Imagine this: a future world devastated by a disseminating plague in which cyborgs are being drafted as test subjects to aid in the pursuit of a panacea. That future world exists, letumosis is the plague, otherwise known as the blue fever, and one of those cyborgs is Cinder. Cinder is a sixteen-year-old girl who is 36.28% machine and has a knack for mechanic repair thanks to her prosthetic arm and leg contrived of steel. Cinder’s life is turned upside down when her malevolent stepmother volunteers her on behalf of the search for a cure immediately after Peony, one half of Cinder’s stepsister duo, contracts the pestilence. In this journal I will be evaluating the symbolism of three significant objects present in this novel: Cinder’s gloves, …show more content…
Prince Kai is a handsome teenager, a royal heartthrob, and a charming bachelor whom nearly every girl in the commonwealth has a crush on, and it is obvious that Cinder shows interest in him the moment she lays eyes on him. Peony quickly detects Cinder’s interest in the prince; however, Cinder pays no attention to these allegations because she is under the impression that due to her composition, no soul could ever be interested in her: “Perhaps he would ask her to dance. Out of politeness… The precarious fantasy crashed down around her as quickly as it had begun… It was impossible…She was a cyborg” (Meyer 33). Needless to say, the society’s customs drain Cinder of her confidence and plant a seed of insecurity within her. It is apparent that Cinder is shielding her feelings for the prince, and this is emblematic to the tissue that encompasses her heart. In conclusion, Cinder’s gloves, her steel foot, and the synthetic tissue surrounding her heart all relate to underlying conflicts or events that are alluded to in this novel. How will the future change once the world discovers that one teenage cyborg may be the key to unlocking a cure for a plague that threatens the existence of