This part of the book describes clearly the reaction of the government to the difficult situation. There are several measures that changed the way of living of all the society. Some of them involved the learning of many skills for basic activities that not everybody accepted very well. Activities related with art no longer had importance, the objective was surviving. As a result, many persons were not very happy and they even seemed to be rude, but if they wanted to survive they needed to adapt to all this changes. I specially liked a part in which a member of the airforce describes how many doctors were willing to risk their lives in order to save other people, or to teach certain skills essential for surviving. I like this part of humanity in the middle of the problem, the part that makes us very different from another creature. You could learn from this part that we depend entirely from other people, and other people from us, if we do not help each other, then who?
This are some quotes from the parts I am talking about:
"I have a lot of respect for those guys. Most of them knew it was for the duration; a lot of the Blue Zones did not have airstrips, so they had to parachute in without any hope of pick up."
"Helping people to help themselves is great in theory, but you still gotta keep them alive..."
Also I will leave some vocabulary in case you do not understand some words:
Pag. 188
Burden: A responsibility or duty
Pag. 197
Quislings: A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country.
Pag. 218
Trudging: To walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way; plod.
Pag. 219
Halted: A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one.
Pag. 221
Tattered: Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing.
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