Demitria Lunetta's In The After

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In the book In The After the author uses methods in the book that have importance and significance to the plot. Demitria Lunetta, the author of the book, uses flashback throughout the book, and uses the word "Them" to describe the Floraes. She also includes that the characters use sign language in order to communicate and survive the After.

This important tools brings mystery and suspense to the book and makes the reader want to find out what will happen throughout the main character's journey. In the book the first introduction of "them" was in chapter 1 page # 1. " the breeze rustles the overgrown grass and I tilt my head slightly. I'm listening for Them." When you first read the sentence it makes the reader wonder what the author mean
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" when baby came, it was like starting over in the After." Now Amy was not alone in the after, she had someone who became something important and valuable to her. " baby didn't become my family, she became my entire world." Towards the end of the book Dr. Reynolds knows that baby is Amy's only priority and not new hope and that is why he refuses to let Amy leave the ward. " Amy, you and I both know there is only one thing to which you are devoted.... He means baby." Baby establishes a character that makes Amy not be alone and makes her responsible, not only is Amy responsible, She becomes dependable and reliable in baby.

Towards the end of the book in chapter 28 the reader realized that " them" are not aliens or Floraes. They are people. " The creatures, they're people... Once you're infected, you change; you're no longer a human" this event presents a shift and twist to the plot of the the book. This twist in the book transforms the plot of the book making the reader curious about how did they perform all the test and labs to turn humans into Florares. It performs a shift because the story changes and the fact that they are humans changes the book.
The Florares are an important factor of the book because they are the ones who transform civilization into something horrific. The book becomes a dystopian society because the government is the one who created the creatures and because they were created, society was transformed for the

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