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Mike Curcio English11 Independent reading book 11/10/10

**//__ “Wolf Rider” __//**

The book “Wolf Rider” a tail of terror is written by AVI. In this book AVI uses two literary elements external conflict and characterization. These two literary elements are important to show how a young kid Andy, overcomes obstacles to prove to people that he is telling the truth and his determination will not stop him until he does. The story has very important scenes, but some parts could be better and changed to make the story even better.

One literary element external conflict is very important in this story. External conflict is used with a young kid named Andy who has to overcome many obstacles. Andy got a phone call one day from a man Zeke, and this guy told him that he killed a girl named Nina Klemmer. When Andy got this call he went straight to the police, but they didn’t believe him. Through the next couple of days he kept asking the police to check for the murder but they didn’t put much effort through it. Since the police didn’t help him he has to go through many different obstacles. One of the obstacles was finding Nina Klemmer and finding if she was real. Through his research he found that she was not dead, but the description that Zeke gave him made him think that he was real, but that could be a fake name. He later found that Zeke was Phil Lucas, and tried to prove to people that he could be committing a murder on Nina, but still nobody believed him. He then took charge and tried to solve a mystery. Characterization is a main literary element in this book because if the author did not give a description of Nina Klemmer then Andy would never think that Zeke was a real person and not just a prank phone call.

The one scene that I though was most important was in the very beginning when Andy received a phone call from Zeke saying that he just killed someone. This scene sets up the entire book because in the scene Andy is told a description and the name of the girl that Zeke killed. After this part of the story everything that comes after it refers back to this one phone call. The one part of the book that I would change would be the ending because in the ending Phil Lucas, also known as Zeke, Tries to kill Andy because he knows that Andy knows that he was trying to kill Nina. At the very end Andy gets put into a car and is taken to a stranded place towards the mountains but Andy and Phil started fighting and when Andy got out the car, the car rolled down a hill and Phil was killed because he was stuck in the car. The reason why I would change the ending is because Nina never realizes that she was in danger of being killed and Andy still looks like a liar to everyone because even though Lucas was dead no one new that Phil Lucas was Zeke. So Zeke to everyone but Andy is still a made up phone call and Andy is not a hero, but a kid who makes up stories. These tow parts of the storey are one of the most important parts but the end could have been different or longer and the beginning was perfect with all the detail you needed to make a reader want to read more.

AVI uses many literary elements in his book but the most important ones are external conflict and characterization. These are the most important literary elements because with out them the store couldn’t be made. Through the book the author has many interesting sense and makes u want to keep reading because you’re up on your feet most of your time. Although there are really good parts there are bad parts like the ending that could have been changed. The book “Wolf Rider” was a very exciting story that never lost interest.



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