I did feel some sympathy for the peeps, beginning in the first episode with Sarah. The process Cal explained of becoming a peep is difficult, especially the hating your former self part. All the peeps in the book didn't consent to becoming a peep and in the process completely throw away their lives. Maybe some have regained their normality like Sarah, but their lives still won't ever be the same. I probably sympathize with peeps because to me they are victims, since they didn't choose to change. Also, the parasite within them controls their actions, making them human puppets. However the peeps, at least the ones with the old strain parasite, were able to control the parasite. And to some people becoming a peep might have provided a better life, after the whole Cannibal phase.
I think what happens to the peeps should be up to them, after they regain some control over the parasite. If there was a cure to the disease then they should have the choice of ridding themselves of it. If they choose to keep the powers and the parasite, then maybe they should fight those monsters. I don't think peeps should be roaming around, free to use their supernatural powers. That might lead to a higher level of crime, or just cannibalism if their parasite isn't controlled.
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
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