Bodies We Wear Themes

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The themes in The Bodies we wear can change one's ways of thinking in several ways. The Bodies We Wear is written by Jeyn Roberts. Jeyn started writing at a young age and published her first book at 16. She is also a former singer, songwriter, actress, bicycle courier and tree planter. The Bodies We Wear is a science fiction novel which deals with the concept of a drug called Heam. Heam is a deadly fictional drug that when users consume it their body temporarily shuts down sending the user to heaven or hell. If one overdoses and comes back to life they are left with spider web-like scars across their whole chest. The Bodies We Wear is a memorable and life-altering novel which features three powerful themes: The morality of revenge, The struggle …show more content…

Both Christian and Beth died from drug overdose which fuelled Faye's angst for revenge even more. Faye describes when she sees Beth immensely "The child in front of me is curled up in a small ball. In her hands is a small empty vial that once contained strawberry flavored poison." Finding Beth like that put a huge burden on Faye and after that, she wanted revenge for both Christian and Beth. The scars on Faye's chest classifies her as a drug addict which she is certainly not. While having lunch with Faye's classmate Paige she says "that guy with all Heam scars on his chest. I'd rather die than be scarred like that. Just disgusting." Faye thinks that she will not go anywhere in life because of her scars and what others will think of her scars. So this is another motivation for revenge. When one takes Heam or any other drug one commonly becomes addicted and it leads to other crimes or other drugs. There are certain components in drugs that makes one addicted like in cigarettes its nicotine. With Heam, it's seeing heaven and being in a peaceful place. Rather than seeing heaven, Faye saw hell and it affected her in many bad ways. She thought life was not worth it because she would go to hell anyways. Jane Roberts life-altering novel made great use of the theme dangers of drug

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