I think that Scott Westerfeld included the alternating chapters on parasites because he wanted to show how in real life, how parasites worked in different ways to show and compare to how the parasites infected and changed the “Peeps”. I thought that putting the chapters about real parasites was interesting, because not only did it relate to the novel, it taught you some interesting facts about parasites. It wasn’t really necessary that they had to be in the book, but it made it interesting. If I was told by Cal that I had been accidentally infected I would have freaked out. I would have been worried that I would be turned into some monster that might eat people and begin to hate everyone and every thing around me. If I was Lace I would have flipped out on Cal. I was kind of surprised because she seemed a little calmer than I would have reacted. She was mad, but she wasn’t having a panic attack like I would have had if I was told by Cal that I was infected. I did feel sympathy for the peeps because they had no idea what happened to them and they didn’t understand what was going on. I do think that they were victims because they didn’t have a choice in it and didn’t know how or why they had become a peep. I think they should get treated as fast as possible to help them return to normal as much as possible.
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
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