"Unseen" Prologue
We are taught on day one the importance of ambition and success. Ambition and success equal better jobs, which amount to greater pay and ultimately...a higher social class. However, what people fail to realize is while they are trying to enforce these ideals on young children, notions of segregation become attached to the child's mentality as well. The first great issue of segregation was race, which seemed to be ages ago. Racism used to freely run through the nation, as if it was as natural as the earth itself. However, people were eventually able to realize how futile the idea of racism was...people were not able to choose their race and therefore, they did not deserve the ridicule. Despite this, humanity quickly realized that a void now existed; if they could not hate people for their race, what could they hate them for? The answer was simple: money-a factor in one's life that is typically influenced by one's choices. At that point, society split into three sections, covering the three different groups of wealth. At the top of the pyramid was the wealthy class or the Desirables. They consisted mostly of high-ranking government officials and aristocrats; however, successful surgeons, doctors, and lawyers made a slight percentage of it as well. The Desirables were free to live life however they pleased, void of stress and work that would be accomplished by the other classes. Adults often attended luxurious cocktail parties while teenagers typically partied nighttime events such as raves and music festivals-embracing their youth with slight rebellion. Underneath this class was the middle class or the Basics, who essentially supported the entire society through their labor. As Basics, the people were to lead a simple life free from vanity, parties, and other factors that could distract them from supporting the framework that made up the society. At the very bottom of the social classes was the Unseen: the people who lived at or below the poverty line. Individuals from higher classes were not allowed to acknowledge them...they were meant to be unseen, unwanted, and undesired. Breaking big-enough laws could result in becoming banished to the Unseen and upward social mobility was practically nonexistent. Becoming an Unseen was synonymous of dying; life was bleak, food was scarce, and disease was widespread. However, the Unseen did possess something the other classes did not: the truth. The truth about humanity, the truth about life, and the truth about the government.
Being taught these basic principles when growing up only enforce the idea of social segregation. When certain levels of wealth are not met by society's standards, the individual is to be looked down upon. The amount of money a person makes starts to replace the amount of happiness he/she has working. Money becomes not only another basic necessity for survival but also an indicating factor of one's status and lifestyle. The innocuous values of ambition and success are laced with greed, cleverly instilled into the minds of young children and will continue into a never-ending cycle, leaving no room for change, hope, or life.
This is my first story and prologue so let me know what you guys think! I have so many ideas as to where this story can go and feel like I will have so much fun writing this story. Please leave any comments, feedback, and suggestions you have for me as that will help a lot. I will try to post each chapter every Sunday so if you want more, stick around!