Quote #2 (Narrator)

"When she awoke, the world was on fire." -Narrator Page 171

This is a very interesting quote. Even though it wasn't actually said by a character, it was told through Tally's eyes. What I mean by that is though Tally doesn't actually say the quote, the narrator is quoting what Tally is thinking in her mind. This quote is from the time when Tally had just woken up after taking a nap in the wild, only to find the world around her was ablaze. That is why in the quote the narrator says that "The world was on fire."

         This quote reminds me of many events in the world that are happening. Well not the quote its self but its context. During this part of the book Tally meets "the Rangers". They are a group of Pretties that try to stop a weed like orchid plant that threatens to weed out all other flora in that ecosystem. To stop the orchids, the Rangers use a big helicopter with a special flame-thrower to burn the orchids to delay them from taking over. However it is said that these orchids would be impossible to stop, and the Rangers were only delaying the inevitable. The reason these orchids are so prosperous is because a Rusty (or a modern day human) genetically modified one to reproduce more often because the flower was so beautiful. This obviously backfired and this shows how humans have a tendency to meddle with things too much. This never leads to good things as exemplified here. There are still many people today that are trying to do things like this "for science" but eventually something is going to go horribly wrong. This quote also relates to me by the way it ends a chapter. I often end things or paragraphs with a sort of cliff hanger so that the reader will want to read on and find out what happens. I think that this is a very effective way of ending a chapter or paragraph because of this. This quote reminds me of a quote in the book "The Hunger Games" (what a big surprise) this quote was in a time during the games (which is basically a fight to the death among children 12-17) and the Gamemakers (the people who organize  and create the arena, the traps and the games in general) made a trap where a large wall of fire moved towards the contestants, and fireballs were shot down at them. At this moment there was a "When she finally awoke, the ground around burst into flames". This is very similar to what had happened to Tally, however in different circumstances of course. Once again these are two very similar books, but I promise the next text to text will not be about The Hunger Games.