Month: November 2015

In the Mortal Engines, Shrike is shown to be a ruthless killing machine, harming several and killing three pirates when his hunt for Hester Shaw takes him to Air haven. However in Infernal Devices when he finds that he cannot hurt humans, because of his conscience. He can still, however, destroy stalkers.

Despite being a killing machine, Shrike doesn’t like to harm children, because he himself once had children before he became a stalker. He is shown to help children, such as when Hester Shaw was left half dead he adopts her. Another example is when a mayor wants him to kill the children of someone else. Instead of killing the children, he kills the mayor. He said that he remembered several occasions when he had spared or protected children for reasons that he could not explain. He doesn’t know why he is so fond of children until the very last book, where he remembers his past life.

Another goal of his is that he wants to make Hester Shaw into a stalker. He keeps this goal right up to the end of the story, when he sees that she had been clutching hard to Tom even in death. So instead he lays them both to rest in a valley.

When you look at shrike you would think of him as a terrifying and heartless beast that roams in the darkness, hidden and unseen, just waiting for it to strike its next move. But there’s more than one side to him you see, if we look on the other hand, you’ll see that he is a kind hearted and love caring man which shows a more sensitive side to him “YOU CANT STAY HERE CHILD” This shows his good cop.

You can show a little sympathy for him because shrike was once human, just a normal human being, until one some folks came along and took him away to study tests on him and turn him into a monster. “He has sent me to kill you”. Can you just imagine what it would be to be taken away from your family and tortured.

Shrike is called a stalker one of many few of his kind. their are like mercenary or hit man who would kill to get a little bit of bob (1 bob=50p) shrike shows his beastliness in Air-haven when he tracks Hester and Tom down to kill them. “Hester Shaw”. This is what i think when i look at shrike.