I finished the book City of the Beasts, and all the characters have changed from the beginning to the end. First of all, Nadia was just a small Indian girl, an average tribe child. The only notable thing she had was her intelligence of knowing many other Indian tribe languages, although that did help her, Alex, and the rest of the expedition a lot throughout the book.
And Alex was an average American kid living in California. He went to school, played sports, all that kind of stuff. The only thing unusual about his life was his poor sick mother who has cancer, which kind of got him into this mess, since the mom had to go to Texas for an operation that might help with it a lot, and Alex couldn't go so he had to end up with his somewhat crazy grandmother.
Anyway, both of them had to conquer so many obstacles after being kidnapped by the People of the mist, a mysterious tribe, that they had matured so much over those few days. Alex attempted many brave things, like going on a long journey for something important, passing the initiation of becoming a man in the tribe, and much more. Same with Nadia. She used to be really afraid of heights and now she she doesn't mind them at all, and she did many other brave things throughout the book, just like Alex. Alex came out a brave man, and Nadia came out a noble woman. Even Kate changed a little! She still tries hard to hide the affection for her son, but it's a lot easier to see for Alex now, the great pride she feels for him.
