Anna Dressed in Blood

In the novel Anna dressed in blood by the author Kendare Blake, the setting is set in Thunder Bay, Ontario. One quote that shows this statement is "Thunder Bay, Ontario is our destination", pg. 18. The purpose of the main character by going to this new city was to kill Anna. That was his mission since his dad died. He moved from place to place with only hunting ghosts in his mind. A quote that shows his duty is "The excitement of somewhere new, a new ghost to hunt, and new things to see…"pg. 24. As he puts it, his life revolved around: Move, Hunt, Kill and then start the whole process again. When he moved to this new city, he started a new school and started meeting new people, but he never forgot what his operation was. He was obsessed to kill Anna dressed in blood. His description about this city is "This city smells like smoke and things that rot in the summer. It's more haunted than I thought it would be, an entire layer of activity just under the dirt: whispers behind peoples' laughter or movement that you shouldn't see in the corner of your eye" pg.31. By his summary about this city, he shows that he likes it and that he is going to accomplish his charge. That's the only thing he got on his mind.

The protagonist of this novel is called Theseus Cassio Lowood, or as he's commonly called, Cas. "My dad went crazy over Greek mythology, which is where I got my name" pg. 17. This phrase shows where he got his name from. Cas was independent and never leaned on others. His obsession was to kill ghosts and that was his main priority. Cas is a son of a ghost hunter and now a ghost hunter himself; he leads a lonely, troubled life. His mother was a white witch who travels the country at the whim of her teenaged son. When he started the new school, he met a girl called Carmel, which he found attraction about her and also Carmel find herself drawn into Cas's haphazard adventures. She seems