Reading log week 10

1 hour     Anthem    pgs. 17- 51
Details: When Equality is chosen for his job in society as a Street Sweeper, he accepts. But with his intelligence, he decides to conduct his own experiments from his passion for knowledge. HE also meets Liberty 5-300. He gives her a nickname, a forbidden law.
            Equality claims,"We have given you a name in our thoughts, Liberty 5-300.
            "What is our name?"
            "The Golden One."
              I think he gave her this name because of her golden hair and her own individuality. HE defies sthe laws however.

1 hour    Anthem   pgs 51- 105
Changes over time: In the beginning, Equality only knew to express himself as "we". But now, he know the word "I".
              "This god, this on word:
                  I."
                   IN the future, I think that equality can bring mankind individuality and ego.

Reading Log week 9

1 hour    The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare    pgs. 1-48
Details: WHen Kit's grandfather dies, she decides to go live with her aunt's family in Connecticut. When Kit is meets her family, She is immediatly greeted by Racheal, her aunt. Kit had always known she was caring and nice.
           When Kit comes to the home, Racheal states, "Oh lord, what a blessing it is for you to come in. We are so happy to have you here!" This quote shows that Rachel  is a very kind person who will talk to anyone with care.

1 hour     The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare    pgs. 49- 103
Changes over Time: When Kit first started living with her new family, she was treated roughly by her fellow cousin, Judith, and being criticized a lot by her. But when Judith meets a man named John, she immedialtly becomes nicer to everyone and becomes less critical.
               Kit explains Judith's new attitude as, "if a new aura around Judith had appeared, when the sun shone even brighter and the flowers grew is melody." This shows that Judith has changed over time,, because of her new crush, John.   

Reading log week 8

1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan  pgs. 278-321
Changes over time: Before, Percy didn't remeber anything about Camp Half-Blood. But when he fell asleep on the plane, he remebered Tyson, which is in the present. In the future, he will eventually remember everything.
              "Percy figured the farther north he went, the harder it would be to communicate with his friends, even in his dreams.
               "Tyson!" he called."
              This quote shows that Percy now remembers some bits of his past, such as Tyson.

1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan   pgs 322-363
Details: When Hazel is fighting Alcyoneus, she learns that Nico may be captured by Gaea. When she asks Thanatos, he gives her an unsatisfactory answer.
             "'What about my brother?' she asked. 'Is Nico alive?'
               Thanatos gave her a strange look-- possibly pity, though that didn't seem like an emotion Death would understand."
              This shows that Nico is possibly captured, and most likely is based on Thanatos's expression.

Reading log week 7

1 hour   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  by L Frank Baum  Chapters 1-6
Details: This story is about Dorothy, a normal girl that lived in Kansas with her boring aunt and uncle, and her best friend Toto, her dog. When a tornado strikes their home, Dorthy gets sucked into the tornado, and ends up in a weird world of munchkins and witches. When she lands, her house landed on a wicked witch, killing the with. She is thanked for killing the witch. But Dorothy can't get back to Kansas! She sets off on a journey to find a wizard named Oz, who can bring her back to Kansas. She befriends three people: a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion. Dorothy shows different ways of bravery.
           Dorothy shows bravery when she hit the seemingly fierce lion. "...the great beast had opened his mouth to bite the dog, when Dorothy, fearing Toto would be killed, and heedless of danger, rushed forward and slapped the Lion upon his nose as hard as she could..."
           This quote shows Dorothy's bravery because she needs to have a lot of bravery to hit a big lion that could easily kill you.
1 hour   The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum   Chapters 7-12
Changes over time: When the Lion was first introduced in the story, he was a coward, and was too scared of everything. But now, the Lion showed courage when he threatened the witch. In the future, he will gain more courage, and feel more satisfied.
           The Lion threatens the witch by saying, "No. If you come in this yard, I will bite you."
           This quote shows the Lion's bravery that has grown since the beginning of the story. This is because before the story, the Lion wouldn't have threatened the witch, since he is a coward. But when he did threaten her, it showed his improvement, and his bravery.

Reading Log week 6

1 hour    The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan    pgs. 206-237
Changes over time: At first, Hylla hated Percy and wanted to kill him. Now in the present, she wants to help him, Frank, and Hazel escape.
              "You were incredibly foolish to come here," she said. "You destroyed my home. You made my sister and me exiles and prisoners."
              Thsi shows Hylla's hate for Percy in the beginning. Now, since she must fight another warrior, she wants to help him escape.

1 hour    The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan    pgs. 238- 277
Patterns: There is a pattern of the introduction of each characters' powers. First, Percy shows his water powers, then Frank shows his powers with his spear, and then HAzel shows how she can use her jewelry powers in this scene.
              "The entire pallot fo jewelry exploded with ta sound like a thousand slot machines hitting the jackpot. A tidal wave of silver friendship bracelets poured across the catwalk, washing Doris and Lulu right over the railing. They would've fallen to their deaths, but Hazel wasn't that mean. She summoned a few hundred bracelets, which leaped at the guards and lashed around their ankles, leaving them hanging upside down from the bottom of the catwalk, screaming like little girls."
               This is an example of how the author expresses Hazel's power. Frnak and Percy alkso has special powers, and are portrayed in a similar way as this.

Reading log week 5

1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan    pgs. 118- 163
Details: Before Percy, Frank, and Hazel start off on their quest, Reyna has a talk with Percy, and gave him tips for the quest. She tells him about how she knew him before.
            "But at the door of principia, Percy couldn't resist turning. "How did we destroy your home, the spa where you live?
              The metal greyhounds growled. Reynna snapped her fingers to silence them.
              "You destroyed the power of our mistress," she said. "You freed some prisoners who took revenge on all of us who lived on the island. My sister and I...well, we survived. It was difficult. But in the long run, I think we are better off away from that place."
           This quote shows that Reyna knew Percy from before. Even though Percy lost his memory, he was still able to learn more about his past in order to gain more knowledge of who he is.

1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan   pgs. 164-205
Different Perspectives: What the Roman demigods were taught was that cyclops and centaurs were all bad, but to Percy, he knew deep within that this wasn't true.
              "Centaurs," Percy said. "But ...that's not right. Centaurs and good guys."
               Frank made a choking sound. "  That's not what we were taught at camp. Centaurs are crazy, always getting drunk and killing heroes."
               Percy is confused, because he knew in his past that he was friends with centaurs and cyclopses, so he was confused about the fact that the Romans were taught that centaurs and cyclopses were bad.

Reading log week 4

1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan   pgs. 82-117
Different Perspectives: Percy believes the people of the 5th Cohort are strong and good people. But the people of higher up cohorts think they are losers and look down on them.
               "The Third and Fourth Cohorts weren't even advancing. They stood back and laughed, watching their "allies" get beat up. The defenders clustered on the wall above the gates, yelling insults at the tortoise formation as it staggered back and forth. War games had deteriorated into "beat up the fifth"."
                 This shows the 3rd and 4th cohorts' disrespect for the 5th cohort. They betrayed them and just let them get beat up by the 1st and 2nd cohort.


1 hour   The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan   pgs 118- 146
Changes over time: In the beginning, Percy hadn't known anything about his life after he lost his memory. But over time, he regained more knowledge, through meeting people he formerly met, such as Ares, or Mars.
             "Frank noticed that one person wasn't kneeling. Percy Jackson, his sword in his hand, was glaring at the soldier.
              'You're Ares,' Percy said. 'What do you want?'
               A collective gasp went up from two hundred campers and an elephant."
               This shows how Percy is slowly gaining back his memory. HE intially forgot Ares, but now after he sees him, he remembers.