Analytical Essay's The Testing: True Or Real?

To begin, there is an unlimited amount of events that could occur in future chapters of The Testing. One example of these predictions is Tomas will betray Cia. First, Tomas seems to care about Cia a little too much to trust. When Cia and Tomas were at their home, Five Lakes Colony, Tomas never talked to Cia when he did not have to. As soon as they were taken for Testing, Tomas decided to talk to Cia more than anyone else. He was constantly holding her hand and making sure she feels okay, even though they should be considered competition (Charbonneau 74). In other words, this new attention that Tomas is giving Cia does not seem as though it could be real. Tomas could easily be using Cia for her resources and intelligence by first letting her …show more content…
For example, Cia had a roommate named Ryme who, in the beginning of Testing, was utterly confident in her abilities to pass (Charbonneau 84). However, as time went on, Ryme went from happy and confident to rude and arrogant, and finally, the pressure became so much that Ryme committed suicide (Charbonneau 92). To clarify, The Testing caused Ryme so much pain that she did something extreme to get out of it, and this is not the only example of a time that a candidate had done something repulsive because of the pressure. As a result, one could assume that the same will happen with Tomas. Tomas is already showing signs of betrayal whenever his needs overpower Cia’s advice. As an example, when Cia and Tomas found a lake in a time when water was exceedingly scarce, Cia warned Tomas that the water was most likely a trap and not suitable for drinking, no matter how good it looked (Charbonneau 167). Instead of listening to Cia, Tomas decided to risk it and get close enough to drink the water; the lake exploded and he was seriously hurt (Charbonneau 169). With this in mind, it appears that Tomas does not take Cia’s opinion into consideration as much as a real partner