Phase Two: Cell (Part 2)

"Some advice, sister," Tom said. "The police will no longer protect you as they did when you and your

self-righteous, holy-rolling friends marched on the family planning centers or the Emily Cathcart Clinic in

"That abortion mill!" she spat, and then raised her Bible, as if to block a blow.

Tom didn't hit her, but he was smiling grimly. "I don't know about the Vial of Insanity, but there's

certainly

you may well find that they'll eat the mouthy Christians first. Somebody canceled your right of free speech

around three o'clock this afternoon. Just a word to the wise." (pdf pg 40)
Waltham—"beaucoup crazy making the rounds tonight. May I be clear? The lions are out of their cages, and
    Again, I've acquired a digital copy of Cell through super-happy-file-shary-looky time, so the pages are highly condensed.

    Anyway, this quote captures the downfall of society, and is a sign of things to come in terms of environmental change. Though Cell does not predict an environmental dystopia or downfall, it goes through what happens to the human empire when the majority of people pass.

    Near the beginning of the "pulse", the incident that kickstarted an apocalypse, Clayton Riddell and his group of survivors begin to think in terms of what necessary, and have determined that religious obsession isn't one of them.

    Cell creates the idea that human institutions like religion and courtesy will be thrown out the window when life is on the line. Slowly, the human environment begins to fade away, leading into a new world where humans are, essentially, just another animal near the top of the food chain. There's an entire ecological system that humans have circumvented through technology. Instead of hunting, we've created an industry based solely around birthing and killing cattle in short periods of time or our consumption.

    Instead of living at the top of the food chain, we've put the food chain in a completely separate league, completly disregarding it. Cell eventually discusses a future in which we revert to a top predator, and not the ultimate power.

The Food Chain, as told by The Simpsons