Characters In Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz’s dystopian novel Stormbreaker, is about a teen named Alex Rider. When Alex’s Uncle Ian, his last remaining family member, dies, Alex finds out his life was surrounded by lies, including that his Uncle was actually a spy rather than a banker. Due to this Alex ends up at MI6, the secret spy agency, instead of his uncle’s “employer,” a bank. He is thrown on a mission by way of blackmail, and doesn’t know what to do. He meets Herod Sayle, a successful businessman, that had been bullied as a young Egyptian child with a strange accent and appearance. This had led to a great deal of ridicule at the hands of his classmates, something expected of school age children. However, rather than learning from this torment and becoming a better

I really admire the character of Alex because he is very courageous and intelligent. At the beginning of the book, Alex wanted to find out if the story about his uncle getting in a car accident was true or not, so he went to the auto wreckage center nearest his house to search for the car. Once he had been searching a lot for the vehicle, he ended up finding it to see it in perfect condition except for bullet holes in the windshield (p. 19). He heard people coming, so he hid inside the car. Then a big crane picked the car up and starting smashing it in a machine, with Alex still inside! After all the struggling, he managed to get out of the car just before it went through the part of the machine that totally crushes the car into a cylinder (p. 24). I felt pretty bad for Alex. It must have been hard for him to have to go through a really brutal training camp for something he didn’t even want to do, especially since he had just lost his last family member. He had no idea what was going to happen to him

Alex Morgan is the main character in the story, as she wrote this autobiography. She is very important in the story. She tells about her life from the day she was born to

The last reason he is clever was for a situations on the plane. The book says, “Wait a minute… asking him to carry it” (Horowitz 148-149). The quote explains that he was undercover with a couple of CIA agents and the woman who was acting as the mother said he should keep is seatbelt because the seatbelt light was still on and instead of saying no and make a scene with his fake mom he said ok mother and put his seatbelt back on. Also at the start of the plane flight they have him a Gameboy, which he thought was just a nice gift, but he realized they gave it to him because he would look the least suspicious with it because it had gadgets in it which would help them on the mission. The second word that describes Alex is curious. Towards the beginning of the book it states, “He was in a underground… telephone conversation in his mind” (Horowitz 46-47). The quote is about when he followed the guard around the tennis courts to see whom he was going to meet. Later, he realized that it was a trap, which led to the fight where he knocked out the security

Before Alex goes to china, he is inexperienced and cocky. It is evident that Alex is inexperienced when he is playing with his figurines and tells the reader that he loves to re-stage battles and loves

Alex is caught (page 70): Alex had held firm in his belief that it was better to run oneself by feeling as opposed to thought, and this was exhibited by his rash actions of violence. Additionally he used his youth to his advantage to remain out of trouble with the authorities but his youth was actually a large part in his capture. He hadn't really considered that he might ever get caught, hadn't truly believed that his drools would really betray him because he thought so highly of himself. However, in this part of the book this false belief crumples apart as he accidentally kills the old woman, and is left to the millicents by George and Dim.

Alex was interested in the history of wars but he is not realizing war is very harming and the impacts it has on people. Alex has a very arrogant and opinionated personality because he does not think beyond; for example, he only cared about the strategies but he is not going beyond of what people had to go through and their emotions. He only cared about his thoughts and opinions and does not care what other people had to say. This also proves that he thought his dad was immature when he said, “Sometimes I wonder if my father will ever grow up” (Bell 1). When Alex and his father Ted came off the plane, Alex had to handle the boarding

It is very shocking to read about the journeys he goes through, traveling all over New York, just to find his parents while taking care of his siblings. I really enjoy how the author puts tension into Alex's day-to-day struggles through chilling moral dilemmas, whether to rob the dead, who to save during a food riot and how long to preserve the hope that his parents might return. Throughout the book, it was amusing to read and notice how Alex matures as he goes through each obstacle, caring more and more for his sisters and wondering if they all will ever see their parents alive again. The journeys he goes on involve several natural disasters making the novel so astounding. Just imagine seeing volcanic eruptions and tsunamis flood all the way to New York City.

Specifically, his issues with Christine relate to the story a bit. “She didn’t want to be with a homicide detective, and I probably couldn’t be anything else” (Patterson 103). A little backstory is needed to understand this; Christine has recently gone through an extremely traumatizing experience relating to her being held captive by a psychopath for a year. She wants to leave because she needs to get away from all the psychopaths and killers that Alex deals with in his job. Alex reflects on this throughout the story, and at one point debates whether to keep being a homicide

First, I have a couple of questions for this book. My first question is why did the people come after Alex? I processed it over and he was doing illegal actions. The law was cracking down on unlawful behavior. My second colossal question is why was he sentenced to the most security prison? He did a smallish crime

In this paper I will be questioning and predicting. On some parts in the book I was confused. Here are my questions I had while reading this book. Why is Alex doing all these dangerous jobs, when it seems he does not want to? I think he is doing these things to keep himself save and here is why.

Alex is a very quiet person, he really only talks to his family and friends. Alex has explored from one corner of the U.S. to another. He has traveled to New York, Chicago, California, and Orlando. He has also flewen in a open cockpit biplane with a astronaut. He hopes to one day become a architect.

Another secondary character is named Carl. Carl is pretty tall and has short blonde hair. He is a middle aged man with a wife and no kids. His actions show that in the book he is very kind and cares about everyone. The way he talks to people is very sweet. In the story, the author doesn’t explain his thoughts.

Now, his uncle that took care of him was assassinated. The training Alex was put through worried the

. . there's no law nor order no more" pg 14. He takes on a role of authority in a society of anarchy. Although he is impervious to the choice of good, Alex does not remain ignorant to this choice throughout the entire novel. In the beginning, he believes that violence is the only way to prove his control. This then leads to his loss of control through the loss of his ability of choice. Only in the very end Alex finally become a well-rounded character. He realizes that he does not have to choose evil and abuse his position to prove his right of choice. "But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers? pg 148. Alex now knows that his future is open for his choices to lead him. For good or for evil, it is his right to decide, and this is what truly proves his freedom of choice.