Catching Fire Plot Twist

In the second book of "The Hunger Games Catching Fire", there is an unexpected plot twist towards the end of the story. Katniss has just shot an arrow at the arena to destroy it. This is when the twist begins. At first I thought she was going to kill the remaining tributes and continue on with the games, but instead she remembers who the true enemy is and destroys the arena. Once the Capitol is destroyed. A hovercraft picks her body up and once she awakens from her drug induced coma, she sees Plutarch, Haymitch, and Finnick talking at a table. Plutarch is the new game maker, but now Katniss will soon see that he is part of the rebellion against the Capitol. Plutarch explains to Katniss that these tributes were chosen to help in the rebellion, and that they are headed to District 13. Katniss thinks that it doesn't exist because it was supposedly destroyed completely by the peacekeepers. This plot twist sets up for the next book of the series and changes the readers whole mindset on what is going on in the novel. I like the plot twist. I think it keeps the trilogy going, and it adds a little excitement and anticipation for the next book.

The The Ten Rules of Being Human

1. You will receive a body. You may life it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."
3.  There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4.  Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you are alive,  that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.  There is no better a place than here. When your there has become a here, you simply obtain another there that will again look better than here. 
7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about  another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate  about yourself. 
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources  you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's quesitons lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. You will forget all of this.

I disagree with 7 and 8. I disagree with seven because we all have different personalities and ways we act. I can hate something about someone else without it reflecting back to myself.  If I hate the way someone talks to me, that doesn't mean I hate the way I talk to others.  Number eight I disagree with because not all of is are given the tools and resources to suceed in life. Many people in poverty aren't given the money, and resources for a good education to suceed. Some people are forced to live their life doing a job that they hate. The only reason they do it is because they need the money to survive. The truth is that not all of us have the resources to make our lives to the fullest.

Journal #4 1st Quarter

The novel The Archer's Tale, by Bernard Cornwell is so far a great book. I would recommend this book to any of my friends. It tells the tale of a young hero and it has all the action and drama needed. The author sets up the first book perfectly to continue on in the series. I enjoyed the way the author used imagery is his descriptions. I could see the story in my head as I read through the book. Even some of the gory scenes were descriptive. Another thing I liked about this book is the way Cornwell started it. He had the main character start from complete destruction and built him up through his goal of revenge on the mercenaries and his goal to retrieve the lance. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to finish the book, but I got pretty far into it. I want to read the rest of the series because this author appeals to my taste. I never really liked reading before, but now I realize that I have not been reading the right books for my taste. 

Journal #3 1st Quarter

In the novel The Archer's Tale, by Bernard Cornwell, the main character Thomas seems to have two main enemies. One of them is Harlequin, who kills his father and steals the relic from Hookton. The other is Sir Simon Jekyll, who is in the English army with Thomas. Sir Simon Jekyll is a mean and ill tempered soldier. During an attack on La Roche-Derrien, a French city, Jekyll is wounded by a woman with a crossbow guarding the city. The army conducts a second attack and they eventually capture the city. Jekyll attempts to rape the woman who shot him, Jeanette, for revenge. He is caught by the Earl and is excommunicated. This action leads up to Jekyll and his men almost beating Thomas to death because he had released a captured army leader that Jekyll recently lost too. Jekyll wants to kill Thomas throughout the novel and it is hard to tell who is a more threatening enemy to Thomas. In my opinion it is Harlequin because he has the ancient relic, he killed his father, and he is also a powerful warrior. Jekyll is also a big threat too, but he does not posses what Thomas is looking for.

Journal #2 1st Quarter

In the novel The Archer's Tale, by Bernard Cornwell, the main character Thomas is a perfect example of a hero. Thomas shows courage, strength, and humility throughout the novel. After Thomas' village is raided by French mercenaries, he is left with nothing but his bow and arrows. Thomas has his humble beginnings, and he certainly is set up to become a hero. Thomas' first act of bravery is grabbing his bow to retaliate against the mercenaries after they raided the village. He kills four mercenaries and forces them to run away. His persistence to retrieve the ancient lance form Harlequin and to get revenge on the mercenaries is his main goal. Thomas' archery skills do not make him a hero, but the qualities of his personality and his actions do. In the book Thomas even admits not being the best archer among the army he is in. I think the goal that Thomas is pursuing makes him a hero.

Journal #1 1st Quarter

 In the novel The Archer's Tale, by Bernard Cornwell, the prologue gave me an idea of what was going to happen next. In the prologue, the author is talking about the main character Thomas. Thomas is from the small town of Hookton where he lives with his father. Thomas is secretly training to become a better archer behind his dad's back.  His father does not want him to become an archer, but clearly it is his passion to become one. Little did Thomas know that he would have to use his archery skills to kill French mercenaries that raid Hookton. Everyone in the village is killed or taken captive and Thomas grabs his bow and get on a vantage point to kill some of the mercenaries. Thomas kills four mercenaries and forces them to flee Hookton. Thomas' father is found nearly dead in the Church. Unfortunately he dies and one of the mercenaries, who goes by the name of Harlequin, stole a sacred lance that resided in the Church and killed his father. Chapter 1 then fast forwards to seven years later, where Thomas is serving in the English Army, and he is trying to find the stolen artifact and get revenge. After reading the prologue I was expecting Thomas to be on his own. He had lost everything and I thought he would be out on his own pursuing his quest to get the relic back. I was not expecting Thomas to be serving in the army, but I like how the author built up to chapter one.