SuitabookThe mark of the beast
Jerry B. Jenkins
- Reading
- As you read, pause at the proposed secret meeting and discuss what clues make the characters trust or doubt the contact, without assuming how the encounter turns out.
- Themes
- Control and resistance: The young characters escape the Global Community’s grasp while satellite tracking may help it pursue them. The outline sets resistance against an authority trying to retain control, but does not show how the book develops or judges that conflict.
- Belief and persuasion: The characters try to convince people of the consequences of taking Nicolae Carpathia’s mark and use a computer to spread their message. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The group faces capture and possible tracking, and a meeting may be a trap. These create suspense; the degree of danger or intensity in the scenes is not clear.