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    Savvy

    by testsuphomeAdmin
    Savvy by Ingrid Law tells the story of Mibs Beaumont, a young girl who discovers her magical "savvy" on her 13th birthday. As her family faces a crisis, Mibs embarks on an adventure to unlock her powers, learning about herself, family, and the true meaning of strength along the way.

    In Chap­ter XV, we meet Fish, Bob­bi, Will, and the nar­ra­tor on a bus, watch­ing Lester, the bus dri­ver, get out to assist a woman whose car has bro­ken down. The woman, Miss Lill Kite­ley, appears in an over­sized coat over her wait­ress uni­form, con­trast­ing with Lester’s small­er frame. As they inter­act, the chil­dren spec­u­late about the rea­sons for Lester’s sud­den stop. They’re ini­tial­ly appre­hen­sive when Lester intro­duces Lill, as they fear her pres­ence will com­pli­cate their jour­ney to see their Pop­pa in the hos­pi­tal.

    Lester’s cheer­ful demeanor seems to illu­mi­nate the sit­u­a­tion despite the children’s moans about anoth­er adult’s intru­sion. Lill’s aware­ness of the kids’ expres­sions shows her per­cep­tive­ness, and she engages them with gen­tle inquiries. The ten­sions among the chil­dren sur­face through snarky com­ments aimed at Lester’s ten­den­cy to pick up strays, high­light­ing their reluc­tance to share their adven­ture with an out­sider. The chil­dren share a fab­ri­cat­ed sto­ry about Lil­l’s role, attempt­ing to con­vince her of the legit­i­ma­cy of their jour­ney while cater­ing to Lester’s under­stand­ing.

    As Lill takes a seat beside Lester, her keen obser­va­tion picks up on the bruis­es on the kids’ faces, which she humor­ous­ly remarks might indi­cate they’re “bad kids.” Bob­bi quips that they are mere­ly “mis­fits,” to which Lill responds with a smile, indi­cat­ing she’s ready to blend in rather than judge. This scene encap­su­lates the chil­dren’s cama­raderie and their bond with Lester, even while deal­ing with the pres­sure of an unex­pect­ed com­pan­ion.

    The chap­ter con­cludes with a mix of appre­hen­sion and accep­tance, as the chil­dren pre­pare to con­tin­ue their jour­ney with Lill, who seems more adapt­able than ini­tial­ly per­ceived. The inter­ac­tion show­cas­es the dynam­ics of their group as they nav­i­gate rela­tion­ships and the com­plex­i­ties of their sit­u­a­tion.

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    Cover of Savvy
    Fiction

    Savvy

    by LovelyMay
    Savvy by Ingrid Law tells the story of Mibs Beaumont, a young girl who discovers her magical "savvy" on her 13th birthday. As her family faces a crisis, Mibs embarks on an adventure to unlock her powers, learning about herself, family, and the true meaning of strength along the way.

    In Chap­ter XV of “The Com­ing Race,” the nar­ra­tor con­tin­ues to explore the soci­ety of the Vril-ya, shed­ding light on their cul­ture, val­ues, and tech­nol­o­gy. At the sug­ges­tion of his host’s daugh­ter, he adopts the dress of the Vril-ya—excluding their dis­tinc­tive wings, which allows him to blend in and vis­it the town with­out draw­ing unwel­come atten­tion. He learns about the city’s size, its agri­cul­tur­al wealth, and the Vril-ya’s kind­ness towards ani­mals, hint­ing at a deeply inte­grat­ed respect for all liv­ing beings with­in their soci­ety.

    The chap­ter delves into the soci­etal norms and tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ments of the Vril-ya. It high­lights their use of vril-pow­ered vehi­cles for trans­porta­tion and the main­te­nance of neu­tral, cul­ti­vat­ed lands between Vril-ya com­mu­ni­ties for com­merce and com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The nar­ra­tor is struck by the Vril-ya’s advanced agri­cul­tur­al tech­niques, their val­ue of birds for music, and their absence of domes­tic ani­mals like dogs and hors­es, now viewed as obso­lete due to tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ments, espe­cial­ly the inven­tion of wings and air-boats.

    A sig­nif­i­cant part of the chap­ter focus­es on the Vril-ya’s phys­i­cal and cul­tur­al char­ac­ter­is­tics, such as their health prac­tices, lux­u­ri­ous lifestyles, and the phys­i­cal beau­ty that remains unmarred into old age. Their edu­ca­tion sys­tem, which empha­sizes moral and intel­lec­tu­al devel­op­ment, reflects a soci­ety aimed at elim­i­nat­ing strife and com­pe­ti­tion, favor­ing a serene equal­i­ty rem­i­nis­cent of a more spir­i­tu­al­ly advanced civ­i­liza­tion.

    The nar­ra­tor also com­pares the skull shapes and moral dis­po­si­tions of the Vril-ya with those of ancient human races, dis­cussing their peace­ful dis­po­si­tion, absence of con­flict, and the har­mo­ny in their inter­ac­tions. This dia­log between Zee, Aph-Lin, and the nar­ra­tor pro­vides a cri­tique of the nar­ra­tor’s own world, high­light­ing the Vril-ya’s dis­dain for the strife, com­pe­ti­tion, and inequal­i­ty that plague human soci­eties.

    The chap­ter clos­es on a philo­soph­i­cal note, with Zee and Aph-Lin express­ing their views on the ulti­mate goals of civ­i­liza­tion. They con­trast the Vril-ya’s pur­suit of col­lec­tive hap­pi­ness, tran­quil­i­ty, and enlight­en­ment with the destruc­tive, com­pet­i­tive nature of human soci­eties, mark­ing a clear dis­tinc­tion between the two races’ visions of progress and the mean­ing of life. The Vril-ya aim for a har­mo­nious exis­tence that aligns with what they believe to be the con­di­tions of divine beings, fur­ther empha­siz­ing the utopi­an ide­al of their soci­ety com­pared to the con­flict-rid­den human world.

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