The Replaced Character Analysis

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Discuss the protagonist’s motivations for their decisions.

In The Replaced by Kimberly Derting, Kyra and other Returned came out of hiding after intercepting an email suggesting Tyler, Kyra’s boyfriend, was being held at an NSA facility. After realizing what this meant for Tyler, the group knew they had to go rescue him, if not for the fact that he was potentially being experimented on, then because he was involved in the situation because of Kyra. Though the Returned acknowledged the email could have “been a trap”, Kyra, the protagonist, insists they break into the facility in order to save Tyler (Derting 5). Although she knows this means risking her life, Kyra makes the decision the with no hindrance because she feels “ashamed of what [she]

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