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LIFE IN THE FRINGE is a simple thing, like the people who live here. They don't have to work. though there are a couple "trading posts" set up around the Fringe, where people collect what they find and exchange it for other things. They don't have to read" there are no jobs that require it, and besides, owning books is highly illegal_so why risk it? All they have to worry about is feeding themselves, keeping their clothes mended, and patching up whatever hole or box or gutted out building they call home well enough to keep the rain off them. The secret goal of almost every Fringer is to someday make it into the inner city, past the wall that separates the civilized world from human trash, into the glittering city that looms over us with its great starry towers that had somehow resisted crumbling into dust. Everyone knows someone who knows who was taken into the city, a brilliant mind or a great beauty, someone too unique or special to be left here with us animals. There are rumors that the vampire "breed" the humans on the inside, raising the children to be their thralls, completely devoted to their maters. But since none who are Taken into the city ever come out again-except the pets and their guards, and they aren't talking-no one knows what it's really like.

I like this paragraph because Vampires now rule their world and have caused the human race to become their pets, scavengers, and monsters themselves. The best thing I loved about //The Immortal Rules // were the vampires. These aren't vamps that try their hardest, fighting their nature, by feasting off animals instead of humans. In this dark future, humans are ruled by vampires. They are scarce cities, and which one is ruled by a master vampire, a Prince. The humans are registered and branded like "cattle". They must obey and they must give blood donations. All in exchange of protection and food.

The world-building is perfect. the author show that the vampires are in charge and the humans are nothing but cattle. And I think the scariest thing was how realistic it felt, compared to most other vampire books. A lot of the vampire books I've read involve vampires trying to hide from everyone, pretending to be normal, so on. T  hat makes much more sense to me. Why pretending to be normal, when you could just take over the world and start eating people left and right without anyone stopping you? The author created a more original and intriguing vampire world, full of violence. the author use wall to construct the setting, which separate   the civilized world from the human.

throughout this passage the plot is predictable, we've all seen it before: future-dystopian society in which two "species" (can't really think of a better word for it) are set against each other, person from one side decides to wander over to the opposite side and pretend to be one of them and/or at least pretend to be friendly with them. I've seen it in the host, and Avatar.

social critique the author combine vampire and dystopia. In this passage the author talks about "trading post" which seems to mean  humans are not more than blood cattle, worshiping vampires in exchange for their survival. The most important rule is not going to long without human blood. This society can relate to Fahrenheit 451 such as   Vampires have the control and even reading is illegal! The vampires want the humans to stay as ignorant as possible about the past. 