Character Analysis: The 5th Wave

She had help from Mama and kept asking her mother to help her and her brothers understand why blacks were being treated in this manner. The book takes place nine years before the start of World War ll. Throughout the rest of the book she started to understand why people didn't treat them right even though blacks were free. She realizes this when she was in the middle of the market place with Mama and bumped into Lillian Jean and was being screamed at by everyone to apologize and when she finally did apologize she asked Mama on the way home why she was being screamed at by the white people to apologize, mama told cassie that it was because the whites didn’t see blacks as actual people. (CItation) Why are you telling me this? What does it have to do with your

One main reason I chose to annotate this page is that it gives us a lot of important aspects of Cassie’s character. Not only the dialogue shows this, but Cassie’s own thoughts as well. As she is speaking with Brogden, Cassie states that she “did my best to answer Brogden’s questions without popping him with my free hand”. This shows that even though Cassie is speaking with Brogden hoping to join their camp for the safety of her family and herself, she is resistant and untrusting. Brogden asks them why they’re here (at the camp), and Cassie responds, “you mean at this camp, or are you being existential?”. Brogden is confused, and Cassie continues, saying “if you’d asked me that before all this”...”happened, I’d have said something like, ‘We’re here to serve our fellow man or contribute to society.’ If I wanted to be a”...”I’d say, ‘Because if we weren’t here, we’d be somewhere else.’ But since all this”...”has happened, I’m going to say it’s because we’re just dumb lucky”. This shows that she has a mildly sarcastic and snarky side to her personality. Another very important detail we learn from this statement is that even though it’s the ‘apocalypse’, Cassie seems very unafraid and unintimidated by people and situations that most people would panic in. She possesses the ability to poke fun at even the most stressful of

To begin with, Cassie always thinks about Sammy’s safety before her own. Throughout the book, Cassie was dedicated to keeping her brother safe until the point where the siblings were separated. Once Sam is taken away from Cassie, her original mission is

On chapter 66, Cassie allows Evan to help her find Sammy. Thinking why Evan wanted to go and help Cassie find Sammy, she said to him, “Because you think I can’t take care of myself?” Evan replied, saying, “Because I don’t want you to die,” (page 334). On page 334, Cassie allows Evan to help her find Sammy. They were both preparing for weeks. Thinking why Evan wanted to go and help Cassie find Sammy, she said to him, “Because you think I can’t take care of myself?” Evan replied, saying, “Because I don’t want you to die.” It took Cassie to gain trust on Evan when she allowed him to help her find Sammy. At the beginning of the book, Cassie didn’t trust anyone. We know this in chapter 4, when Cassie had shot the crucifix soldier, not taking a moment to stop and reason with him. This shows us that Cassie is better off working individually. Cassie had to learn to trust Evan, after all of the good things he did, like healing her back to health. Her instincts became stronger on whether to trust a person or not, depending on what they had done so far in the

Cassie changes and grows as a character through man.vs society,man vs.man,and man vs. self conflicts

In this event, Cassie wants to get revenge on Lillian Jean for making her apologize to her in Strawberry. Cassie has been waiting for Lillian Jean on the way to and back from school recently. She would wait for Lillian Jean and then carry her books for her. She gained her trust, and Lillian Jean told her secrets that no one else knew. On another casual day, Cassie took Lillian Jean's’ books, but this time it was different. Cassie told Lillian Jean that she had a surprise for her. Cassie then took Lillian Jean to the forest and smashed Lillian’s books on the ground. Cassie says, “I got tired of carrying ‘em,” (Taylor 179). Lillian Jean became all mad and struck Cassie across her face. Cassie tackled her and pulled her hair. Cassie then made Lillian Jean not tell her dad about this by threatening her. Cassie said that if anyone else finds out about this that Lillian’s whole school would know her secrets. The fight ended, and Cassie left to go home. This displays Cassie’s courage because interrogating a white girl, and betraying her, is a danger during this time. White people had rule over black people during the Great Depression. Again, Cassie went into danger without fear. She displayed

Cassie, on the other hand, although she is human, at one point she didn’t trust at all. When the soldier back in Camp Ashpit killed Crisco, she did not hesitate to shoot the soldier. She also chose to shoot the crucifix soldier back in chapter four, which characterizes her as someone who does not hesitate to kill

The realism in the fifth wave is one of the most beautiful things that Yancey creates. Instead of the classic, "Girl has a problem, which she ends up ironically fixing," theme, Yancey throws realistic obstacles in front of his characters. He allows them to feel real pain, as well as the grief that comes with being alone, "Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky," is what Cassie says as a coping mechanism in response to the quiet. This quote made me believe that she was a real character, simply because of the way that she describes her life in

She didn’t always understand what was happening, but when she did, she made good decisions. Her choices weren’t influenced by anyone except herself; she lived her life based on what she believed. Often times, her opinions mirrored her mother’s rebellious and stubborn side. In one such instance, Cassie bumped into Lillian-Jean on the sidewalk one day, and because Cassie was black and Lillian-Jean was white, Lillian-Jean ordered her to get off the sidewalk and apologize.Cassie refused. The act of standing up for herself after Lillian-Jean Simms confronted her seemed to be a good decision to Cassie, but to Lillian-Jean, her actions were unthinkable. Cassie’s maverick-like tendencies often proved to be harmful to her later on. Many people believed she made the correct choice, but were too afraid to speak up. They were paranoid that the Wallaces would hurt them just like they had before. In the worst of times, Cassie was a paragon of light to those who needed it

As a child, in the book She Said Yes, Cassie’s mom states that Cassie was not the most obedient child. Cassie’s mom said that Cassie got into a poor group of friends that

The 5th Wave has many prominent themes including, “Family is worth dying for,” and “Survival depends on being dedicated to others, not one’s self,” but not excluding many others. Throughout the book, the author makes these themes, and many others, evident and hints toward them and supports them, causing the reader to be constantly reminded. The author adds many themes that could easily be overlooked if not examined carefully, but when examined, become unquestionably evident.

We loved being the center of attention everywhere we went. I looked up to Cassie right away due to her genuine personality, she was so popular and always hung out with the “older crowd” It seemed like she knew everyone from every where and me who had just moved to this new town didn’t know ANYONE.

I am starting to wonder why the author is giving one of the main characters , Cassie, a sudden change in her trust towards Evan. I somewhat find this quote very funny because Cassie wants to “politely ask him to stand still” (Yancey 331). And that is just something I find funny. I am becoming more upset that the author is now changing Cassie’s feelings towards Evan only because there is nothing left in the world and so now all they have left is each other.

The Fifth Wave tells a tale about the slow inhalation of the Earth. A group of supernatural, intelligent beings, “the Others”, plans to invade Earth in five attacks. These attacks basically take away all the basic necessities humans need to survive, such as electricity, food, and water. The Fifth Wave first originated as a novel trilogy written by Rick Yancey. Along with other popular young adult science fiction novels such as The Hunger Games trilogy and the Divergent trilogy, the novel is later made into a film.

There are various elements that express the foundation of The 5th Wave. The foundation is designed with many themes that are intricately woven in behind the words. Three of the most prominent themes discussed in this novel includes the following: war cannot change who a person is at their core, family keeps you going and is worth dying for, and to win a war you must know how your enemy thinks. The lead characters in The 5th Wave have all shown examples of these, and each has their own personal paragon when considering these specific themes.