Blog of 7/27/15 (Summer Reading Project)

The Death Cure By James Dashner

Prompt: List the reasons why another person should or should not read this.

Pages Read: 162- End

One of the reasons why I think people should read this, is because it really teaches you on which people to trust in. For example, in the beginning of the book they told Thomas that the trials were over and that they were safe now. After that they put him through another test just to see how his brain would react. Then it went on... they kept saying that it was all over just so that they could put him and his friends through more and more tests. This book really shows that you can't trust a lot of people.

Another reason I would recommend this book is because if you've read The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials then get ready to find out everything that happens in the The Death Cure. In this book you really find out everything WICKED (World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department) is doing and has done. It gets really interesting and you find out a lot of things out in this book that you won't believe. People who haven't read The Maze Runner should really read it cause they're missing out on a great series.

         My last reason of why people should read this is because this book has a lot of ups and downs. For example, as soon as they get out of the Scorch Trials a bunch of problems happen after that. Once they actually get out of something another horrible things awaits them. It's a never ending cycle. Though, it is very interesting thing to read. I would really recommend this book for someone to read.

Blog of 7/20/15 (Summer Reading Project)

The Death Cure By James Dashner (Maze Runner Series)

Prompt: Describe the main characters.

Pages Read: 0-162

(INCLUDES SPOILER)

In The Death Cure by James Dashner, there are 3 main characters. The first main character is Thomas. He is the main character throughout the Maze Runner Series. Thomas isn't that tall nor that short, he has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and kind of muscular. All Thomas wants to do is end with any plans that WICKED(World.In.Catastrophe.Killzone.Experiment.Department)has planned or is planning. Thomas used to work with them before he got his memories taken away. After he saw what Wicked did to him and all his friends he regrets helping WICKED so now he wants revenge. Though he can't trust many people anymore since some of them have back stabbed him.

The second main character in this book is Minho. He is Thomas's 2nd most trusted friend. Minho is a tall, brown-haired, muscular, brown-eyed guy. Minho was in the maze two years before Thomas got in. He has a tough attitude. He doesn't think before he acts. Mostly when he is angry. He has a short temper too. Most of the in the maze he was the leader until Thomas got there, after that he became the 2nd in charge. He, like Thomas, hates everything about WICKED. All he wants to do is destroy WICKED cause of all they have done to him.

The third and last main character in this book is Newt. He is kind of short, has blonde hair but is not as muscular. Newt was in the maze two years before Thomas was. He and Minho had spent those two years together fighting for their lives. When Thomas arrived, Newt became Thomas's number one most trusted friend. The thing is that Newt never liked his life in the Maze and he hates it even more now that he knows that he has the Flare inside him. He doesn't even care what WICKED does anymore he just wants everything to be over.

Blog of 6/29/15 (Summer Reading Project)

Stung by Bethany Wiggins

Prompt: Pick out 2-4 words from what you are reading that you had difficulty

understanding. Interpret what you think each word means based on context

clues (other words around that word that might help you interpret what the

author means).

Pages Read: 147-end

This book has some complicated words which are hard to understand and make the book kind of discombobulating for me to understand. This prompt will help me with that. Though, the word choice of this author does make the book seem more interesting than it already is.

The first word I didn't really comprehend was remnant. I figured remnant could be some old objects left behind since the the main characters in the book were entering an old hotel. The text said "He nods toward the remnants of the revolving door, presses his finger against his lips again, and tiptoes into the hotel." By using textual evidence it shows that remnant are like the remains of an object that is old. I found this on page 164.

The second word I didn't really decipher was intently. In the book it says "He's gnawing on the meat so intently he doesn't even notice me." I found this on page 201. By using textual evidence from the book, it appears intently means that you are doing something with so much eager. So I figured out it means something like eager attention.

 The last word that was a little perplexing for me was heap. In the text it says "Then he slides the plate under, dumping a heap of greasy meat and mostly onions on the grease-stained floor." By using the text from the book, I think that heap means an amount of something. I figured this out since in the textual evidence it says "dumping a heap of greasy meat" which means it a portion or amount of something. I found this on page 234.