Characters
The protagonist of Red Rising.
Who is Darrow.
Color caste is Darrow born into.
What is Red
The name of the brutal school where Darrow competes against other Golds.
What is the Institute.
The group that recruits Darrow after Eo’s death
What is Sons of Ares.
The song Eo sings before her death.
”The Rise” song.
The name of Darrow’s wife who is executed at the start of the novel.
Who is Eo
The Color that rules the society in Red Rising.
What is Gold
The house system is based on what mythology?
Darrow’s mission as a Son of Ares.
What is to infiltrate the Golds and bring down their society from within.
A recurring symbol in the beginning of the novel that symbolizes hope for a better life.
What is the laurel.
This person helps Darrow become a “Gold God”.
Who is Mickey.
The Color that is known for technological expertise and piloting
What is Blue
This is the main goal for Darrow in the Institute.
What is To Rise through the Gold Ranks to be able to destroy the Society.
Eo becomes this after her death.
A martyr for the rebellion.
The theme demonstrated when Eo is and Darrow are being lashed for being in a place they weren’t “allowed” to be in.
What is theme of oppression.
Gold that Darrow kills in the first challenge of the Institute.
Who is the Jackal
The main role of Obsidians in society.
What is a warrior.
Darrow breaks rules at the institute and gets punished by what? Think of the punishment in the mines.
What is public flogging/lashing.
Darrow has to undergo to become a Gold.
This is the illusion that all the Reds believe they have while they are enslaved in the mines.
What is Freedom.
This character cleans Darrow up after being brought the Dancer.
Who is Harmony.
The mythical lie that the Golds tell the Reds about Mars.
What is Mars’ surface is uninhabitable and that they must Mine to make it liveable.
Darrow is warned that he must give something up to successfully portray a Gold at the Institution, what does he need to give up?
What are his morals.
Darrow realizes that Eo’s last act before she died was more than defiance but planting a seed. What does this show about the ”Society”?
What is the Society’s control is weakened.
What theme is symbolized in the quote, “Break the chains!”
What is Freedom from oppression.