Sometimes life can be complicated or harsh, but if you stick together, you can endure anything. The Serpent’s Shadow, by Rick Riordan, is a story that took place in many different places. Carter and Sadie are siblings that are working to try to stop the god of Chaos, Apophis, from destroying the world along with their team of magicians. By the end of the story, Sadie and Carter learned that they needed to stick together to defeat Apophis, and they did. Sadie impressed me throughout the story because she dealt with not only Apophis, but strong emotional problems too. For example, “For months I’d been struggling to adjust to life in New York after so many years in London. I’d been forced to balance life as a young magician with the challenges of being an ordinary schoolgirl” (page 80). This is one of Sadie's internal conflicts. She used to live in London as a normal girl, but now she lives in New York with her brother, uncle, and initiates as a magician. Additionally, “I was wondering about you, Walt Stone. You're running out of time, and we haven’t had a proper talk about it” (page 246). Sadie is dealing with another internal conflict, she likes Walt, but he is slowly dying, so she is having trouble talking to him. She is doing this while having to focus on Apophis. Finally, Sadie is a high-spirited, funny girl who can deal with …show more content…
For instance, “He’s dividing us! Grab hold! I held out the pharaoh’s crook. We have to stay together!”(page 356). This is when they figure out that they have to stay together to beat Apophis. Doing so, they actually succeed in defeating Apophis. Furthermore, “We exile you beyond the void. You are no more. NO! Apophis roared” (page 368). These quotes are from when Carter, Sadie, and their team finally banish Apophis. They are able to see that they succeeded because they stood together. To summarize, Carter and Sadie learned the moral when they were fighting
Inner conflicts can subconsciously manifest themselves into physical hinderances, and create numerous obstacles in one's path. In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged is an exceptionally talented young wizard who navigates his way through the mystical world he eagerly wishes to master. During a spat with a fellow student at a school for wizards, Ged unintentionally summons a shadow monster that proceeds to torment and harm him in several ways, both objectively and mentally. The danger presented by the shadow is one that Ged single-handedly creates, and must be defeated so that balance can be restored. However, before he can conquer the demon he has created, Ged must conquer the demons within himself. Ged's own inner turmoil creates insecurities, doubts, and fears within him that then lead to external conflicts.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four novels written about his world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. However, unlike the other books written about Sherlock Holmes, much of The Hound of the Baskervilles is absent of the detective. Instead, the audience is left to work through the mystery of who murdered Mr. Baskerville with Sherlock Holmes’ assistant and friend, as well as the narrator of the novel, Dr. John Watson. There are multiple reasons Doyle may have decided to make Watson the narrator, and to remove Holmes from a large portion of the novel. First, as Holmes is such a dry and clinical person, by making Watson the narrator, Doyle is able to employ more descriptive and entertaining writing. Second,
In the background there is a large paper. On this paper there is a woods, tree, and farm setting. The paper should have covered most of the wall. The setting is in 3 places, these 3 places are the most important. The background is long and goes almost to the floor. There are props that go along with the settings. The props are not to big and they are not
This book is a Science fiction book that is the fist of a series of books called The Seventh Tower. It starts out with a boy by the name of Tal Graile-Rarem receiving word that his dad was missing on a mission that he was doing for the queen. And that is when every thing goes down hill. This is because his dad has the only good sunstone that will allow Tal to pass into the world of Aerian. Aerian is the world where a boy goes to receive his spirit shadow when he turns fourteen. Right now he as what is called a shadow guard, the shadow guard is his actually shadow only it can independently take shape into different things, what ever is needed to be to protect Tal when he gets into trouble. The thing is he need to get a spirit shadow when he turn fourteen other wise he will lose a shadow all together and not be a chosen and more. This will make him a commoner and he will have to live at the cave at the bottom of the mountain.
