The Trojan Horse Remake

Author's Note: The reason I wrote about Achilles because I believe he was one of the more important characters to the Trojan War.

In the original story Achilles is a Greek warrior that is in the trojan horse with the other Greeks. He ends up murdering Hector and strapping him to the back of his chariot and rides around Troy 3 times. After all this Achilles is shot in ankle with an arrow which is his weak spot and falls in battle. In the modern version of the play Achilles doesn't go into the horse he simply goes behind it. Also instead of him trying Hector to the back of his chariot and riding around Troy 3 times he just stabbed him 3 times.

Some things that were the same in this story was that Achilles was still shot in the ankle and killed but it was not by an archer. Things that were different were that he didn't go into the horse and he didn't ride around Troy with Hector on his chariot. This was a good remake into a modern version because it made everyone in this story act like it was modern yet they were still part of the Trojan War. 

The Trojan Horse

Author's note: I wrote this piece because it was supposed to be a response that I had to do a conflict/resolution so I wrote it into a conflict resolution piece.

Enjoying that the war is over, the Greeks have offered a gift, the Trojan Horse. The main conflict of this is that the Greeks have offered a gift for peace, the Trojan Horse but they hid some of the Greek army in it with Odysseus. The Greek myth is that the Greeks made a giant wooden horse called the Trojan Horse and hid in it. They sent the horse to Troy and had it at the front gates; the Trojans took it into the gates not knowing what was truly inside. At sunset the Greek warriors busted out attacking Troy and ending the ten year long war.The conflict in this story is that the Trojans of Troy don’t know if this gift from the Greeks is real or not.

Even though discussing about the conflict helps its better if it was explained. This is the conflict because the people at Troy didn’t know if the gift was what it was said to have been or a trick. A Greek spy named Sinon told the Trojans that the Trojan Horse was filled with gold and at the end of the day it would open.

On the other hand the resolution is valuable to this story and what led up to the resolution. Some of the events that happened after the conflict was Sinon told the Trojans that the giant wooden horse was filled with gold and it would open at sunset. Another thing that happened is when they let sinon go he went to the beach to signal that the people of troy accepted the gift so that the greeks could attack them by surprise.

Although the conflict is important don’t forget about the resolution. The resolution of this story is when the Greeks burst through the Trojan Horse and destroy the city of Troy. The reason this is the resolution because the Trojans found out that the Trojan Horse was a trick but because they got drunk they could not defend themselves so the greeks destroyed their city.

All in all the conflict was that the people of troy accepted the Trojan Horse. All the events that lead up to the resolution made what the Greek myth is now, a tale of trickery. Also the resolution was when the greeks attacked the trojans with odysseus.  

A Wrinkle In Space and Time

Warping through space and time to an unknown location in the universe. Thats what three kids name Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace have to do in A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle. The three of them meet three women named Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit. All of them embark on a journey to another world to save Meg and Charles Wallace’s Father. The  conflict of this story is the dark thing that is taking over stars and planets.

Although explaining the conflict helps it would help to explain it. The reason that this is the conflict other than Charles Wallace and Meg’s father being stuck on camazotz is because if the dark thing took over a planet then everything on that planet turns evil. If the dark thing takes over any planet then it either destroys it or turns it evil. This type of conflict is person vs. self because on camazotz they have to help themselves from letting IT take over them.

Even though the conflict is interesting the resolution of this story is even more interesting. The resolution of this story is when meg tessers back to camazotz and saves charles wallace from IT and they escape camazotz without any further complications.

In Addition the resolution is valuable to this story and what led up to the resolution. Some factors that lead up to the resolution were that Meg wanted to get her little brother Charles Wallace back from IT. Another thing could have been that Mrs. Whatsit didn’t believe that Meg have fully accomplished what she was supposed to do on camazotz. These are some of the events that lead up to the resolution and help with what resolved the conflict.

All in all the conflict is when the dark thing taking over stars and planets and either turning them evil or destroying them. The resolution of this story is when Meg frees Charles Wallace and tessers back to Earth.

Who Am I?

The Mean Green Fighting Machine

Getting chased by the army when he is enraged and a physicist when not. Running through the streets with ripped shorts. Almost infinite rage, anger for anything that wants to capture him. Smart when calm yet not when enraged. Started from gamma ray radiation and not able to control his rage. 

When enraged he turns into a colossus man with huge muscles, and when he isn't, he is just a plain physicist. Started when he was exposed to the blast area of the gamma radiation after a system malfunction. Running from himself when he is fueled with rage and trying to make the military understand that he is a normal human. 

