Character Analysis: The Marino Mission

Have you ever kept a secret that might get you in big trouble? In the novel , The Marino Mission we meet a girl named Alexa who is looking for the truth. Alexa’s mission is an example of classified information. Alexa’s mission is clandestine. It exudes secrecy because her mother does not know about her actions, the mission takes place on a secretive military base and her actions may cause her to get into trouble. To begin, Alexa’s mission is dangerous because she could find herself and her mother in pretty big trouble with the government. Her mother doesn’t know, but she is using her mother’s resources. “Retrieving the card key from her mother’s wallet was easy” (Chapman, pg 156 )She got her mother’s key card to get access to a restricted area. If Alexa gets caught, her mother could get fired, or her mother could send Alexa away. Also, her mother could maybe help them if her mom knew about the secret. If her mom finds out though, she could tell one of her coworkers and that coworker could disperse the secret. For this reason, I say this mission is dangerous for Alexa.
Alexa and her mother find themselves on a secret military base named Puerto Marino located in Nicaragua. When they arrive to the island they soon realize how secretive the base truly is. “It appeared that with the perfunctory security measures taken care of, the guards demeanor changed profoundly” (Chapman, pg. 18). Before Alexa even enters Puerto Marino, she realizes that whatever is going on here, is not for the rest of the world to know about. As you can see, the mission is dangerous because it is on a secretive military