Themes of Fallen

Author’s note: I am writing an essay about the main theme in the novel “Fallen” by Lauren Kate. My purpose of writing is to show how “Fallen” is a mystery.


“I don’t know. Prying into Daniel’s files? I’m not sure I need another reason to feel like a crazy stalker girl” said by Luce Price with deep expression to one of her many friends, Penn at her new boarding school, Sword & Cross. Nothing is more on Luce’s mind than to find out a secret Daniel has been hiding from everybody, and who knows what extremes she will go to, to find out what that secret is that he is desperately wanting to keep hidden. Since Luce considers herself a “stalker” she questions if she is right, or wrong throughout the novel, but within the book you realize that it is a mystery.

The three themes of Fallen are mystery, loss of innocence, and family. Ever since a horrible accident with one of her close friends ending in death, Luce is accused for the murderer since she was with him that night. Her parents don’t believe her and sent her to a boarding school filled with “freaks” and nobody believes her. Everybody thinks she is a killer or a psycho person, but when her parents sent her there, it was like they were scared of her. They knew they could only talk to Luce once a week and they were okay with that. The theme is family because her family leaves her and in Sword & Cross her friends are her new family.

Second, the other theme is loss of innocence. Luce lost her innocence when she was accused of killing her friend, and got shipped off to her new school. She lost her innocence because it was murder, but it wasn’t a crime she committed.

The last theme is mystery. Luce is in love with this boy named Daniel, but he is holding a secret. It is a mystery what the secret is, but also nobody knows what Luce will do next… She is unpredictable, and that’s what makes it a great read. Although through the whole book there are secrets, lies, and crazy actions, it keeps you guessing.

A connection I can make is Luce is accused of things she didn’t do by her parents, and my parent also accuse me of a lot of stuff I don’t do or that m brother does.