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After (2003)

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After (2003)	label	After (2003)
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After (2003)	comment	After is a Young Adult Literature novel written by Francine Prose.Tom is a sophomore at Central High, one of the â€œsmart jocksâ€�, a normal guy at a normal school. And during math class, that normalcy shatters. A school the next town over is shot up by angry students, and in the wake of this tragedy, school at Central begins to change. A grief and crisis counselor, Dr Willner, takes over, instituting new rules at every turn. Metal detectors, random searches, a ban on things like chewing gum, hats, even the color red. At first the students make their compromises, but when those who do not comply begin to vanish, Tom realizes that nothing good can come of sacrificing freedom for safety.Not to be confused with After by Anna Todd, another YA novel with the same title.
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After (2003) / int_1e679bd0	type	The Quisling
After (2003) / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: It's mentioned that some students will report others. Subverted with Rebecca; Tom suspects she might be one, but she was actually the graffiti artist.
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After (2003) / int_3866ab91	type	Deceased Parents Are the Best
After (2003) / int_3866ab91	comment	Deceased Parents Are the Best: In wake of Wilner steadily taking over the school, Tom looks back on how his mother was a good mom and a great problem solver in life. In his mind, if only she were alive, she would've figured out how to fight back Wilner's influence on the school.
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After (2003) / int_3b55513e	type	Parental Betrayal
After (2003) / int_3b55513e	comment	Parental Betrayal: Many, due to their having been brainwashed. Silias' parents are by far the worst; they willingly send Silias to what amounts to a concentration camp.
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After (2003) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
After (2003) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Wilner has completely taken over Central, and the minds of most of the students' parents. And it's only a matter of time before he has the remaining students taken to Operation Turnaround. But our collective heroes (Tom, his father, his stepmother, Rebecca, her family, and Tom's remaining friend) all make tracks to someplace safe and remote.
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After (2003) / int_41d9aaef	type	Brainwashed
After (2003) / int_41d9aaef	comment	Brainwashed: The parents are brainwashed into thinking Wilner's security measures are justified by his emails.
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After (2003) / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
After (2003) / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: Strongly implied. Tom's father's girlfriend works selling flowers and plants and personally met Wilner's wife when she sold her petunias. But not long ago, she witnessed as Wilner forced his sobbing wife to return the petunias, disgusted at his controlling behavior.
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After (2003) / int_5da3f522	type	Big Brother Is Watching
After (2003) / int_5da3f522	comment	Big Brother Is Watching: Referenced by name after Wilner tells Henry and his parents to meet them the next day when they're in a totally different town.
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After (2003) / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
After (2003) / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Tom's mother is dead.
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After (2003) / int_6db06839	type	The Stoner
After (2003) / int_6db06839	comment	The Stoner: Silas. Which doesn't end well for him...
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After (2003) / int_72856b70	type	Godzilla Threshold
After (2003) / int_72856b70	comment	Godzilla Threshold: Our protagonists view their parents as this, believing that if things get worse, they can always call on them for help. The only reason they didn't sooner was because they knew how ugly it would get if they got their parents involved. Unfortunately, the fact Wilner brainwashes them to be compliant using propaganda e-mail leaves our heroes feeling helpless that their only trump card has slipped through their fingers.
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After (2003) / int_73f79f91	type	Released to Elsewhere
After (2003) / int_73f79f91	comment	Released to Elsewhere: Any students who try to fight back get sent to "Operation Turnaround".
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After (2003) / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
After (2003) / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: The new rules get progressively more insane.
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After (2003) / int_7e74d66f	type	Politically Correct History
After (2003) / int_7e74d66f	comment	Politically Correct History: The school slowly starts to try to brainwash the students to believe this. One of the protagonist's friends points out that the documentary playing on the bus that day is on World War II, and was stating that the atom bombs were dropped on Japanese wilderness areas. He says, "Dude, Listen to that. I don't think that's true." followed by another friend asking, "How stupid were we?"
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After (2003) / int_9315c635	type	Lovable Jock
After (2003) / int_9315c635	comment	Lovable Jock: Many of the main characters fall into a clique of sorts called the "smart jocks". They are devoted to basketball, but unlike the Dumb Jock clique, they are kind and do reasonably well in school.
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After (2003) / int_bba9ea51	type	Good Stepmother
After (2003) / int_bba9ea51	comment	Good Stepmother: Tom may have felt distant from his father's girlfriend in the beginning of the story, but she's an overall decent person. Towards the end, after bonding over the fear of Big Brother Is Watching You, she and Tom bond beautifully to the point where she squeezes his shoulder the way his mother used to.
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After (2003) / int_bc03c871	type	Child Hater
After (2003) / int_bc03c871	comment	Child Hater: Tom suspects that part of the reason Wilner wants to brainwash and/or punish the students of Central is that he has a hatred of teenagers. Tom narrates how he finds this both a relief and a red flag. Although he can take comfort in it's nothing he did, it bothers him Wilner hates him without even knowing what kind of person Tom is.
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After (2003) / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
After (2003) / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: The new rules; as things get progressively worse, the school begins banning anything that could possibly be construed as rebellious, surveying everything students do, and even sending rebels to "Operation Turnaround"... all while claiming that it's for their own good.
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After (2003) / int_dfcb2c08	type	The Evils of Free Will
After (2003) / int_dfcb2c08	comment	The Evils of Free Will: Wilner and his allies don't believe that teenagers are capable of making decisions for themselves. Or at least, not good decisions anyway.
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