Themes in "The One" by Kiera Cass That Relate to Issues in Real life: The cycle of events :)

Have you ever noticed that in life, there is a usually cycle of events? Where one things happens which leads to another and a another and on and on. In the book "The One," by Kiera Cass, there is a cycle of events too. These events or themes in the book, like tyranny, rebellion and revolution, occur in real life, as does the cycle. For example, back when there was slavery, whites have complete power over blacks, like tyranny. They controlled everything they did, even when slavery was abolished. However many people, like Martin Luther King Jr., knew what was happening was wrong and rebelled, eventually gaining equal rights for both races. This is a clear example of how tyranny led to rebellion and revolution. In "The One," the king of Illea is a tyrant who does whatever he wants to whoever he wants. Many people saw that this was unfair and fought back, including the main character America and the Northern and Southern rebels. Overall, many themes in this book and the way they are presented, relate to issues in the real world and how they affect one another.

The three main themes that were presented in the book "The One" are all issues in the real world today! For example, in one part of the book America says, "Then it all made perfect sense. His absence made the palace warmer, and now that he was home, we were all subject to his whims again. No wonder the Northern rebels were so excited about Maxon." The king, King Clarkson, is a tyrant. He forces everyone in Ilea to stay in their cast, even if they're starving or without shelter. (The castes are like classes where the ones are royalty all the way down to the eights, who are homeless). He even beats his own son Maxon when Maxon does something that he doesn't like! His tyrannic actions and unfairness leads to the rebellion of many people, especially ones who are in the lower castes. They rebelled by forming groups, the 'Northern rebels' and the 'Southern rebels'. The Southern rebels are violent and willing to kill to get what they want. However, the Northern rebels are the peaceful ones who only want a change in the caste system. As they explained to Maxon and America, "We'll do everything we can to help you change things, peacefully and fairly. Your people deserve a chance." As you can see, all the Northern rebels want is equality and freedom, something that the king will not give them. Many tyrants in the real world abuse their power as well and take away the rights and freedoms of the people that they rule over. But even after people rebel and revolutionize, the cycle of events can start all over again. Like in the book, the people who once rebelled may take all of the power for themselves! Once the rebels in the book take all of the power for themselves, America says to the people, "Fight. The rebels are bullies. They're trying to scare you into doing what they want. And what if you do? What king of future do you think they'll offer you? These people, these tyrants aren't going to suddenly stop being violent. If you give them power, they're going to be a thousand times worse. So fight. However you can, fight." If you let others control you, you'll never be able to escape. Tyrants are tyrants, even if the way they became one was through fighting another. This cycle occurs in the book over and over again, as does it in the real world

Overall, the main themes in the book "The One" by Kiera Cass occur in a cycle such as many issues in the real world do. Scarcity of jobs leads to poverty, which leads to hunger and so on. I think that it is important to recognize these events and do something bout them before the escalate into bigger issues. If a war can be stopped before it even started, then why not? We as a society can help to stop that cycle of events, like America did in the book, by taking action against things like tyranny, that we know are wrong.