Motifs In Cassie's The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave, was full of motifs. First it was the Teddy Bear, then it was her Cell Phone that doesn’t work anymore, and finally it was the word Survive. I know the two first word s make total sense but the last one the word Survive, it seems as if doesn’t belong. But in reality the motifs in the story they mean so much more than living and a distant memory.

The teddy bear that Cassie is always carrying is not even hers. So how does this even connect to the story? Well it was her little brothers before he was taken to go to the “safe haven” for the women and children. So he left his teddy bear so his big sister (Cassie) can keep him safer and that she had something to remember him by until he comes back.

Her cell phone doesn’t