He was a rebel, he fought against the powers that be. He could not fight directly, but by learning he could help destroy them. He could also dream, in a world where no one knew how to dream anymore, he saw 'Night Visions'
Reading was forbidden, a crime punishable by instant death. There were none now, save for a few who could decipher the ancient words upon the brittle paper.
He was a follower to the cause, in secret he delivered the books and the papers from one to another, always avoiding detection.
He was Alexander Dumas, he could read.
1 comment:
Interesting. This sounds like the opening of a novel. I find it ironic that you chose the name of a famous author as a hero who's literate in a world where books are banned. A couple of comma splices that could be easily fixed by a good semicolon.
At first I was dubious at how you spent a lot of good word space describing the world, but on a read-through I realized you described Alexander by showing he's atypical. Interesting strategy, and effective, at least on the second go-round.
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