The Testing #3

The Testing has  really talked about competition and what it can do to people. This book shows teenagers who just finished high school willing to kill to win and pass this test. Throughout the book you see kids sabotaging others to take out the competition and get ahead. This brings to light many of the controversies in the world today about competition and what it can do to others this book looks at the extreme of it. Kids literally not being able to handle the expectations that are put upon them. I really like how the author of this book used teens to talk about this issue it really shows how the competition can go to all ages. The main problem in this book have been about the issue of the testing so far these characters have had a hard time dealing with the test at hand. In this book I have found that the author has made a point of emphasizing the characters not knowing who their enemy is. All of the characters think that it is the other kids in the game but the author looks at the fact that the testing committee is causing all of these problems.  The author points out an identity crisis for all of the characters trying to find out who they are competing against and what they are exactly trying to win in this competition. So far in this book I have really enjoyed the style that the author writes with and how she introduces the main issues and problems in this story. The other thing I have noticed about the writers style is that they try to use the technique of foreshadowing to help you figure out many of the ideas in the book. This really helped me once I reached the end of the book know what was happening. Overall I have really enjoyed the book and how it was written.

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