Matthew Robinson
Ben Schneider
12-10-15
Parts 4 and 5
An external conflict is a struggle between a main character and an outside force. In the first few chapters, the conflict is between Mike and John in a fight or struggle over Sarah. John has found his first love, Sarah Hart. The daughter of the real estate agent that sold them their house. Sarah was dating the quarterback of the football team Mike, until he just got too controlling and started to rub off onto Sarah in a negative way. Sarah fell in love with photography that summer and realized that life isn’t all about being a cheerleader or dating the quarterback of the football team. Mike still thinks that he is “dating” Sarah, but Sarah wants to get as far away from him as possible. On the other hand, John has found his true first love. Loriens find their one and only true love at around 25 years of age, so John is a little young. Henri says it’s alright though. John and Sarah have gotten …show more content…
Meanwhile, John and Mike are having a bully vs. new kid showdown, with Mike putting pig manure in John’s locker and other bully”ish” things. The next external conflict is the main conflict of the book. It is the Loriens versus the Mogadorians. John and Henri live a life in struggle every day(chapter) because they are running from the Mogadorians. They have lived in almost every place imaginable. But the Mogadorians still find them somehow. In chapter 8, Henri thinks he hears something outside and both of them start to panic. Turns out, it is just a dog John met at school the other day. He stays with them and John names him Bernie Kosar. Later on in the book, we find that Bernie Kosar is actually a Chimæra. A Chimæra is a creature with the ability to change shape and take on the features of different animals. For example, during the first battle between the garde and the mogadorians on earth, Bernie Kosar transforms into a giant monster in