 What is ironic about the Movement's refusal to attempt to escape the Dome?
In the ensuing contretemps they emptied his rear pants pockets, got his wristwatch and restored the contents of the handkerchief pocket. It was precipitation peculiar to a dome: feather-light fragments showering harmlessly on the city from time to time. Dome weevils, their metal arms reaching out with molten glass, roamed the huge casserole, ceaselessly patching and repairing. Or, as Fownes hoped it might appear, the illusion of the domed city vanished and was replaced by a more satisfactory, and, for his specific purpose, more functional, illusion. The sun and moon both looked down upon a garden that was itself scintillant, composed largely of neon roses.
 They claim that they are waiting for a sound foreign policy, but they are already living within the government's choice for one
 They are actually content living inside the Dome and are part of a group designed to frame Fownes  They fear they will not survive the elements outside of the Dome, but outside of the Dome is a peaceful place  They like to think of themselves as being valiant and insubordinate, but they are actually afraid and conformist  They claim that they are waiting for a sound foreign policy, but they are already living within the government's choice for one