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The concluding third of the the book was by far the best part as it had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. At the end of the second part of the book Alex found out what the map of his late uncle meant, and he went out to find what was at the end of the map. He came to a closed door and when he opened it up he saw people in lab coats putting this special kind of liquid into every shipment of Stormbreaker computer. Alex realized that his uncle was not scared of a computer virus but he was scared of biological warfare. He tried to contact MI6 but as he pulled out his special Gameboy he felt a gun pointed at his back and he went unconscious. When he woke up he was handcuffed to a chair in Sayle’s office. In a true evil-genius fashion Sayle tells …show more content…

Another evident theme in the book is the thirst for power, shown mostly by Sayle. we can tell this when he says "No matter how successful I've become, no matter how much money I've made, how many people I've employed. I'm still Herod Smell, the goat-boy, the Cairo tramp" (13.166). Sayle’s past was very difficult being a kid who moved from Cairo to England. He was made fun of by his bully (who turned out to be the prime minister when he got older) and now he wanted to he his bully. That's why Sayle went into power, and that's also why he is trying to ruin England; he wants to destroy what his bully loves. This childishness of Sayles brings upon another huge theme in the story which is coming of age and being too young. This is mostly seen in the thoughts of Alex on his journey, an example is, “Suddenly everything seemed unfair. He had never asked to be here. He had been forced into this by MI6 and he'd already done more than enough (14.188). This is an example of Alex not wanting to take on his responsibilities. After all he is only 14, and he should not be stuck with the job to save the world at such a young

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