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Drew Magary Post Mortal Summary
While Drew Magary does illustrate evidence of economic class structure in the Post mortal such as the D36 gang and Ridgeswift’s estate in part III , two major stratification are present in this society people who have obtained the cure maintain a higher social status in the postmortal, while those who did not obtain the cure obtain a lower social status, as these people will age and outlive their usefulness.

In the post mortal society, people who fail to get the cure become obvious through time as these individauls are the only individuals likely to age over 35. Anyone who ages beyond 35 in the Post Mortal society become minorities and society, ignores this group as a whole as the majority of society have gotten the cure and most people


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