Propaganda

OSAFS has gotten pretty intense these last few chapters. Things are starting to piece together and make more sense. Now I see the whole story as propaganda, a motivation for the collective people of B-Mor and perhaps other facilities. Fan's story connects to Asian culture through the ideas of hope and hard working to make a better life for oneself.Throughout the story, we see a progression of upward mobility.Through her plight, we see that she starts out in B-Mor, similar to any other B-Mor citizen. Yet she leaves and is able to survive in the Counties with Quig and Loreen. Although lucky, she is able to make it by with the transition to her lifestyle. After, she becomes one of these Charter "pets" when she stays with Mister Leo and Miss Catherine. Here she is trapped but still gets a better place of living. She then moves up to living with Vik, who willing gives her everything she needs. Finally, she moves on to be with her brother Oliver, who becomes CRAZY rich (so rich even in Charter standards) when he develops a treatment for C disease. However, when noticing this progression, Fan is really more of an object than human. We talked about in class how things just happen to her. She is traded by Quig to Miss Catherine and she is given to her brother Oliver by Vik as a housewarming gift (the tank was just for him to realize who Fan was). The story of Fan can be seen as propaganda because she started off like any other facility citizen. She started on the bottom and made it to the top without being anything special (she didn't ace those Charter exams). The narrator is so fascinated with her story and believes that other ordinary people can make their way up just like Fan did. They want to be free--free to do what they want. But something has to be done. The narrator is calling them to do just that.