The main ideas\themes of this book are mortality, fear, perseverance, and independence now here some examples of those Alex rider shows independence because when is uncle dies alex has to be more independent. He does this by being a spy and not trying to get killed.Next in the book it shows mortality because his uncle died and not many 14 year olds have to deal with death in their family, which this changes his actions in life making him face mortality. Another theme is fear which is clearly in the book you can't be mad at alex for being scared not knowing what's going to happen next, maybe he's going to die or live so he's scared and if you found out your uncle is a spy you don't know what he could have done the whole time. So alex learns that he can't hide his fear anymore and has to let it out.Finally the last theme is perseverance its shows this in the book when alex has to keep going through challenges like sneaking in something. He never gave up and there were so many near death experiences and sometimes he thinks that he can't continue but he does which is also bravery. This book is about a boy named …show more content…
ex Rider who is a normal boy who went to school and was orphaned he lived with his uncle Ian rider who is a bank manager specialist.Alex is always mad when his uncle goes away to work because he loves him so much and wants to hang out with him but he can't but Alex is always wondering where could he be.So he has created a strong relationship with his housekeeper for 9 years named jack since he can't hang with his uncle.Then a terrible tragedy happens there are cops who comes up to the door and they tell Alex rider, Ian died in a car crash and he was very sad but he did not believe any of this at all because they said he was killed in a car accident but alex rider knows that his uncle is always saying keep your seatbelt on because the cops said they found his seatbelt off but alex did not believe any of this until he is told that his uncle is a