History Literature / PosterGirl

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Oh so very much. During the uprising that overthrew the Delegation the rebels killed people indiscriminetly for having any connection to the regime, including teenagers and children. This includes Sonya`s best friend Tana and her entire family, as well as her betrothed Aaron.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Oh so very much. During the rebellion that overthrew the Delegation they rebels killed people indiscriminetly for having any connection to the regime, including teenagers and children. This includes Sonya`s best friend Tana and her entire family, as well as her betrothed Aaron.

* SexForServices: It is mentioned that some guards smuggle certain items into the Aperture, in exchange for 'favors' with good looking female inmates. [[spoiler: Ultimatley discussed but averted in the story itself, as Sonya does fear that she might have engage in this to get a message out of the Aperture. Thankfully Williams, the guard, is nice enough to help her for free.]]

* SexForServices: It is mentioned that some guards smuggle certain items into the Aperture, in exchange for 'favors' with good looking female inmates. [[spoiler: Ultimatley averted in the story itself as Sonya does fear that she might have engage in this to get a message out of the Aperture. Thankfully Williams, the guard, is nice enough to help her for free.]]

* DramaticIrony: David, Sonya's boyfriend in the Aperture eventually comitted suicide due to the hopelessness of the situation. What makes it especially tragic is that he entered the Aperture as a teenager, so if he had lived on he would have been amongst those eventually released by the Triumvirate.

* RealismInducedHorror: The Des Coin system might sounds like something out of the imagination of a dystopian writer, but it is actually not so different from the "Social Credit" system that the People Republic of China uses.

* DumbBlonde: Subverted, Sonya has blonde hair and sometimes calls herself not very clever, especially when compared to her sister, [[spoiler: and the delegation considered her not intelligent enough for a position above that of a trophy wife]] but she is actually quite crafty and smart during the story.
* DramaticIrony: David Sonya's boyfriend in the Aperture eventually comitted suicide due to the hopelessness of the situation. What makes it especially tragic is that he entered the Aperture as a teenager, so if he had lived on he would have been amongst those eventually released by the Triumvirate.

* BoyishShortHair: Sonya wears her blonde hair short in the Aperture for practical reasons.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Basically the Delegations MO, during their reign people would be punished by loosing Des Coin for the most absurd infractions. Not sitting straight, taking an uncommon last name in marriage and even women cutting their hair short are all examples mentioned in the story.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Basically the Delegations MO, during their reign people would be punished by loosing Des Coin for the most absurd infractions. Not sitting straight, taking an uncommon last name in marriage and even women cutting her hair short are all examples mentioned in the story.

Now, ten years after the Rebellion, Sonya and the other loyalists of the old regime lead a miserable existence in the Aperture, a ghetto in the outskirts of the MegaCity, trying to make the most of the scraps left to them. It is then she is approached by Alexander, once a friend of Sonya, he turned against the Delegation in the rebellion and has been working for the new government, the Triumvirate in the past decade. He gives Sonya a tantalizing offer: find a girl taken away from her family by the Delegation, and she will receive her freedom. Traversing the new world on her path to redemption Sonya is confronted more and more with the evils of the old regime, and the part her own family played within it…

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Delegation, at least from the perspective of it`s elite. To them it have a civilized, high society state where everyone was constantly rewarded/punished for their behavior and in which modern technology was rapidly advancing. The only people actually treated harshly were vile criminals and terrorists. Needless to say as Sonya get`s more and more into contact with people not part of the regimes elite she begins to realize just how fake her seemingly perfect world actually was.

Poster Girl is a novel by Veronica Roth, the author of the Literature/{{Divergent}} Series, published in 2022.

* MeaningfullRename: Those inmates allowed to leave the Aperture are given the opportunity to take on a new name to protect them in the new society. [[spoiler: Sonya herself averts this though when given the offer at the end of the story. Knowing that people will recognize her as the Poster Girl anyway.]]

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife : Most people in the Aperture struggle with extreme boredom as there is little for them to do in their ghetto. To the point that those who are released even rejoce at the idea of being being given factory jobs so they finally have something to do with their life again.