Alex Jackson- Forbidden City

   As most people probably know, I have started reading a book for school called Forbidden City. In the book the main character and narrator, Alexander Jackson, is a seventeen-year-old boy who lives in Toronto, Canada with his father.  He's a history fanatic who is interested by war strategies. In the book, he talks a little about his emotional struggle with his mother who left him when he was seven. In a way, the main character reminds me of my older half brother because of the intrest in history and the emotional problems with their parents. But when I start to think a little more,  Alex and I share some similar character traits. Alex demonstrates in the book that he is very focused and persistant when it comes to doing things that he has an intrest in. I tend to focus well on things and when I enjoy what I'm doing, I am determined to finish it weather it takes a long time or not.

     

This first picture is the Forbidden City in Beijing that Alex is determined to go see at sometime in the story. These are some sculptures like the ones that Alex spent a lot of time and effort on to make in miniature form from the story.