60 pages • 2 hours read
Neal ShustermanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Scythes are easily identified by their colorful robes. The robes may come in any color except for black because black robes have too strong of a connection to the image of the grim reaper and the visual representation of death. Scythes do not want to be seen as mere harbingers of death without human compassion but as honorable servants to the world in the fight for population control. Scythe robes represent the promise to carry this burden with honor, but in Thunderhead Shusterman explores the ways in which this symbol can be twisted to represent rebellion, greed, and bloodlust.
When Citra becomes a scythe, she feels “awkward and strange” (43) having to wear the long robe, and she often trips over it. However, as time goes on, she starts to feel exposed and vulnerable without her robe. The robe becomes a representation of Citra’s gradual evolution into Scythe Anastasia, and as Scythe Curie tells her, “[they] are scythes every moment of [their] lives,” and by wearing the robes every day, they never forget the role they play in society, “no matter how much [they] might want to” (42). Regular scythe robes represent nobility, enlightenment, and solemnity. However, the black robe Rowan wears as Scythe Lucifer represents murder, rebellion, and perceived evil.
By Neal Shusterman
Bruiser
Neal Shusterman
Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman
Downsiders
Neal Shusterman
Dry
Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman
Everlost
Neal Shusterman
Full Tilt
Neal Shusterman
Game Changer
Neal Shusterman
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
Tesla's Attic
Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman
The Dark Side of Nowhere
Neal Shusterman
The Schwa Was Here
Neal Shusterman
The Toll
Neal Shusterman
UnWholly
Neal Shusterman
Unwind
Neal Shusterman