The themes in The Bodies We Wear can change one's way of thinking in several ways. Jeyn Roberts wrote the novel after the death of her father. She struggled greatly with the concept of life and death, and often questioned the great beyond. Asking herself, what would happen if someone could see heaven? What effect would that have on humanity? This greatly inspired the concept of Heam. Roberts started writing at a young age and published her first book at the age of sixteen. She is also a former singer, songwriter, actress, bicycle courier and tree planter. Roberts’s inspiring book is a science fiction novel which deals with the concept of a drug called Heam, a deadly fictional drug that causes a user’s body to temporarily shut down, sending
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Faye's life is consumed with a desire for revenge against the people who force Heam on her and Christian. When Faye asks why she can't have her happily ever after as well as her revenge, Chael responds saying, "because it will destroy you" (Roberts 298). Chael tries to explain that Faye doesn't need revenge to be happy, but rather than listening Faye isolates herself away from Chael. Revenge consumes Gazer’s life and he kills the people who killed his family. However, revenge does not alter his life in a positive way; his family is still gone, and he has the added guilt of killing someone. Gazer, knowing from past experiences, warns Faye about revenge by teaching her to fight, and explains that the best revenge is success. Faye does not understand him and works down her kill list, but she feels barbaric after killing her victims. Often, one who inflicts revenge on another is not satisfied. Gazer tries to help lead Faye away from the desire for revenge, but her urgings get her expelled from school and alienate her from Chael and Gazer as well. Faye explains after getting expelled, "For some reason, the situation at the party has made me that much more determined to kill my enemies. Graduation is lost to me now. It's time I stepped my game up"(Roberts 276). After the party, Faye gives up on graduating from high school and devotes her life to inflicting revenge. This negatively affects her as well as her loved ones. Clearly, the morality of revenge is central to Jeyn Roberts’s transformative novel, and it implicates that revenge is a burden on people's
Faye's life is consumed with a desire for revenge against the people who force Heam on her and Christian. When Faye asks why she can't have her happily ever after as well as her revenge, Chael responds saying, "because it will destroy you" (Roberts 298). Chael tries to explain that Faye doesn't need revenge to be happy, but rather than listening Faye isolates herself away from Chael. Revenge consumes Gazer’s life and he kills the people who killed his family. However, revenge does not alter his life in a positive way; his family is still gone, and he has the added guilt of killing someone. Gazer, knowing from past experiences, warns Faye about revenge by teaching her to fight, and explains that the best revenge is success. Faye does not understand him and works down her kill list, but she feels barbaric after killing her victims. Often, one who inflicts revenge on another is not satisfied. Gazer tries to help lead Faye away from the desire for revenge, but her urgings get her expelled from school and alienate her from Chael and Gazer as well. Faye explains after getting expelled, "For some reason, the situation at the party has made me that much more determined to kill my enemies. Graduation is lost to me now. It's time I stepped my game up"(Roberts 276). After the party, Faye gives up on graduating from high school and devotes her life to inflicting revenge. This negatively affects her as well as her loved ones. Clearly, the morality of revenge is central to Jeyn Roberts’s transformative novel, and it implicates that revenge is a burden on people's