Here, they live in separated from society (but in their own peer group), taking part in psychological and medical research. Outsiders are taken away to a Unit for Biological Material. Most elements of society seem to be just like ours, with one exception: women over the age of 50 and men over 60 that have no children, are considered “outsiders”. ![]() A dystopian novel (2006) taking place in the near future. ![]()
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