Sunday, May 29, 2016
After Finishing - Theme Analysis
Theme: A major theme in this book is trust. After completing this book, what do you think is the author’s message about trust? Does this book give you any insight into who you should trust or who you should not trust? What is the author saying about earning or losing someone’s trust?
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After reading the book I believe the authors message about trust is maybe be more careful who you trust because they might not who they seem to be. In the book Benson completely stops trusting everyone who he met after he finds out about Jane 117C. After reading this book it makes me think do people trust way to easy and then get hurt. Before getting someones trust make sure to really get to know them and if there story sounds way off like Jane not knowing much pop culture. You have to know if you getting to know the real person or not. The author is saying when earning someones trust it can be earned as quick as you can lose it. When earning someone trust you gain respect for some someone.When you have someones trust you can talk to someone and fully know they aren't going to go blabbing and and telling someone else. When you loose some ones trust they do something to betray you. In Benson's case he doesn't know who is real or or who is a android.
ReplyDeleteEmily Richards
ReplyDeleteI believe the author's message about trust is to really get to know someone before you trust them because they might not be who you thought they were. Benson was only at the school a little while and barely knew anything about Jane but had trusted her. It ended up getting him hurt physically and emotionally. Another message about trust the author might be trying to convey is the people you trust the most may turn against you but the ones you didn't trust may become your ally. Benson trusted Jane very much and got very close to her. Once he found out she was an android he couldn't seem to trust anyone. He didn't trust Becky very much at the beginning because she was a rule follower and part of the Society. At the end of the book he becomes her ally and they escape together. This book shows that you should really get to know someone before you put your trust in them. If something doesn't seem right, Jane loved being at the school and didn't like that Benson was considering escaping, then maybe you shouldn't trust them. The author is saying that when you lose one persons trust it can prevent you from ever trusting anyone ever again. After Benson found out Jane was actually an android he had trouble trusting anyone else. He would only trust them if he had proof that they weren't an android.
Maria Whitaker
ReplyDeleteI think the author's message about trust is that it is dangerous to place your trust in someone too soon. For example, Benson met Jane when he arrived and Maxfield Academy. He told her about his plans to escape, which shows that he trusted her. While Jane didn't necessarily give him a reason to not trust her, Benson judged Jane too quickly and was emotionally hurt when he found out that Jane was a robot.
I think Variant gives me insight into who I should and shouldn't trust by teaching that, while you should still show respect towards everyone, you shouldn't completely trust a person right after getting to know them (mainly because they could end up being a robot, but also because it's dangerous to judge a book by its cover). Variant also gives insight to who I should and shouldn't trust by teaching that people will try to gain your trust by sugar-coating their words, but you should wait until you can analyze their actions before completely trusting them. For example, when Benson first arrives at Maxfield Academy, Isaiah pulls him into a room and tries to convince him to become a member of the Society. On page 39 Isaiah says, "We can be miserable and get ourselves killed, or we can thrive. We have chosen to thrive. We are not a gang, we are the Society." However, as Benson observes Isaiah's actions as the book progresses, he learns the truth about Isaiah and the Society, and in the process Isaiah and most members of the Society lose his trust.
Throughout the book, I think the author is saying that we earn or lose peoples' trust as a result of our actions, not our words. An example of this was stated above; Isaiah tried to convince Benson to join the Society and trust him by sugar-coating his words, but it didn't work. Benson later discovered that he definitely shouldn't trust Isaiah after observing his actions. Another example of gaining/losing trust through actions rather than words is Benson and Becky's relationship. At the beginning of the book, Becky tried desperately to get Benson to trust her and the school by using sweet language, much like Isaiah. However, Benson didn't trust Becky until he got to know her better and observe her actions. By the end of the book, she was his closest friend and they escaped together.
Katlynn Hanks
ReplyDeleteThe author seems to have focused a lot on the trust of the students. Especially at the end. After Benson showed everyone that Jane was in fact a robot, no one seemed to trust one another. There was no sure way to tell if anyone else was and android, without severely injuring some of the humans as well. This seemed to ignite the need for an escape. Then Benson was called down to detention, so he knew he needed to get out. Some people still didn’t trust each other so some stayed behind. Then once they got out of the school and over the fence the robots turned on them proving that you couldn’t trust anyone. Then with only Benson, Becky, and Mason left, Mason turned on them showing that he was a robot as well.
I think that the author was trying to just say that it is okay to trust people, just don’t be foolish and trust everyone, because not everyone is good. But you can still trust people because not everyone is bad.
