How does someones influence change a person?-Pln #3

In my independent reading book Rangers Apprentice #7: Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan, the main characters (Halt) apprentice, Will, is influenced so much by Halt that he is literally a new person. The first 6 books in this series explain Will's struggle to learn all of the rangers ways, and he is also learning how to act emotionally and mentally from Halt, along with the physical needs. When ever Will has to make a big decision, he asks himself "What would Halt do?" every time. I think that the authors point is show how much he is changing. Not only is Will changed by Halt, but Halt is changed by Will. At the beginning of the story Halt is a gruff man who never smiled, but as Will comes into his life, he learns that he is growing attached to Will. When Will is awarded for saving the city, Halt smiles for the first time. When Will is asked whether he wants to stay a ranger or be the Princess's body guard (his dream as a child) and he chooses ranger, Halt cries for the first time. So as you can see, Halt is transformed from one man to another by Will's influence, just the same as how Will is transformed. 

Pln#2

      In my Independent reading book “Maximum Ride-Saving the World” by James Patterson there are arguably many cases during the series that good people do bad things and bad people do good things. The first part that jumps out to me is when the “Flock” is captured and one of them is nowhere to be seen. When they are moved to a new place they find out that the one of them that was missing actually joined the enemy to survive. This part surprised me because they had hinted to one of the flock being a traitor, but i was left totally in the dark about whom. I think she did this bad thing because she wanted to increase her chance to survive and not be killed. But in the twisted way of the book when the rest of the flock is about to be killed she turns back to the good side and saves them with the help of another former bad-guy. 

      This bad guys name is Ari and he has been trying to kill them since book one. I think he did this good thing because since he was going to be killed soon after them (his Expiration date) he decided to help them live since he couldn’t. This was also a big surprise but not as much as the first because while the flock is being held captive the author hinted to him feeling sorry for them. I think good people do bad thing and bad people do good things because of a change of heart in there character or (more for good to bad) because their not thinking and are focused on the short term.

Pln#1

    In my independent reading book, "Maximum Ride-Schools out forever” I find that it is very relate able to my life. One of the most common items is when the main character Max thinks about how if she ever had a day where this or that did happen she would probably go crazy. I can relate to that because if I ever had a day where Murphy’s Law didn’t follow me around I would probably go crazy too. It seems almost that I am the only one struck by it, but I know its not true, no matter how much better it make me feel. The only day I don’t check my tennis backpack to make sure my shoes are in there, they’re not, or the one day I forget my Frisbee I have an extra 20 minutes during an off hour with nothing to do. Max, like me, will never have a day where she is not chased by The School and on the run for her life.