The 5th Wave Essay

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Most people do not believe aliens exist, although some people believe they do. In Stephen Hawking’s article about aliens, he expresses that it would be cool to have another species out there in the universe. Hawking’s tries to figure this out by doing research and performing experiments. He keeps working and trying his best even when tough times come. In The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey, the main character Cassie, experiences a tough journey fighting aliens. Cassie has to fight aliens to get her brother back, when she does there is even more struggles that she runs into. These struggles will not stop Cassie, she is tough, firm and a hard worker. She will not let her brother get taken from her again. In conclusion, the Author’s purpose, conflict, …show more content…

The three things that are included in the author's purpose are, entertain, persuade, and inform. Informing helps the reader understand by giving information about your source. Persuading is used to get the reader hooked, to go along with the author's belief or thought process. Lastly, entertain is used to keep the reader focused, and wanting to continue to read more. In The 5th Wave the author’s purpose is to entertain. Feeling like the characters could die at any moment, leads the readers to their emotions within the written words. For instance, when Cassie ran away from Evan Walker’s house he found her in the woods by a tree. Because of Cassie’s cluelessness the sniper came too close to them with a gun, which leaves the reader with butterflies in their stomach. The excitement in the author’s written words, make the little voice inside the reader's head say “keep reading”. In Stephen Hawking’s article the purpose is to inform. He wants people to learn about aliens and for them to understand that aliens could arrive some day. Entertaining and informing are two different things. When you are trying to entertain your audience you want to put the hook out there so they can grab onto it like a fish. When you are informing you want the reader to learn something from the source. All these reasons lead to why author’s purpose is very …show more content…

The reader needs to know the problem and what’s going on in the story or it’s not fun to read. In The 5th Wave Cassie has to fight a bunch of aliens to get to her brother. The conflict is the little brother got abducted by aliens and Cassie has to go save him. Another problem or conflict is how will she be able to save him. In Stephen Hawking’s article he wants to figure out if aliens are real, or if they could come to earth one day. The conflict in his article is he wishes to figure out if all these things can happen. Comparing these two sources they are very different because one is nonfiction and the other is science fiction. Conflict is needed in every book or article because it helps with the storyline and keeps the reader thinking. When reading about conflict, which is stating a problem, there are many different reasons or ideas to create it in the

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