Author’s Note: This piece is meant to predict the future events of the novel Traitor by Any Mcnab and Robert Rigby.
In the book Traitor, a soldier in the British military named Danny Watts is a hard worker and trains until his arms give out. But when Danny has a dream of being an officer in the military he is quickly turned down because of one flaw his grandfather Fergus Watts, Fergus Watts was found as a traitor for selling information to enemies of England for wealth. Danny hunts his granddad or so called “traitor of their country” down for giving his family a bad name. He does Fergus explains that he was never a traitor and is sorry for never seeing him before. I predict that Fergus will tell him he loves Danny and he is sorry for being away.
In the novel, Danny and Fergus are escaping a man who is trying to kill Fergus. The whole time this is happening Fergus is worried about Danny. I predict he will say he loves Danny because they are spending so much time together it is only a matter of time. If they keep spending this much time together then they will warm up to each other and start to feel. Sometimes Fergus has to go for a short amount of time to get supplies and yells at Danny remember what I taught you and to stay where he is, obviously sooner or later he will tell him.
In addition, Fergus won’t stop thinking of Danny, he’s always thinking of how he can help Danny through the struggle and show him what he learned in the S.A.S. field. He is also thinking of where is a safe spot for them to spend the night. He always wants Danny to keep a low profile so he won’t be seen and won’t be hurt to me that is a picture of a carrying grandfather.
Likewise in my last opinion, Fergus is always taking precautions with Danny. When Fergus is going to meet with someone he tells Danny if he isn’t back in a certain amount of time he should go to a certain spot. Or when the person that’s after them comes they should have an escape route. All these precautions are things that Fergus is taking to keep Danny safe from harm which proves even more that he loves him.
Fergus watts loves his grandson Danny very much I know he is sorry about not seeing each other for a very long time. I know my prediction is right and my three reasons cannot deny.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thank you mam
Author’s Note: This is a writing piece meant to predict what will happen next in the short story Thank you Mam.
I predict that the boy will turn over a new leaf and stop his evil ways. The boy was clearly frightened when he tried to snatch the woman's purse because I bet he didn't expect to get a beating. I also know that he will be good is because he thanked the woman.
I predict that the boy will turn over a new leaf and stop his evil ways. The boy was clearly frightened when he tried to snatch the woman's purse because I bet he didn't expect to get a beating. I also know that he will be good is because he thanked the woman.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Retelling: Traitor
Traitor By Andy Mcnab and Robert Rigby,17 year old Danny Watts attempts to capture his grandfather who betrayed his country, but is he really a traitor? An action adventure novel that will surprise you at every turn..
Monday, December 19, 2011
April Morning Fiction to Reality
Author’s Note: This piece is to tell how the book April Morning, is both real to history and just as much contains fake events.
Though the great novel April Morning contains true events from the time period of the Revolutionary War, the book contains even more events that is not accurate to real history. This novel is very entertaining but is not a book that you would want to look for in a history report.
Two men were but a vital importance to the American victory of the Revolutionary War. They rallied troops and helped in signing the Declaration of Independence. The names of these two men were John Hancock and Samuel Adams. One of the many reasons why this book has similarities to what really happened is for the presence of Samuel and John. Being in town they did an event in the book that they did in real life is visit many cities and towns to ensure they were with the Americans and warned them if any British forces were upon them. British soldiers marching to Concord was also just as real, in fact it started the famous battle of Lexington and Concord. The British sent a huge army on to the city of Concord to eliminate the opposing militia and their supplies, and silence them from insulting the British.
In the book and as in the war, ordinary townsmen and farmers would fight professional British soldiers. Young and old men and boys who may not know anything about war, fighting, or properly loading and firing a flint lock musket. These men fought against sophisticated imperial British soldiers who had been trained to kill any man that they had been ordered to kill or vanquish. Although inexperienced, the brave men and boys in April Morning were willing to fight anyone.
