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Leaving Home “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, “1984” by George Orwell, “Divergent” by Veronica Roth and “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley share with us dystopian worlds where humanity aims for a better society and gets it wrong. It is the standard fayre of many science fiction novels; the need to escape the oppressive nature of the fictional society in which they live which leads individuals to amazing feats. If you want to explore some of these worlds http://best-sci-fi-books.com/96-dystopianscience-fiction-books/ provides a great jumping off point. However what if you don’t live in a science fiction novel, but in a real society where you, the individual, is repressed, under attack, suffering? How can you escape? Would you tr H