The Ward 2 Minus Works Cited
William Reini
Ms. Claes
British Literature
10 October 2014
The Ward (pp. 222-465) The Ward, the marvelous novel by Jordana Frankel, tells the intense story of the struggle of a girl called Ren to save her society from certain death. The book takes place after a period called the Washout (a time of mass flooding) where a society now exists on the runes of an old city. The city is suffering from a plague that they call the HBNC virus and a shortage of fresh water.
In the book as Ren is searching for a new source of fresh water she finds a spring with the ability to cure illness and heal injuries. Once she understands how it works, she attempts to rediscover it to help cure the HBNC virus but someone has moved the spring. This is a classic example of man vs society. Later in the book, she discovers that an ancient society has protected the spring for hundreds of years. They are called the Tètai. The Tètai say, “The spring is sacred; it is much more than a cure but used to the wrong end it is a curse.” (Frankel 307). The Tètai are afraid that if they make the spring available to the public that they will become immortal and begin fighting over it.
After Ren is able to steal enough water from the spring she is able to make a cure for the HBNC virus and distributes it to the sick houses, she discovers that she is a pawn of Governor Voss. Governor Voss is having trouble controlling society because of the panic from the HBNC virus spreading. He is able to make it look as though he was able to make the
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Cure, distribute it to the sick and take all the credit after he makes Ren a criminal. This is an example of man vs man.
The Ward has many conflicts in the story. Ren has to overcome many external and internal ones. She makes choices to benefit the greater good of the society. She never choses to make things easier for herself, even on many of her dangerous undertakings.
Ms. Claes
British Literature
10 October 2014
The Ward (pp. 222-465) The Ward, the marvelous novel by Jordana Frankel, tells the intense story of the struggle of a girl called Ren to save her society from certain death. The book takes place after a period called the Washout (a time of mass flooding) where a society now exists on the runes of an old city. The city is suffering from a plague that they call the HBNC virus and a shortage of fresh water.
In the book as Ren is searching for a new source of fresh water she finds a spring with the ability to cure illness and heal injuries. Once she understands how it works, she attempts to rediscover it to help cure the HBNC virus but someone has moved the spring. This is a classic example of man vs society. Later in the book, she discovers that an ancient society has protected the spring for hundreds of years. They are called the Tètai. The Tètai say, “The spring is sacred; it is much more than a cure but used to the wrong end it is a curse.” (Frankel 307). The Tètai are afraid that if they make the spring available to the public that they will become immortal and begin fighting over it.
After Ren is able to steal enough water from the spring she is able to make a cure for the HBNC virus and distributes it to the sick houses, she discovers that she is a pawn of Governor Voss. Governor Voss is having trouble controlling society because of the panic from the HBNC virus spreading. He is able to make it look as though he was able to make the
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Cure, distribute it to the sick and take all the credit after he makes Ren a criminal. This is an example of man vs man.
The Ward has many conflicts in the story. Ren has to overcome many external and internal ones. She makes choices to benefit the greater good of the society. She never choses to make things easier for herself, even on many of her dangerous undertakings.