After becoming the fighting machine, he discovered how is the way he is .His father was a scientist for genetics growth after being refused to work in that category his dad lost it. His dad got fired for doing human trials on himself which is how he got it. Afterward his dad started a nuclear meltdown that destroyed his home town.

Barely Escaping

Darkness, not being able to move or feel any limbs. This is what it is like when Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace feel like when tessering in the book A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'engle. The climax starts when Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace start walking down the hill. Before they start walking down the hill it says “She was completely unaware that her voice was trembling like an aspen leaf.” (Page 114 - 115)

Although talking about what the climax was I think I will explain why this is the climax. The reason I believe this is the climax is because everything after this point goes completely wrong; they figure out everyone has synchronized tasks. Some things that could have cause this is because of the dark thing that shadows over planets and turns them evil. Either the dark thing has made them evil or the evil brain IT has taken them all over.

Even though these cause the climax don’t forget about the effects of the climax. Some of the effects that were cause because of the climax were that they almost lost Charles Wallace. Another effect from the climax was when Meg got frozen when the tessered to another planet with their father. Another thing that was cause by the climax was “She Heard Calvin’s frozen voice: “But its beating. She’s Alive” (Page 180).

On the other hand if these events never happened at all then numerous situations would have never happened. One example is that if these events didn’t happen then Meg and Charles Wallace would never see their father again. Another thing is that the frightening situations that happens to them like Charles Wallace getting taken over or Meg getting frozen would have never happened.

All in all the events that occur in this book is important to the climax and what happens throughout the story. I know that the climax starts after they start walking down the hill on camazotz. They start to notice that something is wrong once they start getting to the outskirts of the town.

"After You, My Dear Alphonse" Response

Author's Note: This is a response from the story "After You, My Dear Alphonse" by Shirley Jackson. 

This story relates to naivete and reverse racism because the mother is trying to connect racism to the little boy johnny brought home. Every time she tries to do so it ends up being the complete opposite thing that she is trying to say about him. Like when she says, “Boyd, Johnny has some suits that are a little too small for him, and a winter coat. It’s not new, of course, but there’s lots of wear in it still. And I have a few dresses that your mother or sister could probably use. Your mother can make them over into lots of things for all of you, and I'd be very happy to give them to you. Suppose before you leave I make up a big bundle and then you and Johnny can take it over to your mother right away." When she says this she is thinking that his family doesn't have a lot of clothes and that his mother knew how to sew because she is connecting him and his family to what people had slaves do before the civil war. 

Some naivete in this story are like how the boys are so naive that they don't understand what johnny's mother means when she says everything she does. Some ways this story compares to some countries in the world is pretty much everywhere because some people think about someone a certain way because of their race. A lesson that shirley jackson is trying to say is just because of someones race doesn't mean that you should judge people by their race.

A Place to Socialize

A cafe, clean, and well lighted. In the story A Clean, Well-lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway is about two waiters having to stay late because of an old man drowning his sorrows in drink. The film someone made makes this story a little more dramatic and let someone understand it a little more. Some things that added suspense to this is the music in the beginning which sounded sad because the old man was drinking his sorrows away. Also when the young waiter kicked him out the music started playing again, I don't think it was for the old guy leaving but the older waiter not wanting the younger waiter to kick him out.

Although the music is interesting to talk about don't forget about the lighting and screenshots in this story's film. The lighting was confusing because cafes are supposed to be lit up all the time but half the bar was not lit. Also some of the lights in the cafe and around were very dim. Different Screenshots made this dramatic during some parts of the film. Also at some points to make it even more dramatic the screenshots would be at the waiters then the old man.

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Question

A cafe, clean, and well lighted. This is what it is like in the story A Clean, Well-lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway. Some important quotes from this book are "He hung himself with a rope.", "How much money has he got?" "He's got plenty." and "He had a wife once too." I know these quotes are the most important quotes of the story.The quote "He hung himself with a rope." is important because it means he was taking his life because he is depressed. Also "How much money has he got?" "He's got plenty." is important because it means he isn't depressed because he can barely scrape by. And finally "He had a wife once too." because this means that he is drinking because he is depressed because his wife divorced him.

Cole's Symbolism

Author’s Note: This is my text analysis piece and I tried to make connecting within this piece.

Anger raging within Cole because someone snitched on him. In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen there is a lot of symbolism and foreshadowing. Some examples of symbolism in this piece are the spirit bears fur, the rain after Cole gets mauled by the spirit bear and the “ancestor rock”.

