Hayes P.


FOX


After reading Fox, I realize what Fox represents is danger. 
One reason I believe this is because the book describes him as having a tongue of fire, a rich red coat, and haunted eyes. All of these represent fire, and fire is dangerous.

Another reason I believe Fox represents danger is because Fox always watches Magpie. This makes her very uncomfortable. When Dog is sleeping, the Fox approaches Magpie so Dog does not hear. Fox says “leave Dog and come with me,” to set up Magpie into a trap. Fox says “do you remember what it is like to fly? Truly fly?”  He is trying to take Magpie away from Dog who is her closest friend.

Part of the reason I think Magpie is so scared of Fox is that the Fox represents fire, too add to that, earlier in the story, Magpie got burnt by fire on one of her wings. Anything that has to do with fire makes Magpie very scared because it reminds her of how her wing  got burnt. Also, near the end we finally found out that Fox is a traitor and left Magpie in a hot desert, alone “ Now you know what it is like to be truly  alone,” said Fox. He wanted to get her and leave her by herself. This is dangerous because she cannot fly away because of the burnt wing. However, she tries anyway.

For these reasons, I believe that Fox represents danger. There are words that compare Fox to fire, he is trying to isolate Magpie, and he ends up leaving her in a dangerous situation.

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