Logan
08-02-2007, 10:18 AM
As the author suggested, I'm making a thread about Max.
I think Max didn't get enough hugs as a child. :)
Seriously, he doesn't like Rem when he comes into the unit because everyone is touting Rem as the best thing since sliced bread, a typical jealous/competitive reaction. Then he grows as a character and at the end we see that Max is really a hard-working, stubborn individual, not just a one-dimensional jerk. This is good.
Basically, I think Max was a middle child in a family that had an over-achieving older sibling and a "golden-child" younger sibling, making Max feel like he has to fight for every scrap of attention he got. He probably took a military path because he never truly excelled at anything other than being aggressive. Its obvious he's a hard-worker and is competent in many regards, especially in the technical field. More than likely he found a love in technology when his love for humanity began to fade.
Since he IS a three-dimensional character, he's changed over the years and grown. EDEN has molded him into someone that others have grown to rely on and thus he's grown into a more personable characters. You still have to fight to win Max's trust, however, because he's never had anything handed to him on a silver platter.
In the future I think we'll see Max develop a closer connection with the group from Richmond, especially considering all the hell they've been through, sort of a bonding through mutual blood shared. I don't think Max will make it to the end of the series, however, because he played such a polarizing role in the first book. He's got the reader's attention as a jerk. He wins the reader over through hard work. And in the end I think we'll see him go out with a sudden and heroic effort.
I only say this because its fairly obvious the author doesn't hesitate to kill off individuals, regardless of stature. It makes us feel that no one is safe. That's an ideal emotion. It makes us care more for everyone involved. And the best place to hit someone is to take away someone they care for but isn't absolutely vital to the over-arching plot.
Of course, I can't tell if Max is vital to the over-arching plot yet, but it'll be fun to look back several years from now and read this and go, "Boy, was I wrong!"
Any thoughts?
I think Max didn't get enough hugs as a child. :)
Seriously, he doesn't like Rem when he comes into the unit because everyone is touting Rem as the best thing since sliced bread, a typical jealous/competitive reaction. Then he grows as a character and at the end we see that Max is really a hard-working, stubborn individual, not just a one-dimensional jerk. This is good.
Basically, I think Max was a middle child in a family that had an over-achieving older sibling and a "golden-child" younger sibling, making Max feel like he has to fight for every scrap of attention he got. He probably took a military path because he never truly excelled at anything other than being aggressive. Its obvious he's a hard-worker and is competent in many regards, especially in the technical field. More than likely he found a love in technology when his love for humanity began to fade.
Since he IS a three-dimensional character, he's changed over the years and grown. EDEN has molded him into someone that others have grown to rely on and thus he's grown into a more personable characters. You still have to fight to win Max's trust, however, because he's never had anything handed to him on a silver platter.
In the future I think we'll see Max develop a closer connection with the group from Richmond, especially considering all the hell they've been through, sort of a bonding through mutual blood shared. I don't think Max will make it to the end of the series, however, because he played such a polarizing role in the first book. He's got the reader's attention as a jerk. He wins the reader over through hard work. And in the end I think we'll see him go out with a sudden and heroic effort.
I only say this because its fairly obvious the author doesn't hesitate to kill off individuals, regardless of stature. It makes us feel that no one is safe. That's an ideal emotion. It makes us care more for everyone involved. And the best place to hit someone is to take away someone they care for but isn't absolutely vital to the over-arching plot.
Of course, I can't tell if Max is vital to the over-arching plot yet, but it'll be fun to look back several years from now and read this and go, "Boy, was I wrong!"
Any thoughts?