Friday, May 30, 2008
Second Blog For The Host
One thing on my mind while reading is how these invasive aliens picture themselves as "the good guys" when they are suppressing the minds of humans and taking over their bodies. Keep in mind that suppressing something usually means by force. So there is a sense of oppression in the story. I can't agree that what the creatures are doing is for the good of the planet.The most upsetting thing about what is happening in the story is that the bodies preferred are that of children and once again the creatures justify their actions for that. When it comes down to it the main point is that their freedom of will is no longer there. In fact, the soul itself is not even there. It made me wonder whether the author Stephanie Meyer was trying to have her readers chgoose sides. Whether they agree with what the aliens are doing or whether the readers are on the side of humans. I for one am not agreeing with the actions of the aliens but I agree to a certain extent that humans can indeed be malicious beings.
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i was the same way in one of my blogs. i said that i wasnt exactly on the side of the humans, but i could never understand the ways of the souls. what they did was just as bad as what they accused the humans of doing. take that back, it was worse. when you think about it what they were doing was genocide. and the part about the bodies of the children. thats horrible. those children would never even have the chance to develop a personality or know what it was like to think for themselves.
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