Dear Mr. Chase and John,
I have continued to read Point Blank. I have recently realized why some things are happening. The main one is why the students at Point Blanc (school in Alps for 6 troubled extremely wealthy teens) are not allowed contact with the outside world. Since the “principal” of the school has been linked to some murders of extremely rich men, I am thinking the principal is going to murder the rich parent (or parents) of all of the rich kids. Since the kids parents are famous, if they (parents) died it would definitely get on the news. I think the principal also worries that if a parent dies, the now rich kids may figure out he did it and they will start a campaign against the principal. This is why I think the students are not permitted contact with the outside world.
I have also been recently wondering why all the students at Point Blanc are 14. I understand that “14″ is a “teen’ age and that Point Blanc is made for teens, but there seems no reason to me why all of the students at Point Blanc are 14. I have thought and thought but I still can’t think of any reason but coincidence. Either Anthony Horowitz is way more clever then I thought or he made the kids 14 for no apparent reason. I would be highly disappointed if there was no “14 reason.” The “14 mystery” brings an element to the story that I am liking.
Happy Reading!
ZR
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November 16th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Dear Zev,
Interesting theory, but do you think that they are all 14 because they are in the same grade? If it is a small school for troubled teens, then it’s not unlikely that they would group the kids by age. If there’s only six kids, then it seems very probable that they’d all be the same age.
That said, after reading many Alex Rider responses from yourself and you classmates, I don’t think they would really do anything for me. I am not a huge fan of the action genre.
By the way, I am very impressed with the great comments you’re leaving for John. I think you are a great partner for him.
Happy reading,
Mr. Chase