Alex Salmond

gray and foggy night, a man opened up his laptop to find one single message; KILL ALEX RIDER. Yassen Gregorovich, a cold-blooded assassin was trained and hired by the international crime organization, Scorpia, to take out anybody and everybody who got in their way. The night before coming face to face with one of his greatest enemies, Yassen drew parallels between his life and that of the fourteen-year-old spy, Alex Rider, through a series of flashbacks that brought the assassin’s story to life…

might be in. For all she knew was her husband might have taken it from the safe. Apart from her, only he knew the key code. He might have traded it with Wein Xin. “Where’s your husband?” “He’s going to Kansas City to participate in a conference with Dr Alex Cord. That was Roger’s cue to get into action. He got off his hands. And at what seemed as a pounce at light speed, Roger was at Margarita’s side. And Roger’s assault surprised her, too. So much for hiss word. Margarita’s split second of…

The book, Skeleton Key, written by Anthony Horowitz is a thriller. The book is told from the point of view of Alex Rider, a 14 year-old boy. After many missions Rider has gotten tired the spy company, M16, for manipulating him into these dangerous assignments. Yet, he gets convinced into doing another one. His objective this time was just to act like a normal kid going on a vacation to Skeleton Key, an island near Cuba. He was just being used to limit the suspicion of his fake parents who were…

The autobiography of Malcom X has been one of the popular autobiography that has been written about prominent people who made an influence in their nations .The theme of his autobiography can also be seen in the New Jim Crow book by Michelle Sanders. The similarities of these themes have also led to the statement of purpose of this essay, which is to perform a book review on the autobiography of Malcom X and The New Jim Crow book. The methodology of the essay will start by summarizing the…

Baseball is known as one of the most incredible and engaging sports in the nation. Several players all over the country, and even around the world, represent baseball by playing on high school teams, travel teams, and minor league teams as well, in order to reach the highest level of baseball, Major League Baseball, also known as the MLB. To this day, baseball is still one of the most dominant sports in America. However, baseballs reputation and character have slightly diminished because of…

Hall of Fame Athletes who use performance enhancing drugs during their time in professional sports should not be allowed in their respective sport’s Hall of Fame because they did not earn that right by sheer talent but instead cheated to give themselves an unfair advantage. These men and women are supposed to be the role models for today 's youth athletes. But these days, it’s sad because if an athlete has a remarkable year, or a remarkable night or even an amazing hit, most people will…

End of Unit: Diversity Have you ever just ask yourself the question “What really is ‘normal’?” In the novels, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Alex Rider: Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz the protagonists live less than “normal” lives. In Among the Hidden, the protagonist Luke Garner does not officially exist because the government does not allow families to have more than two children in fear of a global food shortage, so Luke is forced to stay in his home, and the most he’s…

In Maxine Hong Kingston’s story, Silence, she reveals a painful and strict childhood when she didn’t speak. Through reading this story one can discover the relationship she had with her silence which she conveys to the audience as comfort. The Silence of her voice provides considerable information towards her Chinese beliefs. The idea of moving can be harsh on whoever experiences the concept of leaving behind a sense of security. When traveling around the world, one can differentiate various…

Ten year old, Lafayette Rivers exclaims enthusiastically in Alex Kotlowitz’ 1992 biography There Are No Children Here, “If I grow up, I’d like to be a bus driver”. Sophomore year, in Honors English, we were reading out loud in class when this aspiration of a lower-income, innocent child, was lethargically muttered by a classmate, and to my dismay, I began to cry. I was saddened by the fact Naperville was less than 60 miles away from Chicago, yet my peers knew so little of what too many city…

While most movies depict spies as 20-30 year olds who are super highly trained, this book’s protagonist is almost the exact opposite. Although it would never happen in real life, Alex Rider is a 14 year old teen who works for MI6, a British spy agency. In the previous books in the series, he has gone to a secret academy in the Alps, Cuba, and undercover with a terrorist group. Now, he goes to Russia to live with one of the richest men in the world. He later finds out that he has to foil an…