Author's Note: This is my character influence piece. I compared Drea and Stacey's attitudes and how they change throughout the book. I also analyzed how Stacey affected society (the campus).
Scarred from the past, it's hard to face the truth. Using her tarot cards to discover what threatens her college roommate, Drea, Stacey stumbles upon a hazardous card. Stacey is mind blown when she realizes that she had pulled the death card, meaning that Drea was closing in on her grave. As another deathly dances through Stacey's mind, she believes it's her fate to protect Drea.
Stacey's predictions and attitude influenced not only herself but the lives of others around her, including the entire campus base itself. Killings erupt throughout campus, surely Stacey had started a riot. Realizing that she had to think before she spoke Stacey knew she was the one who started the uprising, and would have to be the one to end it. Stacey quickly became more watchful for her friend. Trying to protect her from her future, stalking her every move. Her best friend meant everything to her, Stacey did everything possible to prevent death.
The card also changed Drea's attitude towards Stacey. Drea doesn't take anyone seriously now, especially not Stacey. A silly card game would never stop Drea as far as she is concerned. Drea even goes to extremes and begins to turn her back on Stacey. Anything form talking behind her back to telling manipulative lies. Throughout the story once the cards play out, friendships in the book may result in a happy ending, yet others may end in a heartbeat. This friendship reminds me of Bella and Edward's in Twilight (book one) because they are on and off, resulting in an awkward friendship that would be forever changing.
