Marvel 101s are a series of one minute episodes that give you a crash course on the background of a marvel character, storyline, weapon, location and more. Alex is a dynamic character because he starts out in the beginning as just living his life as a regular type of kid, but later he is trained to become a spy. Herod saylecreater of the stormbreaker, plans to infect schoolchildren with smallpox. The book reads like a young adult homage to james bond and thus contains. Any articles pertaining to characters appearing in the novel stormbreaker should appear in this category. These adjectives, or character traits, will be the basis of your fiveparagraph.
Felix lesterboy who wins the prize to test the stormbreakers, alex goes into sayle enterprises under his name. Stormbreaker by anthony horowitz characters, plot summary. But when i saw this specimen of physalia physalis, i knew i had to capture it and keep it. The first page is an assignment page for students to use and to record due dates which you may want to handwrite before. He is drawn into a world of secrets and spies, dangerous missions, and death. Support your answer with definitions of a literary hero and alexs actions. Stormbreaker is written by anthony horowitz, the author of the power of five and many other books.
Sure, his uncle has been preparing him to be spy without his knowledge, but a few karate classes arent going to prepare you for what alex goes through over the course of stormbreaker. A comprehensive database of stormbreaker quizzes online, test your knowledge with stormbreaker quiz questions. The film stars alex pettyfer as alex rider, and also stars mickey rourke, bill nighy, sophie okonedo, alicia silverstone, sarah bolger, stephen. Character profile for alex rider from stormbreaker alex. Who is a static character in the book stormbreaker. Once you have chosen a character to analyze, choose three adjectives that describe that character. This 25 page novel study book club packet covers 5 weeks of daily reading activities with the book alex rider stormbreak by anthony horowitz, which is a guided reading level z. Reading stormbreaker here are two tasks that you will complete while you are reading stormbreaker chapter title assignment double entry journal 4. Stormbreaker by anthony horowitz is the first novel to feature teenage spy, alex rider. This includes characters from the novels, the film, the graphic novels, and the short stories. Your assignment is to write a character analysis of a major character in the novel to kill a mockingbird.
Stormbreaker by anthony horowitz more resources by this contributor 3 1 log in to love this resource. Secret weapon, christmas at gunpoint and incident in nice alex is a boy who works for mi6, the british international intelligence service. The alex rider series follows the adventures of a fourteen year old boy as. Grin, an excircus knife catcher, and yassen gregorovich, professional hit man. Any articles pertaining to characters appearing in the novel stormbreaker should appear in this. Stormbreaker in the united states is a 2006 action spy film directed by geoffrey sax. While its easy to get caught up in herod sayles evil genius shtick, we come to realize that. Alex rider is the main character of the popular alex rider series of novels by british author anthony horowitz. Alex rider is a fourteen year old boy orphaned as an. Meet alex rider, an average british teenager whose life is about to seriously change everything starts when alexs uncle and caretaker, ian rider, is killed in a car accident. When she was killed in the last book, it seriously pushed alex over the edge. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Anthony sean howell, more commonly referred to as ash his initials, is a major character in snakehead. He creates a new computer called the stormbreaker and plans on shipping them out to each school in england, but what no one knows is that there is a something in.
Alex rider is a title character and the protagonist of the alex rider novel series by british author anthony horowitz. But, like all great evil masterminds, sayle is a sympathetic character whose original innocence was demolished and rebuilt into something nasty. While an interesting premise, and not badly executed, the plot really left something to be. He is a 14 year old boy who lives with his uncle ian because his parents were killed.
Alex rider aint no harry potterthere is no prophecy foretelling his rise, no mystical help from on high, no wondrous academy to enroll in. His hair was fair and his eyes were brown and serious. He learns that ian was a spy, and reluctantly joins britains mi6 intelligence agency. Download the free pdf resource free members and subscribers see other resources. If i were the main character, i would be l very afraid to do the missions because the missions always in dangerous places with bad people and related to the death. Alex rider is a fourteen year old boy orphaned as an infant who goes to live with his uncle, ian rider. In your jotter make predictions about the characters, events and settings in your book. I probably would freeze up in some of the situations that he was in in the book i.
Stormbreaker is an actionpacked adventure about a 14 years old spy named alex. In the book, sayle doesnt find out that kevin blake or in the book, felix lester was really alex rider until alex is captured. Alex enters the house and meets herod sayle for the first time. He is the protagonist character because he is trying to find out if there is anything bad inside of the stormbreaker computers. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. The screenplay by anthony horowitz is based on his 2000 novel stormbreaker, the first novel in the alex rider series. When alex enters sayles compound in port tallon, he discovers a strange world of secrets and villains including mr. A 14 year old that knew all different types of karate, languages, moves, and almost taught like a spy from birth. From the beginning of the poem, wordsworth establishes a relationship with us. Were sure that in the rest of his life alexa handsome, athletic, intelligent, and charismatic young mandoesnt have to deal with bullying anywhere near the level of sayle. For the best answers, search on this site quick thinking.
Our online stormbreaker trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top stormbreaker quizzes. Alex rider his picture other books he has starred in stormbreaker point blank skeleton key eagle strike scorpia ark angel snakehead crocodile tears scorpia rising russian roulette about the character alex is very acrobatic, athletic and sometimes does things that need to be done. This study guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of stormbreaker. The novel provides bang after bang as alex experiences and survives unbelievably dangerous episodes and. The book starts at ian riders alexs uncle funeral because he died in a car crash. Herod sayle is a very important character in this book. Alex rider aint no harry potterthere is no prophecy foretelling his rise, no mystical. Ultimately, alex is only able to get through his trials. Stormbreaker anthonyhorowitz funeralvoices whenthedoorbellringsatthreeinthemorning itsnevergoodnews alexriderwaswoken. This character in the novel is an egyptian man raised in england. A detailed description of stormbreaker characters and their importance. Jones plays a unique role among alexs mi6 handlers. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. This is a valuable tool for a book such as holes with three story plots taking place.
Wolf, fox, eagle, snakecodenames for the men alex trains with at mi6 training facility. Alex rider is the main character of the popular alex rider series of novels by british. Predicting what you think something may be about before reading this book, look at the front cover, the illustrations, scan read through the book and read the blurb on the back cover. After surviving brutal training and armed with stealthy spy tools, alex infiltrates sayless operation as the teenage tester of the stormbreaker, a. An answer key is included to make this activity a print and go project. This is a list of protagonists and antagonists from british author anthony horowitz s alex rider series.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. He is also the main character of several short stories by horowitz that are considered canon in the series. Free printables the finished books contain 6 pages where students can list character traits for the main characters. This book required the sort of willing suspension of disbelief that i do not naturally possess.
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