theme/Eli is a young boy stuck in a compound after his world was hit by a nuclear explosion with his family they live there for 6 years

protagonist/the main character in the book compound is Eli


functions of settings/the setting takes place in a compound underground where a family lives for six years

indirect characterization/Eli still thinks  his brother is alive so wants to get out the compound so he can find him not knowing there is radiation outside the compound