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Symbolism In School's Out-Forever

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These symbols represent what happens to each character in the second book in the Maximum Ride series, called School's Out-Forever. The wings symbolize that the seven kids, Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel, are avian-human hybrids. The earth symbolizes that Max is supposed to save the world. The scratch marks show that Fang will fight, even when his life is at stake, in order to save his brothers and sisters. The two rings represent when Iggy found his real parents. This fifth symbol, the outfit, expresses that Nudge wants to live a normal life. Nudge wants to have a normal life instead of always running from the erasers, which are lupine-human hybrids. Sometimes her decisions get everyone in trouble. The bomb is an example of Gazzy's

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