Wildcard Sparknotes

There are people in society that are not what they seem. In the science fiction novel, Wildcard, by Marie Lu, a young teenage hacker, Emika Chen, is brought into a quite large predicament. Emika has the algorithm to worry about. But now she finds the truth about her new ¨co-workers” and is stuck. She doesn't know who to trust. A friend may be a foe and a foe may be a friend. First off, the author, Marie Lu, uses plot twists to develop the theme of how friends may be foes and foes may be friends. One way Marie showed this is, using Taylor, a large antagonist in the book, as a lie. She wasn’t who she seemed. Jax, a character from the book, states, “You think Taylor works for Zero, don’t you?” (Lu. pg 170). What Jax was saying is that Emika

One way the writer shows this is using a trustworthy, important character, Hideo. Marie uses him and shows Emika the truth, the text states, “With data, for a while now, I’ve been working on developing the perfect artificial intelligence, an algorithm that, when implemented through NeuroLink, can fix our flaws better than any human police force” (Lu p.g. 338 book (warcross)). Adding on, Marie is using this character, who over time, became this loving, open-hearted, selfless, man who was famous, to show the unexpected turn of events. Hideo seemed innocent and disclosed and Emika thought she had finally broken him and got everything out of him. Until she got a reality check. Consequently, behind her back, Hideo was making a mind controlling algorithm that basically took away all free will from everyone. Emika was not ready for this, pretty much back stabbed. Unfortunately for Emika, she was very against it and she never knew about it, after everything the two have been through, their relationship, their near death experiences, everything. Marie using Hideo was definitely unexpected and really showed how a close friend like Hideo can be a foe in reality, it can cause more problems that need to be