![]() But when he discovers a hidden tunnel that runs underneath the Wall and through to the other side, his inquisitiveness gets the better of him. To Joshua, the Enemy are a faceless people, a people to be kept at arm's length. This is why the Wall is there: to protect Amarias, to keep the Enemy at bay, controlled. They want to bomb Joshua, his people, his town Amarias. Joshua’s world is under constant threat, though, from The Enemy. Joshua lives on one side of the Wall, relatively privileged, plenty of food on the table, nice clothes, a room full of books and games. The Wall, in its basic form, is a literary dystopia. ![]() Right now, right here, in our modern world. ![]() Hands up if you think dystopias don’t exist today. Or if you think they are a way of extrapolating a political idea into a worst-case scenario. Hands up if you think dystopia books are important, fictional methods of pointing out inconsistencies in social order and social thinking. ![]()
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