"Yes it is. You just don't see it," Rose said. And just as she told her mother, she told her father that she didn't follow the laws set up by Fascist Regimes. "You think I care what some pale-faced school dropout says?"
She didn't expect him to understand anything. "I've given up much more than you realize. I've given up my freedom," Rose said before asking him where she should cool down. "I'm not allowed to go anywhere. If you are going to hit me, would you mind hitting the other cheek?"