In my opinion, I do not believe that the author had a message about trust. If the author does have a message about trust in the book, I don’t see it. Also, I don’t think that the book gives me any insight of who I should trust or of who I shouldn't trust. I have a decent picture in my head of who I should trust and of who I shouldn’t trust. I assume that what Robison Wells has to say about gaining or losing someone’s trust is that it’s hard. The book Variant shows a lot of gaining someone’s trust, and also losing someone’s trust. It was not easy for Benson to know who to trust or who not trust. Also, what Robison Wells has to say about losing and gaining someone’s trust could be that you can sometimes be wrong. For example, Benson gave his trust to Jane, he trusted her and he ended up being wrong. He thought she was a trustworthy person, but she couldn’t really be trusted. Another example could be when Benson thought he couldn't trust anyone, even Becky. He thought that Becky was not worthy to have his trust, but he was wrong, Becky was trustworthy. Beckey did deserve to have Benson’s trust. Plus, once everyone saw Jane and what she actually was, everyone lost everyone’s trust.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I think the authors message was to be careful who you trust. The book gave me an insight on who I should trust and how to gain their trust. I believe I can gain somebody's trust by working together in a rough situation. Benson gained trust from Oakland when they were escaping. The author showed that it is hard to gain somebody's trust like Becky, Benson didn't know if he could trust her until she fell into a tree and showed that she wasn't a robot. Also the author showed you can easily lose somebody's trust, for example when Jane got killed by a pipe and showed that she was a robot, Benson no longer trusted her.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I think the authors message was to not always believe anything you hear and to not judge a book by it's cover for example in the beginning of the book when Benson met Becky with that tour guide smile and feel to her he immediately thought she was hiding something and did not think he could trust her but later on in the book when he saw Jane as a robot and thought Becky was, only to see some of here bone at the end he thought way different of them both. The complete opposite and could not tell who was fake and who was real or if he thought everyone was a robot. Also his roommate who he also trusted also turned out to be a robot and totally had a complete break down thinking if he could ever trust anyone again. Although it made a big impact on Benson it didn't really reflect a lot on me. It didn't really give me an insight on who not to trust but to not to look at people just by looking at them. I will defiantly remember this meaning of the book.
ReplyDeleteMadison Larum
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I believe the authors message about trust is to show people that the people you meet are not always how they seem. This book showed me that I need to look deeper than someone's skin and emotions to trust them. When the author is talking about earning or losing someone's trust, he is telling us through a story, that when you get close to someone and they start to trust you, don't ruin it by telling a small lie. The small lie can turn into a larger one that can be revealed sooner than later. Your friend will most likely choose to distrust you after knowing you couldn't tell them something so simple.
Caden Johnson
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I think that the authors message about trust is that people can be different in the inside than on the outside. People can act differently than they really are. The author does not give you insight into who you can trust. The author is not the one that can make the decision later in your life. The author's sight of when you lose trust is to move on and change friends with the people that are like that person. An example is when Benson found out that Jane was an android. He moved on and was secretly trying to find people like her that he could not trust and kept his distance.
Maximus Swan
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this book I think the author's message about trust is that when you meet someone you could think they are different but they really aren't. It's kind of like you're "hard" on the outside where you act like things don't bother you but you are actually "soft" on the inside and you're feelings get hurt easily. So basically, you portray your feelings to people differently then the way you actually feel. This would be an instance of a person not truly showing their real personality when they are around you. So what I think the insight is that the author is trying to show us is that you need to be careful on who you trust and who you don't trust. You may meet someone and begin to trust them, but only to find out that they are not really the person they are portraying to be. In my opinion, the author is saying to be careful about earning someone’s trust and not to do things that would make them lose that trust. For example, Benson trusted Jane and once he figured out that she was a robot he felt deceived and then stopped trusting everyone.
Robert Breault
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I found that losing or gaining someone's trust gave or restricted aid from someone or even harmed you if you lost the trust hard enough. Losing someone's trust eans they will never rely on you amd they think you'll lie or cheat them out of something they thought about including you in. Now the Author's message about trust is that in my mind whether you have the trust or not always plan for the worst or think about an action before you do it because it may have consequences such as losing trust. Then there are people who have been decieved too any times to trust anyone anymore, they get paranoid and start thinking someone will try to manipulate them.
Sidney Jaques
ReplyDeleteI think the Author's theme of this book is to not give in, and to not lose hope. At the start of the book, when Benson arrives at the school, everyone started telling him escape was impossible. His friends told him he didn't have a chance. Even the V's didn't really believe the could run. Through all of this, Benson didn't give up. He never stoped trying to get out. While playing paint ball, he was thinking of plans. Even on the night of the dance when he was with Jane he wanted to run away. I think the hardest time for him was when Jane asked him to stay. He could have lived with her at be happy for a time. Because he didn't however, he was able to find out about the robots, and escape. He would have never been able to do this if he gave in to what everyone else said. He never lost hope, and that is one of the reasons he is still alive.
Iliana Hockenberry-Grimes
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Variant, I believe that the authors message about trust is that you can never really trust anyone if you hope to survive. When Benson arrives at Maxfield he is distrustful and doesn't make any connections with the people around him. This disconnect makes his escape plan much easier to execute, but as soon as Benson starts to trust those around him and become attached, he is doomed. It's much easier to run away from something you have no ties to than something filled with people you care for. It is much easier to survive alone trusting only yourself than it is to trust others risk betrayal. I also believe that a more subtle message the author has sent is that trust is more easily lost than regained. In Variant, they discover that some of the students that they thought to be their peers are actually robots with a very convincing human appearance. This causes widespread fear, panic, and distrust. (Which makes them more vulnerable.) When there is a crisis or a cabal like this, fear destroys any trust that we have placed in others. By this point you can't trust those around you at all, and you don't trust your judgement of character either. You are constantly looking over your shoulder for a knife, and you make snap decisions about people. You are like a loaded gun ready to kill anything that looks suspicious. This small piece of our human nature makes it extraordinarily hard for us to allow fellow humans to earn back our trust.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel “Variant” the author pushes the point of trust from the very beginning. In this novel, the meaning of trust is vastly changed in a huge paradigm shift when the plot comes to a climax when Benson realizes why he can't trust anyone and is put on edge when Jane is discovered to be an android. The feelings the author describes Benson having is betrayal, so it is in life when you lose somebody you love, of course it is different in Benson's case, but it is the general idea. The point is, Jane's death sparks the tension and resets the main theme of “trust no one” because the one time he opened up to somebody, they turned out to be a friggin robot.
