Poor Little Rich Boy

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Everyone has heard the saying, "from rags to riches". What if you were in a situation where that saying was reversed? Would it change you forever? This is exactly what happened to Alex, the protagonist in the novel The Wild Children by Felicia Holman. This drastically changes Alex's life and he must find different way's to live. He is affected mentally and physically by this, and throughout the novel, Alex's personality changes in many ways.

Alex grows up in a very comfortable house, with his parents, little sister, and grandmother. He is used to feeling secure, and safe. His parents have raised him with high standards and morals, and he definitely knows right from wrong. All that changes though, when one day he wakes up, only to find that his family has been taken away by the gove


Now living with Peter and the Baker's Band, Alex quickly learns that the things he took for granted before could now save his life. He was always a picky eater, "He thought of the time-could it be only a few days ago? -when he might have pushed his oatmeal away if it tasted a bit scorched..." (pg. 41) Being in the band teaches him to value even the small things in life. Also before he joined Peter's band, he was very innocent, intelligent, polite, and educated. Many of the boys in the band can not even read, and that makes him feel a little important. His innocence shows through, in how he reacts to some of the boys' actions. When Ivan and Kostia trip an old woman to try and rob her, his first instincts are to help her, but he listens to a different part of him, which tells him that h

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Approximate Word count = 530
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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