The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend Theme

Point of View: The story is told in third person limited and includes the stream of consciousness as we can see Kari’s thoughts. Setting & Tone: The United States which later gets divided into the ‘Middle States’ and the ‘Coastal States.’ The exact time is never given but it is set within the next 100 years. Most of the story occurs in the small town Kari lives in which is in North Carolina and is considered a border town between the “countries.” which includes her high school and factory. The rest happens in the facility Kari gets locked up in by the government which is closer to the border then the town. The tone of the story has a sense of bellergent with a touch of cynical and anxiety. While the book is more aggressive than violent, …show more content…
Kari quoted this in chapter 5 when she was debating on whether or not to apologize to David. She considered David her friend, despite their differences, because he was Thomas’s and Sarah’s enemy. This relationship is shown again in the end with the middle state general because he is against Henderson and doesn’t force Kari to work for him which makes them friends in a sense. Being a friend to the enemy of your enemy is to get revenge towards the common enemy, which is what Kari and David do, they team up to take Henderson …show more content…
“But here I am, and I can do a something here to stop injustice” (103). During the story Kari is protecting all the middle-staters even though it seems that she is just protecting David and his family. Kari protects all of them by not handing the drones over to Henderson and when she escapes she lets a lot of others out to escape. “Guess that last thought makes me a superhero” (103). Just like every other superhero story you have the good guy and the villian. Henderson acts bad guy in this story and Kari as the superhero. One can make this comparison as Kari is admired for her unusual talents and uses them to protect David and his family along with her own. Henderson, the bad guy, captures her and holds her hostage until she does what he asks of her. While using her incredible abilities she escapes to freedom with the others, saving them from the internment camps and prison