Jordan Moon
ReplyDeleteAfter completing the book, I think the author’s message about trust is that you shouldn’t place too much trust into someone before you know they are deserving of it. In the book, Benson puts a lot of trust into Mason and Jane, before they have proven they are worth of know that information. Though they have not proven otherwise that they should not be able to know these thing, such as Isaiah, they still have not proven that they are the ones to know the valuable information about Benson’s plan. Trust no one. You can’t trust people with too much personal knowledge of you because you never know who they could turn out to be. In the book, they turned out to be robots, but in normal life they could turn out to be back stabbers The insight the author minorly implies it to trust people with common beliefs as you, but I don’t believe that can stand true at all times. In the book, Lily would had been a much better choice to tell his plans and dreams of escape to, because they have similar beliefs. I feel like the biggest insight that the author gives you to who to trust is more metaphorical than anything. The author suggests to trust no one until you see their insides. In the book, Benson couldn't truly trust anyone till he saw their bones, to prove they were truly human. This can be applied to real life because you shouldn’t trust anyone till you truly know who they are in the inside. My prediction about what the author is saying, and will continue to say in the next book, is that it is easy to earn someone’s trust, easier to lose it, and hard to earn it back. I believe that this will be in the plot line with Jane, because the robot version of her was able to easily earn Benson’s trust, then it was completely lost when she turned out being a robot, and it is going to be really hard for Benson to trust the real Jane.
ReplyDeleteEllie Williams
Robinson Wells message about trust in the book Variant was that trust is a very valuable thing and you need to really get to know someone before you put your trust in them. I can tell that trust plays a big part in this book just by looking at the cover because the subtitle even says, “TRUST NO ONE”. This book gave me insight on who I should/shouldn’t trust by teaching me that a person’s actions tell more about them than the words they speak. What I think the author is saying about trust is that once someone breaks your trust, you don’t really want to trust anyone else because you’re afraid that they’ll betray you too. For example, throughout most of the book, Benson trusted Jane until the night of the dance when he found out that she was a robot. This shown on page two hundred twenty-three when Benson thought to himself, “Jane had become my best friend, and now she was gone. But it was worse than death-- she had never existed. I wasn’t a boyfriend morning for a lost love; I was a dupe, mourning my own blindness.” After he realized that Jane was a robot, he started to question everyone. I know this because also on page two hundred twenty-three, Benson said, “I couldn’t trust anyone anymore.” The author could also be saying that it can take months to gain someone’s trust and just a matter of seconds to lose. A way that shows that it can take months to gain someone’s trust is Benson’s relationship with Becky. This is because Benson didn’t trust Becky until the end of the book and she ends up becoming his best friend.
After finishing the book, I do believe that Robinson Wells message about this book is trust. Also, you shouldn't always trust everyone because they're not always who they seem to be. At the beginning of the book, Benson wasn't going to get close to people because he was planning to escape. An example of this would be when Benson thought he knew Jane and she turned out to be something completely different then he thought she was. I also think that because on the cover it says "Trust No One." I think that its there because if you trust someone be prepared because they might betray you. When Jane turned out to be a robot, Benson started to question everyone, wondering if they were robots. He started writing down notes, to see who had been here the longest because he thought that the first people at Maxfield Academy were robots and Jane happened to be one on them. Every time Benson walked by someone he couldn't help but ask himself if they were robots. I mean he had every right to after what they had gone through. That's why I think the message in the book was trust.
ReplyDeleteMatt Swirczek
ReplyDeleteThe author's message about trust is that you should know the person before you trust them or they will stab you in the back. Stab you in the back meaning in the book the people that Benson trusted were never human and were going to kill him. Who I should trust are people I've known for a long time and to people I know who will stick up for me and who will never snitch on me. Who I should not trust will be a person who gets in trouble all the time and someone who stabs me in the back. The author saying that to earn someones trust you have to be by them all times and to always stick up for him. Losing someones trust is back stabbing them, snitching, and to never stick up for them in any situation.
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ReplyDeleteAfter completing this book, I do not agree that a major theme of the book is about trust. The theme that I got from the book is about never giving up or giving into what other people think you should do. Even though Benson was told many times that if he tried to escape he would get sent to detention, he didn’t listen because he knew the situation he was in could not stay like that forever. He had to find out a way to escape. If he would have giving in to what other people said, then he would have ended up stuck in the school for who knows how long. Also, if he had giving in to not trying to escape, then he would not have convinced most of the gangs that there really was something wrong with the school. Benson never gave up on his belief that there was something wrong with a school full of teenagers and no adults-plus being surrounded by a high wall and no way to get out. Many people think differently than others, so there are many views on whether or not trust is a major theme in Variant. In my opinion there wasn’t a major theme on trust. I get advice from my parents who are older than me and have already learned a lot more about trust than I have.I also know from experiences and from learning from those experiences who not to trust and who is trustworthy.
