I Am Number Four Essay

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The book I Am Number Four By Pittacus Lore, Leaves a happy ending, when Six found four at the school trying to fight off the Mogadorians. Six , the one who helped Four, escaped the Mogadorians by turning invisible and found Four. Four and Six fought off the Mogadorians army with a few Piken. Fortunately they survived. Six went to find the others and Four went to find his chest in the Mog’s cave. I would not like to live at the time when this happened because there could be a battle starting next to you, or be involved in it, but I would want to live in the time after everything has settled and make a trip to Lorien. I would like to avoid the danger living in a time when the war ends and see all the new technologies. I wouldn’t want to live at the time where the Gardes are because of a several reasons. “ The aftermath of war, the school destroyed, the trees fallen and heaps of ash piled in the football field and I still hold Henri.” This shows how dangerous it could be if you are still in the school and doesn’t know anything and getting killed. “There are no windows, but the sounds of the bombs still penetrate, echoing off the walls around me.” It was like saying how brutal the war must be when all the Gardes were back at Lorien. Lorien must be in a pile of ash with lots of buildings and …show more content…
It is really hard to pack because you have to pack the everything in the house into a bag in only a few minutes. You also have to decide what to pack and what not to pack. “I look over and one of the cannons is aimed right at me.” This shows that when you are fighting a war anything could be aimed at you. I is really dangerous when you have no energy left to protect you or do anything, but you still have to fight because the army is still coming to attack you to try and kill

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