It's an Alien Nation

My three themes that my little group is focusing on are alienation, education, and justice. I feel like both education and justice fit into alienation really well. There are three characters that are alienated: Waldon, Vick and Mario.

Waldon and Vick isolated themselves on purpose because of education and whatnot. And then Mario is alienated because, well, he is huge and ugly (also, he lacks social skills). And because of his alienation, he is able to learn through observing his surroundings.

But I guess I want to talk about this justice theme. So far, I haven't seen any. (unless of course for some reason Justine really did kill William..) There is no justice involved in killing an innocent woman. But by killing Justine, I think maybe Vick is punished, which I guess is justice.

"Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain in sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." (page 85)

His guilt he experiences is justice for the death of the two characters..but not really. I guess it is justice for Vick creating a Mario and then just letting him lose. He should have taken immediate responsibility for his creation.