Revived By Cat Patrick: Novel Analysis

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The novel I have been reading for my ISP is Revived, written by Cat Patrick. The setting of the first half of the book is Omaha, Nebraska. Daisy, the protagonist, was selected, with no say, for a human experimentation program, that tests a drug that brings the dead back to life. Daisy was only 16, and had already died five times, and brought back to life five times. The sixth time she was revived, Daisy was relocated to Omaha, where she meet Audrey, and her brother Matt, which changed her entire life. The drug is named revive, and is the antagonist, because the drug causes the main character, Daisy, many problems and issues she has to surpass. This is a society vs. self conflict because the program, and Daisy, are keeping secrets from society, and not …show more content…

Daisy did not volunteer for this program, instead she was picked, and had to obey the rules, and regulations. “‘They just put me in the program, I didn’t make a decision, and I wish somehow I find a way out’” (Patrick, 168). This quote explicitly shows how trapped Daisy felt. As a teenager, I know how it feels to be trapped, and not listened to. Many adults think adolescents are immature, and do not know what they are talking about. This causes many teenagers to feel trapped in the education system, and in society. At school, teenagers do not have freedom of their own education; they are just taught what the board wants to teach them. This relates to Daisy’s situation because she was given orders by the controller, and had to follow them. In both situations, the teenagers are given no freedom, and are left feeling trapped. The way I dealt with feeling trapped in society due to stereotypes was, always keeping my head up high, and telling my opinion on a situation, just so people could hear my thoughts. I would advise Daisy to do the same, and try to share her opinion of the program to the

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