Andrew Cohen

Reality TV 2083: Aftermath

Continuation of Reality 2083

Steve ran out to the chopper too me the kids. The first was Andrew, looking like he has just

come out of a war battle. Not to mention his leg wasn’t looking any better than his already bent out of 

shape face. Next Billy came off, but wasn’t as quick to even make eye contact with Steve. No one could

blame him though, what, with having to spend over two weeks in Antarctica, for a game show rigged so

that he would have less of a chance of survival than even a novice explorer had. Polly was the last, and

she couldn’t wait to get off that helicopter. “Polly never was much of an adventure girl” Steve thought

to himself, “she’s happy to be home”.

Next the President made her speech. It was one of those things that just kept DRONING on, over

and over and over, and got worse with each passing word, since most of it was irrelevant to the situation

at hand. There were, however, some notable parts, which, thanks to his cue cards, Steve could hear over

the protesters. “Nation, I stand before you with three of the five contestants selected to be on the hit

television show Historical Survivor: Antarctica. These brave children volunteered after taking their final

eduTV test, so that they may be able to pay their years of education.” 

The crowd was up in arms about how they should reinstate the Education system, and that they

Entertainment department was ruining our chances in life… blah blah blah. It was all usless to Steve, he

has lost his chance at education and, being as he was 17, didn’t feel like going to school with people two

years younger than him. The speech droned on this way for a couple more minutes, until Steve finally

heard something important. “And now for the man who, thanks to his selfless actions, saved these three

kids, and the others still on their mission to reach the South Pole, Steven Chadzen!”

Smiling and walking on stage to the only applause that was given out the entire day, Steven held

his head high as he approached the podium. Cameras flashed, and reporters called out so many

questions that Steve had to actually yell into the microphone. “STOP! Thanks, um, all I was too say is

that, uh, I stand by what I did, and, those kids, right there, deserve a life, not a false sense of hope that

the Department of Education was attempting to provide them. These are children, and I stand by that I

said in the interview before, survival is no child’s game” 

With that, he was taken back into the helicopter with the three kids and the president. She

began talking on her cellphone again about the war in the South American Alliance. No words stood out

to him, but he could tell that no one really wanted to be involved with the conversation going on. He

could remember when the urban trash wars happened, and how all of New York stood divided on every

issue possible, until full out war broke. Treaties were signed, but it was never the same. Most of the city

was torn down and made into shakes so that people could at least afford some form of living. He hoped

that people in South American wouldn’t be forced into the situation the US was in right now, because no

one should have to live like this. Frankly, that was the only thing that Steve could think, since the missile

came from nowhere, and the only thing to cushion his fall was the Potamatomic Creek, and the hard

twisted steel of the chopper.

 

Review of No Child’s Game: Reality TV 2083 

Andrew Cohen

This book reminded me of another book that had become popular lately, The Hunger Games. It

had a very similar feel and a plot that could almost be interconnected. The only real difference was the

style that the book was written in (third person vs. first person) and that people did, unknowingly

however, volunteer for the terrible fate that would impose them. Obviously this would be a great read

for any and all hunger games fans, along with people who like dystopian society situations. Not only was

it a great read, but it also provoked thought on, and this being actually realistic, how our government is,

and, if continuing down its path, go wrong.