ReplyDeleteI think the author’s message about trust is that you need to really know a person before trusting them right away as there can be more to a person than what they are revealing. For example, Benson automatically trusted Jane and Mason when he first arrived at Maxfield and they both turned out to be androids. The novel “Variant”, gives me some insight on who I should and shouldn’t trust. I should only trust those that I have gotten to know really well. I especially shouldn’t trust someone I just met. I think the author has said throughout the book that you can gain someone’s trust just as quick as you can lose it. For instance, Benson trusted Jane as soon as he got to Maxfield, but once he found out she was an android he didn’t trust anyone else. He couldn’t trust anyone because he was always asking himself if this person was an android. As a result, he didn’t know who he could trust.
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing the book, I think the book had another theme other than trust. The other theme is persistence because no matter what problems Benson faced, he endured them and continued on to get to his end result. The theme of trust is not to trust someone before you actually know them. For example, Benson had great trust in Jane, but when he found out that she was an android, he didn't have much, if any trust, in anyone. I think the book did give some key insight on who to trust and who not to. In the beginning, Benson had mixed feeling about trusting Becky, but slowly learned to trust her throughout the book. When you earn someone's trust, you should be able to confide in and rely on them. When you lose someone's trust, they can do malicious things in spite you.
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing the book, I think the book had another theme other than trust. The other theme is persistence because no matter what problems Benson faced, he endured them and continued on to get to his end result. The theme of trust is not to trust someone before you actually know them. For example, Benson had great trust in Jane, but when he found out that she was an android, he didn't have much, if any trust, in anyone. I think the book did give some key insight on who to trust and who not to. In the beginning, Benson had mixed feeling about trusting Becky, but slowly learned to trust her throughout the book. When you earn someone's trust, you should be able to confide in and rely on them. When you lose someone's trust, they can do malicious things in spite you.
ReplyDeleteI personally think that the message about trust that the author wanted the reader to take away is that the people whom you trust are not always who you make them out to be. When Benson started to trust people at the school, they told him things that sometimes influenced his decisions. However, when Benson found out that Jane was a robot, he learned that the people he trusted were not who he thought they were. After this, he began to distrust everyone because he thought they might be robots, too.
ReplyDeleteThis book does not give me any insight as to who I should or shouldn’t trust because I already have a pretty clear picture of who I can trust and who I can't trust. However, the book does give me the message “don’t judge a book by its cover”. It tells me that I shouldn't judge someone before I really get to know them.
In "Variant", it took a long time for Benson to learn to trust anyone at the school. After a while, he finally started to trust people. However, when he found out that there were robots in the school, he instantly lost his trust in everyone. Because of this, what I think the author is saying about losing and earning someone’s trust is that trust is difficult to gain and easy to lose.
After completing the book I believe that the author's message relating to trust is to be cautious about who you trust. For example, Benson trusted Jane very quickly, simply because she was one of the V’s. He did not trust any of the society, but Becky, as it turned out, was trustworthy. Benson put people in the category of good and bad too quickly. I believe that one of the author's messages is that we need to get to know a person before we trust them, but we should be careful not to distrust someone because of their group.
ReplyDeleteThis book does not give me a ton of insight on who to trust, because it uses androids and there’s virtually no way tell if someone is human or a creepy robot. People on the other hand, are not like that. Humans live in ways that tell you things about them, and you decide, based on actions, whether to trust them or not.
Hamilton Sommer
ReplyDeleteI do believe that trust is a major theme in the book, “Variant”. I also believe that in the book, the author tries to get across the fact trust, is more complicated than people understand. The author tries to tell the readers that you need to get to know someone before you jump to the conclusion that they can or can’t be trusted. A reasoning for this is because they might be a different person than you thought they were. For instance, like Becky. At first, Benson didn’t really trust her because she was apart of Society, and she was a fairly good rule follower. Another example of a misused trust is Jane. Benson trusted Jane because he thought that she was kind and also because she was apart of the V’s. This misguided his trust that she liked him too (and he kind of didn’t think she was a robot). But he put the trust in the wrong person because she was an android.
Reading this book shows me that you have to watch who you trust. You can judge a book by its what's in the inside "literally" that matters. The author shows that you can lose and gain trust in a blink of an eye. Benson trusted Jane, but didn't trust Becky. He soon found out that Jane was a robot and Becky had bones. Be careful of who you trust and who you don't.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the book we learn that Benson Fisher is a foster child who has lived in many different homes, so I assume he had trouble trusting the families he was put into. I believe the author's message about trust is to make sure you know exactly who the person is and what their intentions are before you jump into trusting them. This book makes me consider who the people I trust are and why I trust them as well as the people I don't trust. I believe the author was saying that losing someone's trust is easy and it takes time to earn it back. Benson lost everyone's trust when he discovered Jane was an android. It took him until Becky cut her arm to the bone for him to trust her. Trust can be lost within a second, but it could take years to recover.
ReplyDeleteAutumn Sponsler
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this book I think that trust is a good theme for "Variant". The author is trying to tell us to really get to know someone before trusting them but that even after you get to know them trust can be taken away just as quickly. Trust is something to me that comes and goes has you get older. I use to trust and believe everything my brother would say and now I know he loves me but I don't trust what he might say it could be a joke or true you just never know. He keeps me on my toes. The author to me also is saying don't judge something by the way it looks you have to know whats on the inside. Benson had not been at Maxfield very long and he let his guard down with Jane. Bensen trusted Jane he liked her but after he found out she was an android he became more caution on who he would talk to and trust. For Bensen trust had to be earned now but he wouldn't give up on getting everyone out. He just became more cautious in his actions and more aware of his surroundings. Once Becky hurt her arm and he saw bone he relaxed and she became one of the few he trusted again.