Although there many similarities, the book also had many differences from the Revolutionary War. The American forces were made up of men and boys and young boys at that. The youngest recorded person to fight was seventeen, but Adam, the main character is fifteen and three months. Usually parents of that time would send children of that age home to look after other family members, making the book an abstract version of the war. Another difference is that no town had a law that you could “birch” or hit your child with a stick. Though now thought to be inhumane, back then it would be considered acceptable discipline. However, it wouldn't have been acceptable enough to bring to court and be made a law for there were no laws about how to raise your children.
Lastly, in the field of battle no sane leader would send one hundred untrained farmers against one thousand trained soldiers. As in the book one hundred militia men, including the main character Adam, attempt to protect their town from the one thousand to two thousand man British army. In real battle it would be proven to be suicide to fight and be so heavily out numbered and out gunned as I said before in the second paragraph.
April Morning is a book that was never true, but had events and people based in facts from the Revolutionary War. For instance, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were real people and were mentioned in the book.
Though the great novel April Morning contains true events from the time period of the Revolutionary War, the book contains even more events that is not accurate to real history. This novel is very entertaining but is not a book that you would want to look for in a history report.
Two men were but a vital importance to the American victory of the Revolutionary War. They rallied troops and helped in signing the Declaration of Independence. The names of these two men were John Hancock and Samuel Adams. One of the many reasons why this book has similarities to what really happened is for the presence of Samuel and John. Being in town they did an event in the book that they did in real life is visit many cities and towns to ensure they were with the Americans and warned them if any British forces were upon them. British soldiers marching to Concord was also just as real, in fact it started the famous battle of Lexington and Concord. The British sent a huge army on to the city of Concord to eliminate the opposing militia and their supplies, and silence them from insulting the British.
In the book and as in the war, ordinary townsmen and farmers would fight professional British soldiers. Young and old men and boys who may not know anything about war, fighting, or properly loading and firing a flint lock musket. These men fought against sophisticated imperial British soldiers who had been trained to kill any man that they had been ordered to kill or vanquish. Although inexperienced, the brave men and boys in April Morning were willing to fight anyone.
Although there many similarities, the book also had many differences from the Revolutionary War. The American forces were made up of men and boys and young boys at that. The youngest recorded person to fight was seventeen, but Adam, the main character is fifteen and three months. Usually parents of that time would send children of that age home to look after other family members, making the book an abstract version of the war. Another difference is that no town had a law that you could “birch” or hit your child with a stick. Though now thought to be inhumane, back then it would be considered acceptable discipline. However, it wouldn't have been acceptable enough to bring to court and be made a law for there were no laws about how to raise your children.
Lastly, in the field of battle no sane leader would send one hundred untrained farmers against one thousand trained soldiers. As in the book one hundred militia men, including the main character Adam, attempt to protect their town from the one thousand to two thousand man British army. In real battle it would be proven to be suicide to fight and be so heavily out numbered and out gunned as I said before in the second paragraph.
April Morning is a book that was never true, but had events and people based in facts from the Revolutionary War. For instance, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were real people and were mentioned in the book.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Muster Signing
In the novel “April Morning,” Young Adam Cooper is Father’s respect and love, to prove that he is not worthless. Adam tries to have his father at least like him, but can never succeed. He is forced to do things and live his life without his father’s approval and sometimes without hid father knowing. Then in one attempt to show his father that he is worth something, he signs the muster to be a part of the militia and fight the on oncoming British army. This act will turn to be a fight for his life and is undoubtedly the climax to the novel.
The Climax of this story is definitely, where the word comes out that the British are coming and Adam signs up to be a militiaman. He will be training to use a musket to kill a real person. Rather than shooting pigeons which he did with his old musket. He will have more respect from his father now that he said; “Yesterday he was a boy, tonight he’s not.” Just about, everything about the book has changed because of Adam signing the book. Adam signed the book caused by the events of his father neglecting him.
The events that caused Adam to sign and show is father that he is not worthless are that his father birched him, which he was too old for. In addition, that he wanted to go to the committee meeting but was turned down by his father for not being man enough. Even though we was only a few months away from sixteen. He signed the muster partly so he could show his father that he was a man.
