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When the world has given up on you, who will you become?
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, a mysterious island where all would-be criminals end up.
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.
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I don’t thinks it’s possible to [i]not[/i] change from an experience like that. I’d be pretty jaded and hard, but I wouldn’t change completely. I know it’s cliche, but I’d really be as soft and gooey on the inside as I am now, despite the hard exterior.
I don’t thinks it’s possible to [i]not[/i] change from an experience like that. I’d be pretty jaded and hard, but I wouldn’t change completely. I know it’s cliche, but I’d really be as soft and gooey on the inside as I am now, despite the hard exterior.
I don’t thinks it’s possible to [i]not[/i] change from an experience like that. I’d be pretty jaded and hard, but I wouldn’t change completely. I know it’s cliche, but I’d really be as soft and gooey on the inside as I am now, despite the hard exterior.
I don’t thinks it’s possible to [i]not[/i] change from an experience like that. I’d be pretty jaded and hard, but I wouldn’t change completely. I know it’s cliche, but I’d really be as soft and gooey on the inside as I am now, despite the hard exterior.
Hmm..I don’t really know.. I love my home and I would be devastated if I’ll be banished from home. I’ll stay the same and maybe travel so I could forget for a little while. 🙂
I’d become a new person. Get a fresh start, I guess. Some of me would still be the same, of course, but I’d like to think that I could get a second chance.
I would mostly likely stay the same… maybe change a few things 😉
I would mostly likely stay the same… maybe change a few things 😉
Well, that’s quite an interesting question. I sometimes don’t feel like myself, even around my family and friends. I’ve been the same for so long, that any change surprises them and makes me act like the same person, even if I feel different on the inside. So, basically, I might change in the view of others, but to myself, I’d be the same.
I hope I’d stay the same…
I think it might make a difference why I was banished. If I was a nasty piece of work, I would like to think it might open my eyes to being a better person. The same is true in reverse, if I was the wronged party I would likely go on to do the best I could. Thank you for the thought provoking post and question 🙂
I would stay the same, but change some of my thought processes
I would probably change because I believe that all of our experiences no matter how small change us as we grow older no one ever stays the same and that would be a huge change that would cause me to make some big adjustments in my life. So yes I would probably change.
I would be myself but change slightly… You can’t change who you are but you can hide a few things. I wouldn’t give anyone enough information to have an advantage over me.
I guess I would be a different person but with semblances to my previous self. 😀
I’d change some things, but I wouldn’t change completely. =)
Fairly the same, but something in you would probably have to change if you were torn from your family and placed somewhere as brutal as The Wheel.
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I think I would change myself a little
There is one thing I’d like to change about myself: I would like to be more open towards new people. I tend to get very shy and people often mistake that with being arrogant. It would be a lot easier to be less shy and awkward. But as a person, I’m pretty happy with whom I am 🙂
I’d become a new person, to see how people perceive me if I act the way I want to actually act.
I would probably change, at least to some degree, because being forced to live away from my family would be so painful that I wouldn’t want constant reminders of what I was missing.
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I’d probably stay the same because some of that’s already happened to me. But I would probably be a little harder and more determined.
I would move to New York and do all the things my parents always stopped me from doing when I was younger. I’d live the life I truly wanted.
I would become a new person, start for scratch and became a better version on the old me 😀
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I would try to be someone new, but it would probably fall apart.
I would try to achieve my dream of writing books. Secluded from everyone i would try to find a proper foothold of my life as i am responsible for my actions.
I would probably stay the same, not just because I’m not ashamed of who I currently am, but also because I think, ultimately, it wouldn’t be possible to entirely change your personality – it’s a part of who you are, and would be like trying to morph an arm into a wing!
Obviously, such an event would change me to an extent. But I would do my best to stay the same person. I will not change who I am for anyone.
I would try to be a new person. I guess that’s another chance to start over. 🙂
I would try to be a new person. I guess that’s another chance to start over. 🙂
I would try to be a new person. I guess that’s another chance to start over. 🙂
I would try to be a new person. I guess that’s another chance to start over. 🙂
I would start a new and better life.
I think I would be the same in many respects but I would be different to where I would miss my family and worry about them all the time.
I’d have grand plans to become a new person, but would be myself within 48 hours.
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I would be so very upset 🙁 and I would probably stay the same but stronger, and more vocal – a better me. Which kind of makes me rethink this and wonder if I should just be like that now, lol!
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I think little things about me would change, at least for a little while, but the real, deep things would stay the same.
It’s impossible to tell. I don’t think it would really be a conscious decision, though I think I would have to change to a certain degree. So much depends on the circumstances though.
I would stay the same because if got banished for who I am then I’m not going to let them change me. I’d try to believe in myself.
I grew up in a military family and moved repeatedly. You just stay the same. It’s easier to remember but you just get the opportunity to be a better version of yourself each time.
I would live in a different place, and probably live differently without my friends and family. Although I’d still spend time on the internet, because that just doesn’t change.
I believe I would stay the same. Everything happens for a reason, and having the ability to know that i could change and be a better person, well I wouldn’t be where I was if that didn’t happen.
I would stay to my true self not change just because everything around me changed. I would see want to see where life takes just by making this choice and not regret it.
I would stay the same. You should never want to be somebody else. C:
I think I’d try to stay the same, because I probably wouldn’t want lose my identity or lose sight of who I was; I wouldn’t want to forget my life or family… but I can see that if you were in that situation, you might want to just completely recreate yourself and start over, to try and get over the pain and loss, and just move on.
It’s hard to say…
I would have to change, but I’d take my essential characteristics with me. After all, maturity will happen.
I don’t know for sure but I like to think if I’ve lost everything then all I had would be myself and I wouldn’t want to lose that too.
I would stay basically the same but I would probably want to be a little braver!