Figurative Language In The Jefferson Key

What would a citizen of the U.S. do if they were under attack by pirates? Would they resist and fight back or would they surrender and give up their home in the U.S? These are the questions that the president of the U.S. has to contemplate as the U.S. goes into an all out war with Pirates. In The Jefferson Key, President Danny Daniels along with Cotton Malone and other influential operatives fight back against Barbary Pirates that are trying to take over the U.S. These Barbary Pirates, Also known as the “Commonwealth,” trigger an outrage when they plan and attempt to assassinate the president. Luckily, Daniels survives unharmed, but is apprehensive on how to take down the strategic pirates. The conflict on Privateering dated back to when Abner …show more content…
Unfortunately, Wyatt turned against Malone and is slowly becoming a capricious character by joining the Barbary pirates and their wicked ways: “Malone stared out into the blackness, seemingly assessing the danger, readying himself to advance. Wyatt decided on another course. One swipe of his gun across the temple and Malone slumped to the concrete, out cold” (Berry 35). This shows the brutality of Wyatt because he went from being an ally of Malone to changing all that with a single decision. This conflict is important to the progression of the novel because Wyatt is one of the people that made the assassination attempt possible. Without him, Malone would have escaped the hotel and got away from the secret service because Wyatt is the one who gave his position away while he was escaping. Jonathon Wyatt also was an important asset when he was with Malone and now he is an even bigger asset to the Barbary pirates. Malone and his allies don’t know that Wyatt was behind most of the attempted assassination, but once they figure it out, Malone will be on the hunt for him. Once that happens, I believe that this ongoing conflict between Wyatt and Malone will grow to an even bigger one. Jonathon Wyatt’s rebellion against Cotton Malone will either be his rise to glory with the pirates or his downfall. Either way, this rebellion is and will continue to be an important conflict …show more content…
This conflict all started when the NIA turned against the pirates by spontaneously preventing the assassination of President Danny Daniels without informing the commonwealth first. The NIA’s actions outraged Quartermaster Clifford Knox so he decided to act against them: “I’ll take your message back.” “ I was hoping you’d see it that way.” He withdrew his hand and tapped the exposed skin on Parrott’s neck, penetrating the short needle” (Berry 40). From this, one could clearly see that Knox is an enraged rhino towards Parrott since the NIA betrayed the commonwealth (Figurative Language). The NIA is extremely important to the outcome of the war between the Commonwealth and the U.S. government. Even though the NIA did betray the commonwealth, the Barbary pirates still need them to help decode the Jefferson cipher. Without the cipher, the commonwealth has no power over the U.S. and therefore can’t make a profit or take over. This clash between the two organizations is vital because if the commonwealth turn the NIA against them, then the U.S. has a better chance of weakening and destroying all that the pirates worked to accomplish. Therefore, they have to choose their decisions meticulously if they want to succeed. Unfortunately, the pirates tend to be reckless and dangerous with their