Before Alex got hurt he didn't have many friends besides his teammates, he was like that invisible kid at school.. When he was hurt he wasn't that invisible kid anymore. People started talking to him who usually did not and he also got invited to the most popular girl party. When Alex was hurt he was got to have a interview with this girl named Christine Whitford she was a reporter for the school newspaper. He quickly starts to fall for her.
To emphasize, Alex struggled with his addiction for many years and he hid it from everyone. Gloria, the family maid, found the drugs under the bed and informed Paul. Paul confronted his father about it only to receive backlash. This could have been another trigger that set off the killing of Maggie and Paul. Harpootlian says, ‘When PMPED went public with embezzlement accusations, the story from Alex’s team gelled: Alex suffered from 20 years of opioid addiction and blew “most” of his millions on “checks written to drug dealers’’ (Westfall,49).
Throughout the book so far Alex has been in the courtroom as the prosecutor against Brendan Quillian. The trial right away goes really well for her then the jury starts to lead towards the defense when her key witness lets out a secret that Alex had not known about. This throws Alex a curveball; it made her as angry as a lion disturbed in its habitat. After the third day of the trial the explosion takes place, which has Alex running around with her friend Mike trying to figure out who did this and how it could be connected to Brendan. Alex because she was so mad at her witness, stated, “I’m adjusting my temper, not my body heat.
[...] after the initial terror of being locked in a closet by his older brother [...]. " Being forced into isolation in a closet by his sibling instilled a sense of fear and trauma in Alex, which he then coped with by embracing isolation as a defence mechanism. It was this darkness in his isolation that he saw as a friend and led him to his
His unbreakable faith begins to display how mature he is. Second,Alex's survival is dependent on mature rational decisions. Alex's maturity allows him to understand the sacrifices he must make in order to survive: “I'm doing this for her,he told himself” (155). Even when alex is committed immoral actions his maturity allowed him to see
As the story goes on, Alex describes
it was hard to watch as the wolf tore into the German Shepherd ripping into Alex’s snout.. she turns human again a few feet away her clothes in tatters her face a horror show of bite marks... she killed one of the wolves… and here final breath rattling in here .chest…” Alex had given up here life to save an innocent person who had nothing until she helped him fight. She died so he lived.
The novel is set in the year of 2025, where the world is overrun by corruption, greed, criminals, violence, famine, thirst, slavery and division. The main character, Lauren Olamina, narrates her life and journey in the novel. Lauren describes the horrendous and corrupt world around her and notes of the population’s response to the violent acts. Lauren views the world around her when she
1)The American Dream, the idea that lures in thousands of foreigners into the United States yearly. The hopes of second chances, profound prosperity, success by hard work and new beginnings. In the Grapes of Wrath by John Stainflied and The Jungle by Uptown Sinclair, both families in this book are not exception. Soon, these inspired immigrants learn the disastrous effects of being the “lower class” under the control of the rich, the government and the landowners. Both of the book’s themes___ the idea that the most damage both families in these two novels endured was not a direct *result* by those of authority, but in reality *( direct result by their own inclination,,,,)
Alexie shows this in a variety of ways, Particularly through his first transformation. Taking the body of FBI agent Hank, Zits becomes upset with Art for pushing him yelling, “ That's police brutality!’ I shout. The cop just laughs I’ve always been good at making cops laugh.
Alex eventually caught and sent to prison, and is volunteered to get released early. He goes in for a treatment that gets him out of prison quickly and makes sure you never get
He didn’t like the way the Drill Sergeants talked down to him, and the others. He went through training and he was just trying to make it to graduation. While in training Alex meet Matt another young man from a similar background. Those two began to form a close bond while in the army and they even graduated together. When it was time the two young men both were deployed at the same time.
He lives only by obeying to his own rules and the rules of nature but not following the law. Alex lives at his own interest. At one point, he is caught shooting a deer and is caught in between trouble because no Alex actually exists and also that he did not have a hunting license. When he Is finally let go he refuses to go get a hunting license because he believes that the government has authority to know Alex’s business and know what he hunts and what he eats. This goes back to the way that he wats to be free but also free from the entire world.
This truely is a great escape for Alex and the tough task will eventually lead to his demise. The task indeed proved to be too much for this unprepared boy ready for his freedom from his life and the feeling of being held down. Figurative language in this novel can be small, but with it comes a far deeper meaning that adds to the powerful
From the beginning of the story it is clear that there is a lack of an authority figure in Alex’s life. His parents seem to be emotionally absent, they do not question their sons lack of school attendants, nor do they question where he is and wants he is doing late at night. Alex had a very relaxed upbringing and was allowed to do whatever, whenever with no consequences. The “Droog" gang members also had a negative impact on Alex’s decision making and problem solving abilities. Growing up with this lack of authority and the inability to differ between right and wrong is the ideal environment for the makings of a psychopath.