House of Hades-Character Symbols

In the book, The House of Hades, all the characters can be very well represented by different symbols. Especially the gods and titans because in greek mythology, they had specific symbols that they made for them. For example, Zeus's symbol was an eagle. Or Poseidon's symbol was a trident. But in this book Rick Riordan does a great job of setting a symbol for each demigod, you just have to infer what it is. The main character, Percy Jackson, is the son of Poseidon and is really good at sword fighting, so his symbol would his sword; Riptide. Another main character is Jason, who is the son of Zeus, so his symbol could be a lighting bolt. Another demigod is Annabeth, who is the daughter of Athena so her symbol could be an owl. A symbol representing gods during greek times was also a tradition, so many people did it.

Setting: Fahrenheit 451

The setting of Fahrenheit 451 is in the future. It is in a future society where fire men, instead of putting out fires, they burn them instead. This is because the government wants to suppress the knowledge of the people so that they don't do something like rebel against them. I think that eventually Guy Montag will want to try and read some of the books, instead of burning them. After he finds all the knowledge in these books, he will rebel.

Final Blog Reflection

Click here to view my best blog post. This is my best theme/summary post because it is the most intelligent, supportive post I have. I begin the post by stating the theme. "The theme of the book Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, is that you shouldn't ever think of anyone as your superior, though you should give your respect to people that deserve it." Then, I go on to state how this theme emerges through different chapters of the book, and how the book shows it many times. I finish my post with the most supportive quote in the book of my theme statement. It is  "Consider none your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge" (Paolini, 54).

My goals in reading for the next trimester are to read more often, learn stop and think about what I am reading, and make connections with charaters in the book. I want to achieve my first goal because I don't read often. Mostly, I read the bare minimum of what my teachers ask, and they often say read more because it makes your vocabulary larger. I want to achieve my second goal because often when I do read, I read just to get it over with and I kind of zone out. Then I can't remember what I read. Finally, I want to achieve my last goal because many people I see reading kind of pick favorite characters based on connections with them, and I don't do that. I could improve my comprehension skills in reading, and diction in writing. For my reading improvment, this relates back to my 2nd goal. For my writing, I often repeat words like "said" and "the" way to many times.

How did everybody like the movie for Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters?

In the book, The House of Hades, while Percy and Annabeth are stuck down in Tartertous, they almost describe it as a creature similar to the way Gaea is the Earth. They compare Tarterous to different living things and compare things in the prison to human features like teeth or a mouth. "We started their decent into the giant pit full of monsters. The closer and closer I got, the more and more the rocks looked like teeth and the giant cave like a mouth" (17% Riordan). This shows how either Tarterous has an evil god like Gaea, or they are really paranoid.

Tone/Mood

The tone of my book, The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan, is serious. Now that Percy and Annabeth have fallen into Tarturous, the team is scattered and is missing to of their leaders. "Just like that, they fell into the never ending pit" (Last page of prequel to this book, Riordan). The mood of this book is helplessness. This is because the author writes the book to make it seem like there is no possible way for the demigods to win. Annabeth swayed Percy's beliefs when they first fell into Tarturous, and they fell into the river made of pure misery. When Percy was about to give up, Annabeth convinced him otherwise. Her tone was loving toward Percy, so that he could gain the strength to continue.

Has anybody read the entire series for Eragon? If so, are all the books good, or just some of them?

Book Recommendation

I strongly recommend this book to other people because of how interesting and action packed it is. Almost every chapter, something major happens. Also, this book has one of the most cleaver plots I have ever read. I can't imagine how much though Christopher Paolini put into this series while he was making it.

Eragon Movie

I just heard about the movie for my book. Anybody seen it?

Eragon (Character Post)

          The first complex character that emerges in the book Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, is Eragon. Over the course of the text, develops not only mentally, but physically too. In a mental state, he develops by becoming more mature with his 18 year old self. In a physical state, he develops by becoming a dragon rider, the first in 10 years besides Galbatorix. He interacts with other characters by going on a long and hard journey with Brom, in order to attack and kill the Ra'zac. He advances the theme(In my lower post) by continuing to defy those who he does not think deserve his respect, and giving his respect to those who he does think deserve it, like Brom and Saphira.

So Eragon's dragon just hatched into a dragon, so he decided to learn more about them. He found out that they never stop growing, and within a year, grow to have a wingspan of 100 feet. He can't keep the dragon a secret forever, so what does he do?

Theme and Summary

The theme of the book Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, is that you shouldn't ever think of anyone as your superior, though you should give your respect to people that deserve respect. This develops over the course of the first 7 chapters by the book starting out with Eragon's brother, Roran, getting a job that would require him to leave home. Then, many people try to mess with Eragon about how they are older, wiser, or are his superior, like when the meat seller refuses to sell meat to Eragon. Also, when the empire soldiers demand Eragon to pay his respect. Then, when Roran sets out to leave, Garrow gives him and Eragon a few last words before Roran leaves, and Eragon turns 16. those words are "Consider none your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge" (Paolini, 54).

Reading Prediction

              Eragon's stone just hatched into a dragon, but what happens now? I mean, Eragon can't go around telling people he hatched a dragon, or King Galbatorix could find him. He wants the dragon for his own. I think he will train the dragon.

Independent Reading

I am reading the book Eragon, by Chris Paolini. I am only on chapter 1, but I can probably make a few good predictions. I predict that the mysterious stone that Eragon found in the Spine will hatch to be a dragon, because of the dragon on the cover. I also predict that the Shade in the prelude will come to find the egg and try to kill Eragon. I am wondering why Sloan is so afraid of the Spine. Maybe a family member died in it or something? One text to world connection I can make is that Eragon lives in a poor family, on a farm, trying to gather enough food for the winter. This relates to the world because there are lots of financially struggling people in the world, who struggle to get by not just in the winter, but all the time. A text to text connection is in the series Harry Potter, Harry is not a very fortunate person in the beginning because his parents are dead. In the series I am reading now, Eragon's parents are dead. One text to self connection I have is both Roran and I have younger brothers who we like to mess with.

Joshua’s Reading Blog

 

                The theme of One Shot at Forever, by Chris Ballard, is to never give up. Even when you know you will lose, never give up. The concept grows throughout the text as the players and coach grow as characters. They learn at the end tournament that the entire season was no ruined because of the game. The theme first starts to emerge when the team beats their first team.  “Shartzer was weary. If this was coaching, it was unlike any he had received before” (Ballard, 51). This shows the theme, never give up, because the coach had decided to try a different style of coaching, and not giving up on the team.

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My article is a summary of the story. It tells about how the Macon Ironmen seemed unstoppable. 

 

One Shot at Forever

http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/one-shot-at-forever-a-small-town-an-unlikely-coach-and-a-magical-baseball-season