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 The Point is a Superhero/Science fiction novel written by the Author John Dixon.The Point follows Scarlett Winter, a rebellious outsider and trouble maker who discovers that she has special powers. She is then recruited by an old friend of her father, Colonel Oscar Rhodes, to West Point Academy. From there she is sent to "The Point", the underground section of the academy specifically for training Posthumans. Beings with extraordinary powers from Type 1: who possess incredible strength, Type 2: Telekinetics, and Type 3: miscellaneous powers such as dream walking and energy manipulation.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Scarlett is forced to train under strict and inhumane conditions, putting up with Drill Sergeant Nasty Lopez, obnoxious bully Hopkins, sociopathic Somnophath Dalia, and threat of being sent to "The Farm" or "The Chamber" for disobeying orders.They made her a weapon. She chose to be a hero. Recruited by a secret West Point unit for cadets with extraordinary abilities, Scarlett Winter has the power to control pure energy. She’s a human nuclear bomb–and she’s not sure she can control her powers much longer.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 A Father to His Men: Subverted with Colonel Rhodes. He tells Scarlett that in a way he considers the post-humans at the Point his children since he gave the order which resulted in most of his men, including Scarlett's father, being affected by a gas, then gave them experimental therapy which resulted in their offspring developing powers. But it is obvious that he sees them more as weapons than people and will not hesitate to subject them to inhuman torture to get them to comply.
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 Abusive Parents: As a result of the gas that affected Rhodes and his crew, and experimental treatment, the former soldiers who would go on to father the post-humans all experienced mental issues. In many cases resulting in abusive treatment of those close to them. Scarlets father became rather irritable and would hit her brother. Though she was never beat by him she did hold some resentment. But she later comes to realize that for all her fathers faults he does genuinely love his family and that he made conscious effort to repress his worse urges for their sake. At the end he and Scarlett are on good terms. Scarlett's brother, who was beat by their father, would get angry and hit Scarlett when they were younger because she was constantly letting the family down. Scarletts love interest Kyeong had a father who was so messed up from the experience that he eventually murdered his whole family and had to be killed by him.
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