Dead To You Literary Analysis

The novel Dead to You written by Lisa Mcmann is a gripping mystery about a boy named Ethan De Wilde, who was kidnapped from his home nine years ago. Now he has returned home and reunited with his family. Ethan is now in his teenage years, his life back home is a struggle, as he vaguely remembers his past. An outrageous twist lingers through the air, that leaves the characters and the reader stunned.

Ethan has returned home, settling back to normality is difficult as his brother, Blake targets Ethan, trying to cause conflict between them. I detest their sibling relationship because war would always arise. Blake was being arrogant towards Ethan as he would constantly accuse him for being ‘fake.’ This would always cause them to break out into …show more content…
This was shown when Ethan had returned home and Blake was trying to cause destruction to the reestablishment of Ethan back to normality. I judged this that it was just a typical family, where families always argue. Another incident I judged was when Blake was doing a science investigation about genetics, he did research about the shapes of the earlobes in his family. From the investigation, Blake discovered that Ethan’s earlobe is different to those in the photos of him before he was kidnapped. A quote to show this is “He’s fake.” I thought this was just another typical sibling relationship of disliking each other. This theme came in place, when an unusual car turns up and a knock on the door that will twist the plot, not even the characters were expecting. This novel’s storyline is nothing you can guess, it’s unpredictable, creating excitement for the reader. This theme can also relate to everyday life of teenagers, we meet people and judge them by their looks and determine if they are nasty or nice. We tend to do this a lot in society, but these people are different from our first perspective as they begin to show their true