Friday, June 7, 2013


    
Authors note: Greek mythology interesting in with all the crazy stories and myths

The character Poseidon was  helpful and not helpful in the story of the Trojan Horse. Something he did that benefited the War was that he helped the Spartans bring the Trojan horse to the Trojans territory and trick them into an ambush.

Also another thing he did that benefitted the War that was good and bad in its own way was that whenever someone tried to leave the island to go to Greek, he would send them back.  In the actual story, it seemed to me that he didn’t talk to anyone on the island or anything. He was an outsider, or in a way, a guard.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Hero`s Don`t Run



The story Heroes Don’t Run, by Harry Mazer, is about a boy named Adam who wants to go fight in the Pacific War and has to disobey his mother in order to go. The main character, Adam, changes in many ways as he prepares for, and then goes to, war.

At the beginning, he was an average boy who wanted to live his dream of fighting in the war. Now he got to go and actually do something that he has always has dreamed of, and that’s being able to go fight in the Pacific war. While he was there, what he really wanted to do was make his mother, family, friends, his past away father proud, and also himself proud.

In addition Adam felt like it was something that had to be done. His family says he is always nice and caring, his friends say he is always a good guy. Adam could be a role model in ways to older and younger people who will read this book.

I think he has influenced others to take pride in what you believe and If you have a dream, always go your hardest to achieve it. And also I think he motivates others to live to their fullest and he really shows how to be courageous and a nice person over all.

I think over all that Even though Adam did break his mothers rules and that’s not something that wasn’t right of him. But over all he did it for a great cause and that’s fighting for his country.