In the book series Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard, the characters are placed in a futuristic world where the society is split into two social classes based on the color of blood, silver blood, and red blood. When the main character, Mare, learns she has the powers of a silver but is red, she quickly learns the government is wrong and is hiding something from the rest of society. Mare knows she has to fix the division of groups but faces many challenges on the way. One theme this story suggests is that when emotions get the best of people, they can become vulnerable, therefore losing focus of their surroundings.
The theme in, Red Queen, becomes visible later on in the story. One of the last scenes in the book demonstrates how emotions can …show more content…
In the books, the color red tends to always surround the characters. For example, when Mare was sent to the Tuck, an island base for the Scarlet Guard, and the color red kept reappearing. For instance, “There was red on every surface and hanging from every wall” (“Glass Sword” 61). This shows that red is everywhere. To add on, a popular saying the Scarlet Guard always uses includes the color red. This quote is, “Rise as red as dawn” (Aveyard), and it is continuously repeated throughout both books. These prove that the color red is continuously throughout the book in many ways. This is significant because the color red usually represents danger and warning. This is always in the setting or dialogue whether in words, flags, blood, clothing and more. This shows that the signs of danger are all around but each time the characters are blind and tend to ignore them due to their overwhelming emotions. This relates to the theme, when emotions get the best of people, they can become vulnerable, therefore losing focus of their surroundings. Because the characters do not see the signs of danger, it shows that they have become vulnerable and this makes them fail to see the signs all around them. This clearly relates to the theme, because they do not see the danger and warning, therefore they lose focus on them and carry
The theme in, Red Queen, becomes visible later on in the story. One of the last scenes in the book demonstrates how emotions can …show more content…
In the books, the color red tends to always surround the characters. For example, when Mare was sent to the Tuck, an island base for the Scarlet Guard, and the color red kept reappearing. For instance, “There was red on every surface and hanging from every wall” (“Glass Sword” 61). This shows that red is everywhere. To add on, a popular saying the Scarlet Guard always uses includes the color red. This quote is, “Rise as red as dawn” (Aveyard), and it is continuously repeated throughout both books. These prove that the color red is continuously throughout the book in many ways. This is significant because the color red usually represents danger and warning. This is always in the setting or dialogue whether in words, flags, blood, clothing and more. This shows that the signs of danger are all around but each time the characters are blind and tend to ignore them due to their overwhelming emotions. This relates to the theme, when emotions get the best of people, they can become vulnerable, therefore losing focus of their surroundings. Because the characters do not see the signs of danger, it shows that they have become vulnerable and this makes them fail to see the signs all around them. This clearly relates to the theme, because they do not see the danger and warning, therefore they lose focus on them and carry