The Climax of this story is definitely, where the word comes out that the British are coming and Adam signs up to be a militiaman. He will be training to use a musket to kill a real person. Rather than shooting pigeons which he did with his old musket. He will have more respect from his father now that he said; “Yesterday he was a boy, tonight he’s not.” Just about, everything about the book has changed because of Adam signing the book. Adam signed the book caused by the events of his father neglecting him.
The events that caused Adam to sign and show is father that he is not worthless are that his father birched him, which he was too old for. In addition, that he wanted to go to the committee meeting but was turned down by his father for not being man enough. Even though we was only a few months away from sixteen. He signed the muster partly so he could show his father that he was a man.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
My Son Adam Cooper
My Son Adam Cooper
Authors Note: “April Morning”, Young 16-year-old Adam cooper struggles to gain love from his father. While later trying to defend his town from the red coats. However, with the love and toughness his father feels for him, how would the book turn out having the water-fetching scene being told from his father Moses Cooper’s point of view?
One way that Moses Cooper’s point of view could influence the reader’s interpretation of the book is that he really loves his son Adam to pieces. Even though he is tough on him all he wants to do is have him have and education so he can go to college. Adam, the original main character in the book describes his father Moses as a bad, pushy, unloving person when actually it is the exact opposite of what he thinks. What Adam does not know is that he really is loved by his father he just does not see it, and the reader should know it.
The reader would feel a lot differently not just for Moses but Adam too.One way that Moses Cooper’s point of view could influence the reader’s interpretation of the book is that he really loves his son Adam to pieces. Even though he is tough on him all he wants to do is have him have and education so he can go to college. Adam, the original main character in the book describes his father Moses as a bad, pushy, unloving person when actually it is the exact opposite of what he thinks. What Adam does not know is that he really is loved by his father he just does not see it, and the reader should know it.
The reader would feel a lot differently not just for Moses but Adam too. If the novel were to be set in Moses’ point of view, he would seem like a good person and he would seem like he would be doing the right thing by being a little hard on Adam. In addition, to the reader Adam would seem like the sort of bad person because his father seems to be doing the right thing. Also, the events that go on in the novel would be the exact opposite of what regularly happen in the water fetching seen we would know what his dad was up to during that.
In conclusion, the novel “April Morning” would have been told much differently had Moses Cooper told it. The events would be different and Adam would have been pictured as the bad person.
Authors Note: “April Morning”, Young 16-year-old Adam cooper struggles to gain love from his father. While later trying to defend his town from the red coats. However, with the love and toughness his father feels for him, how would the book turn out having the water-fetching scene being told from his father Moses Cooper’s point of view?
One way that Moses Cooper’s point of view could influence the reader’s interpretation of the book is that he really loves his son Adam to pieces. Even though he is tough on him all he wants to do is have him have and education so he can go to college. Adam, the original main character in the book describes his father Moses as a bad, pushy, unloving person when actually it is the exact opposite of what he thinks. What Adam does not know is that he really is loved by his father he just does not see it, and the reader should know it.
The reader would feel a lot differently not just for Moses but Adam too.One way that Moses Cooper’s point of view could influence the reader’s interpretation of the book is that he really loves his son Adam to pieces. Even though he is tough on him all he wants to do is have him have and education so he can go to college. Adam, the original main character in the book describes his father Moses as a bad, pushy, unloving person when actually it is the exact opposite of what he thinks. What Adam does not know is that he really is loved by his father he just does not see it, and the reader should know it.
The reader would feel a lot differently not just for Moses but Adam too. If the novel were to be set in Moses’ point of view, he would seem like a good person and he would seem like he would be doing the right thing by being a little hard on Adam. In addition, to the reader Adam would seem like the sort of bad person because his father seems to be doing the right thing. Also, the events that go on in the novel would be the exact opposite of what regularly happen in the water fetching seen we would know what his dad was up to during that.
