How to Make Your Protagonist a Thinly-Veiled and Unnecessary Metaphor for Jesus Christ

That's right; we went there.

Are you finishing your novel, but feeling that the resolution needs just an extra "oomph" to leave a reader feeling that your work has meaning? Are you worried that your violent saga of rebellion against a despotic future government has lots of action but falls short in substance? 

There's one thingamajig that usually works.

We recommend you look up Jesus.

Don't get us wrong - you don't need to include vestiges of Christianity in your story that is set in what used to be the fervently Christian United States. Nor do you need to  insert religious elements into the non-denominational marriage of your heroine and her pick of the love triangle, both of whom keep their religious lives out of the story. Nor does your protagonist need to have any similar tendencies to Jesus. You just need to add in a few details that will have a reader going, Woah! JESUS! But with WEAPONS!

LEVEL 1

Sacrificing life for friends

"No. I need to do this myself. This time, it's just them and me."

There is no reason for your characters' friends to sit out the final battle. Make it happen anyway.

LEVEL 2

Revealed as Chosen One

In the third book. Maybe prophecy? Sort of like, "OH! She's Jesus."

LEVEL 3

Death delivers an entire nation

Sin dystopia condemned to shadows.

LEVEL 4

Return to life

An authorial move known in publishing houses as "Full Yeshua."

LEVEL 5

Being a class-A snarker

Ex: "Are you the King of the Jews?"

       "You say so."

This should be the easiest to shoehorn in. Just don't overdo it, for Chrissakes.