# How does The Survivors develop the theme of Revenge and Justice?

> The Survivors by Tom Godwin

## Answer

The Survivors by Tom Godwin develops Revenge and Justice across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

The survivors harbor a deep, generations-long hatred for the Gerns who destroyed their ship and killed their loved ones, driving their goal to escape Ragnarok and exact vengeance.

Lake disembowels the Gern officers who killed a boy, and the colonists manipulate Narth into revealing his treachery, showing a harsh, retributive justice.

## Evidence

- [iv](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_survivors_se/chapters/iv.md): Lake disembowels the Gern officers who killed a boy, and the colonists manipulate Narth into revealing his treachery, showing a harsh, retributive justice.

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