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Loss Of Humanity In The Fifth Wave

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The Fifth Wave, by Rick Yancey demonstrates aspects of shared humanity with the use of loss and choice, by making Cassie lose part of her humanity and begin to question humans themselves. Cassie is a 16 year old girl who has survived 4 previous attacks by aliens against humanity. She continues to stay alive and is forced to distrust any other person she encounters due to her experience with being deceived. Cassie, and any other person, tend to easily trust others because they believe they will not hurt them due to them being humans as well. After being fooled and mislead by army soldiers, who were in fact aliens, she begins to mistrust anyone and everything she encounters. This is evident when it says, “ better take the chance that aunt

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