Although talking about what symbolism is in this book I will explain what the symbolism means in this story. The color of the spirit bear’s fur is white and the bear is supposed to be peaceful. Also the rain after Cole gets mauled stands for sadness but it also stands for renewal because after this Cole becomes more peaceful because he realized that he can’t solve all of his problems from violence. Another piece of symbolism is Cole rolling the “ancestor rock” down the hill is suppose to represent him letting go of his anger everyday.

Even though the symbolism in this piece is interesting don’t forget about the foreshadowing. One example of foreshadowing is Cole seeing spirit bear because Cole thinks the spirit bear will attack him. Another is Garvey helping Cole after he burned the first cabin down because that should have been Cole’s only chance but Garvey believed that Cole could still prove himself.

All in all there is a lot of symbolism and foreshadowing in this book. The author did a good job at adding lots of symbolism and foreshadowing. Although I did not analyse every single piece of symbolism in this book, the ones that I talked about were the ones I thought were important.

Dreams

Dreaming for the future, making goals for later. This is a poem called "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. The overall tone of this poem is serious because it is saying that if someone gives up on their dreams then they will end up regretting it later. Some of the symbolism is the broken-winged bird which stands for vulnerability and loss of freedom.

A Wrinkle In Time

Imagine walking into a portal that would allow you to “tesser” to somewhere else quickly. In the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle three children named Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin experience this on their journey. Some themes that are in this book are bravery, adventure, and friendship. I know that these are some of the themes in this book.

Although talking about these themes can be useful i’m going to discuss how they fit into the book. Bravery fits into this book because they go on a journey to places far from earth to save their father. They don’t know what is going to happen or what is even happening while they are on this journey. They venture far from earth with three mysterious women who say they will help them.

Although Bravery is a theme in this book don’t forget about adventure. This book is definitely about adventure from them going to the woods to find the three women and then the women “tessering” them to certain locations. The places they go they can’t take it all in because they need to move as swiftly as they can. They almost end up getting taken over because of all the “tessering” they had to do.

Although adventure is a cool theme don’t forget about the theme of friendship. Friendship is a very important part in this story. If the theme of friendship wasn’t in this story then some of the people wouldn’t be able to be saved. The only reason everyone made it back alive was because of friendship especially for Charles Wallace.

All in all this story demonstrates the themes of bravery, friendship and adventure. The themes in this book make the story really excellent. In the story these themes help guide what will happen later.

No Chance of Escape

Author's Note: Water flowing into an excavation site with heavy rubber suits are being worn, they can't swim in the water it was almost truly no escape.

Imagine being at an excavating a site ten stories beneath a sewer wearing rubber suits hardly able to move. While Lynn Rosellini was writing she wrote a short story that involves that situation called No Escape. Swaby, Kenneth Schofield and John Kanash were all together in an excavation site. Till all of a sudden water flooding the site and there is nothing you can do about it. Even though the only way out is by a man cage the crane driver grabbed the man cage and saved one of the men. Even though the rule was don’t go back he made a smart choice.

In addition, the radios are broke and they can’t communicate to each other for him to lower that man cage. While they lower the cage water keeps pouring in and it is almost going to drowning them. A man goes back to save his fellow workers, even though the safety rules say you don’t go back if there is a danger. If he would have wasted anymore time his friends wouldn’t have made it out and the place would’ve been flooded.

To begin with the rubber suits were a setback to them with the heavy rubber boots and rain suits. Seeing that they almost drowned they need to invent rain suits and boots that weigh less for them if they did that they would be able to have a chance to get out. If they did that they would be a little bit safer and probably a little bit more comfortable in those suits. The suits were so heavy they were stuck down there.

Likewise he made a good decision to go back and save his friends, their families were no doubt thankful that he went back to save them. When Swaby saved them they were chin level with the water; about to drown. Swaby was very intelligent for going back to save his friends, if he would stay hesitated more than 15 seconds they would have drowned.

All in all Swaby made the right choice to go back and save his friends. Swaby was a hero for going back; his co-workers were thinking they were going to drown before Swaby came back down in the man cage. Swaby saved their lives because he knew he could save them, even though there is a rule they should have it set under circumstances instead.

Touching Spirit Bear

Boys and girls running outside in the school playground from two kids fighting. One kid getting his head smashed into the ground. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear Cole Matthews goes through numerous life changing events. I know that a number of the themes are loss, courage and bravery. The story shows the themes when he goes to the island in Alaska for a year of isolation. The author demonstrates in the book to readers that people who don’t fit in with society need to fit in with society.

