Chapter 31 Summary

In Chapter 31, Luke climbs on Jenny's back and covers his face and head with the quilt he took from Eli's house. Luke has never ridden on a horse before. Jenny runs through the crowd and jumps up on the stage with Luke on her back. Luke grabs the microphone and starts telling the crowd that this is one of the Population Police's horses—that this is what they were riding for fun while people were starving. Luke points out that everything that happened is the Population Police's fault, not the fault of third children. Then, Luke declares he is a third child.

Chapter 31 Analysis

Luke manages to get the attention of the crowd, but he almost injures and kills some of the crowd while doing it. This paints him in a bad light. Adding to this, when he admits that he is...