Final Blogger Reflection

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That post shows how the main characters interact with each other during the story, and help advance the plot further than it would normaly go. Everything starts off with a chain reaction when two of the characters talk to each other, and it starts a series of events between all of the characters involved in the story, such as Rachel being asked by the President, Zach Henry, to help verify the meteorite that NASA found, even though her father; Sedgwick Sexton, is Henry's opponent in the presidential race; and he strongly dissaproves of NASA's recent history. But Rachel agrees to Henry's request due to a dislike of what her father is doing.  They also develop over the cource of the text by gaining new knowledge based on things they learned being caused by the reaction that started at the very begining of the book.


Some goals I have for the next trimester in terms of reading, is to better understand things like vocabulary and diction better than this trimester, as those were two things I struggled with the most this Trimester. I think that I can also build apon what I have learned this trimester more in depth and to go closer into details about them. In terms of writing, I would like to be able to write things with all of the elements we learned about this trimester. I would also like to be able to make a piece of writing that includes more descriptions and lots of litilary elements. One area I would like to improve both in reading and writing is using diction.

Book recommendations

After reading "Deception Point" by Dan Brown, I would strongly recommend reading any of his books, like "Digital Fortress", and "The Da Vinci Code". Dan Brown is an amazing author and he writes books that are very descriptive and wonderful. I would also recommend reading a type of book where secrets are being kept from the main characters, and someone is trying to stop them from learning about it, like "Trust" by Tim Metty. All of these books are amazing creations of their authors, and it is definitely worth checking them out to read!

Review of "Deception Point" by Dan Brown

Overall, I give the book "Deception Point" by Dan Brown a 9 out of 10. I gave it that because it was a book that always kept you on the edge of your seat, and made you want to read it again. I did that quite a few times with the ending. I would strongly recommend reading this book If you want to read a book that can keep you awake all night reading it. It is "that" good of a book. Seriously. It is!

If you would like me to answer any questions about the book, I will be more than willing to answer them. This book is definitely one of the best books I have read, and it leaves you hungry for more (in a good way).

What I think is going to happen next in "Deception Point" by Dan Brown

So far, in "Deception Point" by Dan Brown, Rachel has been whisked off to the Arctic Circle to look at a meteor that crashed into an Ice flow, and has something NASA is excited about on it. What I think NASA might be excited about is maybe saying what the Earth is actually made of, or maybe some new element that has never been discovered before, and only comes from the deep reaches of space. Im not really sure what Is going to happen, but I Think it might come between the two people in the election for the president of the United States, but anything could happen. I know that something is going to happen with the meteor, though.

Characters in "Deception Point" by Dan Brown

There are a vast variety of characters in "Deception Point" by Dan Brown. Some are crazy, some are scandalous, and murderous. There is a big contrast between the characters battling an uphill challenge for the presidency of the United States between Sedgewick Sexton and Zach Henry, and they eventually drag many other characters into their conflict for the presidency. Here are a list and some descriptions of some of the main characters.

.Rachel Sexton is the daughter of Senator Sexton and she is not on his side during the race for the presidency and is trying to cope with her father cheating on other people and taking massive amounts of money illegally for his campaign. The president, Henry, wants to use her against her father to help promote a discovery made by NASA to help his side stay in the presidential race.

.Michael Tolland is a researcher that Rachel meets when they arrive at NASA's base on an Ice Flow in the Arctic Ocean. He is the head civilian scientist in charge of verifying NASA's breakthrough discovery that could change the world forever.

.Sedgewick Sexton is a Senator who is running for the presidency, and has the popular vote. He mainly has it because he plans to abolish NASA and use its funding to help kids get better education and help the country, instead of sending fifteen million dollars into space every year to fund the ISS and other projects like that, saying the country would have better uses for the money. He also has been bribing many public space exploration companies, saying that if they fund him, he will do away with NASA and let them do whatever they want in space, with no problems.

