Summary Of Virginia Bergin's H2O

In Virginia Bergin’s book, H2O (2014), she tells a story that informs readers about the character’s life in the time period when the killer rain took life away in the world. Bergin develops her ideas of the killer rain by having the character narrate in a candid and addicting way that brings the terrifying and wholly plausible story to life. Incorporating the language that teenagers speak today, Bergin writes in an informal way in order to hypnotize the readers into the book, making them think that the killer rain is factual. Bergin begins the book by saying to the readers, “If this was a regular story, like the kind you’d read for fun, it would have such a great beginning. Probably they’d want to make it into a movie- it’d be good,” having …show more content…
Her character evolves and changes throughout the story. In the beginning of the book, she was selfish, materialistic and seemed naively unconcerned about the killer rain, but in the end, Ruby learns to become a survivor and wants to see her real father, hoping that he is still alive. Because of that, she begins to study about the clouds instead of being concerned about her hair, makeup, and shopping that much. Although Ruby is still worried about her looks, she does selflessly save several animals that were trapped in abandoned homes, such as Darling, her new dog, and is grateful for her company. Despite herself changing, Ruby's opinions of the other characters does not change. She negatively stereotypes several people, especially Darius and the little girl (GBK) that followed along. “..I opened my eyes, and practically lying on the garbage bag in front of my face was another face. The bespectacled spotty, nerdy face of.. Freak. Bespectacled, spotty, nerdy, nobody freak” (Bergin 152). “I opened the window, and Beanpole boy heaved himself in after me, backpacks and all, then turned and waggled a finger at the garbage-bag kid (GBK)” (Bergin 157). Ruby may still need to grow up. This might be because H2O is the first trilogy and Ruby’s story isn’t finished …show more content…
Ruby goes from Zak’s house to hers and then her house all the way to London to find her dad. Looking back on Ruby’s journey, she is an ordinary teenage girl who finds herself caught in apocalyptic England, where only .27% of the population survived the killer rain. The deadly rain is a result of scientists destroying an asteroid that would have destroyed Earth. The time period of this story was never specifically mentioned, but seeing how Ruby talks and how she has a phone, it could be the 21st century. “That was in the barn with - MY CELLPHONE! I HAD TO GET MY CELL PHONE!” (Bergin