The irony is that Cassie’s search is based on Sammy’s innocence. Rick Yancey,The 5th Wave Death of a Past Self I cry for the Cassie that’s gone.Īnd I wonder what that Cassie would think of me. The light guiding her is the promise she makes to reunite with her only living She had to surrender her young brother Sammy. Rings true because she witnesses her own father’s death. This, Cassie herself is a changed person. History, and family units throughout the world that Cassie inhabits. Towns, once places full of hustle and bustle, are nowĭesolate and reeking of the destruction of humanity. “You know how you can tell when you’re getting close to one? The smell. Around her, people are wiped away as though they are of no importance. Once a regular high school student, Cassie is pulled away from all normalcy. Even more terrifying is the lack of consent involved in thisĪnother alarming aspect of Yancey’s novel is the loss of all that defines the human experience, as it is yanked away from Cassie Sullivan. Own anymore is especially powerful for me as someone who experiencesįor people, in general, has to do with this lack of control, being stripped ofĪccess to our brains and therefore having little input as to where our
In true early 2010’s fashion, this novel arrives into a As the story begins, Cassie Sullivan, a sixteen-year-old, is faced with the break up of her family and everything she holds dear.
By the fifth wave, humanity is at its knees, crumpling underneath the heavy blows of an unknown enemy referred to as the Others (along with several names). Book cover of Rick Yancey’s 2013 novel, The 5th Wave.Įarly in the novel, the author sets up a cruel world where waves of destruction plague Earth. In particular, I want to talk about Yancey’s focus on the effects of the alien invasion on the characters within the story, especially: Cassie Sulivan, Ben Parrish, and Evan Walker.
This post is a discussion of Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave and its reflection on humanity’s anxiety around the future and the unknown.
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