The World
The year the novel's main story takes place
What is 2021?
This Oxford historian is the novel's central character and narrator.
Who is Theo Faron?
Ths country serves as the primary setting for the novel
What is England?
If you were in Theo's place, would you have reported the pregnancy to the government? Why or why not?
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This global crisis has left humanity in shambles.
What is worldwide human infertility?
This powerful political leader of England is the main character's cousin.
Who is Xan Lyppiatt
This government-sponsored practice allows people of advanced age to end their lives voluntarily.
What is the Quietus?
How do surveillance and government control in the novel compare to the use of technology to monitor people in today's world?
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This island in the Irish Sea is used as a place of exile for political prisoners under England’s authoritarian government.
What is the Isle of Man?
This woman approaches the main character and asks him to help her group challenge the existing political order.
Who is Julian?
This group of young people, born around the time fertility disappeared, is associated with disturbing and violent behavior.
Who are the Omegas?
What makes life worth living if there is no guarantee that humanity will continue?
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What makes the novel's version of the future dystopian rather than utopian?
What are the collapse of hope, authoritarian rule, and humanity's approaching extinction?
This group of dissidents seeks assistance in opposing the ruling authorities.
The Five Fishes
The disappearance of fertility forces society to confront this ultimate question about humanity.
What is the meaning or purpose of humanity?
If knowledge helps us understand the world, technology helps us change it, and the humanities help us interpret it, which is most important during a crisis?
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