The bar code tattoo by Suzanne Weyn talks about how in the future everyone will be required to get a bar code tattoo that will tell everything about them from their credit card information to their genetics. This of course is morally corrupt because it prevents people from getting medical insurance and getting some jobs. Also it gives the government absolute control over every ones account information and they are able to control what you are able to use and when. If you were on the run they would freeze all your accounts and there is no other way to pay for anything except using your bar code. Though for some people getting this tattoo means losing their jobs and control over their life.  The main character Kayla Reed finds out the true power of the bar code and goes on the run to the mountains where no one will be able to find her. There she joins a rebellion and makes a new family after she was forced to leave hers for her own safety. This is because people who openly speak out of the bar code tattoo seem be disappearing or killed. Though the rebellion starts their own society one without so much technology and they chose to live life with an equal government unlike society's corrupt one. Also they are able to steer clear from technology because of the problems it may cause. They start their own way of life.