The Great Pojan War

Tusk was the greatest, bravest, most smart warrior that the Pojan army had ever seen. They didn’t know why, but the Walreeks did. At birth Tusk’s mother dumped him in the River of Ice. Holding him only by the tusk, making him invincible everywhere the water touched. The grave mistake that ultimately ended Tusk’s life soon after victory, was forgetting to dump in his other tusk. Tusk was never an importance to the Walreek community, until the day the war started. The Great Pojan War.

It all started with one grave mistake from Tusk. He decided he could beat and destroy the Pojan army. He took the great Walreek army went to their walls and gave them a chance to surrender. They declined. Both sides thought they were better, when only one would come out on top. And after ten years all they had accomplished was death, even with the great commander Waljax. He had fought the Pojan King, Poecter (Po-ect-er) before and it didn’t go so well. Some might say Poecter cleaned the iceberg with him.

After a deadly attempt of assassinating Tusk, with a ice arrow. Instead of killing Tusk, the assassin, accidentally murdered Tusk’s brother. Tusk went on a rampage. He went and killed King Poector. But tragically, shortly after he was murdered from an arrow to the tusk dipped in only the deadliest rabbit poison. The Walreeks quickly retreated but left behind something. A giant walrus, filled with only the deadliest Walruses. Right when the brought in the peace offering, the destruction of the amazing Pojan city had already begun.

Poector- King Hector

Walreeks- Greeks

Pojans- Trojans

Waljax- Ajax

Tusk- Achilles

One weakness

Many people think that Achilles was a great warrior even with the weakness that was more vulnerable than anybody thought at the time. Throughout the Trojan war, Achilles was the biggest pawn in the war. He probably effected the momentum of the war more than anybody else. He slashed, swung, and killed his way through the most powerful men that Troy had to offer. He truly was a great warrior, with one little weakness that was a bigger concern than he thought it was.

In history there have been a couple of people known, to virtually have no weakness. From cold blooded warriors, to peaceful men without need to fight. But time to time, the without weakness, peaceful men have to turn into warriors with no fear. This happened to a character in a TV series that I frequently watch. The main character Rick had to turn into a warrior to protect his family from the thousands of zombies.  Both were truly warriors and prooved everyone fighting against them wrong. 

It's Too Good To Put It Down

Authors Note- I wrote my text analysis easy on Rick Riordan and his series because I feel that he is exceptional good skills at hooking readers and keeping them hooked.

As an author, writing something that appeals to readers is hard. Sometimes a author might just want to write what he wants. But it might not appeal to readers as much as it does to him. There are many ways to appeal to a some ones reading wants, and once you master those things you can be a very good author. Rick Riordan basically does this perfectly. In the series The Lost Hero, he attracts readers when he changes the point of view to create non-stop action, he puts in rivalry at the right times, and he has also kept characters from a different series. 

Always in a book comes a time when the reader loses interesting in what's happening or the scene is just flat out stale, lacking in action or romance. Often this changes the readers perspective on the quality of the book. While you're reading Rick Riordan's great literature, you may notice that his books don't ever lack in action. But has non-stop action, which is what most readers truly desire, even if Rick Riordan is their usually author of choice. Rick Riordans target audience is from 9-12. Usually those kids within that age group have a shorter attention span than most so Rick has to keep the action going, which he does perfectly.

When there's rivalry in a book it really get's the reader into what's going on, and they think a little more on the characters different attitudes. Throughout the book the characters either think about it, or talk about it to other people. Annabeth was talking to Piper and she said, "It has to be difficult for both Percy and Jason. They are both used to being in charge." Percy and Jason are always competing like on pg. 247. They were arguing over what to do and where to go.

Usually when an author creates a new series, the author doesn't use the same characters. They want to create new, breath taking characters. Who really make their way to the readers heart. This doesn't always work though. You can't guarantee 100% that a reader will love the new characters you put in. Rick Riordan is a genius author for doing what he did to hook almost 100% of the readers. He added new characters but also kept the most important ones from a different series. Now those people who don't enjoy new characters or really liked the old ones. Now in Rick Riordans series, The Lost Hero's. All the fans of The Lightning Thief, will like this series. All because of just keeping a couple characters from his other series.

People thought that Rick Riordan couldn't top his series The Lighting Thief,  but he did. Rick Riordan can easily appeal to readers because he has mastered this skill as an author. He uses different ways every time. In the series The Lost Hero, he has used very interesting ways. He used rivalry, change of point of view, and very interestingly he kept characters from his other series. This all of course worked and hooked the reader right away, especially if they were a fan of Percy Jackson.

The Trojan Horse

When the Trojan Horse was given to the Trojan's they first thought it was a trap. The Greeks had skilfully laid out a plan. Using someone to give the Trojan's false info, and then using the signal fire. I don't think this would be able to happen in today's time. Back then giving offerings wasn't so out of place or weird. Now it virtually never happens. Now a day if somebody gave our government a peace offering or anything like that, it would go through many security checks including, infa-red scanning, x-ray, the wood would be sampled and tested, and mostly it would be checked on the inside.

In today's time war is a lot different back then. Not just how it was played out, but why they were fighting in the first place. Instead of trying to take over each others cities, now there are terrorist attacks and/or bombings. After trying to invade a city back then it seems a lot more common to leave a peace offering. Now if you tried to give a piece offering to let's say, the United States. It wouldn't go over very well because of the pride of our contry.

