Ark Angel Book Report

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Trouble Simply Cannot Leave Him Alone Alex Rider has just survived from a viscous attack from a sniper. He wakes up in a hospital just in time to intercept a kidnapping of billionaire Nikolai Drevin’s son. Drevin has been targeted by a group of deadly eco-terrorists who think nothing of killing millions to achieve their goals. This is the problem in Ark Angel, by Anthony Horowitz. In order to comprehend this novel better, it serves the reader to analyze characterization and theme. Anthony Horowitz skillfully creates characters in Ark Angel. The characters Alex Rider and Nikolai Drevin are important to Anthony Horowitz’s characterization. Alex is a very loyal character in Ark Angel. For example, Alex is dragged into a mission by sheer luck this time and is not happy about it. He feels like he is done with being a spy and wants to live a normal life as a schoolboy. Even though he wants to live a normal life, Alex decides to accept the mission because of his loyalty to his spy agency. Although they have put him in to very hard situations, they have also helped him grow and learn many things. Another reason why Alex Rider is loyal is when Alex’s spy agency finds out the threat to the world is in space. They do not have a space shuttle ready to send up to space but they do have a shuttle made for apes. Alex is the only spy that can fit in the shuttle. The reason he decides to risk his life and go to space to stop the threat is his loyalty to his spy agency because he knows they need him. A third reason why Alex is a very loyal character in the book is when the enemy is interrogating Alex. The enemy threatens to torture him but Alex does not give away any information because he is loyal to his spy agency. Nikolai Drevin is another important character to Anthony Horowitz’s characterization. Nikolai Drevin is a cunning many for three reasons. Nikolai Drevin’s actions

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