Blog #3

The conflict of this novel is humanity vs aliens. Why? the Aliens are trying to get rid of the human population on Earth, so they can take the planet for its resources.  The conflict evolves throughout the novel by growing far more intense. Humanity is growing to become more aware of the severe lengths the aliens will go to. Humanity acts on its awareness and fights against the aliens to fight to defend planet earth.

The conflict Cassie had to face was person vs person. Evan shoots Cassie in the leg when he sees her, injuring her. She hides under a car, knowing that if she would leave from under the car she will bleed to death or get an infection. It's then resolved by Evan nursing Cassie.

At the end of the novel, Cassie and Evan had killed the Silencer and had ran to the Evacuation plane.
Cassie, Evan, Sammy and Ben had safety flew away from their home and on the go for their new journey. If it wasn't for Evan to nurse Cassie, she wouldn't have saved her Brother and they would possibly all die from the extraterrestrial invasion.

Question

If you were in this conflict, would you want to stay alive or pass on with your life? If so, why?

Blog #2

From reading the book, Cassie Sullivan is a young, innocent girl that has became part of a worldwide crisis where the world has became the ownership of a mothership.

Her father was killed by The Others by trusting the appearance as they have the appearance of a human.

She had ran away from Camp Ashpit and Is now heading her way to a journey to find her little brother Sammy Sullivan.

During her journey, she had been wounded by one of The Others named Silencer. He can't kill Cassie because he feels deeply in Love with her and he is struggling between the human and alien parts of himself.

In a blink of an eye, she had found herself in a Nursery home with a 19 year old boy named Evan Walker where she now has to face the ability to trust.

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Question

If you were in the situation to trust someone during this tragedy, how would you do it?