There are other kinds of mysterious passages in this book, told by Atticus, or just in general, but none seem to quite compare to this one. This sentence seems to be implying that just because we have setbacks in our life, they don't give us any good reason not to try and win the fight. Take someone who was abused as a kid, they might have been through hell and back for years, but that doesn't mean they have to forever be entrapped by the abuse. As hard as it may be, there is always a way to win the fight! Overall, this is such an empowering passage that deserves to be acknowledged for reasons beyond
story as the corruption of evil takes a prominent role in the story of the two children. The
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is a complex novel filled with an equally complex and diverse set of characters. Martin explores and questions many aspects of humanity, society, and morality by creating three-dimensional, imperfect characters. For many of these characters, it is difficult to determine whether they should be considered good or evil due to the fact that they are so human and realistic. Some characters are easy to love, and others, like Joffrey Baratheon, are incredibly easy to hate. It can be difficult to talk about Joffrey without immediately wanting to write him off as one of the cruelest and worst characters ever created. Not many people stop to ask why he is the way he is. What caused him to become so mean and sadistic?
In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, is a story of three girls who develop from being innocent girls to being part of a revolutionary to stop Trujillo a Dominican dictator. Throughout the story we see each of the sisters go through hard moments in their life. However the sister that has developed the most though is Minerva. She goes from being just a girl with a dream to be a lawyer too a woman willing to sacrifice anything to support the revolution and stop Trujillo.
In line two, Brooks introduces Sadie, whose name means "princess." Unlike Maud, "Sadie stays home" (2), choosing not to go to college and scraping life "with a fine toothed comb" (2-4). Through this description, Brooks shows Sadie living life to the fullest, not concerning herself with what society expects from her. The lines "Sadie was one of the livingest chits / in all the land" (7-8) paints a picture of a saucy girl out on the town. Brooks implies that Sadie could be counted upon to have fun with everyone and everything. Next, Brooks depicts Sadie going against the grain of society once again by having children out of wedlock.
The book “The Dark Is Rising” has been challenged to be banned from the American Canyon Middle School. The Dark Is Rising has won Five series contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults. The Dark is Rising is a good fantasy book for people to read because it has a lot of good action from the characters. The character “Will” needs to go on six magical signs. The Dark Is Rising is a great book to read. People should read the book if they like action and fantasy.
Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird we learn about moral courage through a few characters, but Atticus and Ms. Dubose are characters who really make Jem and Scout discover that courage looks different than they expect it to. Atticus shows moral courage by defending and guarding Tom Robinson, and Ms. Dubose shows moral courage by getting off morphine. Courage comes in many forms, but moral courage is the most important form.
Atticus’s real courage drove him to put aside the criticism and risk, and take up and fight the Tom Robinson’s controversial case. It is evident that these three characters in To Kill a Mockingbird display acts of real courage, even when they know they are fighting a losing battle.
In the saying of “Character is what you are in the dark” by Dwight Lyman Moody, can meaning many different things. One being, “you are most yourself when no one is watching”, another one also being, “dark and troubled times bring out a person's true nature”, and “your true nature is on the inside”. This quote can or cannot apply to the play of “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare.
“The Necklace”, narrated by Guy de Maupassant in 3rd person omniscient, focuses the story around Mathilde Loisel who is middle class, and her dreams of fame and fortune. The story is set in 19th century France. One day, Mathilde’s husband brings home an invitation to a fancy ball for Mathilde; to his surprise Mathilde throws a fit because she doesn’t have a dress or jewelry to wear to the ball. M. Loisel gets her the beautifully expensive dress she desires and Mathilde borrows a diamond necklace from Mme. Forestier, a rich acquaintance of Mathilde. Mathilde goes to the ball and has a night she’s dreamed of, until she gets home from the ball at 4 A.M. to find
Everything behind you has disappeared. Then you can see the shadows of figures standing right outside of your vision. They’re guarding you. They’re watching your every breath and some deep part of your soul knows that these shadows are waiting for you to turn back. To hesitate. To look on the life you have left—if even for an instant. You are Orpheus in Hell and the demons that surround you long for you to give them the satisfaction of your failure. As the scenery passes you by, you can see them move from dark corner to dark corner. You envision the glowing red eyes and vicious yellow fangs of your story books, but somehow know that these monsters are worse. A chuckle brushes by your shoulder, fainter than a gust of wind, and even as it engraves itself in your mind you doubt if it ever