The Theme of "Immortal" Anonymous 8th Grade

Right from the start, children have been taught to make friends. As they slowly grow up, people begin to really treasure and appreciate their friends, and understand the true meanings of friendship. In the novel Immortal by Gillian Shields, Evelyn “Evie” Johnson arrives at a boarding school convinced that she didn’t need anyone. However, as the story moves on and Evie becomes hopelessly entangled in a confusing web of lies, secrets, and mysteries, she realizes that she had friends who were with her all along. Throughout the book, it is clear that one main theme the story revolves around is friendship.

Initially, when Evie first arrives at Wyldcliffe Abbey School, she meets Sarah Fitzalan and Helen Black, two girls who each shows kindness and support to Evie. Sarah’s kindness can be seen after everyone else seems to reject Evie: “The students stared back in silence, all two hundred of them, judging, assessing, rejecting. The faintest snicker of laughter rippled around their polished ranks…The curly-haired girl who had called me over gave me an encouraging smile… ‘Hi, Evie,’ she said across the table. ‘I’m Sarah. Sarah Fitzalan'" (Shields, pg. 19, ¶1, 5-6). In this quote, Sarah welcomes Evie when every other girl turns away with...