Monday, September 19th, Reading Log #1, Topic Choice #1
The book I chose is the Hunger Games.I chose this because I have never read this book, and the movies are really interesting.The main characters in the story are,Katniss , Peeta, Effie, and Haymitch. Katniss and Peeta are mostly the main characters because they are the people who have been chosen to be in the hunger games.Effie and Haymitch are one of the main characters because they are like Katniss and Peeta's companions or guides. Peeta is medium height, stocky build, ashy blond hair that falls in waves over his forehead. Katniss has straight black hair,olive skin, and grey eyes.So far the characters emotions and how they are have not changed at all.
Tuesday, September 20th,Reading Log#2, Topic Choice #3
The most important scene so far is when Katniss saves her sisters life by volunteering for the next Hunger Games.This happened when Effie was picking the people who will represent on the next hunger games.This scene is important because this surprises everyone when they hear her volunteer.It also starts some difficulties between her and her loved ones.This choice she made shows how much she cares for her sister, and that she will die for her.I believe this scene is the rising action.I chose to believe it's the rising action because this feels like it sets up more things to come.To me this scene was very emotional because a lot of drama happened.
Monday,October 24th,Reading Log#3,Topic Choice #2
The book I'm doing is Percy Jackson:The Lightning Thief.There is a lot of conflict that goes on during the story.The main conflict in the story is when Zeus blames Percy Jackson for stealing his weapon, which is called the master bolt.The reason he blames Percy for stealing his weapon is because Percy's father, Poseidon has been fighting with Zeus for quite some time, and suddenly his weapon goes missing.The reason Zeus doesn't blame Poseidon, is because a god cannot steal another gods weapon, only a mortal hero can.This is the main conflict because this sets up Percy's adventure to find and return the lightning bolt to Zeus.Percy reacts to this by blaming himself for why the Gods are fighting.This causes Percy to go on a quest to find the bolt and return it to Zeus.
Monday,October 24th,Reading Log#3,Topic choice #2
The Gate Icon I chose for this story is changes over time.I chose this Icon because all the characters do develop even if it's not that much.The main character changes over time by gaining the ability to wield a sword.He also gains some demigod powers from his father who is Poseidon.
Friday,December 2nd,Reading Log #4,Topic choice #1
The main character is a boy named Stanley Yelnats IV.He is put into a camp because he was wrongly accused of stealing a famous baseball players shoes.Some other charcters in the story are Zero,The Warden, and Mr.Sir.Zero is an outcast,he is very quiet yet intelligent.They call him zero because they don't know anythig about him, and he has no records or i.d.Now The Warden is the main antagonist in the story, she doesn't really care about any of the campers, she just cares about finding the gold near the area.Mr.Sir is the Wardens sidekick, he's in charge in making the campers life miserable, while they're at the camp.Stanley is probably the only one who changes a lot in the story because at the beginning he wasn't really a risk taker, and he was very quiet.But by the end, he becomes a leader and saves him and zero from the camp.
Wednesday,December 14,Reading Log #5,Topic Choice #2
The main conflixt in the story is, Stanley is going to a prison camp for a crime he didn't commit.This all started when Stanley found a pair of shoes and was accused of stealing them becuase they belonged to a famous athlete.The only person affected by this problem is Stanley.Stanley cannot really do anything to fix the situation but just go to the camp.You can say that this conflict is internal.This conflict was resolved when Stanley helped shut down the camp and found out that Zero took the shoes.
Thursday,December 15,Reading Log #6,Topic Choice #5
The gate icon I chose for Holes is Unanswered Questions.I chose this because there were so many things that weren't answered in the story.For example Stanley's personality changes a lot because of Zero.But what is it about Zero that changes Stanley so much?Another thing that did not get answered in the story is the different nickname everyone got in the camp.Was there any purpose for those people getting those specific nicknames.