Alexander Stowe is a twin, his brother is Aaron Stowe. Alex is unwanted, Aaron is wanted, and their parents are needed. Alex is creative in a world where you can't even see the whole sky and the military is the dream job for everyone and anyone. He should have been eliminated, just as all unwanted people should have been. After a while he instead comes across Artimè, where he trains as a magical warrior. When he was still in basic training, and his friends were not, he got angry, he wants to be the leader, the one everyone looks up to. The main idea is to be yourself, not to change for someone else. In the beginning, Alex lived in Quill, a place where you could be anything but yourself. If you showed creativity in any way, you committed an infraction. At age thirteen, those with infractions were Unwanted, depending on the severity of the infraction. Quill believed that all unwanted people had been eliminated in the Great Lake of Boiling Oil, even the high priestess. When Alex was "eliminated" he was welcomed by Marcus Today and the world of Artimè, where creativity was embraced and taught, practically a polar world. opposite of Quill. Alex becomes good friends with 3 other unwanted people, Samheed, Lani and Meghan. They were all very close, until they all started Magical Warrior training, everyone except Alex. Alex distances himself from the others for a while, until he eventually starts training too. The entire group was truly reunited after the battle with Quill. “The Quill prevails when the strong survive” this saying, Quill's motto, has the connotative meaning of being powerful and in control. The saying has a denotative meaning of flourishing civilization when only elite humans are citizens. Another important word i...... middle of paper ......g “you” as the second person. The third person remains. I know it's not third-person omniscient, because the narrator doesn't know or can't reveal the thoughts of more than one character. In Unwanteds, the author arranges events in sequential order, not necessarily by date, but by when something happens. There were some flashbacks, to when Alex committed his first infraction, before he was 13, and to Artimé's first day, after being there for a while. The author doesn't actually provide any dates. The most Lisa McMann told us was the time of day. The events, however, are given to us in order, and it is up to you, if you want, to keep track of the days, but it is not fundamental. The author created this book for our entertainment, but also to teach us that you shouldn't change for anyone, that you should express yourself however you want.