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Adam Peterson Character Analysis

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Sixteen year-old Adam Daley, son of a pilot and police officer, was helping his best friend Todd with his assignments at school when all computers and electronics suddenly turned off and stopped working. The students are dismissed from school because not even the lights will turn on, and people find out that anything relying on computers, such as automobiles and planes, will not work. Fortunately for Adam, his vehicle is a 1981 Omega, which is able to function because it is not controlled by a computer. Using his car, Adam drives Todd and Lori Peterson, a girl that Adam has a crush on, back to each of their homes. When Adam arrived back home, the suburb Eden Mills, he spoke with his neighbour Herb Campbell, a retired government employee with …show more content…

This is important to the plot because if they left Eden Mills, the source of conflict would be different. The productivity of the community would decrease due to the smaller number of people, and the reduced space and resources could have also presented additional challenges. Therefore, the decision to stay is significant to the plot because the alternative would have resulted in a different conflict and thus a different …show more content…

To start, Herb is a very calm and assertive person, he is able to keep his composure in high stress situations and he can confidently express his plans and opinions in a discussion. To contrast, I usually struggle to keep myself in a collected state under stress and I tend to avoid expressing my opinions. Herb is very wise and is capable of anticipating how people act, which helps him resolve many conflicts peacefully and form effective plans. I, however, am not as efficient as Herb in resolving conflict and forming plans as I lack his mastery of thinking like others and anticipating their course of action. Herb is often willing to make sacrifices for his own interests. I am both similar and different to Herb in this aspect, as I am inclined to make small sacrifices or compromises if the end result is beneficial; however, Herb planned to sacrifice hundreds of people and their families to ensure the survival of a small group, which is something I would not consider doing. As such, Herb can be seen as a realist, he carefully analyzes the provided information and considers many possible outcomes, this is something that I have in common with Herb, as I often will consider the consequences before I act. As it can be seen, Herb and I have differences and similarities; Herb is wise and assertive, while I am often shy and reluctant to speak,

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