![]() ![]() Kayla’s futuristic location is based on what our society today could lead up to. Kayla sets out to find the “White face”, where she has felt will be her key to freedom, the “White Face” sends out to be an escape to liberty, being the Whiteface Mountain, where she meets up with like-minded people, and learns to free herself with her mind. In this futuristic book, 14 years ahead of our current date ( year 2025), Canada is still remaining free of the barcode, though it has been said that Asia and Europe have all made the barcode tattoo a law. The barcode tattoo’s main setting is located in the United States, where the barcode tattoo is law. This story is a powerful reflection of life today. This tattoo is no longer a preference, but a law, and those who rise above it, such as the main character, are rejected and shunned. However, in reality, this tattoo ends up destroying people’s lives. ![]() The tattoo has all your information stored on it, it is supposed to make your life easier, without all the cards and papers you just have it encoded on your arm. Have you ever craved perfection? Have you ever felt obsessed with efficiency? Have you ever felt like you were helpless under an authorities command? The barcode tattoo by Suzanne Weyn is a great book, reflecting these points, about a corrupt society, where everyone is forced to have a barcode tattooed on their arm. ![]()
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