The War between the classes
Chapter V



  • At the beginning of Chapter V Amy really regrets that she can´t be together with Adam, an orange.
    If they were seen together he would be punished, fined or made a fool of.
  • She starts believing that money makes more difference than color.
  • Later on Brian, a blue, asks Amy to dance with him at the halloween party.
    Yet she remembers promising the dance to Adam and so she refuses seeing Adam who frowns.
  • Brian is angry about this refusal and reminds her of the law that it is not permitted to socialize with oranges.

      The next day Mr. Otero divides the 4 groups into "teks = women" and "non-teks = men"

    The rules at a glance:

    - no-teks must curtsy to teks of their color and of higher colors.
    - no-teks always have to sit behind teks of the same color.
    - teks get more money for the same work as "no-teks" of the same color just opposite of how it is in real life.

          
    Then violations against the rules are reported by the G4.
    Both Adam and Amy are under "criticism"
     
      Adam is reproached for having spoken to a blue. He is fined and in addition to that the G4 makes him clear that his life can be made pretty miserable in case he goes on disregarding the rules.  
      Amy doesn´t demand the respect of inferiors and she has spoken to an orange. However she is not fined.

     
    Amy thinks for the first time of a "rebellion" but Carol, a friend of hers and a dark blue, is not willing to support her. Amy hopes that Carol won´t  sneak on her.