THE MARK MAIN CHARACTERS BY EDITH BULBRING AND

THE MARK MAIN CHARACTERS BY EDITH BULBRING AND CHARACTERISATIO N

JULIET SEVEN PROTAGONIST AND FIRST PERSON NARRATOR (“Ettie”) Ø Acts to protect herself only but is overprotective of Kitty Ø Intelligent; Loves to read Ø Is rebellious; always looking for a way to escape the system Ø Loathes her circumstances Ø Main aim: remove the mark Ø Employed as a drudge in the home of Master and Mistress Ø Carer to Little Miss [MAJOR PLOT TWIST here] Ø Love interest: Nicolas (a locust)

HANDLER XAVIER Ø A complex character Ø Orphan warden’s son Ø In charge of Kitty, Ettie and others Ø At first appears coldly manipulative & self-centred Ø Ettie views him as dangerous Ø Later, it is revealed that he 1. Cares deeply for Kitty because of a promise he made 2. An important part of the Resistance

KATHERINE SEVEN (“Kitty”) Ø Ettie’s roommate and coconspirator Ø Ettie loves her; feels indebted to her for saving her from being burnt Ø Ettie believes Kitty to be vulnerable & helpless BUT Ø Kitty is part of the Resistance; wants to find The Machine to remove the Mark Ø Resourceful and intelligent Ø Knows how to use her beauty to infiltrate the Mangerian hierarchy

NICOLAS Ø Son of the Guardian of Justice and Peace Ø 16 years old Ø An apprentice Locust Ø Different from other snobby Mangerians: Ø Remains compassionate Ø Independent thinker; not conform to the hierarchy Ø Also wants to remove the Mark Ø Ettie’s love interest

MISTRESS, MASTER & LARISSA Ø Mistress and Master always seem in conflict with each other Ø Wish to protect own families’ power and traditional roles Ø Mistress submissive to Master Ø Larissa is their daughter Ø At first: utterly selfish, malicious, cruel, willful, manipulative Ø Spoilt yet sickly Ø Warms up to Ettie eventually Ø Major plot twist between Ettie and Larissa!

Minor characters READER Ø Blind, old man Ø Teaches Ettie to read Ø Ettie “borrows” books from him WITCH Ø 14 fingers Ø Speaks of the prophecy NELSON Ø Part of the Resistance Ø Ettie knows very little about him

THE UPPER CRUST THE MANGERIAN & THE POSH Ø The ELITE of society Ø Control and dominate everybody else; exploit everybody else Ø Untouchable Ø All other levels of society exist to SERVE the Mangerian Ø Mangerian families are intent to keep the power to themselves Ø The PRESIDENT controls all THE MACHINE Ø The greatest measure of controlling the society Ø Can track everyone Ø The rebels want to destroy it Ø Powered by the sun

Categories of Workers MARKET NAGS Security force; Sell food in the brutal and market vicious LOCUSTS MUTI NAGS DRAINERS PULAKS Pull vehicles to which they are physically attached SCAVVIES Provide some Sea scavengers; Deal with form of waste disposal lift relics from an medication to the underwater city which had been covered by the people rising ocean

Role of narrator ØNovel uses first person narrator ØEverything filtered through Ettie’s consciousness ØEttie’s perceptions of her world are given ØEttie’s emotions are portrayed (fears and longings)