The Mastermind In James Patterson's Roses Are Red

In the beginning of the story Clinton is suspected as the person who has commit the crime. He is faced with problems of others. He is questioned by both the police and his family, of where was he when Alex was attacked. But Clinton can’t say where he was because he threw a rock at the Crusan’s house and hurt his sisters best friend. He also called his father when his mother hates when Clinton would do that.

         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.

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

Alex matures and grows through his experiences in China and is now aware of the human consequences that war has. Alex’s growth and maturity is shown when his dad is captured by PLA. Proof of this is when Alex and his dad are talking over the two way radio before Ted gets captured. He is very concerned for his Dad at this point in the book. This event is the beginning of Alex’s awakening. This event hits Alex hard and makes him realize the reality behind war. Another event that helps Alex articulate his new vision of war is when he sees Lau Xu die right in front of his eyes. He even describes the details of the shooting when he says “Crack! Lau Xu spun around, his arms flung skyward. Before he fell the AK 47 spit flame again and the burst blew Lao xu off his feet” (Bell 114). Another example of Alex’s growth leading up to his epiphany of hating war is when Xin-hua gets shot. This happens when Alex starts to beg the officer to let her go and says” Please let me talk to your commanding officer. I just want to-...CRACK. The sound of a single gunshot. I turned to look into the trees where they had taken Xin-Hua. Oh God no, I moaned. No, No ,Nooooooo!” (Bell 183). Alex is now fully aware of the horrible consequences of war after witnessing the death of his friends and his father getting

He was taken to an interrogation room of the Detroit Police. There he was vigorously questioned. Once questioned about the murder, he claimed that he was not involved in the murder. At first, the interrogator didn’t believe him, as one set of fingerprints on the body were identical to his. But Alex insisted he had nothing to do with the killing, so he was asked to complete a polygraph test to prove his innocence.

After Alex’s dad died, his mom got very ill so she didn’t go to work.A week later his mom got fired for not coming in. She had returned to health but had no job, she looked all over

In part one of the novel, we witness the ability of free will that Alex possesses and his ability to choose between good and evil through contrast presented by darkness of night and lightness of day. At the beginning of the novel, Alex and his droogs (friends), Pete, Georgie, and Dim are at the Kovova Milkbar, roaming the streets and committing violent acts during night. Alex and his droogs encounter an old man who is drunk and is singing a sentimental song. Alex instantly chooses the path of evil with the free will that he encompasses, and along with his droogs they beat the old man while laughing at his misery. The old man complains about the “stinking world” and says, “It’s a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old like you done, and there’s no law nor order no more.” (Part 2, Chapter 2, Page 12) At night, Alex uses violence and chooses to beat, rape, and murder innocent people because it shows that he has freedom of choice and has authority and power in society. Alex’s interpretation of darkness and night is, “The night belonged to me and my droogs and all the rest of the nadsats (teenagers), and the starry bourgeois lurked indoors…” (Part 1, Chapter 4, Page 33). In contrast,

he doesn’t care that he has tapes or anything, because Alex’s main priority is to protect his friends and the ones close to him. When Alex and Xin Hua get captured (Pg. 252 - 255) after the officer discovered that Alex was a foreigner, and the officer began dragging Alex and Xin Hua away from each other. Alex pleaded to the officers, “Please, she has nothing to do with this! Please don’t hurt her!’ (Pg.254)The officer then started forcing Alex to back off and go away. He kept saying, “Please, please don’t hurt her. Let her go. Please!” He tried one more time, but to no avail. Mid way through Alex’s 3rd plead, Xin Hua was shot behind a group of trees. Alex began to scream and attacked the officer, “You bastard! You bastard! You bloody bastard!” Alex was quickly forced into submission, and stopped fighting. He was then taken to a taxi and taken to the airport to be flown back to

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.

After graduating from college, McCandless had left his Datsun, donated all his savings to charity, and burned all the spare cash he has on him, and took off. Leaving Chris McCandless behind, and beginning the life of Alexander Supertramp. Alex had made lots of new friends that he had grown bonds within a short amount of time, such as Franz, Gallien, Westerberg, etc. But Alex had obstacles and messes that he had gotten himself into.

Shortly after they moved to Georgia, the Johnstons hit the lowest point they have ever encountered. In 2008, the economy collapsed and Susannah got laid-off because the company went bankrupt. Marc made the decision to go back to his homeland, Seattle. Just weeks after they arrived Seattle, they heard the news that their vacant house in Georgia flooded right before it went on to market for sale. Tragedy did not stop, Marc’s son Rodney had a seizure, which his brain stopped working for several minutes, and suffered from a seizure disorder named benign epilepsy for many years. “There were many negative things happened in 2008 for me. So many negative changes in life and it happened all at once. I went to a place of despair because it just seemed like it has no way out,” Marc explained to me. Thankfully, Marc won the lawsuit against the insurance company and got their house in Georgia covered, he found a job in Seattle and successfully avoided filing bankruptcy, and Rodney was eventually healed from the benign epilepsy. Marc’s life went through the tough time and it got

. . 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.

In his environment Alex does not represent a stereotype of Modern Youth. Unlike his droogs he has significant intellectual and artistic potential. He is smart and calculating and indulges himself with vivid poetic visions through classical music, the height of which is represented by Ludwig van Beethoven. He is an artistic self confined in an environment that severs him from self-expression and self-definition. His artforms and mediums of expression become vandalism, rape, and ultra-violence. In his unrestricted state Alex is truly a-lex, outside the law.

Alex meets Jonah, his favorite professor in school, surprisingly at an airport, during his rather traumatic phase of professional and family life. Jonah opens his eyes to a new world of constraints and variability. He tells Alex that he is actually heading a plant not with inefficient people but with an inefficient system. Jonah gets to know all this by just asking a few simple questions about Alex’s professional life