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I read the book, Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever. This book was written by James Patterson. This is the second book from the Maximum Ride series and I have really enjoyed reading it. Today, I would like to summarize the book and explain the characterization, plot elements and point of view in detail. To begin, the following summarizes the characterization of this novel. The main character is Maximum Ride. Maximum is the protagonist in the story. A protagonist is the main character of a book. She is often referred to as “Max”. Max is the leader of the Flock and she is also very smart. Examples of Max being the leader are shown by her telling the Flock what to do, such as: “‘Split up!’” I ordered. “‘Nudge! Gazzy! Nine o’clock! Angel, up top. Move it! Iggy and Fang, flank me from below! Fang, ditch the dog!,’” (Pg 12). The next main character is Ari. Ari is an Eraser, who is the antagonist in this novel. An antagonist is someone that tries to get in the way or stop the protagonist from achieving their goal. If I was asked to …show more content…
because they need a place to stay. During their flight, they are attacked by some Erasers and Fang, a member of the Flock, suffers an injury to his arm. This causes the Flock to take him to the hospital where they meet a FBI agent. The agent offers them her place to stay in exchange for some information on the Flock. The Flock accepts the offer because they really need shelter for a few nights. The Flock likes staying with the agent because the Erasers aren't constantly attacking them. This allows them to gather more information on how they might be able to find their parents. The Flock eventually finds out that the FBI agent is working against them and that she works for the people that created the Flock. This causes them to run away and find a new place to stay. Later on, the Flock finds out that a company called Itex is attempting to destroy the

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