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          He was making the biggest decision of his life. Once he melted the gold, there was no turning back. The words kept repeating in his mind, "you better bury me with my treasure." It felt like his head was going to explode with confusion. He turned his head and looked outside at the pounding rain beating against the window. He knew what he had to do.

          He slipped his raincoat off the hook where the rest of his jackets hung, and then he slid it on. The warmth from it immediately filling his body. Even though he doubted himself, he knew it was what he had to do to be able to sleep again at night. It had been four days since the death of Clarence Buchanan and Cody hadn't got any sleep since them. Every night he had nightmares of the cold, almost dead body repeating the words over and over again. 

          Cody finally gained the courage and left his cabin with the golden hook and ring, shivering in the pouring rain and getting goose bumps from the cabin door creaking shut. Not sure if he'll ever see it again, he ran. He ran and ran until finally he could make out Clarence's cabin through the rain that was making it almost impossible to see. He went inside and then realized how much this place reminded him of his cabin. Then he shut out the thought. He was on a mission and nothing could distract him.

          He searched the almost empty cabin, which was only one room, for the shovel he would use to dig up the body and return the treasure to it. The shovel couldn't be found anywhere. Not in the cabinets, under the bed, behind the curtain. It wasn't anywhere. He then realized there was one place he didn't check. The coat closet.

          He slid the door open with force because something seemed to be holding it back. When he finally manged to get it open wide enough that he could easily see inside, he found out why the door wouldn't open.

          Inside lay the dead body of Clarence Buchanan. Staring right at him. Cody screamed so loud that he couldn't hear. Then the whole world started to black out. That was when he went crashing to the ground, managing to slam his head on the corner of a bed, knock over a lamp, and spill a half drank glass of moldy water onto the floor. 

          To this day people in the town of Marshall say, that every April 21st, at 11:03, they can still hear Cody's scream coming from the forest. Loud and clear.

Character Analysis

Author's Note: For language arts, we had to write a character development/analysis and explain how the character changes throughout the book. 

         

The Flock

          The flock. Now you're probably thinking about birds right? Well that’s not exactly what I'm talking about. I am talking about people who are 2% birds that have wings and are able to fly.  In the novel Maximum Ride, there are six of them and they grew up in cages, and I'm not over exaggerating, it says, "we grew up in a science lab/prison called the School, in cages, like lab rats". But they are also getting used to the ordinary life of a human. Well, the ordinary life of a human with wings.

          They definitely change though because they get attacked and then learn that they have to expect the unexpected. That very well helps them though, because then they become tough as bones and will never turn done a fight that is needed. Also, during a fight, they will never back down or give up, like they always say in the book, "I will never lie down". They will fight to the death. Literally. They aren't the only ones who change though, they change others.

          They change other people, usually kids in the book, by telling them that they should always stick up for what they believe in and they  let them know that the adults aren't the only ones who can create their future for them. They can if they can if they really try to make the world a better place. They also influenced me and all the other readers. They let me know that even though it's a fiction book, my life is not that bad and I shouldn't complain because there are people out there who's lives are twenty times worse than mine.

          Katniss Everdeen. You are probably thinking I am very off topic now, talking about Katniss and The Hunger Games. But I'm not. Katniss and the flock are surprisingly similar in many ways. Katniss also has a very bad life and also she will never give up. Most of all though, neither of them will ever stop fighting.

          Just remember though, the next time you're mad that your parents give you vegetables and make you eat them, you aren't a hybrid bird-human that many people are out to kill every day and always have to be in hiding. Compared to them, you have a great life.