Social Issues

    
     The main social issue in "Strange Angels" by Lili St. Crow is the naivety of the innocent people in Dru's world. You see in this book their are two reality's. There is our reality; naive, violent, peaceful. The only thing we fear in our reality is lack of money or death. Dru's reality is pretty much a nightmare come true. "Hi. I'm Dru Anderson. My father went way out of wack after my mom died and now he travels around hunting things that go bump in the night, killing things you only find in fairy tales and ghost stories." (Crow, 19) Dru is special, she was born with 'the sight' as her Gran called it. Her father was also granted with this gift, they aren't the only one's with this gift. There is a group of people that have this that go on 'missions' to basically keep humanity safe. They act like guardians for humanity. They hunt the vampires, werwulfen, zombies, you name it! Few people are aware of the "Real World" as Dru calls it. The purpose of the naivety of the innocence in this story is basically the axis of Dru's life. She shakes her head at us who fear nothing but lack of money or death when what we really should be afraid of is those unexplainable sounds in the night or that eery feeling of being watched when you're alone. Without this in the book there wouldn't be much of a story, maybe a little action here or there but its there to make the book interesting. It guides you through Dru's life, through the eyes of someone abnormal.

Two Significant Elements From Catching Fire

    
     One significant element in the book "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins is Katniss Everdeen. She is a huge significant element to the book because you follow her through her journey, before, during and after the Hunger Games. All the emotions she goes through, all of her emotional battles, conflicts complications etc. She has a big part in the plot line to. For the most part she is the key to the plotline, she is the one who provokes all the conflicts, drama and complications. Being as she is the main character, some books are like this. In other books its often secondary characters or the villains that provoke the conflicts.  I am unable to find a quotation from the book that will present how she is so significant in the story line. Read the books and you'll understand what I mean.

     Another significant element in the book is the mocking jay. In the first book the mocking jay pin was given to Katniss as a gift from Madge just before Katniss was sent into the Hunger Games. Katniss survives the Hunger Games along with her partner Peeta. The mocking jay becomes a very big symbol in "Catching Fire". Not only in bird form but as a sign of trust. The mocking jay leads to clues and hope. It reveals to Katniss who to trust, who her supporters are. It gives her hope that the Capitol may be able to be brought down, possibly easier then how things are beginning to look. The more she looks around, the more mocking jays she sees as a fashion statement but if she looks closer she finds those special mocking jays that only she can see.
      "It means we're on your side," says a tremulous voice behind me. (Collins, 139)