Ch1 - Who are you fooling?

When tragedy strikes, people as a group typically have three ways of dealing with it: 1)ignore the issue all together pretending it never happened, 2) try to be strong and optimistic for each other saying things no one believes, 3) confine their fears in one another and band together in it for strength leaning on one another and working together to find a solution.

Throughout the chapter all the characters are too afraid to admit the truth out loud to voice their fears to one another.  People often justify this as "being strong" for others or protecting them. They were masks of fake optimism fooling no one for they are all are playing the same charade rendering it pointless. They isolated themselves with their fears leading their only solace to pretend. I wonder what could have happened if enough citizens had been brave enough to own up to their fears leading to real discussion of what was happening. If enough people had been willing to admit to reality, would they have worked harder to find an alternative solution besides waiting? Would they have escaped?

(And yes I finally managed to get this post published! :D)