Deadlock

In the book Deadlock by Mark Walden, the main character, Otto, is trying to stop a plot to turn a bunch of young children into assassins, and to kill off all of the ones who are not strong and fast enough. 4 of Otto's friends were captured and sent to the facility to be trained, and Otto wants to free them. In this book, young adults are treated like they have dangerous potential, and money is not an issue. In this book, somehow, the characters seem to have enough money to do whatever they want.

In the book, it appears that all of the villains have the resources it takes to build massive bases, and yet it seems that money has no impact on the power of the people in all of the book. The cost in money of what they are doing does not seem to matter to any of the characters. A person in the book named Diabolus Darkdoom can afford to make incredibly advanced technology for a submarine, and the antagonists can afford to not only hack into it, but to waste their resources in destroying it. This makes me think that even though, money is such an issue in our life, it is still not as important as other things. I think that the author is trying to send us a message about how we should not let our lives be ruled by a hunger for more money, and that you can have enough of it.

In Deadlock, I feel that all of the characters do not have the ability to truly appreciate what they have and how they are using it. In the story, money is treated like it is completely unneeded and yet it is a huge part of all of our lives. I believe that Mark Walden is trying to show how much the amount of money we have should be appreciate