What Is The Theme Of Heroism In The Young Elites By Adelina Amutreou

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The novel The Young Elites, by Marie Lu, is a book about a a girl, Adelina Amutreou, taking on a life that includes bravery, hard work, courage, and eventually heroism. Adelina experiences a hard childhood. Most of Adelina’s family, including her sister, Violetta, and their mom, suffer from the deadly Blood Fever. It strikes across their nation leaving most of the people affected with markings all over their bodies, if not dead. Sadly, Adelina’s mom dies from the Blood Fever, but she and her sister survive. Adelina, unlike her sister, has markings all over her body which makes it hard to find a handsome man who wants her as a wife. Even her own father feels put off by her fever-marks and treats her poorly because of them. Adelina, although flawed, embodies a true hero because she tries to take down the Inquisition to help the other Elite,cares for and loves her sister, and risks her life trying to save others. …show more content…

The Young Elites’ job is to take down the Inquisition, but to do that they have to train rigorously for countless hours. Enzo, the leader of the group, personally trains Adelina to make her “master [her] abilities” (Lu 176),and use them in a way that no one else can. Adelina’s abilities, or power, is that she can make illusions that everyone else can see, feel, and touch. The illusions are hard to master because it she has to make every detail look realistic in a certain amount of time. Adelina is a heroic warrior and with her powers she feels alive more than

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