The Central Theme Of Creativity In 'Unwanteds'

The central theme of Unwanteds is that creativity is the most powerful weapon. In the beginning the students of Artimé were worried that they would lose the impending battle against Quill because of the lack of weapons and training the Artiméans had. Quill had been training their soldiers since they were thirteen and they had powerful weapons such as guns and tanks. The magicians of Artimé had only just learned of magic and started taking classes on self defence. Furthermore, this evidence suggests that the Quill army should have beaten the Artiméans, but that did not happen. Quill lost pretty easily to Artimé because they were no match for the power of creativity. This is such when Lani and her father get into a brawl. Lani’s father had a
gun and she had magic. In the end her magic and creativity beat the gun. In Quill all things imaginative and creative were illegal, thus meaning that they were limited in all of their ideas and could not, would not, think of different strategies. After months of training, the Artiméans were confident that they had the ability to defend themselves from an attack of blunt force. The prospect of fighting hand against gun was frightening. The theme is showed in this example because Quill would have won if it were not for the creative and inventive ways the Artiméans fought. Another example that portrays the theme is the Elimination. People who showed creativity were sentenced to death by the High Priest. The theme is shown in this example because the government of Quill banished the creative people because they were afraid. The High Priest was so scared that the children who showed imagination would overthrow her, that she killed them. Creativity has a hold over everyone, whether it be with fear or happiness. Creativity is the best weapon because of all the connections and emotions it generates.