Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz Essay

This book is about a teenage boy named Kamran who is the star on the football team and is very smart. His brother Darius is in the military and Kamran wants to join the military like his brother. One day, Darius is blamed for a terrorist attack on the U.S. Kamran’s life is completely flipped upside down and the people he thought were his friends have now turned on him and his family. Kamran has to find ways

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

People are constantly scared of one of nature’s most feared storms, the tornado. This storm can happen anywhere and anytime if the conditions are right. Some people are willing to risk their lives to see this! It is a thing of beauty in their eyes.

In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer writes about Christopher McCandless, a young man who drops everything in his life to go travel throughout the states and end up in Alaska to find the truth to his questions. But did Chris find the truth he desperately desired? Some would say that McCandless did, other would say that he has wasted his time and was being ignorant and stupid. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer, that Christopher McCandless was not a crazy lunatic, a sociopath, or an outcast because he had made lots of friends while traveling, but there were times when Chris was incompetent, even though he managed to stay alive for quite awhile. Christopher McCandless had a pretty normal childhood.

Snap judgments have been around forever. Whether or not you are aware, millions of thoughts go through your head when you lay your eyes on something for the first time. These small judgments seem unimportant at first, but what if “…our snap judgments could be educated and controlled” (Gladwell 15)?

Denise Giardina did an excellent job of intertwining history and fiction in Storming Heaven. By incorporating factual events collected by oral histories the author set a realistic tone to the novel. The characters in Storming Heaven were also based on real people from the true events that happened during mine unionization. The development of the plot truly benefitted from the combination of factual and fictional elements.

Alex was taken to a boxing arena by the Snakehead and is made to fight in the arena against the best fighter and eventually beats him which causes a huge commotion and eventually a riot. He quickly escapes using his skills that he has learned in the field during previous missions. He did not realize it but someone had also help start the riot to make a diversion for him to escape. It was a member of MI6 which is the organization that normally hires Alex to spy out of London, England. They have gotten wind of the bomb “Royal Blue”, and have tied it to Winston Yu. They give him a few special gadgets that

I am reading by Alex Rider Skeleton Key and I am on page 113. This book is about a young teenage spy who was not given a choice he was forced into the spy industry. This young man is still gaining the skills he needs to be successful in his line of work. His employer sends him on dangerous missions where he is almost killed by a trained assassin. He is then sent on another mission which he is just supposed to be a cover for a observing crew from the CIA.

In this sequel to stormbreaker, Alex rider gets pulled back into MI6 because they need him to investigate the murders of two billionaires whose sons just so happen to go to the same boarding school in the French Alps. Before Alex gets sent to the school he is sent to Sir David Friend’s House to get to know the family because he is going to the school undercover as David’s child. After going to the house and getting adjusted with the family and almost being trampled by a train,Alex gets sent to Point Blank. As Alex is at point Blank he notices that everyone seems to be acting weird. It’s not that they are physically acting weird but just the the way they act almost is mechanical. Except for one kid James Sprintz,Alex then befriends him. He knows

A teenage spy going on deadly missions because of the death of a family member, this is the beginning of two books titled Joshua Files by M.G Harris and Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Both books have similarities between them, especially the main characters. In the book Joshua Files there is a teenager named Joshua, his dad dies. In Stormbreaker the main character named Alex RIder, is also a teenager and his uncle dies. An example is when Alex Rider was living his normal life with his uncle and a friend named Jackie until he was told by the police that his uncle died. ”Driving home, his car had been hit by a truck at Old Street roundabout and he had been killed almost instantly.”(3) This changes his life, as the death of Joshua’s father

In the story, a few important interactions between Alex and other characters are. When during the ending of the first book Alex finally meets Yassen Gregorovich but in their encounter, Yassen tells Alex to go back to his normal life because he doesn’t have any need or order to kill a child. Furthermore, another interaction between Alex and another character is when Alex trusts that Nadia Vole is working for MI6 but as he gets pulled deeper into the lie she tricks him into falling among the tank of the very deadly Jellyfish (Portuguese man of war.)

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.

In Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider, a British schoolboy learns the truth about his uncle, Ian Rider. Alex’s parents died when he was very young and his uncle Ian had looked after him ever since. One day Ian mysteriously dies in a fatal car crash. Alex soon learns that his uncle was not a banker but a spy, working for a secret service, MI6. The criminals Yassen Gregorovich and Darrius Sayle have teamed up to create a computer with an infectious virus, The Stormbreaker, in hopes of wiping out millions of British children.

I have interviewed others for their opinion on Team Storm and here are their opinions; Savannah Reynolds says, “I think that team storm works hard to accomplish anything”. “ I think that they are a very good team.” spoke PJ Cadwell. Kyla Wilson had her opinion on this topic and she says, “I think they used to be a really good team last year but i am not sure about this year.” Alyssa Miller adds, “I think team storm is pretty cool”.

Kate Chopin was an American author who wrote the short story “The Storm”. It takes place somewhere down in Louisiana at a general store and at the house of Calixta, Bobinot who is the wife of Calixta, and their son Bibi. The other character in the story is the friend of Calixta, Alcee Laballiere. The story begins with Bobinot and Bibi in the general store to buy a can of shrimp; meanwhile, at home, Calixta is at home doing chores when a storm develops, which makes her worry about Bobinot and Bibi arriving home safely. As Calixta’s friend arrives to talk with her, but the friend has an intimate thought about her from their earlier years. He then starts to flirt with Calixta, which leads to passionate lovemaking. She then realizes from their love affair that it is ok to be open sexually and freely. Some scholars believe that “The Storm” invokes many daring and passionate sex qualities, while others say it is politically incorrect for the time period. However, I will argue that “The Storm” outlines Kate Chopin’s life, both through her amour and through the location and time. I will do this by writing from a biographical criticism perspective along with analyzing what other scholars said about the story and whether it strengthens or enfeebles my belief.