Fall of Five: Characters

In the book Fall of Five there are multiple main characters, but one of the most important characters from my perspective was Sam Goode. He has been a reoccurring character in the series starting out as being Fours first friend in Ohio. Their friendship grows over time by bonding over how Four is an actual alien and how Sam's dad helped the Garde and their Cepans arrive on Earth. Over the span of the series Sam accompany's  John and the numbers on their mission as well as being on the hunt for his missing father. In the previous book, at the end Sam gets captured by the Mogadorians (who are the second alien race who have come to Earth, and are the sole enemies of the Garde). He is then imprisoned in a Mogadorian base where Four had no way of rescuing him, forcing Four to abandon Sam and run to save his own life. So at the beginning of the book Sam is a prisoner of the Mogadorians but his only thought for all the months he was imprisoned were just about escaping and finding the Garde so he could continue on to help them fight to restore Lorian. This shows what a great and loyal friend Sam is because even though he knew befriending Four would make his life more dangerous then he could even imagine, he didn't let that fact come in the way of their friendship. So finally when Sam escapes the Mogadorian base along with his father they located the Garde and return with them to their safe house in Chicago. When all the numbers plus Sam, his father and Sarah sit down at dinner to discuss further strategies Five speaks up and says, "These two were actually in contact with the Mogs, like, weeks ago. Hanging out. And you're just going to trust them?" (pg 214, Lore) and to this piece of doubt Four answers confidently, "Yes... I trust them with my life." This statement made by Four just shows what a trusting and genuine person Sam must be if Four, whos life is on line is so willing to let someone who could be potentially dangerous get so involved with the Garde when they're so close to winning this war.

The Fall of Five: Introduction

Recently I began to read the book The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore. It is the fourth book in the I am Number Four series and continues the quest of John and the Numbers trying to find Five, the only Lorite missing from their group. So the story starts out from the perspective of Sam, who at the time was being held in a Mogadorian cell and was tortured for information. Of course his loyalty towards the Garde and their "secrets" was too strong for even the Mogadorians to crack through so instead they just keep him captive for several months. When finally one day the rescue of Sam Goode arrives by none other then his known to be missing father and an apparent helpful Mogadorian. His first reaction of overwhelming joy when he sees his father after searching for him for years makes him forget about the Mogadorian, but as soon as he comes to his senses so does the idea that this could just be another trap set up by Setrakus Ra. But he knows for sure by his instincts that the man standing in front of him is his father one hundred percent and anyone his father trusts he should trust as well. So the next thing that happens surprises Sam almost as much as seeing his father allied with their apparent enemies, Adam the pro-Garde Mogadorian uses a sort of legacy (which only the Garde are supposed to have) to break Sam out of his jail. He doesn't get much time to respond to just viewing a Mog use a legacy on his run to escape his prison, neither giving him a chance to thank Adam for setting him free because the wall collapses allowing only Sam and his father to escape while leaving Adam trapped in the base. After they finally get far enough from the base and have a chance to rest Sam states, "During the the fight, he-- he made the ground shake. It was like he had a Legacy." (178, Lore). To that Sam's father replies his discovery he learned from meeting Adam, "Something happened to him during the experiment... Well I guess I'm saying... what if Adam inherited that Legacy because One wanted him to?" (179, Lore). The revelation that Garde are able to pass on their Legacy's opens new possibilities to fighting the Mogadorians and now knowing that Adam is on their side there could even be more like him who could be willing to help the Garde against Setrakus Ra to restore Lorian to its previous state.

This picture shows the cover of the book The Fall of Five, with its background being the Loriac symbol. This allows you to be able to foreshadow what might later happen in the book, such as a possible death of one of the numbers.