Carve the Mark is a science fiction young adult novel. It is the first book in the duology and the fifth
novel by Veronica Roth. The novel is set
in space, it introduces the “current” (an energy that runs through every
inhabitant of the galaxy) and it gives current gifts to teenagers once they
come of a certain age. The two main characters are Cyra Noavek and Akos
Kereseth. Cyra’s current gift is pain.
Passages selected from the book:
I have chosen these two passages because they explain clearly how the
process of carving the mark is and how Cyra feels. I really like the part where
she says “It was supposed to burn, supposed to remind you that it was no
trifling thing, to take a life, to carve a loss”.
Although her brother uses her as a weapon
forcing her to kill and injure people, she knows that it isn’t an unimportant
thing doing it. She carves the marks to remember every time that she has
injured someone, so that they do not fall into oblivion. I think that
she also carves the marks because she feels guilty for it, for passing her pain
to other people because her brother ordered her without fighting against him.
I have also chosen the first passage because it explains the meaning of
the title of the story Carve the Mark.
The character I choose is Cyra Noavek. Cyra Noavek is the sister of the
ruler of Shotet. She is eighteen years old and her current gift is pain. For
her, the current gift it isn’t a gift for her at all because she can make the
others suffer pain but she also feels it at every moment.
She is an intelligent girl who has suffered a lot because of her current
gift and her family. However, she still has a good heart and she tries to do
the correct thing although it includes putting in danger her life. She is
brave, strong and a fighter. I really like to read books with main characters
like her. They made me feel good and with energy and bravery enough to try to
make the world a better place to live.
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