Previous Next. Jen Talbot vs. The Government Jen ain't gonna take it. And boy, does she have some choice words for the Government that's keeping them down. Let's take a look: Jen is an outgoing, gregarious, commander-in-chief of the online shadow children community. Luke has basically never been around anyone but his mom, dad, and two brothers. Jen gets carried away with excitement. She's described as being "as bubbly as the shaken soda" On the other end of the spectrum, "Jen's rally sounded like [Luke's] worst nightmare" Determined to not consider himself a scaredy-cat when sneaking into the kitchen or out of his house, Luke thinks to himself, " I'm cautious.
I'm making a plan " 8. Jen, on the other hand, "[takes] a lot of risks" With a Bang or a Whimper We get the feeling that you could take any of the Big Five personality traits and Jen and Luke would fall on opposite ends. And we know who ends up dead at the end. What's Up With the Ending? Tired of ads? Her parents actually had her on purpose: Jen's mother had two sons from her first marriage, and but she wanted a daughter, so she and her husband paid a doctor to ensure that they had a female child.
Jen also explains to Luke that he's the first person she's ever met who isn't a Baron, but that this will help her with the rally. She immediately backs away from this statement when Luke asks more. She mentions that her father who is technically her stepfather is a governmental lawyer, and Luke is shocked to learn that a member of the Government is hiding a third child.
Jen says that she Government leaders break all the laws, even more than average people. On his way out, Luke notices that he bled a bit when he punched through the screen into the house. He immediately panics because someone will notice the blood and realize he snuck in, but Jen says that she'll just tell them it was her.
She punches through the screen and cuts her hand in a similar way. Luke is even more shocked by the loyalty she shows him by doing this, even though they have just met.
It is a few days before Luke gets to see Jen again, and he worries about her. When he finally does get the chance to see her, she explains that she went shopping with her mother in the meantime. Luke is shocked that Jen can actually move about in public, but Jen explains that her mother has obtained a shopping pass for her and hides her in a secret compartment in her car until they're reached a distant shopping area. Jen explains that shopping is extremely important to her mother.
Jen also mentions that she checked on her computer to see if Luke officially existed in any databases, and he did not. She did this by dusting for his fingerprints and submitting them to a Government database, but the fingerprints didn't turn up any matches. Luke is a little frightened that she did this, but he doesn't bring up his concerns. This has made Jen decide that he is trustworthy, so she says that she can show him her secret chatrooms.
She also offers him chips and soda, junk food that is technically illegal, but obtainable by Barons. She also mentions that some Shadow Children go hungry because their families do not have rations to spare for a hidden third child. Jen is surprised to hear that Luke's family is able to eat meat because of their status as farmers, since meat is a rare commodity that utilizes a lot of resources, and the Government has pushed the populace to become vegetarian to conserve resources.
Luke says that his family just lets the grain rot in their fields since they can't feed it to their hogs anymore, a piece of information that Jen shares with on a Department of Agriculture bulletin board. Played Jett Garner in "Baghead" in Well its simple: Anakin is Luke's dad that turns bad just before Luke is born.
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More answers. Write your answer Related questions. Luke is very careful, and has many fears of being discovered. He is not necessarily selfish, but does seem to care more about himself than others. He is usually sad, depressed, or agitated. In the beginning of Among the Hidden, the government is chopping down all of the trees in his area to make houses. This causes his parents to force him into hiding even more, much to his anger.
After a couple of months, he discovers another third child, Jen Talbot , third child and only daughter of his affluent new neighbors, the Talbots. She also teaches him other information, as Luke begins to question his status as a third child and the world he lives in.
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