The Compound Book Project

The science fiction futuristic book called The Compound by S.A. Bodeen is a wonderful read. I think that the overall theme of the book is deception is evil. Throughout the book, the dad lies to and deceives his children in many of different ways. One example is that everyone had to be in a compound for fifteen years because there was a “nuclear bomb.” Six years into it, they find out there was no bomb, and the dad knew it all along, and could have gotten them out at any time. Throughout the book, the kids and wife slowly find out the truth of more deceptions and lies until they hate their father. His father regretted all the lies, because it caused his children and wife to hate him, and never forgive him. In this story, the main conflict is that the dad of this rich family is keeping them in a compound and won't let them out. They can’t make any decisions for themselves, because their father is the dictator and controls everything. At the end, despite their father trying to stop them, the family gets out of the compound. Overall, I believe that the theme of the book The Compound was that deception is evil. This is because in the story the father shows deception and is always tricking everyone, and in the end, the good prevail and the evil father fails.