Red Rising theme
Transcript: m 1 2 p b Y g X A Red Rising By Pierce Brown B Genre: Science Fiction # of Pages: 382 Year Published: 2013 Rating: 4 stars Rating: 4 stars Reason: The book is very well written with well developed characters, funny moments and a very good plot C Summary Summary Darrow, a miner of the lowest class, Red, attempts to infiltarate the highest class, Gold, after his wife is executed by the Golds. He goes to The Institute where he attempts to become one of the highest class, the Peerless Scarred, the highest class of Gold. The events of the book happen on terraformed Mars D Theme: The theme is that if you work hard enough you, with enough luck and dedication, you can go from the lowest of places to the highest of ranks The title, 'Red Rising', shows the theme very well. In this society Reds are the lowest in the societal hierarchy. The title shows how Darrow is rising from his status as a Red E "'In time you will receive your Scars from my sword,' Augustus closes. 'But first you must earn them.'" (Brown 123) F Theme quotes Beginning Beginning "The reach of the light fades as look up the thin vertical shaft I've carved today" (Brown 4) Explanation Explanation This is when Darrow is just a miner, part of the lowest of the lows, and still just a Red Middle Middle "'This will be your last bar of merit' Cassius tells me. 'That makes you Primus'" (Brown 247) Explanation Explanation He has become the head of his 'house' at The Institute. He is succeeding, which took a bunch of hard work fo him to get to this point. It took 247 pages "Darrow, Lancer of House Augustus. Rise, there are duties for you to fill. Rise, there are honors for you to take. Rise for glory, for power, for conquest and dominion over lesser men. Rise, my son. Rise" (Brown 382) End End Explanation Explanation In this quote Darrow, is adopted into the Archgovernors family. The Archgovernor is the most powerful man on Mars. The key part of that quote is "Rise, my son" (Brown 382). He has become equal in power to the son of the most powerful man on Mars. This happened because he was the best person at the Institute