The Anomaly Affliction

The Anomaly Affliction

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Last published Thu, Aug 8, 2019

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If you had the choice to never feel negative emotions again, would you? The human body has changed. Emotions, both positive and negative, run through our veins like haemoglobin in our blood. They are no longer just feelings, but substances. In Nacoma, a late 2000s society previously known as the centre of England, emotions are bottled and stored by the government. President Curtis, ruler of Nacoma, has introduced the SentiVaccines - every citizen of Nacoma, when they reach the age of sixteen, has four vaccinations against the four negative basic human emotions: fear, anger, disgust and sadness. Those who do not comply, those who retain these emotions somehow, are sent to MisMap Correctional Facility, a place where medical experts try to "correct" them in order for them to return to Nacoma. Violet Thorburn is a fifteen-year-old girl soon to turn sixteen. However, she is not as willing as her peers to receive the vaccinations. After all, we are born with negative emotions...are they not worth having?

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