Dark Life Week of 11-17-14

Title: Dark Life
Author: Kat Falls
Pages Read: 0-50
Prompt: Describe conflict, setting, and characters

Just from the first 50 pages you figure out this major conflict not only between the two characters but where they live. So apparently in this point in time people are literally living underwater. I really don't know why but they seem to and this is one thing that is said through the conflict. The conflict is between topsiders (people who live on land) and people who live in the ocean. During the beginning the main character Ty and this girl he meets Gemma have constant arguments like asking him if kids that are born in the ocean have dark powers. This is a question that angers Ty and he says is based off of myth from the topsiders. I think the two characters for the first time are seeing a little of both worlds and that the other side may not be as bad as everyone thinks. They start playing around saying things like "why do people live up there" and stuff. So it creates an interesting relationship between the two characters.

The main two characters are Ty and Gemma. Ty encounters Gemma when he is trying to get away from some killer sharks and he gets in an abandon sub to escape. Gemma is more of a lonely person. Not because she necessarily chooses to be but because her parents have died and she can't find her brother. Ty is like one of those kids who can get annoying because he likes to correct everything and is kind of up tight. He corrects Gemma and she gets annoyed and mad but he gets mad at her comments so they have this love/hate relationship at times. Gemma so far is a problem solver and like a hustler. She doesn't like to waste time and if she wants something she doesn't take no for an answer. Ty on the other hand is more on the shy side. These women from the topside looked at his skin and were in his way when they were admiring him. Gemma was the one who got rid of them and he just kind of stood there and watched.

The setting seems to be clearly in the future since they are saying the east coast is completely underwater. The people underwater take their aquatic traveling things everywhere they go. So as of now Ty is stuck with Gemma because she needs help finding her brother. Ty likes Gemma but hasn't told her. I think the setting is very creative and the fact that they live underground is very weird but entertaining. There is also this gang or like group of criminals that I think are only underwater but I'm not sure. This is one of Ty's fears because they have become more and more popular. I think that Ty and Gemma will have an interesting encounter with the criminals. I also think that they will find her brother but that there is going to be some sort of twist. I also think that Gemma and Ty will continue to argue and get mad but in the end, be together.