Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is an ebullient book where Max and her flock tried to fit into a society filled with people trying to remove them.
While it is plausible that James Patterson wrote Maximum Ride: The angel Experiment to inform the readers on how you should rely on a group, it is much more likely that he wrote this book to show how important thinking on your own, or individual thinking, is. James Patterson does this by creating Max, a leader who has lots of bias and experiences a journey from independence to teamwork. His purpose in doing this is to to prove to his audience, predominantly teenagers and young adults, of a possible outcome if people don’t start opening your mind up.
James Patterson shows why you should think about what would be good in your mind for yourself many times in the story. An example of how individual thinking is the main idea of the story is when Max saves a girl she has never seen before from a group of boys. “The bigger kids were boys. The smaller kid in the middle was a girl… “Max wants to go be Supergirl. defender of the weak”. ”(61 - 62). In this scene, Max decides to help out a girl
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Patterson constantly is putting character foils creating a tension between Max and Ari to show how Max can get the best of a situation. An example of this is when Max bites Ari’s finger letting out her anger and gets enough time to escape and free the others. “I chomped hard on Ari’s fingers… I managed to unlatch Fang’s crate. The white coats fell on me ”(205). At this point, Max has just bit Ari’s finger because of what he has put on to her. Then Ari got distracted letting her free herself and the Flock. In this quote, Max gets the chance to bite Aris finger leaving Ari not focused because of the pain. this Gives her time to open the latch and free everybody. Freeing everybody instead of leaving by herself was the whole reason why James Patterson
Max and Freak relationship is very good. They both like each other and our good friends.Frea thinks of Max as his legs, so he can walk. Max thinks of Freak as his Brain, so he can think and be smart. It’s almost like they
When Max was younger, in daycare, he tended to “talk with his fists”, punching and kicking other children as he pleased. This was most likely a gene passed down from his father, with Kenny Kane’s violent ways. Once Grim and Gram took over parenting, it was clear that Max learned to control himself, or had become controlled by them. Either that, or his mother’s
Max does not want to admit that he is not tough. ,for example, when the three boys were at the subway station on their way to go camping, Max hopped on a train and the doors closed. His buddies told him to wait at the next station. When his friends got there Max had streaks running down his face. Max claimed that there was a leak, when he was really crying. Another time was in paragraph 72 Max said “There might not be an end to the bridge.” His friends protested but Max truly was scared. Max tries to look as tough as he possibly can in front of his friends. In paragraph 3 Max said that he had been ready for years to go on this camping trip. But he wasn't ready from the start Of the camping trip. This proves that Max hadn’t been ready.
Max kravitz lacks the ability to be a good role model for Duddy Kravitz. Max does not realize how
It is evident that Max tries to escape his reality and get lost in a world where he can find freedom from his complex troubles, much like every other child in the world today whom does not know how to deal with such chaotic and complicated thoughts. Max, unknowingly comes face to face with all his emotions through the lives of others, helping him to come to an understanding in his escape. In the film “Where the Wild Things Are” Max’s sister ignores him, he feels his mothers new boyfriend is taking her from him and he is overall portrayed as a lonely, lost character. Max is told by his mother that he has gone out of control, which essentially is the last straw in initiating him to run away to where he eventually ends up where the wild things are. According to the article “Fantasy - Necessary for Sanity and Morality” in order for proper development, “A child needs to understand what is going on within his conscious self so that he can cope with that which goes on within his unconscious.” This can be attained by daydreaming through stories and scenarios to ...
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In “Enormous Wings,” the author is making a point to make fun of religion and how people will truly believe anything they hear. Also, how people are so religious but will jump at doubting an angel and killing him instead of helping, which would be the right and godly thing to do. In Jackson’s “The Lottery” people in the town hear other places have stopped participating in the lottery and are doing fine without it, but the older people in this town said quitting the lottery is foolish and will only cause trouble. People then and now will just ask someone older something and quit when they are turned down once. People have basically stopped leading and only follow just because someone older is afraid of change. Also in “The Lottery” Tessie Hutchinson was all for the lottery up until the point where she was the one being stoned, which seems to happen a lot these days. People are all supportive of a certain punishment happening to someone else, but are suddenly against it when it falls upon them. No one sticks to their beliefs when it could harm them and that is such a problem. This relates to the angel in “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”, how at first having an angel around was frightening but also slightly exciting since angels are known to cure every problem known to man. However, once the people found out the angel could not help them right away and do everything their hearts could ever desire, they suddenly wanted the angel dead. People are not willing to work for their rewards and expect everything handed to them. Both authors did an equally great job at picking fun at how society reacts to and deals with
We are not only given the thoughts of the character but are also provided with a
devil, and those angels are known as "demons", as is Satan himself. Satan had been an angel, but decided to do his own thing. Angels can see all aspects of a situation instantly, since they are so very wise.
I picked The Longest Ride as my movie to show examples of Luke Collins and Sophia Danko in relationship stages because I recently watched the movie and remembered it having a good story, building up a relationship, but also having problems and breaking up. This movie does an excellent job showing the first four stages: initiating, experimenting, intensifying, and integration. On the other hand the last four stage: differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, and terminating, was a little more challenging, in account of them experiencing a break up and then eventually getting back together quickly.
Maximum (Max) Ride, age 15, is a completely independent, caring, and mother like leader of her flock, Dylan (15), Iggy (15), Nudge (12), The Gasman or Gazzy (9), and Angel (7). These kids have been together for as long as they can remember, and that includes being raised for some time in dog crates. Max is really easy to relate to, she has the problems of a normal teenage girl, and what seems like the weight of the world. Let’s be honest who hasn’t felt like that? As they do so, readers will love watching Max evolve.
...e of this fight. James puts his own life in danger by going against Max because he realizes what he stands for, he stands for the common man and fights for all the people suffering in the depression.
For instance the description that the brain was, “pop-pop-popping “portrays the sensation that the brain is plastic; hence, it can be expanded through knowledge and perseverance. Also, the author cleverly uses the phrase, “I never knew a poet person” to emphasize lack of knowledge leads to false perceptions of reality. Jack uses the absolute word “Never” to describe his feeling. If one never thinks about the endless possibilities of success, then they will become their own culprit. The articulate, yet simple language of the author adds rich content to the story making it more relatable to all age groups. The novel instills the value of hope in readers. It encourages readers not to fear the unknown. Indeed with a growth mindset, one can beat the odds and live a meaningful
While it has already been made clear that the use of language by Stephen Crane helps facilitate the meaning of the story, there are ways in which it can be changed to reflect the time period of Cassandra Clare 's Clockwork Angel, without taking away from the overall message. This is accomplished by making the majority of the changes solely to the world building sections, rather than the dialog itself. Take for instance this section:
In my life time I have accomplished many extraordinary tasks that I’ve put my mind too. I discovered that my signature themes have greatly affected the methods that I use to complete these tasks. People use their strengths in everyday life as well as in crucial, life changing situations. Important self-building achievement is one factor that makes people who they are. Another is the way that people apply there strengths to different situations.