The Compound Sparknotes

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The Compound is about a boy Eli and his family, and their life inside of a fallout shelter also known as The Compound. Eli first entered the compound when he was nine before a nuclear attack plunged the world into another age of darkness. Eli has now been in the compound for six years. In that time, his mother Clea had three children, and is pregnant with a fourth, known by the family as “the supplements”, the supplements are Eli’s father’s, Rex, plan for food incase their meat supply runs low. Eli doesn't like seeing them because he doesn't want to grow attached to them. Eventually Rex shows Eli his laboratory where Eli discovers his dad is attempting to clone humans to maintain a continuous food source in the oncoming years and this disgusts Eli. Clea eventually talks Eli into meeting the children where he develops a deep bond with them. Eli then finds out that there is working internet around his father's laboratory. Eli accesses the internet to find out that his twin brother Eddy, who we are told didn't make it to the compound in time, is still alive, and that there was no nuclear attack. Eddy warns Eli about their father having a history of being insane and warns him of the dangers to come. Eddy promises to find Eli. Learning this Eli confronts his father to find that the lies are indeed true. Eli socks his dad in the jaw and knocks him out cold. Before his father is taken to the infirmary he reveals how to unlock the hatch at the top of the compound. Eli and his sisters discover the code on a piece of paper written in invisible ink …show more content…

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