Rule Of Three Themes

This paragraph will indicate some specific key points and themes regarding the book "The Rule of Three" and the author Eric Walters. My first reason is that Eric Walters was raised up in Toronto but he currently lives in Mississauga. This information inspired the location of this book. The Rule of Three is about a boy named Adam Daley when unexpectedly, all the country's electrical systems stop working including in his neighborhood, Eden Mills. Eden Mills was based on Walter's own neighborhood as well as other particular locations such as Highway 403 and Erin Mills parkway. My second reason is that the character, Herb, who is a retired government spy, is based off a person who Walters knew named William Stephenson. William Stephenson was a

We’re just comfortable. We have a veneer of civilization. And I started thinking what would happen if things broke down here. How would we react? What would we do?” My fifth reason is that the main character who is Adam Daley is based on Walter's own personality and childhood. When Eric Walters was just 4 years old, his mother had died of cancer. His father also had struggled with health/physical issues in life that lead to financial problems. Since his dad was unable to work, he was convinced that he was going to live in the forest someday. Instead, he prepared for the worst, changed his life and became one of Canada’s best authors. In an interview, Eric Walters explains, “I think I always had to be fairly mature. You learn to rely on yourself. I’d like to think that I try to do the right thing, and I think that is the defining quality of Adam I like so much”. When all the electrical systems shut down, just like Walters, Adam was convinced that he wasn’t going to survive and he also doubted his survival skills. But just like Eric Walters, Adam changed his life by working together with his neighborhood. My 6th reason is that Eric Walters used to be a social worker and worked at the Credit Valley