Gracee Mesloh
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing the book, Variant I think that trust is a good theme for this book and it shows trust many times. For example at the end of the book Becky is hurt and she haves to trust in Benson to get her to a safe place. This just shows that the theme is strong through this book. Also I think trust will be strong thru the next book too. Another example at the end of the book Benson makes it to a small town and real life Jane is their. He has to trust that she is real or not. After she cut her arm to show him that she is real. For all of those reasons I think trust is a good theme for the book, Variant.
Andrew Kelsey
ReplyDeleteAs humans, our natural incentive is to judge people instantly. We gain perceptions of peers and even strangers without even really knowing anything about them other than what we can physically see. This applies to trusting people as well. We get to know someone and think they are trustworthy and find out that our insight was completely distorted. For example, near the end of this book, Benson thought Mason was one of his most trustworthy friends and he saw Becky as a threat and possibly an android. As you know he had this backward and Becky was the one Benson could truly trust. The author could cross many points about trust in this book but what I took from it was that we need an open mind about who we can trust rather than automatically being judgmental towards someone. Also being careful about who we trust and to what extent. Now in life, this applies but to a lower level of intensity because hopefully, our friends aren't androids.
Lynn Robison
ReplyDeleteThe Author's message about trust is be careful who you trust. When we put trust in a person too soon and they let us down it's we who are the ones that later suffer. I like saying even sugar looks like salt, meaning anyone can act like something they aren't it's in our gut feeling that we have to trust to not spill the beans. Before you put trust into people, trust your own word and use your judgment wisely. The book gives me insight to not trust many, it takes time and knowledge. Reading this made me realize with Jane and Benson's situtaion trust is a huge deal whether we realize it or not. One mistake and your secret is out. I only trust those who are people of their word and prove it with their daily life and actions by being responsible and kind. Judging somebody by what they say could also help eliminate the untrustworthy folks out there. The Author made his points well on trust but using my own judgement I feel he's saying you can only put so much hope into people. He means when you lose someone's trust you also lose respect for them and hopefully connection. When you earn a person's trust to not take that person for advantage and keep them close to you because not only will they help you.. They have alot to offer for others as well. Be careful about who you trust!
Lynn Robison
ReplyDeleteThe Author's message about trust is be careful who you trust. When we put trust in a person too soon and they let us down it's we who are the ones that later suffer. I like saying even sugar looks like salt, meaning anyone can act like something they aren't it's in our gut feeling that we have to trust to not spill the beans. Before you put trust into people, trust your own word and use your judgment wisely. The book gives me insight to not trust many, it takes time and knowledge. Reading this made me realize with Jane and Benson's situtaion trust is a huge deal whether we realize it or not. One mistake and your secret is out. I only trust those who are people of their word and prove it with their daily life and actions by being responsible and kind. Judging somebody by what they say could also help eliminate the untrustworthy folks out there. The Author made his points well on trust but using my own judgement I feel he's saying you can only put so much hope into people. He means when you lose someone's trust you also lose respect for them and hopefully connection. When you earn a person's trust to not take that person for advantage and keep them close to you because not only will they help you.. They have alot to offer for others as well. Be careful about who you trust!
The author's message about trust is you shouldn't trust in the person that you don't feel comfortable with, but trust the people that you feel comfortable with and stay with that person and In the beginning of this book I learn that Benson doesn't trust this school and he doesn't trust Becky because she is very young to be a former of that school so he is thinking how can’t there be a principal at this school and he is not trusting Becky about being Becky so that is a suspicious to him. I think that the author was saying to that you have to not quit but to keep trying because if you don't, you are never going to learn how to to be what you want to be so you can be what you want to be if you don’t you won't be. You never quit what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteTrust is a major theme throughout the entire book and a luxury not usually afforded at Maxfield. The author built a scenario where you must trust others to survive in the school, and especially in the bidding process for jobs, but you don’t know who your enemy is or if anyone is truly your friend. Benson is forced into this difficult decision of who to rely on, and it only proves the author’s overall message about trust; it takes time to build and time to maintain. Time to learn of his surroundings was something Benson wasn’t afforded, and so he was hurt when his enemies, disguised as friends, turned out to be androids. Likewise, the author is trying to show that you need to know your friends to their core to know if you can trust them. The androids looked and acted exactly like humans; on the outside they were perfect. On the inside however, they were nothing more than machines, and even Benson, who had a close relationship with Jane, an android, couldn’t see through her deception. I believe this metaphorically shows who we should and shouldn’t trust. Those who act like they care but don’t demonstrate it through actions and emotions can easily turn against you. On the other hand, those who are completely honest and willing to show their deepest truths to prove they need your trust are the ones who deserve it. The author also shows it is much easier to lose someone’s trust than to earn it. When the students found out some of their friends were androids, they panicked and lost each other’s trust. They couldn’t discern between the humans and androids, and so, no one felt safe. Even when all the students needed to trust the group as a whole to escape, relationships were never the same again. Everyone was distant and trust was nearly impossible to regain. I believe the author’s overall message about trust is that everyone needs it to survive and enjoy life, but you must use judgement in dispensing it.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading this book, I think that the author’s message about trust is to not judge a person by their skin because they might just be a robot, even after you’ve kissed them. Just ask Benson!
