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Cassie’s Dad
The antagonist of the novel, Vosch is an army commander who oversees the massacre at a refugee camp where Cassie is staying, including shooting Cassie’s dad in the head. Although he sometimes pretends to be sympathetic when talking to new recruits like Ben, he is ultimately ruthless and willing to do whatever it takes to exterminate humanity. This is because he’s actually the alien who orchestrated the whole plan to destroy humans in waves. Vosch represents pure evil and how warfare is often about destroying humanity.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch Quotes in The 5th Wave
The The 5th Wave quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch or refer to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 87
Quotes
That’s the flaw in Vosch’s master plan: If you don’t kill all of us all at once, those who remain will not be the weak.
It’s the strong who remain, the bent but unbroken, like the iron rods that used to give this concrete its strength.
Floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, starvation, betrayal, isolation, murder.
What doesn’t kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us.
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch Quotes in The 5th Wave
The The 5th Wave quotes below are all either spoken by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch or refer to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 87
Quotes
That’s the flaw in Vosch’s master plan: If you don’t kill all of us all at once, those who remain will not be the weak.
It’s the strong who remain, the bent but unbroken, like the iron rods that used to give this concrete its strength.
Floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, starvation, betrayal, isolation, murder.
What doesn’t kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
