Papca Monologue

I'm furious about going to Raven University. I've never in my whole life been away from home. I'm not ready to leave Pappa behind yet. After Ma died I was all he had left. If I leave, he will be all alone on the farm.

The thought makes me shudder. If I could, I would stay here with Pappa and manage the farm. Sadly I have no choice in the matter. A few months ago men from the Republic came to the farm. They tested me in various ways.

I was hooked onto several wires while I answered their questions. Sometimes they made me do physical exercises. On one occasion a sample of my blood was taken.

The Test.

That is what is it is called. Every year agents from the Republic test all children at the age of seventeen. They came on my birthday. The
I love our farm. I enjoy hard work. I live for a challenge. Living on the farm shaped me into a fit, capable and adaptable young lady.

My roots are planted firmly in this rich earth of Greenroc and the Republic just came and ripped me away. I'm leaving with a broken heart. But, I'm not near being a broken girl.

If the choice was mine I'd stay on the farm. Stay with Pappa. Unfortunately we don't choose how our lives go. The Republic chooses for us.

And unfortunately for the Republic I think, I'm a fighter. I won't let them get away with this. It might take me years, but I'll get my revenge.

I stand at the door of our modest farm house. Pappa is talking to the man from the Republic who is assigned to take me to the university. It has never been a dream of mine to go to university. My dreams doesn't matter to the Republic however. Our lives are dictated by its rule.

I'm angry thinking about the Republic. My fists are clenched at my sides and my breathing has become hard and uneven. They can't do this. They can't choose the life I'm going to live. But what can I do? I ask myself. Nothing. I can't do anything.

Not now, anyway.

The rules of the Republic are the supreme laws of our existence and there is nothing I can do to break