Humanity In Levithian's Every Day

Humanity when punched into the google search engine is defined as, “the human race; being humans collectively”. For a wikipedia definition that seems to be fairly accurate. But could having humanity mean more than just being apart of the human race? When you look up the definition for the word “human”, it says that to be a human is, “to have characteristics of people or human beings”. So according to this source, anything sharing the characteristics we consider to be “human” could be considered human, therefore possessing humanity. In Levithian’s novel Every Day the main character though being an entity of sorts shows human characteristics such as feeling love, being reckless, and feeling empathy. All of these characteristics classify A as being a human soul that makes sometimes selfish and often careless mistakes just like the rest of us. Since A is capable of feeling love, it is one characteristic that gives him humanity. Even before A met Rhiannon, A has mentioned past crushes and even a brief romance in his

Whether you are a thrill seeker jumping off a cliff into a lake below, or simply disregarding strapping into your car with a seat belt, all people have at least made one reckless mistake in their lifetime.The most common type of recklessness in some way or another has to do with being with or impressing the person you are with. A definitely shows this kind of recklessness when it comes to Rhiannon, to the point where he would even tamper with people’s lives just to see her for one day. “Poor Nathan Daldry. He is going to wake up on the side of an interstate, an hour away from his home. I can only imagine how terrified he’ll be, I am a monster for doing this to him. But I have my reason.” (75). Although A feels guilt for his actions, he still feels justified for his actions, like since what he did was in the name of love that makes everything