Some people's favorite things to read are poetry, or mystery, or ever romance. My favorite thing to read is by FAR, fiction. Most of my favorite books such as The Eragon series, The Artemis Fowl series, and the Percy Jackson series are ALL fiction. I don't know why this appeals to me so much, maybe its the fact that I like my imagination sometimes more than reality.
The Eragon series was one of my favorite by far because of the adventures that Eragon, and his "companions" go through. His travels throughout the land and the battles in all of the strange cities in the book. It was really cool for me to go back and look through the book to remember these things.
The Artemis Fowl series was my favorite because of how the main character "Artemis" acts. He acts as if someone in my imagination would be. His adventures throughout the land of the fairies always intrigued me as a little kid. Artemis's travels going through so called imaginary land turned out to be a reality. This Boy genius is the heir of the Fowl mansion and riches, and uses them to exploit, or help the fairies.
The last of my favorite series are the Percy Jackson series which I believe intrigued me into reading it because of how the characters are displayed by the author. In this series Percy travels the world on quests for the gods and the directors of the camp, Camp Halfblood. Percy is in fact a "HalfBlood" because his mother was a mortal and his father was the god Posideon. Percy is currently the only kid at Camp Halfblood tha'ts father is Posideon, and his adventures occur because of that.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Research
Recently I've had writers block. I had no idea what to write about until a presentation for ECA. I was required to research all about ALS. It is a disease that weakens the muscles over time, and eventually the muscles are to weak to sustain support to the body. It was inspiring to read all of the victims stories about how their lives have changed. But it was even more inspiring to hear it personally.
They told me how their family had become closer together. She told me how everyone had been extremely kind. She told me how the ALS association had been so kind to her and her family.
I learned with the research I did that there is no cure. Not many people diagnosed live for more than 5 years, and it is extremely devestating to the body. It was sad to hear this news almost one year ago, at a family meeting. I only have one thing to say.
Mom, I love you.
They told me how their family had become closer together. She told me how everyone had been extremely kind. She told me how the ALS association had been so kind to her and her family.
I learned with the research I did that there is no cure. Not many people diagnosed live for more than 5 years, and it is extremely devestating to the body. It was sad to hear this news almost one year ago, at a family meeting. I only have one thing to say.
Mom, I love you.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
A Changing Fate
Hazel in the book House of Hades, changed over the course of the text from someone who was very unsure of themselves and didn't believe she had magic to a very confident sorceress. It's always really neat to see someone change over the course of a book. Hazel was an interesting one because you would have never expected her to change at all with how she acts in the other books.
In the beginning of the novel Hazel acted as if she wasn't very confident. Well... she wasn't, "Hazel stammered, 'She didn't believe in magic. Not really. She was faking it'"(Riordan 18). You can tell by the word stammered that she isn't very confident and doesnt have much motivation. Hazel in the previous books has been portrayed as weak and timid and uncertain and hesitant and pathetic. Over and over she is described as weak. She changes that.
Later in the book when the gang is trapped by the bandit Sciron, who traps people in a canal and makes them "air quote" wash his feet "air quote" when in fact he pushes tham over the edge when they kneel down. Everyone has to rely on Hazel because everyone is captured but her and Jason. She has to figure out a way to get out of this mess. I personally would have never been able to do that, or escape in anyway other than through the pearly gates, "'We have to let Sciron win.' ' What?' Jason demanded. Hazel told him the plan"(Riordan 216). Hazel is much more confident in this excerpt than from the beginning. She is very bold and dauntless.
It is always really neat to see people change and I can't wait to see it throughout the next book I decide to pick up and read.
In the beginning of the novel Hazel acted as if she wasn't very confident. Well... she wasn't, "Hazel stammered, 'She didn't believe in magic. Not really. She was faking it'"(Riordan 18). You can tell by the word stammered that she isn't very confident and doesnt have much motivation. Hazel in the previous books has been portrayed as weak and timid and uncertain and hesitant and pathetic. Over and over she is described as weak. She changes that.
Later in the book when the gang is trapped by the bandit Sciron, who traps people in a canal and makes them "air quote" wash his feet "air quote" when in fact he pushes tham over the edge when they kneel down. Everyone has to rely on Hazel because everyone is captured but her and Jason. She has to figure out a way to get out of this mess. I personally would have never been able to do that, or escape in anyway other than through the pearly gates, "'We have to let Sciron win.' ' What?' Jason demanded. Hazel told him the plan"(Riordan 216). Hazel is much more confident in this excerpt than from the beginning. She is very bold and dauntless.
It is always really neat to see people change and I can't wait to see it throughout the next book I decide to pick up and read.
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