Tane And Rebecca Analysis

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The idea of time traveling is nothing close to feasible for humans, but to Tane and Rebecca, it is their only explanation to their problems. Tane and Rebecca, two life long friends, are shocked when discovering a message containing obscure lottery numbers. Sequentially, Tane and Rebecca buy lottery tickets and win making them convinced that the messages are from the future. More messages come with plans to help stop a widespread disaster called the Chimera project. They find themselves in an awkward position to either tell the world about their secret, or try to stop the Chimera project on their own. In this journal, I will be connecting with the main character, Tane, visualizing the mysterious foggy setting, and evaluating the story.
During the book, I could easily connect to the character Tane with his unknown future. Tane’s character showed little plans or needs for the future with uncertainty to what would come
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☺The main reason why I wasn’t happy with the ending was that in ended it a dark and sad kind of way. The end leaves Tane and Rebecca alone in a submarine with the whole country dying from the growing white fog. Tane and Rebecca are safe down in the submarine but with the cost of Tane’s brother, their family, and all their loved ones dying in the apocalypse. Yes, the main characters are safe, but it leaves me with empty feeling that the apocalypse was never stopped. In spite of the dark ending, the book left me with a little hope. At the end they are able to transmit messages to themselves in the past to try to stop the fog even before happening. This makes me feel a little happier but it never explains them in a world where the white fog is stopped, it just gives you the possibility of that event happening. Even though I didn’t like the ending, I like most of the book and the suspense it

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