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Everlost Character Analysis

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In the novel Everlost, Allie is the main protagonist. She is a strong-willed, goal oriented girl who takes risks living her afterlife in Everlost which shows that any problems she encounters will not stop her from doing what she needs to do. Allie is a bit strong-headed but also very independent although, her choices may never be the best. Her main goal is to find a way out of the limbo world between life and death known as Everlost to “get where you’re meant to go”. Mary Hightower is a self-proclaimed expert that has given herself the status as being the mother of the many children stuck in the afterlife welcoming them with open hands. At the beginning, she seems to be a good character as the story proceeds, she’s shown to be neutral and towards the end she becomes the antagonist. When Nick, Allie, and Lief first encounter Mary she appears to be just a leader to the Afterlights retaining them from harm and making sure their delighted. Allie later notices that Mary is selfish keeping the children in an endless loop and would sacrifice anything to keep them from going in peace and is constantly competing with Nick. Nick aka the “Chocolate Ogre” referred by Mary due to the chocolate on his face that will last for eternity is the second most important character. He is somewhat self-absorbed and emotionless and more of a follower than Allie but is committed to stand up for the people he cares about even if it means going against his rather obvious crush on Mary. He later discovers that Everlost isn’t meant to be lived in for an unending time and makes it his responsibility to free all the children that are no longer needed to be in the limbo. He goes in battle against Mary who she tries to keep all Afterlights to live with her in Everlost and in an endless cycle but his plan is to send all children’s spirts to be at peace and away to where they need to go. Lief is a good-hearted, quirky 11 year old boy who has been living in a burned down forest in Everlost for quite some time and is the first person Nick and Allie meet when they wake up. In an instant Allie decides to call him Lief since he couldn’t remember his own name and was surrounded by the woodland. He follows them throughout the novel and manages to

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