Reflection Of The Returned - 983 Words

The novel The Returned, by Jason Mott, takes place around 2005, in a small town of 150 people, called Acadia. Acadia is a very religious town, so when people begin to return from the dead, everyone has a different position. The mood from the story conveys many different emotions, when Jacob returns to his mother and father after 50 years in a grave, showing no signs of decomposition, the reader feels a sense of joy for the family, regaining their son. Once it is revealed that events like this are happening all over the world, curiosity and wonder fill the air. The main characters of this novel is the Hargrave family. The father, Harold Hargrave, is about a 70 year old man, with very thin, gray, hair. He has grown shorter than his wife†¦show more content†¦Here, the reader sees that most people in the town wish to have The Returned killed. Shortly after the meeting, the President orders all Returned to stay in their homes. All throughout the world, The Returned are being kill ed and imprisoned. Harold and Jacob are taken prisoner in the Acadia schoolhouse. Lucille attempt to gather The Returned not yet imprisoned and save them. However, Agent Bellamy gets to them first and in an unexpected turn of events: rescues them.When a fight between the soldier and the army of The Returned breaks out, Lucille sacrifices herself to save Jacob, she dies in the arms of her beloved husband and son. After she dies, Harold finds a note Lucille wrote to him. In this notes, she confesses she never truly believed the Returned Jacob to be her real son, but Harold had always believed it. The conflict in this novel is man vs. society, or men vs. society. The Hargraves and The Returned are constantly fighting against the government’s orders on The Returned. When the community of Acadia gathers in the church, the townspeople reveal they do not want The Returned in their town. â€Å"Then the words were on the bottom of the television screen...President Orders Returned Con fided to Their Homes†(89). Once this order is issued, people across the world break out in a mass hysteria, killing The Returned and their families. â€Å"But the government was still not sure what they wanted to do with the people, so they held themShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Ovid s The Apollo Essay1556 Words   |  7 Pagesthat is one of the most evil and destructive. Self-importance has the ability to take over the soul, for those who behold it care for only themselves. Though, if one loves themselves then they are loving something that is impossible to be found and returned. Narcissus rejects Echo’s love with no sense of remorse, hurting what her life revolved around. Her love for Narcissus was her life, so when she was rejected she fled. 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