Theme Of Perseverance In Kady's Illville

The importance of perseverance and doing the right thing even in difficult circumstances is the theme of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. One of the main characters, Kady, perseveres through the mess around her and sacrifices numerous things for the greater good. The book setting is mainly in a cramped space ship on course to a warp station and the sci-fi plot carries the theme throughout the story. The symbols in the story, death, illness and the artificial intelligence, as well as the literary elements, aid the theme by crashing events on the characters wave by wave. Having the integrity to do what is best for the future and humanity despite personal circumstances is a reoccurring theme in Illuminae. The character’s development, especially Kady’s, supports the theme of doing what is best for the greater good because she gives up so much, even her own life, to save others. The main characters, Kady Grant and Ezra Manson are trying to save themselves and everyone else from a giant, psychotic company,
There are many deaths in the story that slowly pick away at the characters thoughts. Everyone knew Kady was dead, but she still persevered through this journey to save as many people as she could. Death is natural and one of the most traumatic occurrences living things can go through. Furthermore, it evolves the theme by giving an example of a circumstance that someone would have to push past to aid the majority live. The artificial intelligence is not alive, and when it was turned off, it was dead. However, it does not exactly die because it can be rebuilt. The artificial intelligence, AIDAN, reaches the question, what state is it in? This quote occurs when AIDAN is activated again to help defend the ship against the BeiTech ship, “I wonder if that was death. And if I was dead, am I now alive again? What is not alive cannot die. I think, therefore I am. Am I?” (Kristoff