Love is a destroying force for many. The novel “Earthbound” by Aprilynne Pike portrays many different aspects of love, fate and power. Tavia Michaels is mysteriously a sole survivor of a plane crash that kills her parents. Fortunately, Tavia quickly finds herself a best friend that she later falls in love with;Benson, which helps her deal with her mental instability in the beginning of the novel. Still completely lost and sorrowful, she begins to see visions of a mystical boy that she has never spoken to before and starts to have strange feelings of attachment towards him. She soon starts to question if what everyone told her about her past was one enormous lie and is desperately searching for answers. However, when Tavia discovers that her
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Near the end of the book, Benson leads Tavia to the side that she thought she was running away from - the Reduciate’s. Marie (the leader of the Reduciate’s that Tavia thinks is her friendly librarian near her house) explains to Tavia that Benson has been lying, betraying and faking his love towards Tavia all along because he was being payed to do so. Marie even states; “Aw, isn’t that cute. He even got the Earthbound to crush on him. That was over and above even for a Reduciate, Benson.” (304). Benson has been abusing the power of love with Tavia for his own gains and Tavia now has to deal with the consequences of possibly getting captured by her worst enemy. In addition, Marie has said this phrase in a patronizing tone for the purposes of adding even more emphasis to the way that Benson abused Tavia so easily by simply making her fall in love. However, not only is relationship love being abused in this novel but also the love towards a friend. This next quote was now a thought of Tavia’s as she had a gun to her head by the Reduciates during their capture. “She laughs now, and it's a laugh I’ve heard before. A laugh that sounds like a warbling bird. A laugh I remember from back when she was Marie,the sweet, …show more content…
To begin with, Tavia states “I hesitate before I step into the spidery shadows of the branchless trees.” (171). The author is using pathetic fallacy as he described the alarming forest to keep the readers in suspense. These “spidery shadows of branchless trees” are implying that not only is the forest creepy but also Tavia might be getting herself into danger. Tavia’s choice of following Quinn into the forest was made based on her pure trust and affection towards him and not by logic. Therefore, the author is emphasising that Tavia has made a poor decision of following Quinn into the forest out of love as the creepy forest and afraid Tavia is predicting that something dangerous will happen in the forest. Also, as Tavia and Benson are being attacked by Tavia’s hunters (the Reduciates), Tavia recognises that the only way she will be able to save both herself and Benson is by using her powers (she has the ability to create any object if she thinks about it) to create a shield, Tavia thinks to herself; “Cast iron. I recognise the material. Just like the shield that protected Quinn and Rebecca from the bullets two hundred years ago.” (299). Here, Tavia is reflecting on a journal that she has wrote in her last life (she comes back to life every time she dies) and has just recently read . The author
Near the end of the book, Benson leads Tavia to the side that she thought she was running away from - the Reduciate’s. Marie (the leader of the Reduciate’s that Tavia thinks is her friendly librarian near her house) explains to Tavia that Benson has been lying, betraying and faking his love towards Tavia all along because he was being payed to do so. Marie even states; “Aw, isn’t that cute. He even got the Earthbound to crush on him. That was over and above even for a Reduciate, Benson.” (304). Benson has been abusing the power of love with Tavia for his own gains and Tavia now has to deal with the consequences of possibly getting captured by her worst enemy. In addition, Marie has said this phrase in a patronizing tone for the purposes of adding even more emphasis to the way that Benson abused Tavia so easily by simply making her fall in love. However, not only is relationship love being abused in this novel but also the love towards a friend. This next quote was now a thought of Tavia’s as she had a gun to her head by the Reduciates during their capture. “She laughs now, and it's a laugh I’ve heard before. A laugh that sounds like a warbling bird. A laugh I remember from back when she was Marie,the sweet, …show more content…
To begin with, Tavia states “I hesitate before I step into the spidery shadows of the branchless trees.” (171). The author is using pathetic fallacy as he described the alarming forest to keep the readers in suspense. These “spidery shadows of branchless trees” are implying that not only is the forest creepy but also Tavia might be getting herself into danger. Tavia’s choice of following Quinn into the forest was made based on her pure trust and affection towards him and not by logic. Therefore, the author is emphasising that Tavia has made a poor decision of following Quinn into the forest out of love as the creepy forest and afraid Tavia is predicting that something dangerous will happen in the forest. Also, as Tavia and Benson are being attacked by Tavia’s hunters (the Reduciates), Tavia recognises that the only way she will be able to save both herself and Benson is by using her powers (she has the ability to create any object if she thinks about it) to create a shield, Tavia thinks to herself; “Cast iron. I recognise the material. Just like the shield that protected Quinn and Rebecca from the bullets two hundred years ago.” (299). Here, Tavia is reflecting on a journal that she has wrote in her last life (she comes back to life every time she dies) and has just recently read . The author