Skeleton Key

Drew Barth

Skelton Key

          How would you feel if you were purposely lied to and no way of getting out of the mess? In the book Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider is the top agent and is looking to kick back on a vacation that MI6 is paying for he does it but what he doesn’t know he’s going on a third mission and he’s only fifteen. When he figures out where he is going and what he is about to do it’s too late and he’s sent out to Cuba to fight General Alexei Sarov an evil Russian who wants to reform the Earth in his own image. He’s going to fight Alexei Sarvo all by himself and MI6 lied to him. This is why you never trust anyone whose lie to you before.

          The purpose of the story is that even in bad times you can still come back and win the battle. How I relate to Alex is I’ve been lied to before and been lead to a place I didn’t want to go. It isn’t a good feeling because you feel dumb for making that mistake. Also when Alex Rider is on a mission I wish I was him it just seems so cool. It would be bad if you had to go on one all the time. Also my grandpa died and his uncle died so as you see we have a lot of similarities. That is how I relate to Alex Rider.

          The purpose of the story is the lesson learned that when threaded and intimidated ask someone for help of guidance. If Alex Rider would have stuck with his gut and trust his instinct he would have been ok. Another lesson is treat people how you would want to be treated MI6 didn’t follow that rule at all. Alex Rider was a very good character in this story he fitted the role perfectly. He is very curios and adventuress. The best part of the book was when Alex deactivated the bomb and saved the world.       

In the end you should never trust someone who’s lied to you before. If Alex Rider hadn’t listened to MI6 then he would not have gotten out of that mess and would have been a regular fifteen year old that he wants to be.