The 5th Wave Character Analysis

The novel switches point of views to her coincidentally high school crush, Ben, who is taken in by the military and trained to fight back against the Others, which is what they call the aliens. Meanwhile, Cassie is shot in the leg by one of the alien assassins

I believe this because throughout the novel there are many parts where the characters are having self vs self conflicts about giving. In the end they also think of the ones they lost and the ones they promised to save to help them keep fighting. This is shown when in the quote, “Floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, starvation, betrayal, isolation, murder. What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us,” (Yancey 175). Perseverance is the main theme because in order to survive you have to have the will to live through the tough times and continue on. Cassie shows perseverance when she is under the car bleeding out through the gun shot wound. She stands up and yells for the silencer to come out instead of staying under and bleeding to

Cassie befriended Lillian, learned all of her secrets, and beat her up to make her apologize. Cassie was getting tired, so she threw Lillian’s books on the ground. Cassie took Lillian to the woods after being nice to her, doing things for her, and fought her, pulling her hair until she said she wouldn’t tell her father about it. In order for Cassie to win, Cassie said, “Make me.” This may have seemed like a not so good idea, but if this plan had backfired, Cassie knew that in the end, the results could’ve been deadly for her and her

An additional theme heavily shown throughout the book is “people are defined by the choices they make”. Ben left his little sister, Sissy, to die, even though he could have made an effort to save her; because he left her, he now vows not to run from danger or those things which scare him. Furthermore, Cassie promises Sammy that she will find him and, because she makes that promise, she will stop at nothing to be with him again.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Near the end of the book Cassie bumps into Jeremy Simms sister and her dad comes and pushes Cassie off the sidewalk.“It was then that I bumped into Lillian Jean Simms… Mr. Simms glared down at me “When my gal Lillian Jean says for you to get yo’self off the sidewalk, you get, your hear.” This shows her losing innocence because she now sees how terrible white people are to push a 9 year old girl off the sidewalk because someone bumped into her. Lillian and her dad are very racist so now she knows not to mess with her and not to talk back.

Cassie Logan showed bravery by standing up for her brother, Little man in the classroom. Cassie has so much courage that she stands up for little man to her teacher. On page 26 Cassie states “See, Miz Crocker, see what it says. They give us these ole books when they don’t want ‘em no more.” This quote shows Cassie standing up for little man by showing her what little man was talking about. I like how in the book she stands up for her brother even though she gets in trouble.

To continue, he gave away a piece of himself that many would say: he wouldn’t get back, because tomorrow is never a certainty, and that’s especially true for them now. But a 5-year-old, a little 5-year-old, gave away a piece of himself, for someone that was the bigger piece of himself. Most kids, would never surrender their childhood, because they want to hold on, but as long as Sammy had the promise by Cassie herself; he had hope, and because of that: he wouldn’t let himself believe the world was going to fall, at least not yet, ”How old is Cassie? ' Cassie’s sixteen. They’re going back to get her,' '

Because if {Cassie} is the last one, then {Cassie} is humanity. And if this is humanity’s last war, then {Cassie} is the battlefield. (101).” When Cassie decides that she has to be a hero and be humanity’s battlefield that is an act of bravery because she

When she wakes up she is in an unfamiliar room in an unfamiliar house with an unfamiliar guy standing over her. Evan tells her how he found her near the highway and took her back to his house, how his family died, and how he has lived alone in the woods all this time. As Cassie’s leg heals they become close, but Cassie has her doubts about where Evan goes every night. Meanwhile, Zombie is in a training camp, in squad 53. Sammy, Cassie’s little brother, ends up in this squad as well. Zombie and Sammy bond as their squad rises up in the ranks. The top two squads at the camp will graduate, and are to go and fight the Others on the

The Fifth Wave, by Rick Yancey tells the stories of young survivors of an alien invasion and how they must stick together to survive. In this story there are many leading characters including Cassie, Ben and Sammy. Along with these characters there are the not so present characters, we can’t hear their thoughts, or read from their point of view, but we can get to know them through their actions and how others perceive them. Ringer is one of these supporting characters, don’t let that fool you, she does serve a big part in the book. Ringer is memorable, confident and calculating in all she does and says.

The Fifth Wave, a novel by Rick Yancey, tells the story of Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive and save her brother from aliens who attacked Earth in five different waves, trying to destroy the human race.

The ability to do something that frightens one, is the definition of courage, and anybody can show courage in any circumstance. Mildred D. Taylor chose Cassie Logan to demonstrate an example of a courageous colored person in the time of segregation. Cassie Logan stands up for her family and what she believes is right, she knows how to survive. Cassie Logan show her courage in many ways; some examples of her being courageous are showing up Lillian Jean, helping foes, and standing up for her beliefs. Cassie proves to be a sassy outspoken 9 year old girl. She is very courageous. Cassie shows her courage by doing what she believes to be right, at the time. She loves her family, like nobody else. Cassie is very respectful, when she needs to be.

At the beginning when cassie was asked to join the naturales program this is when the author will interdose man vs. society . casssies family doesn't want cassie to go so know cassie is faced between her whole family not wanting her to go to the naturales program . in like

Do you ever wish that you had superpowers? Or do you wish that there were alien creatures, about to invade the Earth, and you would be the one to put a stop to that? Well, many of us had wished or thought about things like these, knowing that they are completely unrealistic and that they wouldn’t happen. Although, things like these usually happen in books or in movies. Many people like to watch movies that have superpowers in them, while others like to read them in books, using their own imaginations to picture what is going on. Well, which one do you think is better? Watching a movie to see the unrealistic things that we imagine? Or, reading it through a book, picturing everything in your head? The 5th Wave is one of the many books that also have movie versions of themselves. It’s about a 16-year old girl named Cassie Sullivan. There are aliens called ‘silencers’ and ‘the others’ that are trying to wipe out the human race by sending a number of waves. Cassie is now living in the 5th Wave, where she is trying to find her little brother Sam Sullivan. Sam is in Camp Haven, training for the 5th Wave, while Cassie is going on a big adventure, trying to find her brother. Along the way, both Cassie and Sam get help from new friends, like Ben Parish, and Evan Walker. They eventually find each other and work together to put an end to the 5th wave.