Chapter 13 Summary

In Chapter 13, the two voices Luke hears are Population Police searching the village for residents. Luke escapes from a hole in the house and one of the policemen yells for him to stop as Luke runs towards the woods. Luke collapses and starts to lose consciousness, he looks up to see a circle of people above him. They pour a liquid down his throat and Luke comes back to life. They ask if he is wearing a Population Police uniform and Luke tells the truth. When the Population Police come to ask these people for their identification papers, they deny the police access to the information.

Chapter 13 Analysis

One by one the villages and towns across the country are standing up against the Population Police. It seems as if people realize now that what the Population Police promised them is not happening. When...