Characters
Wanted to raise hogs when he owned a farm
Matthew
"Her eyes begged him not to complain."
Personification
Luke hides in the Talbot's closet.
Falling Action
This is how the Government tried to keep Barons from breaking the third child law.
They gave rewards for each shadow child found.
Before meeting Jen, the number of people who knew about Luke's existence (not including Luke)
4
Seized all food production
The Government
"The rows of letters on the computer keyboard had looked like a toy to him."
simile
The Garners receive a letter that they can no longer raise hogs.
Rising Action
The reason why the Government keeps people in poverty
They will work harder.
Keeping his initials, this was Luke's new name.
Lee Grant
Worked for the Population Police
Jen's dad
"Death was a fly that stopped buzzing when the swatter hit it."
Metaphor
Jen's dad pulls a gun on Luke when he catches him at his house.
Climax
The reason the government created the population law.
Famines
Luke gave his dad this farming idea to keep him busy
Hydroponics
Loved shopping no matter the cost
Jen's mom
"It was a prison."
metaphor
Luke leaves the family farm with a fake ID.
Resolution
This is the story that Jen's dad gave the Government to explain Jen's chatroom.
He was pretending to be Jen to draw out the shadow children.
Luke's family ate this regularly, while Jen's family did not.
meat
If Luke had a younger brother, his name would be ...
John
"They've got you on an awfully short leash, don't they?"
idiom
The Government creates a law against third children.
Conflict
The Government gave Jen's father a reward for...
disposing 40 illegals
This is how Jen determined Luke didn't "exist".
She entered his fingerprint and name into an online database with no results.