In his stunning book Ready Player One, Kline explores a world with a true alternative reality and takes us on the same ride. The story follows Wade, an 18 year old boy whos only true happiness is the OASIS- the aforementioned alternate reality system. The plot twists and turns unexpectedly as Halliday, creator of the OASIS, dies, leaving a world wide contests in his wake. The rules are as follows: whoever clears the 3 gates set up and obtains all the keys to open these gates, will inherit everything Halliday called his own. The narrative exposes us to an escapist culture-one not much unlike our own. In a book rich with metaphors, Kline takes no liberties in making the OASIS another; giving us escapism in its highest form. The dynamic that