Although themes are fun to talk about I want to discuss how those themes are in the novel. The reason that I know loss is a theme of the book is because Cole lost his childhood because his father drank and beat him. Since Cole’s father beat him while he was drinking he couldn’t have a normal childhood because his life went downhill after his father beat him. When his father beat Cole his mother didn’t want his father to beat her as well because he was drinking. One possible reason that Cole’s dad beat him was because his dad’s parent beat his dad like how his dad beat him. Kids who are abused by their parents either have a bad childhood or they miss out on their childhood.

Even though loss is one them don’t forget about the other themes are even more interesting. I know that courage and bravery is a theme because after he get mauled by the spirit bear he could have just gone to court but he went back to the island. Since he went back to the island he still had all of his problems like his right arm being weak and he had a harder time to walk. He had to be alone for one year with him being weaker then everything else.  People who have damages to their body it is hard to recover and make limbs strong they were before.

While the theme of courage and bravery is interesting on the other hand loss can still be explained more. Cole lost some of his childhood because when his father started beating him he felt like nobody else is better than him. After that he started to beat kids up and get in trouble all the time, it got so bad to the point where he pounded peter's skull into the pavement. The police were thinking about sending Cole to an adult court because he has been getting in so much trouble and this put it over the edge.  The reason he did this is because he lost his childhood because his father beat him but his mom didn't do anything about it. 

Although Touching Spirit Bear is a story that demonstrates if you don’t fit in with society you better try better to fit in. The themes kind of describe what the author trying to demonstrate. Its better if you fit in society and if you don’t you won’t live a good life.

The Titan's Curse

Imagine Fighting the immortal Titan Atlas, and ending up taking Atlas’s place in holding up the skies. Thats what Percy Jackson had to do in The Titans Curse by Rick Riordan. The person point of view in this book is Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson embarks on a journey through various magical places to get to his quest objective. I know that Percy Jackson has the main point of view in this story.

Although Percy is the main point of view there are some other point of views in this book. The other people who have a point of view is Annabeth and Grover; Percy’s Friends from camp. Also the gods have a little bit of the point of view but not much. Annabeth and Grover go along with percy on his quest.

Although Grover’s and Annabeth’s point of view is interesting don’t forget about Percy’s point of view. Percy’s point of view is that the Titans are evil and that some of the gods are only able to talk to their kids at certain times. Percy’s father poseidon can barely see him because he is one of the big three gods. Most of the other demigods don’t see their parents as much either but Percy sees his father the least.

From these point of views the reader feels that percy is the leader of them and he goes through a lot of dangerous tasks. The reader should feel like the gods never help their children and that they just watch what they do. The reader also should feel that Annabeth and Grover are Percy’s friends and helpers. 

Because of what Percy's point of view is the reader feels trust for Percy Jackson. The way the reader feels toward the gods is that they are good but they barely help their demigod children. The reader feels hate and rage toward the giants and the titans because the titans are trying to take over the world and they are trying to destroy the gods.
All in all if the story was in a different point of view like if it was from Bianca’s who is another character it would be completely different. Her point of view would be that they have to go and save Artemis and nothing else because she is one of her followers. Bianca would only want to save Artemis for the sake of her cult. All in all Percy has the main point of view and if it was in any other persons point of it would be told differently.

Carter's View On Things

In The Throne Of Fire by Rick Riordan, there are two different point of views in the story, Carter and Sadie Kane, and the gods. Carter and Sadie Kane want to resurrect the sun god Ra to defeat the snake of chaos Apophis. The gods, Carter Kane and Sadie Kane want to help each other but it would mean one side loses something of great importance to them. There is a huge event that is about to happen that they both have point of views on. If either side succeeds it wouldn’t benefit the other side. Both sides think Ra should be resurrected but the gods think that Ra will want to be crowned king of the gods again which Horus god of war just got crowned.

Even though talking about what the point of view is I will explain them a little bit. Maybe one reason the gods might think that Ra will want to be crowned king of the gods is because he was the first king but he was sent to slumber. He was poisoned by Apophis and Isis said the only way to heal him was to learn his secret name, she learned his secret name but she tricked him sending him into the heavens to slumber. Ra couldn’t come back from the heavens because Isis had his secret name and commanded him to slumber. Everybody's secret name is the ren in egypt, it was one of the five parts of the soul and it was called the ren. Everybody has a ren, the ren is someones personal experiences and everything about them.

