How do the characters and plot affect each other?

Gone, Michael Grant

8/28- 30 minutes, 8/29- 30 minutes, 3/31- 2 hours

Total-3 hours, 127 pages

            Yes, everybody’s different, but how many people are different compared to others. Gone’s characters are full of bullies who are forcing rule. Nobody can beat the bullies, so they’re in charge. Struggle is another abundant characteristic, all of the kids struggle with the loss of their parents because of the disappearances, but for some, it’s also an eating disorder, a little brother with disabilities, maybe even some of the responsibilities the characters took on as natural leaders. It can be hard to handle a nursing job when the bully’s beating every child in the city.

            In a city full of caged children, these characteristics are probably natural. Imagine the school hierarchy on a bigger scale, bullies would be taking leadership over others and some people would be struggling, but these characteristics are often found to be opposite in the adult world. For example, there are many stories of old high school classmates stating that bullies and popular girls become workers at McDonalds, janitors, etc. but the bullies and populars don’t become presidents and congressmen. What this may imply about the setting of the book Gone is that things will overall be a struggle for everyone due to bad leadership, and unnatural occurrences.