Cause/Effect

Author's Note: In this cause/effect piece. Luke, a boy living an illegal life, is a third child. If he is caught, him and maybe even his parents may be sentenced to death.

In the book  Among the Hidden, Luke is faced with a great problem. He is an illegal third child. During his later time in America, you were only allowed two children. Any third children would be sentenced to death. Living under this harsh government is unfair.

Dealing with this problem can be rough, it truly effects the way he lives. Luke can not go to school, can't go to the store, cant make friends, can't go by open windows, and cant even use the computer. He has to live in a small room up in the attic of his home. He is only granted a tiny window that has a slight view of the nearby neighbors. He spends the majority of the day inside, and if he is lucky he may be able to play in the woods with his brother's. He is Among the Hidden.

Luke's problem is like Katniss's in the Hunger Games by Susan Collins. She, alike Luke, lives under a very unfair futuristic government. Both in which are poor and have strict rules. Although you can have unlimited babies during Katniss's time, you are limited in food. Both Luke and Katniss are poor. They both have to face a very hard cause.