Themes Of Stormbreaker By Anthony Horowitz

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Stormbreaker

Sometimes you are faced with a challenge that makes you want to give up and stop trying, but you should never give up, even in the worst time. The novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, is about a 14 year old boy named Alex Rider which becomes a spy after his Uncle died. His first mission is to find information about Sayle Enterprises, owned by Herod Sayle, and why they are going to donate hundreds of computers to England. In this mission, Alex is able to enter their office building as a teen testing for the Stormbreaker (the computer), but he still has to go through multiple challenges, some easier than others, to find out what Sayle Enterprises’s plans are. Throughout this novel, a constant theme was to not give up, …show more content…

The novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz uses description effectively. The book concerns the 14 year old Alex Rider becoming a spy after the death of his uncle. He got sent into a mission to investigate the reason why the company Sayle Enterprises was giving computer for free. An example is when Alex hears a knock on the door, it was a butler named Mr.Grin, he told Alex to follow him and Mr.Grin begins to open a door. “There was a green glow as his fingerprints were read, and a moment later, the door slid soundlessly open. Everything was different on the other side of the door. From the art and elegance of the main house, Alex could have stepped in to the next century.”(102) The use of description makes it feel as if you were there, watching the characters, hearing the sounds that are happening. Another example is after Alex got caught and punched by Mr.Grin and Alex woke up “His head was thumping and the side of his face was swollen where Mr. Grin had hit him. His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire.”(178) Especially in a book with action and some violence, being descriptive really helps because you are able to see and feel what is happening in your mind. Hence, the description used in Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz is effective. The right use of description in a book can make it as if it was true, maybe too

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