Chapters 19-22
This Part of the story is the climax where Giles is racing around trying to save the city. At one point Giles says "When you're a super hero, you can do stuff like that"(170) I find this very strange because in the beginning of the novel Giles is a just a shy awkward kid, and now he thinks of himself as a superhero?. In my opinion it seems like he is getting a bit over confident which may be fore-shadowing for something that happens later on in the book. I think Giles is similar to Batman in the movie The Dark Knight Rises when batman goes into fight Bane even when Alfred said that bane was a better fighter, and then Bane breaks Batman's back. I could see something like this happening to giles because he thinks he is a super hero. Another important quote is when Giles says to his girlfriend/lawyer "Lets just get one thing straight. I don't need you stepping in and saving the day". This is another example of fore-shadowing, I think that Giles is going to try to do something by himself and fail. This is similar to a Dr Who episode where the Doctor is trying to save the world and he doesn't let his partner help resulting in him having to regenerate. Do you think Giles is going to realize his mistakes? or will something happen to him resulting him to figure it out?
Plot twist, he was always the hero. This shows a great example of a dynamic character changing through the story line.
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