THE BAR CODE TATTOO AND SOCIAL DARWINISM SUMMARY

THE BAR CODE TATTOO AND SOCIAL DARWINISM

SUMMARY • 2025 • Global 1 • Kayla Reed • Visions • Parents die • Genetic codes

SUMMARY • Joins resistance • Mandatory tattoo • On the run • Tattoo Generation • Eutonah • Adirondack Mountains • Psychic powers

SOCIAL DARWINISM IN RELATION TO TBCT • Genetic codes • Promotions and demotions • Isolation from society • Kayla’s dad

WHERE SOCIAL DARWINISM CAME FROM • Spencer Herbert • “Scientific” explanation • Laissez-faire; Survival of the Fittest • White Europeans > everyone

WORLD WAR II/THE HOLOCAUST • Hólos kaustós • Hitler’s Aryans = “perfect” genetics • Create a “perfect” race by eliminating “imperfections” • Mein Kampf “Nation and Race” chapter • Hitler = Charles Darwin’s #1 fan

ACTION AGAINST SOCIAL DARWINIST IDEAS • Those who helped the Jews and non-Aryans in WWII • Welfare support system • Food banks and shelters

SOCIAL DARWINISM IN TBCT’S PLOT • Unhealthy genetic codes = people isolated from society • Healthy genetic codes = people prosper in society • Bases social class on genetic makeup • Survival of the Fittest: “weak” have their life destroyed; “strong” excel • Kayla’s dad had a mental disorder, tattoo ruined his life • Zekeal’s dad is healthy, got promoted

CONFLICT: CHARACTER VS. SOCIETY • Bar code tattoo said to make people’s lives easier (trick them into getting it) • Tattoo actually to weed out the “useless mouths” • Government tries to force everyone to get tattoo, Kayla refuses • Kayla forced out of home town to become a criminal, just to live freely

SOCIAL DARWINISM AFFECTING TBCT’S CHARACTERS • Tattoo drove Kayla’s dad to commit suicide (Page 30) • Gene Drake was killed because he knew what was in the code • Amber’s parents lost their jobs and had to move (Page 70) • Zekeal’s mom got fired, his dad promoted, tore family apart

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