Quote 4

 "When in trouble or on doubt, run in circles, scream and shout" - Marcus' personal favorite


This line is a parody of the other advise "when in trouble" quotes, and is one that Marcus frequently thinks about when he's actually in trouble. This quote is here for two purposes, one, is of course, for comedy, so the book is more interesting and funny. Imitating the scenes in comedies and comics where whenever there's trouble, all people can do is run around screaming and wait for the 'hero'

The second reason is to show readers that the reaction of most of the citizens was, indeed, to scream and run when the explosions went off, until the loudspeaker told them what to do. This is one of the main reasons that Dystopian societies exist; in some Dystopian societies, the oppressed people are unable to resist, but in Dystopias like the one described in this book, a large amount of the population is unwilling to resist or just doesn't know or care they are even in a Dystopian society.