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, I believe that you shouldn’t judge anyone too quickly. You must listen to a person’s words, but more importantly, watch their actions. Also, it is much easier to lose trust than keep it.
In the Variant, Isaiah promised Benson protection to make him want to join the Society. After Benson chose the Variants, he saw that Isaiah's actions were much different than his words. Benson's trusting relationship with Jane was based on small talk that didn’t reveal much about Jane. As soon as Benson discovered that Jane was an android, all trust was lost in her and everyone else. The trust was lost right away. When Benson first meets Becky, he judges her right off the bat. Benson assumes that she’s untruthful because she tries to make things seem better than they are, but she struggles to keep her lies straight. Becky’s goals were opposite of Benson’s. As time passed, trust slowly grew between Becky and Benson. Benson did not have complete trust in Becky until she was injured to the point where Benson knew that she was human. This book gave me an insight into who I should trust.
The past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of camps. During these camps I’ve been reading the assigned content. At one of the camps I meet my own Becky. She had the tour guide smile and was on top of everything. She was confident and I didn’t want to trust her, and for some reason I put it my mind that I didn’t like her and that I should stay away from her. The more I watched her and overheard her speak, the more I liked her, trusted her, and was happy to be around her. The author shows that you should only trust those whom you really get to know, which may not be the people you are automatically drawn to.
This book taut me that in order to trust somebody you have to first get to now them. It taut me that the person you might trust the most might not be who they appear to be. Everyone has something that their hiding, this book showed what differences and flaws that people have. That even though somebody might be nice a sweet they can be mean and vicious in reality. This can be the opposite as well.
ReplyDeleteFor example, Oakland was awful to Benson but he turned out to be one of the only people that Benson could trust. Another would be Isaiah. He seemed trusting when Benson had first met him, but Benson saw his true colors when Benson had chosen to not be in Isaiah's gang.
I believe that trust should be earned. You can't just give it to somebody because they appear to be something good and true. Before you give someone trust you should first get to know the person and make sure that they are your friend.
I think that the author’s message about trust is that not everyone is who they seem. For example, Benson decided to tell his plans with Jane before he got the chance to really know her. Jane turned out to be someone who was an android, not someone who Benson could trust. When Jane and Benson become friends, Jane always talked to Benson. I think one thing that you could take about the book is that actions speak louder than words. I think that it is going to be hard for Benson to trust people because on page two hundred and twenty-three, Benson says,
ReplyDelete“I couldn’t trust anyone anymore.” I think a relationship that Benson could truly trust in is his and Becky’s. His and Becky’s took months to form in order from Benson to truly trust Becky.
Janell Pike
ReplyDeleteTrust is a clear theme in “Variant.” The author wants the reader to know that trust in a relationship is important and can easily be destroyed. Jane destroys Ben’s trust in her when he finds outs that she is an android built by the school. Once that bond of trust is broken, it is not easily repaired. I absolutely agree with the author’s message on trust. It can take years to build a bond with a person and seconds to break it.
The author’s message about trust is eye opening. I think he’s trying to say just be careful who you let into your life. Someone could seem like a really great person but in reality are not who they say they are. For example Jane seemed like a very genuine person. Really she was an android who was programmed to do and say whatever the Academy wanted her to do. Jane had earned Bensons trust but he didn’t really know her. Finding out what she really was shook Benson’s world upside down. Everything he thought was true was a lie. He didn’t know who was real and who was an android so no one had his trust anymore. The author taught me to always get to know a person inside and out before letting them onto your life. The main theme in this book I think is trust might be easy to loose but hard to gain.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book I think that the Author's meaning about trust was that there is a lot that comes with it like keeping secrets or telling the truth when you really need to be told the truth. This book made me feel like i really couldn't trust anyone but benson because I only knew his life and not the others, it also made me trust him even more when he thought that jane was a real human being that would really have real human choices hut that got broken when he found out she was an android. Also, I think that the Author is trying to say that when you earn someones trust, it should never be opened to anyone else besides that bond between you two, and that you both have someone to talk to and express your feelings without having to worry that the person you trust won't tell a soul.
ReplyDeleteI think that the theme of the book Variant is, either hope or trust. I think this because Benson had to learn who he could trust and who he couldn't. He also never lost hope in escaping. Even though everyone told him he couldn't. I think the authors message about trust was maybe don't judge people before you know them. Because, they might be an android trying to kill you.
ReplyDeleteI really do believe that the author was showing us what happens when you put to much trust in someone before they deserve it. This book did, in fact, make me think and now I'm completely devastated by the ending. But back to my point, I think Robison Wells purpose of this story was to teach teenagers who they should and shouldn't trust. Because there might be a school out there that magically outran Japan on building robots (androids) and may somehow exist. But if not here's the real scenario "Online Dating" you can't tell if there's a real and true person on the other side of the screen. This book showed me that I must be very careful (nowadays) in who I put my trust in. Don't get me wrong I'm still really upset about the ending. And I'm letting that influence my response. But anyways what I think what the author trying to say about earning and losing someone trust is that it's a heartbreaking feeling when you lose someone's trust. But in this case, the scenario of the story having your roommate turn around and try and kill you and the fact your first character that you were introduced to is a crazy lunatic would make you have trust issues for a long long time.
