In “ The Siren” by Kiera Cass, Kahlen, who is a siren, desperately wants to be free from the Ocean. Eighty years ago, Kahlen and her family were in a shipwreck, were her family died, but miraculously Kahlen did not. The Ocean, a demanding entity, gave her a choice to live and serve her or to die. Kahlen never realized how painful and depressing her ninety year sentence would be. Since the ocean needs to feed once a month, Kahlen has to go to the Ocean and sing so the ship would sink. Kahlen kept a book with all the pictures of the people she had killed, and tried to find out more about their lives and families. The other sirens are not like Kahlen, they go out and party and have fun, but Kahlen does not see the point in having fun if you can not talk to other people. So when she finally meets Akinli and realizes that there's more to her life than killing people, Kahlen had a new perspective on her life.
When the ocean sent Nombeko, Aisling and Elizabeth to save Kahlen, a magical bond was formed between the Ocean and Kahlen. The first 60 years Kahlen …show more content…
She was very depressed and didn’t feel like her life as a siren was very fair. Kahlens character and attitude changed throughout the story by her starting off being unhappy with her life, not doing anything about and always complaining, until she met Akinli. He taught Kahlen what you can make out of your life, and he showed her some amazing things. Of course nothing is as easy as that, she still belonged to the Ocean, which meant that their was no room for love in her life. The Ocean thought no one could ever love Kahlen more than she, but she was wrong. So the Ocean let Kahlen go in order to save her and Akinli. After Akinli told her how they met and what they did together, Kahlen loved the Ocean, loved her life, was happy to be who she is. Throughout this story Kahlen’s character was very extreme and very
When the ocean sent Nombeko, Aisling and Elizabeth to save Kahlen, a magical bond was formed between the Ocean and Kahlen. The first 60 years Kahlen …show more content…
She was very depressed and didn’t feel like her life as a siren was very fair. Kahlens character and attitude changed throughout the story by her starting off being unhappy with her life, not doing anything about and always complaining, until she met Akinli. He taught Kahlen what you can make out of your life, and he showed her some amazing things. Of course nothing is as easy as that, she still belonged to the Ocean, which meant that their was no room for love in her life. The Ocean thought no one could ever love Kahlen more than she, but she was wrong. So the Ocean let Kahlen go in order to save her and Akinli. After Akinli told her how they met and what they did together, Kahlen loved the Ocean, loved her life, was happy to be who she is. Throughout this story Kahlen’s character was very extreme and very