Character Analysis: I Am Number Four

Music has been known as a universal language that creates a profusion of knowledge and understanding between others. In this case, I will be using music to connect different characters in the novel I am Number Four, and show how they have changed and shaped themselves through the first portion of the book. Some of these characters are John, an alien trying to survive on Earth after his planet gets destroyed, Henri, John’s guardian and protector working on Earth towards the ultimate goal of saving their home planet, and Sarah, an average high school girl who will soon find out she got herself into a situation most would think impossible.
When John Smith is first introduced as a main character, he is thought to be a simple kid that won’t do anything that doesn’t follow his strict guideline of
Though John and Sarah feel an automatic connection the possibility of anything happening to them when Sarah’s ex-boyfriend and school bully Kevin continuously threatens John. Sarah eventually calls out Kevin with a mindset similar to the lyrics from “Room for all of us” by The Mowgli’s, “And if we stop to look around, there’s room for all of us. So we’ll find out, there’s love in all of us.” “QUOTE”, this is not the only time when Sarah decides to stand up for others. When Kevin steals John’s phone and fills his locker with manure, she calls him out and steals the phone back. After Kevin continually teases John in attempt to prove that he is more dominant, it pushes her away and into John’s arms. This makes Henri nervous however, because since the Mogadorians could catch up with them at anytime John and Henri need to be prepared to drop everything and leave at a moments notice. This may complicate things later in the story but so far it seems the book and the song has the same theme of wanting peace and happiness in a bleak