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ReplyDeleteThe theme of this book was mostly about trust, I learned a valuable lesson from it. Benson wanted to trust Becky and Mason, but all he had was hope that he could. It made me realize how easily it is to give someone our trust just out of hope that we can. Earning someones trust takes time and proof, like with Becky. Both Mason and Jane were close to Benson, they were the people he least expected to be androids. It didn't matter how close he was to them the truth was he couldn't one hundred percent trust them. I would say the message of this book has shown me that hoping you can trust someone can't be the reason you trust them.
I think what the author is trying to say about trust is to not be so eager about trusting a person you just met. There will always be a second side to that person that you put your trust into. The only insight that the book gave me was to not trust a person who is only devolved into nothing but them. Like Isiah who was only looking out form himself. I think the author is saying that once you have that persons trust it will hard to regain after you have done something to that person. Like how the variants felt after Benson bidded for security and grounds keeping.
ReplyDeleteI think the theme of the book is trust. I think what the author was saying about trust is that before you start to judge someone, make sure you actually know them. Although, I also think they want you to be careful making decisions on who you trust. Throughout the book, Benson had to learn more about everyone, then he had to learn who he could and couldn't trust. I also think another theme could be believe yourself. Benson had to believe in himself and be confident in his decisions. Many kids tried to trick him when he first arrived, and he wanted to escape but everyone told him he couldn't and he still believed he could. So I think people should be careful with who they trust, but don't judge someone to quickly.
ReplyDeleteI think the author’s message about trust is that you can’t always trust the people who you think you know best. They may not be who you thought they were. This book give me insight into who I should trust is people who I may not like in the beginning might become my greatest allies. It also gives me insight on who I should not trust are people that might be too good to be true. Those people who you think know you best, or the ones that say that they are always gonna be there. Those people might only be there when things are good, but when they are bad they may not be. The author is saying about earning or losing someone’s trust is that you may earn someone’s trust that you never thought you would, or you may lose someone’s trust that you thought would be there forever.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Variant, I think that the author's message about trust is that sometimes to survive you have to work together and that other times people will stab you in the back. When Benson arrives at Maxfield Academy, he doesn't really make any connections with anyone. When they play paintball for the first time he realizes that you have to have some connections to people in order to win the game (survive). This book does give me some insight into who I should trust or who I should not trust because if everyone didn't trust Benson he would not have been able to escape. On the other hand, some of the people helping him escape turned out to be robots and tried to kill him. Mason was the first friend that Benson had made and he ended up being an android and tried to kill him. The author is saying that it is harder to earn someones trust than it is to lose it. I think that was the biggest thing that I learned from this book because it takes time to earn someones trust but when you turn around and stab them in the back, the trust for them is gone immediately.
ReplyDeleteI think the author's message about trust is that you have to be carefull to trust someone to soon. For example Benson started telling his friends how he was going to escape. This shows that he trusted his friends to tell them he was going to escape. But his friend betrayed him in the end. After reading the book it showed me how to get to know a person like how they act to people before trusting them. I think what the author is saying about earning and losing trust is you have to treat everyone the same so people can be there for you.
ReplyDeleteI think the author's message about trust is that you have to be carefull to trust someone to soon. For example Benson started telling his friends how he was going to escape. This shows that he trusted his friends to tell them he was going to escape. But his friend betrayed him in the end. After reading the book it showed me how to get to know a person like how they act to people before trusting them. I think what the author is saying about earning and losing trust is you have to treat everyone the same so people can be there for you.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the book, I have to agree with the other comments. I believe the authors message about trust. It teaches you that people are not always as they seem. You really have to get to know a person before you can actually trust them. The author talks a lot about gaining and losing trust. You really don't want to mess up with a person that trusts you. Even a small lie can ruin it. That small lie will become bigger and bigger, and will be found out. What reason does your friend have to trust you then?
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ReplyDeleteI believe the author's message about trust is to really get to know someone before you trust them because they might not be who you think they are. One major example is Jane. Jane met Benson almost immediately and gained his trust. Since he trusted her he was willing to talk to her and accidentally share information with the school. When he found out his best friend was a android, he would not trust any one else because, for all he knows, everyone is a android. The commentary on trust in this book is that you should never trust someone without really getting to know them. Benson placed trust in Jane really early in the book and he did not have enough time to learn about her. The author is saying that you should not be so willing to place trust in someone you just met.
Brenden Leary
ReplyDeleteTrust is earned not just given. The author in my opinion is telling readers to get to know people well before you really trust them. From the beginning of my reading, I found that Benson did not trust anyone at first. He slowly began to trust a few people. He trusted Jane more than most and he later found out that she was a robot. After this, Benson, with good reason stopped trusting anyone again. People are not always what they make themselves out to be. It takes more time and effort to gain someones trust than it does to lose it.
Trent Nuckolls
ReplyDeleteThe Authors message about trust in this book is telling the reader that you have to know a person really well before you can trust them. The insight in the book shows that it's best to trust friends, family, and anyone you know well who has grown up with you. You can tell not to trust someone also by asking around if that person can be trusted. The author shows that you need experience with a person to trust them or not to trust them. You cant just hope or think that they are trustworthy. To earn a persons trust you also have to learn how to be trustworthy.
