SuitabookThe Sighting (Dark Waters)
Kirbi Fagan, Julie Gilbert
- Reading
- Pause after the mermaids combine their powers and invite your reader to predict possible consequences. Afterwards, compare those predictions with how India responds; the ending is unclear.
- Themes
- Consequences of combining powers: The mermaids combine their powers to entertain themselves, creating a tidal wave that threatens human life and puts the merfolk at risk. The outline establishes an unintended danger, but not how the story judges the mermaids’ choice or handles responsibility.
- Keeping the merfolk hidden: After one mermaid is photographed, India faces the question of whether she can keep the merfolk from being discovered. The risk of discovery is clear, but the outline does not show whether secrecy is presented as necessary, harmful or both.
- Worth knowing
- A powerful surge creates a tidal wave that threatens human life, and a mermaid is photographed, risking discovery. The extent of danger, harm or frightening detail is not clear.