In How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, a lot of themes came up. However, the one that stood out to me was responsibility. In this book, Daisy was not used to having any responsibility for anyone or anything but herself. But when she gets sent to live with her aunt and cousins, that changes and she's left feeling all this responsibility.
In the beginning of the story, a war starts while Daisy's aunt is away from home. That made Daisy the oldest of the five of them left at home with no one to watch them. Through the time she spent with her cousins, she developed this love for each of them and that came with the sense of responsibility. Daisy even says that she feels responsible for their safety and happiness.
I think that this will be a big change for Daisy because she has never had to look after anyone but herself and now she feels this responsibility for her four cousins. However, even if she really loves her cousins, I think it will be a challenge to watch out for all of them because they had gotten split up. I think this will be really hard on her because she really cares for each of her cousins and it would hurt not being able to watch out for them all.
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