The author is trying to convey that just because someone is kind, it does not make them trustworthy. The message in the book is trying to tell the reader that you need to know a person long enough to trust them. When Benson found out Jane was an android, he didn't know who to trust. The author, Robinson Wells, is saying to earn someone's trust takes effort and time. Losing their trust is easier to do. In the end of the book, Benson could trust Becky because he saw that she wasn't an android. That doesn't mean that he could completely trust her.
ReplyDeleteIn this book, trust is definitely a theme. Once Benson discovers that Jane is a robot, it is hard for him to know completely who at the school is a robot and who is actually human. This makes it harder for him to trust certain people at Maxfield Academy. I feel that the author is sending the message to be careful who you trust. Benson thought that Jane was his friend and that he could trust her. When she ended up being a robot, Benson became careful with who he trusted at the school. I feel that this can relate to real life and trusting certain people. Sometimes we may have friends that show us they are untrustworthy or not who we thought they were. The book showed me to make sure you know what kind of a person you are dealing with before trusting them. I think that the author is saying that it depends on the type of person or group (such as the gangs in the book) that can make earning or losing someone’s trust easy or hard.
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ReplyDeleteI would agree that trust is a big theme in this book. When Benson discovers the truth about Jane, he has some major trust issues. He then only shows trust essentially when they've earned it. I think that the author is saying to make sure the people you trust arent out to get you. This book does not give me any insight on who to trust, because I already trust just about nobody. The author is pretty much saying "be careful."
ReplyDeleteTrust becomes a major theme when Benson realizes all this time he had been in love with an android ,Jane 116. Not everyone ends up being who you think they are. For example he completely trusted Jane and she ended up a completely different person. But who he really began to trust at the end was Becky who he at first didn't.
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ReplyDeleteThe Author's message about trust is do not judge a book by its cover. Not everyone is how they seem. Benson was right to trust Curtis because he was most honest and didn't pressure Benson to join his gang. Benson shouldn't have trusted Jane. He told Jane everything and fully trusted her and in the end he found out that she was an android. To earn someones trust in the beginning before you know them fully is easier than losing someones trust. Benson, after finding out that Jane was an android didn't trust anyone.
I believe that the author's message about trust is that earned trust, once broken, can be extremely difficult to regain. An example of this in the book "Variant" is that once Benson sees the truth about Jane being an android, Benson figures more "people" are androids and seemingly goes through a period of distrust. "Variant" doesn't seem to give major insight to who you can trust but it does give some pretty solid advice. That advice would be that not everything is as it seems. The author seems to be saying that trust is a fickle thing. A person can earn your trust by what they do for you and other or by what they say but the moment they misplace their foot, that earned trust can be dissolved. Also, trust depends on the person. You could trust someone to give you good advice but not someone else or you could trust one person to keep a secret but maybe not another person.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this flabbergasting book I think that the authors message was to be careful of who you trust. Also that someone may look trust worthy but in the end they might not be. The book gave me more insight on how to gain trust and on who to trust. The author also should has how quickly you can lose someone's trust. He also should us that the quick's way to earn trust is in stressful situation. Like how Benson quickly started to trust Oakland when they were escaping.
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ReplyDeleteAfter finishing The Variant I believe that the author's message about trust is to be careful who you trust or give your trust to, especially if you are not 100% certain that they deserve it. It takes time to build trust with a person and at Maxfield Academy it may take a bit more time. A time where it became incredibly hard for Benson to trust anyone at Maxfield was after he discovered that his friend Jane was not human, but an android. After this moment in the book his entire perspective on everyone attending the school completely shifted. I believe that the book teaches that it is better to take your time in order to put real trust into someone. In the first few chapters of The Variant, Beson was uneasy about Maxfield and whether or not he should trust Becky. By the end of the book, Becky and Benson are escaping the school together. Although he wasn't sure about her at first, Benson gave plenty of time and caution when placing trust in Becky. The author really pushes through with the message that you need to give time to people in order to fully trust them.
After finishing this book and looking back as to how I trust, I think it is natural to easily trust people right off. I think this book shows how trusting too easily can be deceiving and that you don't always know a person from what they present on the outside. Trust takes time to build. Trust is not an automatic, you must gain it and earn it to keep it. I think when Benson found that Jane was a robot, it shocked him and shook him deeply. I think both Benson and Becky once they began to trust one another, will prevail. I think the author did a good job at portraying how trust is something you earn, it is not immediate and should not be taken lightly.
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ReplyDeleteI think the authors message was to get to know someone before you trust them because they could be different then you think. Benson was only at school for a little while but he trusted Jane. Benson got very close to Jane. Once he found out she was android he could not trust anyone. He did not trust Becky at first but by the end of the book they escaped together. That shows you that you should get to know someone before you put your trust in them.
The author's message about trust is that the people you end up trusting more could hurt you in the end than the people you despise. The book had Benson trusting Jane, a girl he had just met. However, had been thinking over and over whether or not to trust Becky. So, it seems the ones that want to help you should have your trust and the ones that are there for their benefit should not be trusted. The one thing the author says about earning someone's trust is that it's really easy to do. However, losing someone's trust is difficult to do.
ReplyDeleteRobinson Wells moral about Trust in the book variant is to be careful who you trust and get to know them before you trust them. Benson opened up to quickly to Jane and trusted her without getting to know who she was and that caused him to get emotionally hurt. The book fairy didn't give me much Insight on who and who not to trust at the beginning but the further you got into it you connected things together and figured it out.
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