Essay - Literature Operation Red Jericho the Purpose of This Paper is...

Literature

***** Red Jericho

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the book "Operation Red *****" by Joshua Mowll. Specifically it will explain the qualities and character*****tics of both Rebecca (Becca) and Doug MacKenzie, and how each is suited to solving the mystery. "Operation ***** Jericho" is an adventure tale of two children Rebecca and Doug MacKenzie that takes place in the Orient ***** the 1920s. The two young people turn out to be adventurers extraordinaire and they solve a mystery using their wits and clues they d*****cover along their odd and bizarre journey.

***** two characters, 15-year-old Becca and 13-year-old Doug, are orphans in that their p*****nts have disappeared a ye*****r before the ***** opens, and they have shuffled from relative ***** relative s*****ce that time. Doug is intelligent but not very motivated, and he ***** a "freethinker" who does not trust convention. This helps him think "outside the box," which is an extremely good quality for solving complex mysteries, which the two characters manage to do in th***** unusual book. ***** is the serious one, who cares about appearances ***** records all ***** *****ir adventures ***** her diary for posterity. She helps keep Doug grounded and on track throughout the book, and she also is musical and uses a Germ*****n sword, which certainly helps in their self-defense ***** survival.

Doug ***** also analytical and scientific, which also helps ***** solve clues and follow long lost trails, as the author shows early in the *****. He writes, "'I'd like to discuss ***** state of the engines with the chief engineer, particularly the crankshafts'" (Mowll 11). Cl*****, these are not ordinary children, and their characteristics make it more believable that they could solve this mystery ***** survive all the adventures ***** encounter because *****y are older than their years, ***** quick minds, and know how to evaluation, people, events, ***** s*****uations so they can survive and thrive at the same *****.

In addition, the children ***** used to being on their own and have developed many strengths in moving between relatives. They are quite self-efficient ***** sure of themselves, and they are fiercely independent. They have to be, ***** they are often al*****, and so, they have learned not ***** be afraid and to welcome change. Becca tells the ship's Captain, "'We were born in India ***** lived there just as long ***** the other countries. I liked them *****l. ***** see myself as a sum of all these places - Brita*****, America, India. I belong to nowhere in particular'" (Mowll 27). **********, these are ***** average *****, but ***** children could not survive the adventures *****y will encounter, and that is why the ***** gives them extraord*****ary *****.

The children are ***** brave in the face ***** *****me of adventures they face, because they are *****dependent ***** ***** because they are ***** of ********** and their abilities. They never turn away from a situation, no matter how frightened ***** may be inside. The author *****es, "Very