The theme of The Host by Stephanie Meyer is don't judge someone by what they are but by who they are. This theme develops over the text because Melanie, Jared, and the other humans start to like Wanda even though she is an alien. They start to let go of the stereotypes and judge Wanda by who she is not what she is. Wanda begins to do the same thing with the humans because in the beginning she thinks all humans do things violently and by the end she realizes not all humans are like that. A specific detail that shows that Wanda is not like the rest of her species is when she saves Kyle's life even though he tried to kill her. Another detail is that Wanda gave Melanie her body back which none of the humans thought that an alien would ever do. A summary of the end of the book is Wanda and Melanie start to like each other. Wanda begins to feel guilty for taking Melanie's body so she decides she is going to give it back. The humans are all shocked and thankful to Wanda for this. This supports the theme because it shows who Wanda really is.
The following link takes you to a short story which I feel further describes how Wanda might have felt when people wrongly judged her.
http://www.wanttoknow.info/dontjudgeabook
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