In the book The Knife of Never Letting Go Book by Patrick Ness the protagonists live on new planet that gives off a strange effect that makes all men broadcast their thoughts even if they don’t want to. All the women can hear the thoughts but do not broadcast their thoughts themselves. Todd, the main character, must escape the clutches of evil Mayor Prentiss and his massive army. To accomplish this goal he must go venture away from the army towards a town called Haven. Haven is the largest settlement on the New World. This quote shows the scale of it, “‘Is Haven a real place?’ I ask. ‘It’s the biggest and first of the settlements,’ Hildy says. ‘Closest New Worlds got to a big city. Miles away.”(179) Todd hopes the city will serve as …show more content…
a haven or safe place from the army. The other protagonist ,Viola’s goal is to get to Haven to contact a group of settler ships that are coming to recolonize the “New World”. She came from the old world on a settler ship: “We crashed. There was a fire and we were flying low and we thought we’d be okay but something went wrong with the safety fumes and-”(137) Getting to the new batch of settler ships so it is very important to her so she can either go back or see people she knows. She and Todd work together to get to Haven while taking multiple detours to evade the army. On their travels Todd and Viola meet a side protagonist named Wilf. Wilfs goal is to get him and his family to safety. Todd also has a side goal in keeping Viola safe from the army and other dangers. Todd is so invested in this goal that at one point in the book when Viola is kidnapped Todd goes multiple days without sleeping or eating just to catch up to her. This example shows Todd obviously cares for her. In the end the protagonists do not accomplish their goal at all, “We’ve run right into a trap. We’ve run right off the end of the world. ‘Welcome,’ says the mayor, ‘to New Prentisstown.” (479)Todd gets to Haven in the end with Viola but the entire city had been taken over by Mayor Prentiss and the army. (Haven had just surrendered without a fight). Todd thought Haven would be able to protect him and Viola while they waited for the settler ships to arrive but alas, this was not the case. Viola however also missed out on her goal of making it to Haven in one piece as she had been shot in the back by Davy Prentiss Junior. It is still possible for Viola to complete her goal as if she recovers she can still contact the settlers if she gets the mayor's permission. The story ends with Todd and Viola defeating Aaron ,an evil preacher of Prentisstown ,but as they are rejoicing that they finally got to Haven Davy Prentiss shot Viola in the back.
Todd then defeats Davy Prentiss by making him fall off his horse and getting the horse to drag him around. Then Todd runs down the final stretch holding Viola’s limp body in his arms as he runs towards Haven’s city center. He starts to notice there is no one outside and how he can not hear any noise. He keeps looking around but eventually gives up; falling to his knees in the courtyard. Then the Mayor rides up toward him and tells him that he won: “‘Sometimes the rumour of an army is just as effective as the army itself, my boy,’ he says. ‘The terms of surrender were most favorable. One of which was clearing the streets so I could welcome you here myself.’” (478) The mayor then refuses to give Viola any help for a while, but eventually gives in leaving her in one of the many healing …show more content…
houses. There are multiple themes in the book The Knife of Never Letting Go but one of the most prominent one is that killing can change your life and permanently scar you.
In one instance after Todd kills a Spackle he is filled with remorse and it just adds insult to injury when Aaron attacks a few minutes later: “And all my hate erupts into me like a volcano at full bright red- And I fall on him- And I punch the knife into his chest.”(274) Later in the book it is revealed that to become a man in Prentisstown you must kill someone. If Todd had ended up killing a human he most likely wouldn't be the same Todd. He would probably end up with Todd joining Mayor Prentiss and turning Viola
in. Another theme is that killing is very hard to do. There are multiple occasions where Todd is trying to kill someone but he hesitates for a second and it leads to something very bad. For example when Aaron attacks Viola and Todd they need to fend him off. Todd gets the upperhand but he hesitates resulting in Viola getting kidnapped, “And I jump for it- My hand outstretched- My noise so red I can barely see-” (461) Killing is very hard even if you need to do it to defend someone you love. In the end Viola kills Aaron to protect Todd from killing someone so he doesn’t change. In the end Viola does change for the worse but she returns to her normal self in the end. The killing tradition in Prentisstown must've been hard for the people who were raised purely. The last theme in my book was to never give up. This is a little cliched of a theme but my book took it to a new level. At one moment in the book Todd nearly dies because he doesn’t give up and keeps pushing to do what he needs to accomplish. “Keep moving, Todd Hewitt. Keep going. I don’t dare sleep. Aaron may not so I can’t. On and on, the clouds passing sometimes without me noticing, the moons rising , stars peeping.” Another quote from this section of the story is this, “My legs slip out from under me and I’m not quick enough to catch myself and I fall down and I keep falling, sliding down the hill, bumping into bushes, picking up speed, feeling a tearing in my back, and I reach out to stop myself but my hands are too slow to catch anything and I judder judder judder along the leaves and grass and then I hit a bump and skid into the air, tumbling over onto my shoulders, pain searing thru them, and I call out loud and I don’t stop falling till I come to a thicket of brambles at the bottom of the hill and ram into ‘em with a thump.”(304) From basically the beginning to the end Todd showed that he doesn’t give up, continuing to go on to help Viola or to get to Haven or to defeat mayor Prentiss.
In the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, it follows a Olympian named Louie Zamperini, and his journey. Louie Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, his family later then moved to Torrance, California. Louie is: rebellious, resourceful, among many other things. Louie is who he is because of how he grew up, and the obstacles he overcame. Louie Zamperini shows rebellious and resourceful characteristic traits through his actions.
In the ancient Japanese culture, one great aspect was on how they emphasized on the intrinsic themes of loyalty and honor. They had fierce warriors known as samurai’s. A samurai was a traditional warrior who would protect and be loyal to their masters no matter what. They were known to be skilled soldiers, benevolent men, self-sacrifice, sense of shame, along with other major characteristics that embodied them as a samurai. While this class of warrior no longer exist today, the remembrance of a samurai is present in the minds of the characters in the novel, The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. Tsukiyama does a fascinating piece of work by really elaborating and describing the great attributes that Matsu possess of a true samurai. In the
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" bestowed upon me,. 3-2 l.5-7 At first, Viola is nearly forced into a battle. but is saved when the confused Antonio arrives. Later on, Sebastian and Andrew.