![]() ![]() Just as our actions determine our humanity” (194). Confronting Lysander Steele at one point in the novel, Cinder tells him, “ltimately it’s our actions that turn us into monsters. With these issues as a backdrop, Meyer uses her graphic novel to discuss challenging questions through her characters. On an Earth which is still recovering from the ravages of disease and war, Emperor Kai plans the annual peace festival that may not be so peaceful thanks to Steele and the wolf soldiers. Meanwhile, Cinder is trying to improve precarious relations between Luna and Earth and is setting in motion her plan to abdicate the throne and establish a Lunar democracy. Loveable and loyal android Iko is still on her mission to stop the Lunar wolf soldiers, especially the ringleader Lysander Steele, who are loose and terrorizing Earthens. ![]() Although androids and the definition of humanity have been present throughout Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, they have remained side issues until the release of her most recent graphic novel Wires and Nerve: Gone Rogue. Whether or not humans face this dilemma, though, the concept is still an interesting one to explore, and science fiction opens up a medium in which authors and audiences can examine the questions in fictional situations. What defines someone as human? Can a personable android actually have emotions and thoughts independent of programming? With the modern advance of technology, these futuristic questions may soon present themselves. ![]()
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