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Thank you so so so so much for the chapters! And i pasted my essay below just so you know, and if you would like to read it


Have you ever heard of Merlin? King Arthur? The Knights of the Round Table? Well They are all real in ‘The Eighth Day’ By Dianne Salerni. Riley Pendare Is a descendent of Merlin who takes a great leap and tries to take Jax Aubrey under his wing to try to keep him safe and to mentor him about the eighth day. Out of all the characters in The Eighth Day, I believe that Riley Showed the most leadership. Either by keeping Evangeline Emrys safe from Wylit and the Dulacs or taking Jax under his protection and teaching him about the eighth day and its history, Riley shows great character and leadership throughout the book.

The first-time Riley shows leadership in The Eighth Day is in chapter four, page 31-36. At this time in the book Riley does his best to teach Jax about ‘Grunsday’ (The day between Wednesday and Thursday). He tells Jax who else can transition through the two-time streams and who he can trust and who he can’t trust. Then he also tells Jax about the race of people who can only live on Grunsday, such as ‘The Ghost’ who lives in Mrs. Ungers house. In the final analysis of this chapter, Riley stepped up and made sure Jax knew about the dangers and people on Grunsday to try and prevent Jax with future conflicts and hardships.

In Chapter 27 page 197-200 some unknown transitioners come into town and set off a silent alarm that alerts Riley and the other transitioners. The new transitioners that just came into town go to Jax and Riley’s house to talk to Jax, and Riley calls Jax to make sure he is safe and okay. On the phone Riley says “’We’ve got transitioners in town. I’m on my way, and so id A.J.’s mom…But if you see anybody, you run.’” Riley speeds home to make sure Jax is okay and to check to see that no one is trying to take or hurt him. Overall, Riley showed leadership in this chapter by calling Jax to make sure he was alright as soon as he heard that there were unknown transitioners in town, then he drove as fast as he could, putting his own life at risk back to the house to make sure that no one was at the house harassing Jax, Ready to hurt whoever was.

Last but not least, in chapter 37 pages… well actually all of chapter 37, Riley fights Wylit and his men to make sure that Evangeline and Jax wouldn’t be used for bad and that they wouldn’t get hurt. As an illustration, on page 281, paragraph 3, Salerni writes “He’d (Meaning Riley) let Miller beat him up and offer him as a sacrifice so the two of them could get close enough to rescue Jax and Evangeline.” So, in order that Jax and Evangeline wouldn’t get hurt, Riley got beat up and almost got sacrificed to save them. Altogether, Riley showed the most leadership in this chapter then he had in any other chapter by sacrificing himself to get beat up and almost actually sacrificed to save Jax and Evangeline from harm coming to both of them.

Given all of these points, Riley Pendare showed many, many accounts of leadership in this novel, yet I only provided three examples to save space. From teaching Jax, to getting beat up, to provide Jax and Evangeline a chance to escape, Riley shows it all… That leadership can come in all different shapes and sizes and that it can be displayed whenever, wherever. To conclude, I believe that Riley showed the most leadership in The Eighth Day overall than any other characters included in this great novel by Dianne Salerni.

Excellent essay, with great evidence supplied for your premise! Thanks for sharing! I hope your teacher likes it. (I'm a former teacher, and I liked it!)

Thank You!