Wrapping up

So for this last post I've decided to come "out of character" and just speak to Mr. Forke normally. The book was... well to me not going to lie it was a little boring haha, but that doesn't take away from the meaning of the book. These kids all had amazing talent, and amazing potential for their talent, except they were oppressed and weren't allowed to use it. It's cruel really. Kira mentions many times in the book how her hands just want to make their own things, and be free, but they couldn't because of their "duty" to the council. It wasn't a heaven like Niggle's, it was an imprisonment, like Kira's disease. Her leg hindered her from doing what she wanted, just like the council is now stopping her from doing what she wants to. Her full potential cannot come out this way. It's hindering like Rose's disease in Silver Water, her true beauty that her sister believes in can't come out. We never got to see Kira stand up for herself in this story, although I am confident that in the sequel (yes there is one) there will be some form of uprising, even if it's just Kira and the other kids running away. I would say the biggest theme in this story is that while being suppressed, nobody's true potential can come out. Who knows what kind of future these children could create if not being controlled by someone else! Who knows what kind of person Rose would be without her disease hindering her and holding her true beauty back. I also like the theme that I mentioned earlier, with the patterns on the robe. How you build your life, then somebody or something comes and just knocks it down. So you learn to build it better so that it won't be so easily shaken, but something new comes. This is a theme we can all relate to in our own lives. That's something that a reader looks for in a story.