Quote of Choice

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
-Bilbo Baggins

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Book Response: Fear

I finished reading 'Fear' yesterday, well, the ending was pretty great, I'm not going to lie; everything has changed, you can see through the barrier that has been blocking the view of the outside world for the past year. Some might think that this is a good thing, that it is now time to get out of the dome and not have the fear of starving every day, or even dying of dehydration. But in reality, its just making things worse, the kids are ignoring their different jobs, and instead, looking at the outside world, which means, that if they are getting food slower, they are going to starve faster.
Now the Gaiaphage, or Gaia as it is called now since it took over the body of a child, is walking free with all the powers of the FAYZ and plans on killing every human being alive.
Gaia is an interesting character, it is this almighty being that has the 2nd most power in the FAYZ,  and yet, while in the body of a child, it still has gaps in its knowledge of the world around it. Like something as simple as music, Gaia had no knowledge of it what so ever, to the point where it was even skeptical about it and wasn't sure if it should listen to it or not.

Although this all powerful entity can do just about anything that it wants to, it is still inside a human body, and its not one of those stories where the monster is trying to be freed, it wanted to be in the body, but that made it stronger, but also very weak. Now Gaia can be hurt, and it acts very much like a child.

Thursday, September 25, 2014


Book reflection

 

Well, we were supposed to read 300 pages for this quarter so we could do these properly, well, I have already read approximately 1100 pages, so I’ll talk about the book that I am currently reading. The title of the book is called “Fear”; it is the fifth book in the “Gone” series by Michael Grant.  ß (Astrid) ß (other characters that I didn’t mention because they weren’t relevant  for my post.)

Her nick name was Astrid the Genius, she was smart, duh, she was beautiful, duh, and up until this point, she had been one of the most powerful people in these books. But now, this is Astrid, “She wore a pair of jeans and a plaid flannel shirt over a black T-shirt several sizes too big. A leather belt made two turns around her waist. It was a man’s belt, and a big man at that. But it was sturdy, and bore the weight of the 0.38 caliber revolver, her machete and her water bottle.”

Now take a girl who is smart, very religious, and very beautiful, and then give her a 0.38 revolver. She would give it back right? Or hold it while giving you a confused look? Well not her, she is living alone in the forest fighting and scavenging for her food. Killing anything that crosses her path, while exploring the forest and staying alive under a dome that is twenty miles wide. While trying to stay away from the demons that haut her nightmares and even her life, because under this dome, anything can happen, and it just so happens that the dome and everything that happens is caused by her 5 year old autistic brother.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Things you may or may not know about me.

Things you may or may not know about me.
Thing 1. I love Doug Walker
Thing 2. I enjoy sports
Thing 3. I have played Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Track, and now, Football.
Thing 4. I have a beard.
Thing 5. I went to Study Middle School.
Thing 6. While playing basketball at Study, we never won a game.
Thing 7. I like to read.
Thing 8. I don't like to write.
Thing 9. I only took this class because I didn't want to get stuck in English IV and get a headache everyday.
Thing 10. I am in band.
Thing 11. I play the Tuba
Thing 12. I love the St. Louis Cardinals.
Thing 13. I love music.
Thing 14. I love the Beatles.
Thing 15. I love the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Thing 16. My real name is John.
Thing 17. I work at Dillons on National and St. Louis.
Thing 18. I love M*A*S*H
Thing 19. I love Jazz.
Thing 20. I love being outside.
Thing 21. My favorite number is 21.