Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.
In a story, you can turn to the front and begin again and everyone lives once more. That doesn't work in real life. And I love my real people the most.
Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.
And I laugh at myself for thinking I could touch the sky.
How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?
When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.