Dylan Puri
ENG2D(d)
"Hunger" by Michael Grant
Gaia being controlled by the Gaiaphage
Setting: Perdido Beach, CA - "The FAYZ"
- Impermeable barrier cuts of Perdido Beach from the outside world
- Everything traces back to "The Darkness", or Gaiaphage
L.P. (Little Pete) playing on his Gameboy
Characters
- Sam temple, the protagonist, is the elected leader of Perdido Beach
- Rivaled by his fraternal twin, Caine Soren, who lives at Coates
Sam's crew
Quinn Gaither
Edilio Escobar
Lana Arwin Lazar
Albert Hilsborough
Astrid
Themes:
Hunger/Responsibility
- "Everything that went wrong was on [Sam]"
- Goes through the towns list of daily concerns
- Kids need motivation to work, especially in the fields
- Aware that Sam will not let them starve
The cabbage field, full of killer-mutant worms
Anarchism
- Sam serves a paternal and leadership role
- Small groups start to govern themselves (Sam's crew, the Coates Academy kids, 'normals' vs 'freaks)
Sam approaching the nuclear powerplant