Multifaceted Characters In Firebreak And The Fifth Season

In the books Firebreak and The Fifth Season there are two characters that have obtained multifaceted characteristics in order to survive and fit into their dangerous worlds. Both Damaya from The Fifth Season, and 06, from Firebreak, have to make hard decisions. These decisions derive from their circumstances of being powerful forces in a powerless man's world. Their powers and capabilities have been controlled and limited due to their upbringing, however, they use their powers in ways that stray from what they have been taught in order to follow what they believe is right. Although they share some multifaceted characteristics, they differ in the fact that 06 took more initiative in pursuing the things she believed was right, as opposed to Damaya

06 was a hero in the eyes of the citizens that were being exploited by Greenleaf and Stellaxis. One example of heroism is shown in the book when it states, “No rest for the wicked,’ 06 says, levering herself up. “Okay, everybody on your feet. We’ll have a roof over your heads by sundown, but you have to do exactly as we say’”(Firebreak pg 154). This quote displays how she is a leader and hero for the people and she wants to lead them to safety when they can’t do it for themselves in high stress

In the Fifth Season it states, “‘You don't like Misalem is the villain of the tale. That you are like Misalem: a potential threat, without a Shemshena to control you.’ He says this matter-of-factly, not as a question… ‘I don’t want to be a threat,’ she says in a small voice…‘But the plain fact of the matter, Damya, is that you cannot control yourself. It isn’t in your nature. You are lightning, dangerous unless captured in wires” (pg 94-95). This displays to Damaya how dangerous she can be and how powerful she is even at such a young age. The story that Schaffa told her scared her into making her think she was a threat to everyone around her if she didn’t give up a part of