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Since the Omegas were grouped together and treated as gods among men they did form a very distinct clique. Like the book says the Omegas were the most studied and revered generation of all time. The intrigue was almost too great for society to handle all at once. I think the book “Children of Men,” has some truth with in its story. If all of mankind were threatened with extinction because of infertility our society would change each year. Instead of out with the old and in with the new it would just be out with the old. First we would lose the love of children, next we would lose our jealousy of young adults, then the work force that drives our economy, until we would be left with old hags that knew nothing of the past. The last generation, like in the book, would lose all interest in education. Do you think that the main reason the omegas have no interest in education because they were the only generation that knew they were the last humans that will ever be born? I think so. I could never imagine what it would be like to grow up in a society where I would never have to worry about the continuation of life. In my opinion if I grew up as an Omega I don’t think I would have any feelings for anything either. As an omega I would constantly see everything I held dear a year earlier being destroyed or lying desolate. As an Omega I would be the last to do everything. Even something as a menial as reading a children’s book would no longer have purpose other than to torture someone with the fact there are no longer children to read them to. What is life other than society contributing to the advancement and continuation of life? Without continuation of life what’s the point in advancing society economically, socially, and technologically?