Essay On Social Issues In The Partials By Dan Wells

Throughout The Partials the author, by Dan Wells, brings up many different types of social issues that we can all find in our society today. Three of the main social issues he uses is the government controlling women’s body, isolation of different groups, and genetic engineering. These topics were brought up the most in the book, because they all have very important significance in how the characters interact with each other. Each of these topics are the main problems that Kira, the main character, faces while trying to find the Partials and also test them for the virus. The social problems in this book are what truly make it a dystopian novel.
The first social issue was that the government controlled women’s bodies through the Hope Act. The Hope Act was created by the government in the book in order to attempt to find someone who could produce a baby that was immune to the RM disease. The Hope Act stated that once a woman turned 18, she had 2 months in order to become
During the Partials War, the citizens of East Meadow, isolated themselves in order to protect themselves from the Partials. The humans are isolated to the one part of the island, whereas the Partials are all over the rest of the country. The intention to bring everyone there was a smart thing to do, but since this decision, the government has taken it to the extreme. The government won’t let anyone outside of its borders unless they have a military reason to be out there. They claim that it is for everyone’s safety but really they just want to make sure they keep control over their citizens. Compared to the real world, this is similar to the idea of immigration in our country. Our government is telling immigrants that they can not come into our country and even has people patrolling the borders to prevent anyone from coming in. This is the opposite of the book, but it is still the government trying to control who is inside our