Characters & Plot
This is the main character who survives exposure to a powerful BLIT.
Who is Jonathan?
You stare at a BLIT for 1 second. What happens?
What is discomfort?
This technology is implanted in children’s optic nerves to control what they see.
What are biochips?
This device compares BLIT to a “neutron bomb.”
What is a metaphor?
This imbalance occurs when adults can see through darkness but children cannot.
What is a power imbalance/dynamic?
This authority figure reveals the truth about biochips controlling perception.
Who is Mr.Fortmayne?
You stare at a BLIT for too long without training. What happens?
What is the brain shutting down/death?
Deadly concept described as an image that can cause the human brain to crash.
What is a BLIT?
This device is shown when darkness is supposed to hide students but actually helps teachers see them.
What is irony?
This theme is shown when authorities monitor students even in darkness.
What is survellience?
This teacher explains BLITs and their connection to mathematics.
Who is Mr.Whitcutt?
You are part of the Shudder Club and trained. What advantage do you have?
What is resistance to BLIT image effects?
This real-world idea is used in the story to explain how BLITs work, comparing the brain to a machine.
What is a computer/digital system/software?
This device is used in “the single most insidious weapon on Earth” to exaggerate danger.
What is a hyperbole?
This concept describes how truth is hidden from children until they are older.
What is control of knowledge/censorship?
This character suffers a seizure after looking at a BLIT.
Who is Harry?
You walk into a “dark zone.” Can you see?
No, vision is controlled by biochips?
This field of science (hint: subject!) is used to create BLIT images that affect the brain.
What is mathematics?
This device is present in “burning falling burning falling,” emphasizing intensity.
What is repetition?
This idea is shown when biochips are described as “protection” but actually limit freedom.
This group of students experiments with BLIT images to prove their strength.
What is the Shudder Club?
You remove the biochip protection completely. What risk do you face?
What is the exposure to deadly BLIT images?
This concept is shown when human perception is artificially altered by technology, making reality subjective.
What is reality manipulation?
The contradiction in a “darkness” that still allows light to exist but prevents sight represents this literary device.
What is a paradox?
This term describes a society where freedom is restricted under the illusion of safety. (SUPERR HARD!!)
What is a dystopia?