Revised Reading Response

Esther Martinez Reading Response
What really hard things are happening in this text? Are these things happening in the world now? Where?

I read The Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn. Many difficult things are happening to the characters. Difficult things are happening to especially the people who are against the bar code tattoo. Although the book is science fiction some of the difficult things happening in the book are similar to somethings that have happened in the real world.

One example of one of the difficult things happening to people who are against the bar code are that they don't have any respect from the government. Those people had a protest outside of the white house. This is very difficult thing because so many people are against the bar code tattoo and the government doesn't even want to compromise with the protestors. Something similar was happening a few years ago, in the real world. People were protesting on wall street, because they were against unemployment.

Another difficult thing that is happening in the book is that Kayla and Mfumbe are forced to steal food and drinks. The only form of payment is by the tattoo and they don't have the tattoo because they're against it. They were almost caught by a store owner in the beginning of the book because they stole. A similar thing that is happening today all over the world is that people sometimes have to steal. They have to steal to feed themselves.

Another difficult thing that is happening in the book is that people are against the bar code tattoo, they think that there shouldn't be a law that everyone has to get a tattoo when they turn 17. Something similar that is happening today in the United States of America is that people are against taxes. People don't want to have to pay taxes every year. In the book the people who are against the bar code tattoo are hiding. If someone catches them, the person without the tattoo will get arrested. Today in the United States if you don't pay your taxes you could get arrested.