Midnight Star Themes
The Midnight Star Review
“‘The day will come when we strike you down” she's saying.’Mark my words we will haunt your nightmares.’
I clench my fist and fling an illusion of pain across her body “I am the nightmare’”(Lu 13). The Midnight Star a book by Marie Lu. The main characters Adelina, Maggiano, and Violetta are traveling to give their powers back to the gods. On the way, they find their friends and people they need are dying until they make it to the Underworld. Once they make it they have to make a hard decision that will affect the rest of their life. Teenagers should read this book because it has a real-life connection to the Black Plague and has a theme that people should try to help loved ones and friends so they will live and heal.
First of all, The Midnight Star refers to the Black Plague leaving scars or marks on people. In the article “Black Death Left a Mark on Human Genome” ,the author, Elizabeth Pennisi, states, “It left a mark on the human genome favoring those who carried certain immune system genes, according to a new study”(Pennisi 1). In the novel the author states, “The marked …show more content…
one marked by the hands of the gods. They are your masters and untouchable”(Lu11).In the book, a plague was sent and some people were left with a mark. This is like how the Black Plague left a mark on a human genome.
To continue, a theme found in The Midnight Star is that people should aid relatives and acquaintances so they will have a long healthy life.
On page 19 Marie Lu writes “ Raffael kneels before him carefully undoing the white cloth bandages that ran all the way up to the prince's elbows”. This quotation proves that Raffael aids a prince by helping him care for his wounds so they will heal. The novel states “It is Teren in the water fighting upwards alongside me, pulling me by the arm”. The evidence proves Teren is aiding a person by dragging them up out of the water so they won’t drown. In the novel Marie Lu writes “ In order for Violetta to live I must sacrifice something that does not give myself gain …’You traded your life for mine’ She says”(292-294). In the end, a person is aiding Violetta by trading their life so she can live even though it does not benefit
them. In conclusion, The Midnight Star is a good book to read because of the message that people should protect loved ones and the real-life connection to a deadly plague. Adelina learned that protecting and healing loved ones will allow them to heal. She learned that sometimes you need to sacrifice something so others can grow. Finally she learned that some people need a little saving and hope. As Marie Lu said, one can not haunt someone's nightmares if the person they haunt is the nightmare.
“‘The day will come when we strike you down” she's saying.’Mark my words we will haunt your nightmares.’
I clench my fist and fling an illusion of pain across her body “I am the nightmare’”(Lu 13). The Midnight Star a book by Marie Lu. The main characters Adelina, Maggiano, and Violetta are traveling to give their powers back to the gods. On the way, they find their friends and people they need are dying until they make it to the Underworld. Once they make it they have to make a hard decision that will affect the rest of their life. Teenagers should read this book because it has a real-life connection to the Black Plague and has a theme that people should try to help loved ones and friends so they will live and heal.
First of all, The Midnight Star refers to the Black Plague leaving scars or marks on people. In the article “Black Death Left a Mark on Human Genome” ,the author, Elizabeth Pennisi, states, “It left a mark on the human genome favoring those who carried certain immune system genes, according to a new study”(Pennisi 1). In the novel the author states, “The marked …show more content…
one marked by the hands of the gods. They are your masters and untouchable”(Lu11).In the book, a plague was sent and some people were left with a mark. This is like how the Black Plague left a mark on a human genome.
To continue, a theme found in The Midnight Star is that people should aid relatives and acquaintances so they will have a long healthy life.
On page 19 Marie Lu writes “ Raffael kneels before him carefully undoing the white cloth bandages that ran all the way up to the prince's elbows”. This quotation proves that Raffael aids a prince by helping him care for his wounds so they will heal. The novel states “It is Teren in the water fighting upwards alongside me, pulling me by the arm”. The evidence proves Teren is aiding a person by dragging them up out of the water so they won’t drown. In the novel Marie Lu writes “ In order for Violetta to live I must sacrifice something that does not give myself gain …’You traded your life for mine’ She says”(292-294). In the end, a person is aiding Violetta by trading their life so she can live even though it does not benefit
them. In conclusion, The Midnight Star is a good book to read because of the message that people should protect loved ones and the real-life connection to a deadly plague. Adelina learned that protecting and healing loved ones will allow them to heal. She learned that sometimes you need to sacrifice something so others can grow. Finally she learned that some people need a little saving and hope. As Marie Lu said, one can not haunt someone's nightmares if the person they haunt is the nightmare.