The Book Of Ivy Essay
Theme Development Throughout The Book of Ivy
“Truth is available only to those who have the courage to question whatever they have been taught.”- Blaise Pascal. After a brutal nuclear war followed by a war for control, Ivy Westfall must marry a boy from the other side of the nation to keep peace. This boy just so happens to be the son of the President, Bishop Lattimer. But Ivy goal isn’t just to marry Bishop, it’s to kill him so her family can gain power again. The only problem is that Bishop is the complete opposite of what Ivy’s family told her he would be. In The Book of Ivy, by Amy Engel, the use of the main character, Ivy Westfall, creates the theme it is human nature to believe what we’ve been told because it’s the side we’ve only ever known to be right.
In the beginning of The Book of Ivy, by Amy Engel, the use of the main character, Ivy Westfall, creates the theme it is human nature to believe what we’ve been told because it’s the side we’ve only ever known to be right. Ivy is at the wedding ceremony waiting for it to start. While she is waiting she is reading the program with the history of their nation, Westfall. “Our rebirth, though, was not without conflict and more deaths as two sides fought to determine how our tiny nation would go forward. The winning …show more content…
After a long night at President Lattimer’s birthday party, Ivy and Bishop are walking home. Bishop brings up the topic about Ivy’s father lying about how her mother really died. “I don’t think I’ll ever fully forgive my father for not telling me the truth about my mother’s death. Because that lie was the catalyst for so many of my decisions, so many twists and turns on the road I’ve taken. I might have chosen a different path if I’d known the truth from the beginning” (Engel,
“Truth is available only to those who have the courage to question whatever they have been taught.”- Blaise Pascal. After a brutal nuclear war followed by a war for control, Ivy Westfall must marry a boy from the other side of the nation to keep peace. This boy just so happens to be the son of the President, Bishop Lattimer. But Ivy goal isn’t just to marry Bishop, it’s to kill him so her family can gain power again. The only problem is that Bishop is the complete opposite of what Ivy’s family told her he would be. In The Book of Ivy, by Amy Engel, the use of the main character, Ivy Westfall, creates the theme it is human nature to believe what we’ve been told because it’s the side we’ve only ever known to be right.
In the beginning of The Book of Ivy, by Amy Engel, the use of the main character, Ivy Westfall, creates the theme it is human nature to believe what we’ve been told because it’s the side we’ve only ever known to be right. Ivy is at the wedding ceremony waiting for it to start. While she is waiting she is reading the program with the history of their nation, Westfall. “Our rebirth, though, was not without conflict and more deaths as two sides fought to determine how our tiny nation would go forward. The winning …show more content…
After a long night at President Lattimer’s birthday party, Ivy and Bishop are walking home. Bishop brings up the topic about Ivy’s father lying about how her mother really died. “I don’t think I’ll ever fully forgive my father for not telling me the truth about my mother’s death. Because that lie was the catalyst for so many of my decisions, so many twists and turns on the road I’ve taken. I might have chosen a different path if I’d known the truth from the beginning” (Engel,