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It is difficult to get an accurate sense of Alcatraz's personality, as he intentionally alters how he portrays himself as a way to get the reader to hate him. Despite this, it is fairly obvious that Alcatraz is protective of people he cares about, as evidenced by his willingness to risk his life for [[Bastille]] as the series goes on.
 
He is also clever, being the first to manipulate the [[Smedry Talent]]s (specifically [[Leavenworth Smedry|Grandpa Smedry's]] and [[Aydee Ecks Smedry|Aydee's]]) in ways that go against their natural behaviors. In addition, as thehe seriesgets progressesto know Bastille and his Family, he comes to understand himself well enough to realize that he pushes people away because he is afraid of getting hurt.{{book ref|a1|11}} This allows him to open up more and form bonds with his family that he had not had before.
 
Aside from this, he is an incredibly unreliable narrator, given to manipulating the words and behaviors of the people around him in order to fit his narrative. Given to tangents and rambling, it is best not to take anything he says at face value, especially because his stated purpose for telling his story is to convince the people of the [[Free Kingdoms]] that he is not the hero they believe him to be.