Literary Devices In Stormbreaker

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‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz is a novel of spy fiction and is evidently an adequate example of spy fiction for many reasons. Some of which include: The protagonist’s gadgets, the revelation of the antagonist’s entire master plan, and the protagonist saving the day with mere moments to spare.
In Horowitz’s novel of spy fiction contains many gadgets unique to his novel, as Alex Rider’s gadgets may appear to be ordinary products and items a teenage boy would own, like most spy’s gadgets are, but the difference between Alex’s gadgets and the majority of spy’s gadgets is all but one thing – they are not deadly. Alex has gadgets but they are not weapons as he is still a kid, but since Alex still has gadgets like the vast majority of other

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