The concept of having children exiled from society due to a disease is very interesting to say the least. In many ways I could compare it to Lord of the Flies due to the representation of children gone savage. The author uses gruesome and horrifying language when describing one of the gangs in the book. He then uses peaceful language and describes the other gang as the good guys in the book. This can compare to the narrator in Lord of the Flies referring to Piggy as fat and describing Ralph's fair hair constantly. Whoever is narrating the book is biased, for some reason not provided in the book.
Will loses his brother in a high school that was quarantined due to the kids getting a deadly plague that only harms adults. It is very hard to imagine this happening in real life, but the writer just wants the reader to assume that it all did. The school is described as ginormous and never-ending. There are different gangs scattered across the halls, many of which are capable of murder. This shows how kids form groups and if nobody stops them, will fight another group. This book reminded me of Lord of the Flies as I read constantly, and was a very enjoyable read.
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