Summary Of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

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In the book “Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment” all of the main protagonist express their importance of family throughout the entire book. Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel, also referred to as “The Flock”, are mutated children that has never experienced what having a family is like. Everyone has their definition on family, but their definition usually means blood relatives. For the flock it is who they trust and who they love even if they are not of the same blood. Courage is also a recurring theme in this book show by all the protagonists. The flock have to protect themselves from many mutated muscular half man and half wolf called “Erasers”. Max is one of the main protagonist that the book itself is told in her point of view. Max is the oldest of the group and is also in charge of all of them. Max holds it on herself to keep all of the flock safe and to make sure that they are well prepared for everything. In the plot Max is referred to as the most important of the flock because it is revealed that she is the one who has to save the world. The second oldest of the flock is Fang who is also in charge to an extent. Fang is the most mysterious out of the group and is known to rarely break a smile. Fang is the most serious and like Max can make important decisions in an instant. Iggy is the next …show more content…
Max, Gasman and Angel are technically blood siblings they never had a mom or a dad. The other members of the Flock Fang, Iggy and Nudge have no relations to anyone and also never knew their mom and dad. Throughout the book they are faced with many challenges that make them bond. They are brought together by many encounters with the erasers that are trying to kill them. Angel is captured early on in the book and the rest of the Flock have to endure many severe attacks and reach the lab where Angel is being held

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