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Why is Noah’s realization of his own complicity important to his character development?
A. He realizes that failing to understand the system does not erase his responsibility for previously participating in it.
B. He discovers that he intentionally voted for Elena several years earlier.
C. He decides that Maya is partly responsible for becoming a finalist because she questioned the Selection.
D. He realizes that Principal Warren forced him to participate in the previous Selections.
A. He realizes that failing to understand the system does not erase his responsibility for previously participating in it.
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Behavior that follows the accepted standards or expectations of a group.
Conformity
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What is the primary purpose of Tyler pointing his camera at Noah and saying, “So everybody knows who started it”?
Tyler is attempting to make Noah the focus of suspicion instead of questioning the Selection itself.
What is Maya's cousins name and how many years ago did she get selected?
Her cousin Elena was Selected two years earlier.
To deliberately exclude someone from a group or society.
Ostracize
Having become less emotionally affected by something because of repeated exposure to it.
Desensitized
How does Noah’s understanding of the Selection change during Chapter 3?
Noah changes from being a previous passive participant in the Selection to recognizing its cruelty and questioning his own responsibility.
His realization begins when he discovers that students—not simply a computer—decide who disappears
What is the most significant effect of making the Selection vote anonymous?
It allows students to participate in harming another person while feeling less personally accountable for their decision.
What Does Noah Bennet Represent?
Represents the importance of questioning injustice instead of simply following the crowd.
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Devonta Smith
Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, often at the expense of personal freedom.
Authoritarian
The author compares the students’ discussion of the finalists to “choosing a winner on a reality show.” What does this comparison reveal about the students and the society in which they live?
The reality-show comparison demonstrates how desensitized and apathetic the students have become.
They casually discuss who should disappear despite personally knowing the finalists.
The comparison creates a disturbing tone because something terrifying is treated as entertainment.
How does the anonymous voting system help dehumanize the five finalists?
Explain how the use of phones, names on screens, and anonymous voting affects the way students treat their classmates.
Technology creates emotional distance between voters and victims.
Instead of confronting Maya or another finalist directly, students simply tap a name on a phone.
The finalists become “names on a screen” rather than human beings.
Anonymous voting also allows individuals to avoid public responsibility for their choices, making participation easier.
Finish the following statement from your notes: "Defends the Selection......."
Defends the Selection as necessary for the “good of the community.”
The use of pressure, threats, or force to make someone do something.
Coercion
A feeling of being satisfied with a situation and unwilling to recognize possible danger or problems.
Complacency
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A lack of interest, concern, or emotion about an important issue.
Use the following Vocabulary word correctly in a sentence: INDOCTRINATION
The process of teaching people to accept certain beliefs without questioning them.