Character Analysis: Under The Never Sky

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Peregrine is one of the main characters in the book Under the Never Sky. He is known as an Outsider and lives in the reality whereas Dwellers live in a virtual reality. If I were Peregrine, I would definitely change a very critical decision he made that escalated into peril. At the beginning of the book, he left his tribe after a fight with his brother, Vale. He then decided to leave his homeland and take a foreign device (a Smarteye) from a Dweller. This device has a recording function and at the time that Peregrine took it from Aria, the Dweller, it was actively recording. This posed a problem because Peregrine unknowingly stole crucial information with GPS capabilities. Because of Peregrine’s rash decision, his whereabouts were meticulously

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