Creative Writing: The Crutcher

         Burgess does not characterize Alex as just a murderous rapist.  To come to terms with his wife's death, he had to believe that it is inhuman to be totally good or totally evil (Burgess ix).  In the final chapter, Alex undergoes a moral transformation; "he grows bored with violence and recognizes that human energy is better expended on creation than destruction" (vii).  Burgess could not believe that the men who raped his wife were totally evil, so Alex had to redeem himself by living a normal life.

Adam starts out as a novel about any other serial killer story, but takes a different supernatural turn in the end of the story. Daniel is obsessed with a killer they called Eve and is shot dead by Eve on an attempt to apprehend him during a kill. Daniel is dead for nearly ten minutes, but is revived by his new partner Lori Ames. He does not remember anything of the night he is shot and starts to experience bouts of extremely paralyzing fear. This is due to a chemical imbalance that happens in person’s brain during a near death experience or NDE.

"Alex Gardiner," Alex said. "Your real name?""I just told you.""You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider.""Why ask if you think you know?” This quote in the book shows how Alex has to keep his identity secret. The guy asking him, wanted to test Alex to see if he would lie or not. The situation that Alex was in forced him to lie because he had been told to not give away his true name. If Alex had been discovered by anyone, he would have to be excluded from "M16". The quote shows that Alex honors his word and follows orders.

At this point he was scared and angry, he knew he had to take it so he did. Blunt said “ The boy is extraordinary”. This was said right when Alex was jumping out of a room in a fifteen story high building. As he fell from the window he caught a flag pole and climbed into Ian rider's office. This showed his bravery in the book and his daring moves. Sayle said “I’d like to watch you die” to Alex as he was tied up. I think Mr.Evil was so mad that Alex was undercover and tried to destroy the Stormbreaker he just didn’t know what else to do. At this point Alex felt that he failed the mission, until he escapes and gets to destroy the stormbreaker in front of

Also, both of them knew that Alex doesn't realize anything that he said until they told him.

"I have a question for you. There was a man on the steamboat with a big ol' scar on the side of his face. He walked kind of funny because he hurt his leg. Did you see him after the explosion?"

When he wheeled Fitz out of the hospital in chains, Alex was unaware of Fitz's mission. Fitz played dumb and Alex didn't figure it out until months later. He completely missed Teena and Petch, spirited away before he even arrived.

At her evaluation to determine her future career and husband, an incident occurred which invalidated her results. During the chaos, she spotted a boy, Alex. She could instantly tell he was different

“Levain,” he began, using the name I had supplied them with, “just tell me what you know and you can go. I need to know how you became a part of all of this and where it all went wrong. Based on your reaction, none of this turned out the way it was supposed to. Just tell me how you all got there, why you were there, and what happened last week.”

Fear and worry was always present, though Jack rarely acknowledged it. Their relationship wasn’t always easy. It had caused conflict between family and friends, though most had been mended. They fought repeatedly—Jack complained about the stupidest things, and Alex was occasionally moody. Sometimes, they went days without speaking after an argument. Of course, they always made up, in the most fantastic way possible.

Alex dragged his gaze from the sky, sat up, and started climbing down the roof to embrace his brother. His bare feet grazed the dirt as he ran to Nicolas with open arms. His brother pulled him in tightly, murmuring into his blonde hair.

He returns home, and his parents kick him out of their house, because they have a new surrogate son, one who seems to be Alex’s foil. Alex is devastated. He ends up seeing Dim, who has become a police officer, and Dim beats

While Alex is in the hospital following his suicide attempt, the tragedy of his oppression is highly publicized, in an attempt to stop public criticism, the state "fixed Alex." He once again has freedom of choice.

and not just let it happen. The mother of Alex, however, has a different opinion

I waited in my idling car for a few moments, trying to muster the courage and strength to get out. I hadn’t planned on even coming today, and I told myself this was just for Alex’s family. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized we were like family. Alex is like a brother to me. Was. He was a brother to me. I still couldn’t get it through my head he was gone. Alex, the happy-go-lucky guy, the one who could brighten anyone’s day, was dead.