Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment



The book Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson is a fictional story about six children; Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Angel, and Gasman. Instead of being normal teenagers, they have avian genes mixed in with their human ones. They have wings, can fly, and each have their own special abilities. Despite the fact that they are not blood related, they consider themselves a family and gave themselves the nickname "the flock" with Max as their leader. At the beginning of the story, the flock was escaping from a laboratory called the School. The "whitecoats" of the School, their nickname for the scientists, created them there. They were tortured and locked up in cages. The scientists would also run painful, cruel, and dangerous experiments on them almost daily.



One of the scientists was named Jeb, and he was kind and sympathetic towards the flock. After gaining their trust, he stole them and escaped with them to a deserted cabin in the mountains. They learned how to fight and defend themselves, and were free to be themselves. However, their happiness was short-lived. The School sent out Erasers, which were humans who could morph into wolf-like creatures. Their main purpose was to bring the flock back or destroy them trying. Before they knew it, they were being chased by the Erasers and Jeb disappeared. The youngest member of the flock, Angel, got captured and brought back to the School. Throughout the rest of the book, the children battle evil and try to rescue their younger "sister" Angel, try to find out about their biological parents, and discover why they were created in the first place.




Questions:

1. During a fight with one of the Erasers, Max gets shot in her wing. A young girl named Ella and her mother take her in and give her aid. If you were Ella or her mother, would you risk helping despite the fact that she might be dangerous?

2. When Angel was captured, the flock knew that she was brought back to the School. If you were a member of the flock, would you try to save her even if it meant returning to the place you fought so hard to get away from?

12 comments:

Ashley B. 1-2 said...

2) I would definitely go back to help Angel. Who would want to be trapped in an evil laboratory again? If I were there, I would hope someone would be brave enough to come save me.

Josie D 7/8 said...

1. I think I would still help her, even though she might be dangerous. After all, she is only a kid and she's been hurt. Even if she might be trouble, she doesn't deserve to die.

2. I would go back for her. She is part of the only family the flock has and just because it's dangerous does would not stop me.

Sydney M 7-8 said...

1. Even if Max might be dangerous, I would still help her. She doesn't deserve to die like Josie said. I would feel bad if I didn't help someone in need, so I would do what Ella and her mother did.

Sydney S. 1-2 said...

I agree with you all so far! Family is definately worth the risk, and so is helping a kid in need.

AnaleeL7-8 said...

1. Even though it could be dangerous I would try my best to help her she doesnt deserve to die.

Nicole H. 7-8 said...

Even if Max could have been dangerous I would still try to help her. She is only just a kid and no child deserves to be left helpless.

Hannah J. 7-8 said...

1. i would defintely take her in, everything has the risk of being dangerous, and if provided the oppurtunity why wouldn't you help someone?
2.I would go back for her because I would miss her too much if i didn't. She's family and she deserves to be helped.

Millie W. 7/8 said...

2) I would go back and rescue her because the flock would probably mean a lot to me if we had all gone through the school together.

Garret Edward Patrick Graehling 1/2 said...

I agree with Millie i would try and help the flock because i have known them all along

jessica b 1/2 said...

1. I would still help her, because even though she might be dangerous, she is only a kid and she's been hurt, so I think I would just feel obligated to.
2. Yes, I would go back and save her because family is everything.

Josh R. 1-2 said...

1. I would have helped her despite the fact she might be dangerous. The golden rule! And besides why would you ever just leave someone to die, even if they were dangerous?

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