Monday, January 9, 2017
Evolution of our characters
From the starting point of our books we had a shy scared Xavier who puked the first time he watched a German's head blow in his spotting scope. A soldier that would hide in the trenches and throw stick grenades over the ridge. Now Xavier is the best sniper in his platoon, he killed the famous German sniper and took his high class rifle. He went from a scared boy to the most accurate sniper. Elijah on the other hand started of by being almost a war hero to Xavier, Elijah was not scared of anything he seemed to enjoy battle. Now he is full freak show, he smiles every time he takes a life or witness a kill. Also Elijah got into the habit of looting dead soldiers and now he opens their eyes and looks straight into the motionless pupil then closes their eyes with his shooter hand so that he is the last thing these dead people see before they are buried. I feel Xavier had adapted but Elijah has lost himself.
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Wow, that's nuts how Elijah went so lonnie. Its hard to get how he went crazy but he really did and its very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Elijah has lost himself. He completely went mad and is doing strange awful things. Xavier on the other hand is very well off but his character seems more like a lone wolf now.
ReplyDeleteThe way these to men were raised i think has lots to do with their distinct identities. Elijah was raised by the nuns and lived in the residential schools much longer than Xavier. X got a better understanding of what humanity is and the difference between right and wrong. He also had a much closer connection with the religious world through his auntie. This taught him that killing for survival was okay but killing for fun was very wrong. Killing for fun was like Killing animals and not using every part, it is a meaningless waste.
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