In conclusion, the novel “April Morning” would have been told much differently had Moses Cooper told it. The events would be different and Adam would have been pictured as the bad person.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Dally, the story of a hood
Author’s Note: This is a story telling the actions of one named Dallas Winston discussing his life as a static character.
Hoodlum, tough, arrogant, and blunt. These words are among the few that describe the character from “The Outsiders” known as Dallas Winston or Dally. Dally was the drinking and smoking tough man of the Greasers who never learned a thing in his time.
Dallas Winston is most definitely a static character because all his life he has gotten himself into trouble, started fights, ran gangs and has done bad things. From being jailed at age ten to robbing a convenient store, he has never learned from his mistakes. In the beginning of the book, he hooted and flirted at Cherry Valance and Marcia, he would have never figured out that he was disturbing and annoying the girls unless Johnny had said something. Just like like he said, "I'm never nice. Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola or a 7-Up?" Jail time after jail time, he will always be the same old reckless Dally.
The actions of this violent self-centered hood brought bad things to the Greasers, such as Tim Sheppard thinking Dally slashed his tires because of his bad reputation. Dally’s actions affected not just the Greasers, but everyone around him. For instance towards the end of the book he robbed a convenient store with an unloaded gun scaring the clerk half to death. In addition, it leads to his end when the police gunned him down in a parking lot. Despite his actions and reputation, in the tough, hard shell of the gang member lies a soft lovable center.
Though Dally seems to be a bad person with no respect for the law, you will find that not all actions are bad. When the church caught on fire in chapter six, Ponyboy and Johnny went into the crumbling smoke filled building trying to save the children. When all the children were out Ponyboy had trouble climbing out of the church and Dally pulled him out, and when Johnny had trouble, Dally tried as best he could to pull him out. Although Johnny was severely injured and Ponyboy was burned, Dally still saved them. If Dally had not have been there they both would have been dead. Dally may be a Static character and a lawbreaker; he still had the heart to save Pony and Johnny.
Dallas Winston is undoubtedly a static character. He broke the law and messed with girls to the very end. Nevertheless, that did not mean that he didn’t have a big heart.
Hoodlum, tough, arrogant, and blunt. These words are among the few that describe the character from “The Outsiders” known as Dallas Winston or Dally. Dally was the drinking and smoking tough man of the Greasers who never learned a thing in his time.
Dallas Winston is most definitely a static character because all his life he has gotten himself into trouble, started fights, ran gangs and has done bad things. From being jailed at age ten to robbing a convenient store, he has never learned from his mistakes. In the beginning of the book, he hooted and flirted at Cherry Valance and Marcia, he would have never figured out that he was disturbing and annoying the girls unless Johnny had said something. Just like like he said, "I'm never nice. Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola or a 7-Up?" Jail time after jail time, he will always be the same old reckless Dally.
The actions of this violent self-centered hood brought bad things to the Greasers, such as Tim Sheppard thinking Dally slashed his tires because of his bad reputation. Dally’s actions affected not just the Greasers, but everyone around him. For instance towards the end of the book he robbed a convenient store with an unloaded gun scaring the clerk half to death. In addition, it leads to his end when the police gunned him down in a parking lot. Despite his actions and reputation, in the tough, hard shell of the gang member lies a soft lovable center.
Though Dally seems to be a bad person with no respect for the law, you will find that not all actions are bad. When the church caught on fire in chapter six, Ponyboy and Johnny went into the crumbling smoke filled building trying to save the children. When all the children were out Ponyboy had trouble climbing out of the church and Dally pulled him out, and when Johnny had trouble, Dally tried as best he could to pull him out. Although Johnny was severely injured and Ponyboy was burned, Dally still saved them. If Dally had not have been there they both would have been dead. Dally may be a Static character and a lawbreaker; he still had the heart to save Pony and Johnny.
Dallas Winston is undoubtedly a static character. He broke the law and messed with girls to the very end. Nevertheless, that did not mean that he didn’t have a big heart.
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