Although the gods point of view is interewsting, don’t forget about Carter Kane’s and Sadie’s point of view. Carter and Sadie have a completely different point of view from the gods. Carter and Sadie believe that the only way to save the world from Apophis is to resurrect Ra. For them it is hard to resurrect Ra because when he was sent to slumber he went back to three different forms. The three forms of Ra are Khepri the rising sun, Ra the midday sun, and Atum the falling sun but he is just referred to as Ra in the book. In order to resurrect Ra they had to go through the duat and resurrect each form of Ra which is a feat no magician has done before. They try to delay Carter and Sadie on their quest by battling Carter and Sadie. The way the reader should feel is that Ra has been the rival of Apophis and if they do not resurrect him they will be doomed because Ra has been his Rival since the beginning of time. 

Although if the point of view was changed it would be completely different. Carter, Sadie and the gods would be on the same side with no conflicts. They might try to get at least one of the three scrolls of Ra so that unless someone gets it from them, there is no chance of him getting resurrected. They would try to defeat Apophis by themselves and they would fail. The only chance they have it resurrecting Ra, if they don't the world will end.

If either point of view changes the other one has to change as well, even just a little bit. Both point of view i crucial to the story, each point of view depends on the other. When nobody could have another point of view because they aren’t in half of the story, if there was it would have to be a new character.

Running Away From Danger

Imagine being on the run from gorgons, that are sisters of medusa and not being able to sleep or rest and not knowing your past or why you are running. In the Book The Son Of Poseidon Percy Jackson lost his memory and has been away for almost a year. Finally after a long time he gets to his destination, not even know what the destination is. He ends up finding the Roman Camp called Camp Jupiter and losing the Mark of Achilles which is a Greek blessing. He finds out that the Roman camp has lost their eagle which protects them from monster attacks. After a few days at camp he has to go on a quest to rescue Death and his Greek name is Thanantos. Some people at the camp think that the quest he is going on is going to fulfill a prophecy from 50 years back. The only problem with this quest is that the eldest Giant has Thanantos and he is undefeatable in his homeland where he was currently.

What I think will happen is that Percy will fulfill the prophecy and free Thanantos. If he fulfills the prophecy then he will need to have Thanantos lead them to the doors of death and help get the souls back into the underworld. I also think that he will retrieve the eagle from the giant and will become the praetor of Camp Jupiter. He remembers some things about his past and he doesn’t want to become the praetor of Camp Jupiter. I also think that the old Praetor Jason will come back before the Feast of Fortuna and they won’t have to find a new praetor.

I think all this is going to happen because in the books Rick Riordan writes in his books prior to that book it sort of lays out what will happen in the next book. In the book previous to this one Jason is the main character and he goes to the Greek camp and ends up going on a quest and ends up saving the god Juno and trying to save the camp. Jason is Roman and he was the previous praetor to Camp Jupiter but ended up getting switched with Percy. Percy is Greek and is sent to the Roman camp and Jason, the complete opposite is sent to the Greek camp. Since Percy is getting popular at Camp Jupiter some people want him to be the praetor. 

Fitting in with society

Author's Note: I wrote about Touching Spirit Bear because it was easy to think of the themes for the book. I worked on better word choice in this piece.

Boys and girls running outside in the school playground from two kids fighting. One kid getting his head smashed into the ground. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear Cole Matthews goes through numerous life changing events. I know that a number of the themes are loss, courage and bravery. The story shows the themes when he goes to the island in Alaska for a year of isolation. The author demonstrates in the book to readers that people who don’t fit in with society need to fit in with society.

Although themes are fun to talk about I want to discuss how those themes are in the novel. The reason that I know loss is a theme of the book is because Cole lost his childhood because his father drank and beat him. Since Cole’s father beat him while he was drinking he couldn’t have a normal childhood because his life went downhill after his father beat him. When his father beat Cole his mother didn’t want his father to beat her as well because he was drinking. One possible reason that Cole’s dad beat him was because his dad’s parent beat his dad like how his dad beat him. Kids who are abused by their parents either have a bad childhood or they miss out on their childhood.

Even though loss is one them don’t forget about the other themes are even more interesting. I know that courage and bravery is a theme because after he get mauled by the spirit bear he could have just gone to court but he went back to the island. Since he went back to the island he still had all of his problems like his right arm being weak and he had a harder time to walk. He had to be alone for one year with him being weaker then everything else.  People who have damages to their body it is hard to recover and make limbs strong they were before.

Although Touching Spirit Bear is a story that demonstrates if you don’t fit in with society you better try better to fit in. The themes kind of describe what the author trying to demonstrate. Its better if you fit in society and if you don’t you won’t live a good life.