![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The lunar queen’s greed for power and adoration lead her to establish a dictatorship built on mind control and illusion. Other great themes in this book include an emphasis on showing the dangers and threat of totalitarianism and fascism. Any Catholic reader will immediately see parallels with abortion and euthanasia. In our current society, this is truly a valuable theme. Meyer does a fantastic job showing the appalling injustice of treating Cyborgs and shells as less than human. Those unfortunate lunars who aren’t born with this “gift” are labeled as shells and torn from their parents at birth to be killed since they are “defective.” Some shells, like Cress, the heroine of the third book, do survive, but only as slaves. In lunar society, on the moon, some people are born with the “gift,” which is the ability to manipulate others by controlling their bio-electricity. Some, like the heroine of the series Cinder, are treated as property. Labeled as “Cyborgs,” these people lack many of the rights and protections other earthen citizens have. On the earth, people who have received robotic parts, such as hands or feet, are considered as fair game to be used for medical research against their will. In both earthen and lunar society, there is a lack of respect for the dignity of all human life. I’ll admit, I was skeptical about the covers! The best part about the series was its staunchly pro-life and anti-discrimination theme. The Lunar Chronicles had a surprising number of positive aspects. ![]()
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