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They have been on the run for their whole life. They can only be killed in numeric order. Numbers one through three are dead. Number Four is next. John Smith, also known as Number Four has been on the run his whole life, hiding from Mogadorians who will kill them at first sight. He is a brave, independent and intelligent young man.

John Smith is a brave person. “I’ll get her out of harm’s way and then I’ll get back to Henri and we’ll leave.” (Lore, 345) John risked his own life for Sarah when he went back to save her. Even when he knew the danger he’s in, he still goes after Sarah to save her. This shows that he is brave and he dares venture back to where the danger is to save someone, even though he knew the people hunting him down might be there. “My dad’s been captured, Sam.” (215) Once John noticed that his dad hasn’t come home for a few hours already, he considered that his dad might have been captured. He is willing to go save him, and that shows that he is brave. He knows that the people hunting for him might be there, but he goes anyways.

John Smith is an independent boy. This shows that John is very independent and that even when he’s hurt and fighting a hunter twice his size, he can still get a little advantage. What he says shows that he has gotten stronger and he is ready to fight the Mogadorians (the hunters). “The four of us, together, heading for the next town.” (440) This show that John is ready to start all over again, without any guardians or adults watching over them. He thinks he is ready to take on the job of finding others like them and saving the earth with only the four of them. With no adult or guardian or any more experienced people to guide them.

John Smith is an intelligent young man. “It’s not your fight. You have to stay hidden, no matter what!” (379) This quote shows that he knows when it is right to do a certain thing, and when he needs to tell people to back down in order to keep them safe. “Sam, I say so that only he can hear, I’m going in.” (311) This shows that John knows what to risk and what to save, in this case, John is resistant to fire but he knows that Sarah isn’t, and if he doesn’t risk his life to go save her, she might lose her life. He is also aware that if he goes in and saves her and people find out that he’s an alien, then the Mogadorians that are hunting him down will definitely find him and kill him. One connection I can make is to the Red Queen series. In the series, the main character Mare Barrow sacrifices herself for her friends and family. Even though she once said that she would never go back to the prison she was in before, she still sacrifices for her friends and family. This shows that like John Smith, she knows when she needs to sacrifice and when she needs to back down, and who she needs to save.

John Smith is a brave, independent, and intelligent young man, based on these traits, he is able to survive and run from the Mogadorians, all the while training to defeat them.