Ashes, Ashes (continued)

For the start of this quarter I have finished the book Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggari. I really liked this book, but in the middle I had to take about a week break because it just dragged on for what seemed like forever. But when I started reading the book again it took me no time to finish it. I liked this book because it was very action pact, and it would probably be fairly realistic if our world would come to an end where only 1% of the population lived and "Sweepers" were combing the streets looking for survivors to do who knows what with.

After the plague and the melting of the polar ice caps, Lucy went off on her own to attempt to live by herself. She didn't care how many survivors were left; all she cared about was that she was surviving. Then, when a pack of hunting dogs came to feast on her, a boy named Aiden comes and rescues her. This was the first contact with any other living human she has had in months. The dialogue was actually kind of funny, because she didn't know how to respond and she was just very awkward. So, due to the contact with Aiden, he persuades Lucy to join his camp of survivors. This might be looking up for Lucy, but just as that happens a series of bad things happens for Lucy. A horrible flu has come because of the birds and the "Sweepers" are becoming more desperate to find people (Lucy).

I also think that I found out where the title Ashes, Ashes comes from. I hope everybody knows the song "Ring around the Rosie".

Ring around the Rosie.

A Pocket full of Posies.

Ashes, Ashes.

We all fall down.

I think that this song is some sort of metaphor to the book. I think that the first two lines show like a peaceful world because Ring around the Rosie maybe means like a wedding ring (happiness and joy). Then the second phrase says "A pocket full of Posies," and posies are like a banquet of flowers. Then of course the phrase "Ashes, Ashes," which of course means destruction or catastrophe. And then the ending "We all fall down," which could mean that everyone is dying or maybe buildings are crumbling, there are many different ways to interpret this song. So this song basically goes from happy to death (sad) in 4 short phrases. That relates to the book in a lot of ways. Therefore that could be where the book's title came from.