![]() ![]() Each citizen is allowed exactly one such artifact. She holds a golden compact, her artifact, which was a gift from her grandfather. At that point, following a ceremonious Final Banquet, they die a scheduled death.Īt the book’s opening, Cassia Maria Reyes is on her way to her own Matching Banquet at City Hall with her best friend, Xander Carrow. ![]() At age 17, each citizen enjoys a Matching Banquet in their honor, where they are paired for life with an assigned partner, with whom they will marry, have children, and grow to age 80 together. People eat the pre-approved meals delivered by the government. Every citizen has one job - cooks do not learn about biology and data sorters do not partake in nutrition disposal. One hundred of the “best” poems, paintings, songs, and stories are all that remains of the culture we know today, preserved so as to give everyone just enough information to not be overwhelmed. Nobody can write, or draw, or create anything that does not already exist. In the Society, everything for the citizens is decided by the government: where they work who they love when they die all of it is scheduled and planned based on statistics and probabilities that guarantee them the best possible life. ![]()
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