The Host Book Report

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A. In the book “The Host”, the “host” is the human body that an alien “parasite” is inserted into. Although the human host is very much resistant and reluctant to giving themselves up for this procedure. Once captured by these aliens, Melanie Stryder becomes a human host for the alien parasite Wanderer, the main character, and at first are mortal enemies. After insertion, Wanderer begins to realize that Melanie is a strong host that has fought back from Wanderer more than any host Wanderer has ever lived inside. When trying to seek information from Melanie’s memories, Melanie starts to overpower, rule, and overwhelm her with stressful emotions. Eventually, Wanderer falls in love with Melanie’s loved ones that she sees in her memories and goes out of her way to provide help and security for them and the other humans. In the end, Wanderer is defined by her human host body and is forever defined by her host body after being inserted out of Melanie’s body into her own host body.
Before opening the book, I automatically assumed that the title represented the relationship between the host, Melanie, and the parasite, Wanderer. It seemed as though the image on the cover, the image of the eye of a host body with a parasite inside, gave me an impression of war, love, security, trust and honesty. War in my mind would represent the fight between the human race and the alien race in hopes of survival and conquest. Love and security would tie into each other to represent the love of humans towards the loved ones around them and the yearning to protect them from any harm. And lastly, trust and honesty between the host and the parasite to ensure that both species are on each other’s side and are honest in their intention to inflict no harm.
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...y and security to the humans. In the end, the hatred and fury that is within someone will become extinguished whether it takes little or a lot of time for that to occur.
K. This book I believe is for the curious, caring, imaginative, and the adventurous. It is filled with caring characters and the bondage of family and community. Unlike the relationship between Edward and Bella in The Twilight Series, the relationship between Wanda and Ian has less of a clingy relationship. Their relationship is formed by the bonds of trust and loyalty towards each other rather than obsession and infatuation. I highly recommend this book to someone who likes a challenge of reading a 600 page book, loves sci-fi and unusual, uncommon plot twists. Also, for the people who love cute character romances with less of a cheesy, clingy relationship, this is a phenomenal book to dive into.

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