When To Stories Cross

Many people know about Ric Riordans very successful series; The Lighting Thief. How Percy Jackson heroically saved Mt Olympus. Mt Olympus isn't just a legend among the demigods of Camp Half-Blood. It is the home to their very powerful Gods. What some people don't know is that there is another camp of Roman demigods that aren't known to the Greeks. Yet the Romans do not know of the Greeks themselves. Shortly after the end of The Lighting Thief series and the beginning of the Last Hero series, these stories begin to intertwine to create a very interesting story.

The Last Hero starts off with a confused and memory wiped main character. Throughout this series the character, Jason, begins to regain his memory and realizes that he was a roman and no he's a Greek. When he and his friends travel to camp half blood it creates very curious thoughts for the ready. For example when they arrive at camp, the readers beloved Percy Jackson is missing. This is a great way that Rick Riordan creates a little confusing with the reader thinking, "Oh where is he!" This is a great quality and a great way to get the reader hooked. A typical fan of Rick Riordon would be anxious to read on a find out where Percy really is. 

After these hero's go on a quest they come back and start working on a great battle ship for their next quest, but what they have just realized is that this quest requires the best Greeks, and the best Romans to work together. This is about the time when in the second book the point of view is switched over to Percy's. It was a really good idea to put in some new characters just to spice things up a bit with drama and some little crushes that are tried to be forgotten. While Percy is going through his battles in his own quest. He starts to get his memory back. During this stage in the book Rick Riordan, being the great author he is, still found a way to hook the reader in the book. Often while reading this the reader askes themselves, "Do I remember this?" This is a great quality to have a in a book, keeping the reader hooked during even the most anti-climax parts.

Throughout the book the flashbacks, or the newly remembered memories are often referred to as like a deja vu. If you've ever had a deja vu happen to you that you can remember, it's funny. This wasn't case for Percy and Jason. Another way these memories were referred to were feeling of having something on the tip of your tongue, but just can't remember it. For many people this is an uncomfortable feeling or it's very irritable. For Percy and Jason this was going on for months. 

When these two parties of people unite, the ready gets the feeling of excitement  There are so many more people to think about and so many more things happening. Finally these two stories have come together and are packed full of exciting things happening. This does really create an interesting story when the characters of a different series all come together within this series. As if The Lightning Thief wasn't a good enough story yet, and now here comes this new series which combines these two sets of characters and makes this story even more addicting.

After You

In this story the mom has many stereo types about this little black boy. Out of all the stereo types that she had in her mind about him there isn't one that isn't said today. In our society there are many stereotypes about African Americans, including ones about them having extra muscles in their legs or that all of them are poor. Like having an extra muscle in their body, most of the stereo types are extremely ridiculous. But I don't think that in this time if we had them proved wrong, we wouldn't necessarily get mad at the person for not being how we judged them to be. 

In the story the two little boys keep saying after you, while holding the door open. Back then there might have been people who were serious about that or at-least had great manners. The manners that people have now a days is just absurd. And it's not just a couple people, it's a lot of them. Over the generations, the manners of children and of adults has done nothing but decreased.

Don't Take Just One View

Authors Note: I wrote my text analysis essay on how Anthony Horowitz changes the point of view in-between characters, because I think that more books should be like this. There are many books that can be improved and extended by just doing this.

Confusion happens all the time in a book. You don't know what to think about a character because someone doesn't always have the right thought about someone. Like saying they're stuck up but really just shy. In most books it's just one person's like, one person thoughts and ideas. However, in the series The Gatekeepers, by Anthony Horowitz, every couple chapters or so the point of view changes. In this book there are five  main characters that all share the same importance. It helps showing the thoughts of different characters, but also what they think about each other. The story can now be viewed by many different views. It improves the quality of the literature.

Anthony Horowitz writes great books; they really show the personality of a character. She also shows how overtime in the book they change. But not just in the eyes of the character, in the eyes of others too. This helps show what the main characters are thinking about each other. Without the changing of the point of view readers, would think that maybe a character playing the bad guys or he really has changed. In the book when Scott is with the Old Ones, it goes to his point of view and it shows he’s teaming with the winning team. This helps the ready really find out how the character is really thinking about a situation

While that is happening it switches point of views a lot and shows how every character see’s what’s going on. Some hope he’ll choose them over the old ones; some think he’s waiting for the right chance to attack. This really helps the book progress along because instead of having one person’s thoughts and one person’s actions being told. Reading books like this really keeps the reader interested in the book. Sometimes you may pick a favorite character and anxiously read hoping next they will stumble into the chapter that shows his or her point of view. Horowitz has written many books with this un-unique quality. Each book better in many ways by this one thing, the changing in point of view.

When everybody, Matt, Pedro, Scar, Scott, and Jamie, get separated. It shows the point of view of all five of them. Telling the reader where they are and how they are getting along. By doing this it really shows the instinct and the personality of the character, showing how they react when pressed with an urgent situation. Some acted with braveness and others acted like a coward. This also shows how they act.

There was a scene in the book where somebody was going to betray them and everybody thought it was a different person. It went through every character's mind and showed how they investigated. It really showed how other people thought and what they thought about each other. In a book it’s really interesting to see who characters trust and who they don’t.

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There aren’t many books like that, but the ones that are keep the reader intrigued and more interested. Anthony Horowitz is a great book writer. She perfectly describes and shows a character's attitude toward things. Anthony also gets the reader to realize and understand the motives of the characters very well. This really puts the book together not only does it help the reader realize what other characters think but it really pieces together a book. Everybody’s thoughts is way better than just one, everything comes together and in the end just makes more sense. Having the point of view change throughout a book drastically increases its literature and meaning of the story.