Warcross Quotes

Although we use it everyday, technology can be a complex and misunderstood topic. In the science fiction book Warcross by Marie Lu Emika is a struggling bounty hunter, but when she hacks into one of the biggest games in the world, Warcross, she ends up getting hired to track down a hacker by the games creator, and is added to one of the games professional teams. Throughout the novel the theme of things aren’t always as they seem especially when it has to do with technology is represented in the dark world, Emika’s hacking, and in peoples unknowing connections through the internet. The author uses the dark world to develop the theme that things are not always as they seem especially when it has to do with technology by showing the reader that there is a whole entire world hidden below

When describing how she was able to hack into New York’s Warcross players she says, “You worm your way into one account, then branch out to their friends, then their friends, and eventually, you’re able to track the location of any player in New York City”(Lu 4). This quote shows how connected everyone is through the internet even though they don’t realize it. When she talks about branching out to friends, and then friends of friends, she shows how everyone is connected to everyone else. This is also shown when she’s at the dorm with her team, “If the same system is installed downstairs, then each room’s desktop isn’t nearly as secure as she thinks it is. I can work my way into the main system, and then I’ll be able to get into each of their individual systems”(Lu 127). This shows how her teammates' systems are more connected than they think. Both of these quotes support the theme by showing how even though they don’t realize it, everyone is connected somehow through