I am reading a book by James Patterson called "Toys". It is mainly about a group of 'Elites' which are bio-genetically engineered super-humans that are taking over the world and former Elite, Hays Baker and rebel forces (humans) have to stop the Elites from killing off the rest of mankind. I say former Elite because Hays was originally an Elite but in a series of events he finds out he is a human that has been altered to look and act Elite (he did not know he was altered). Anyways as I was reading the book I thought of how it similarly mirrored parts of Native Americans society. In the book humans have been forced into the poorest of conditions and live on the outskirts of society. The Elites also have a plan to exterminate all humans off the face of the Earth, which mirrors Andrew Jackson's idea of Native Americans, except for that fact that he was told it would be too expensive and he was unable to follow through with his plan. So instead he came up with the idea of reservations.
I am only about halfway through the book right now, so I will have to see if I can come up with more connections later on once I finish reading.
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