.Zach Henry is the current president, and he is a strong supporter of NASA, which he believes is on the verge of a new discovery, and which will get more people to be on his side, after saying that NASA should not be funded any more, and that they should be privatized. He feels like Rachel can help him with getting more support and to keep her dad from being the president.

All of these main characters connect with each other in the text, starting when Sedgewick Sexton wants to talk to his daughter, Rachel, about what he will do as president, and then says nonsense about NASA. When Rachel leaves, President Henry wants to talk with Rachel about NASA's discovery and to keep her dad out of office, and when she arrives at the Arctic base, Michael Tolland is showing her what she needs to know about NASA's discovery.

Links and displays for Deception Point

As I have finished "Trust" by Tim Metty, I am now reading "Deception Point" by Dan Brown.

This book is about NASA finding a mysterious object burred in the Arctic Ice, and the president sets out a team to figure out what it is, but when they figure out what it is, it can plunge the world into controversy.

Here is a link to the site of the book.
http://www.danbrown.com/deception-point/

Here is a link to the Wikipedia article of the book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Point

And here is a review of the book, on Goodreads.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/976.Deception_Point

Tone and Mood in "Trust" by Tim Metty

The tone in "Trust" by Tim Metty is supposed to be serious and sincere. It is that because the main characters are trying their hardest to find who they are looking for. They keep looking until they find what they are looking for, and i is said specifically to the reader what they are trying to do.
The mood that I get from reading "Trust" is a scene of bravery, courage and accomplishment. evidence form the text is where it says "I hopped of the balcony into the fire and ran through it with ease."

A particular moment in the novel that swayed the beliefs of the characters was when Nicholas told the others he was the one they were looking for all along, and everyone believed him when he said it the first time. His tone impacted his persuasiveness by saying what he said in a bold, strong tone and he was believed because of that, and events that happened during the time he realized he was the fourth.

Why I read "Trust" by Tim Metty

I read "Trust" by Tim Metty because he had asked me to review the book for him before it was released to the general public. That's right. I was reviewing his book for him. I think my review even got onto the back cover of the book.
Even If I hadn't reviewed it for him, I think that I would have read it anyways, as he is a family friend of mine, and we love supporting him and his work.
That said, the book was amazing and I felt like it was one of the best things I have read in a long time. I would strongly recommend reading "Trust" if you feel like it, or if you want to read a book from a local author. This book was one of the first books I have gotten to review, and books like these are always great.
And a side note, if you ever get the chance to review a book, take the opportunity. I'ts pretty cool knowing that you are one of the first people in the world to read a certain book. Especially if it gets popular and you have a quote on the back, and thousands of people can read what you said about it. Its a good feeling that everyone can get, if they try hard enough. Reviewing a book is a very great experience.
In short, this book was a great read, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone, no mater what type of books they read.

Book recommendations

After reading "Trust" by Tim Metty, I feel that there are a variety of books like it. I would recommend reading the first book in the series, "Secrets", before reading "Trust"; to better understand the entire series. I would also recommend the "I am number four" series, which has a plotline similar to this. It is a very descriptive series, along with "The Hero Chronicles" (The name of the series that "Secrets" and "Trust" are in).

The main summary of the plot of the book is Nicholas and his friends are trying to find a fourth Thusian, to help keep the "Seekers" and Xavier from wreaking havoc on the world and trying to kill all the Thusians in the world. Nicholas and his friends start going on a large task to find the fourth, while Nicholas goes along his daily life, trying to protect his friends and even see if they are the fourth. Eventually, the find the fourth, and run away from the town after an encounter of Xavier and his wrath.

This book has a very good plot, and I was able to follow it all the way through the book. I would strongly recommend reading this book if you are into novels that make you sit at the edge of your seat.

Analysis of "Trust" by Tim Metty

The book, "Trust" by Tim Metty, is a thrilling book that leads you to a new path with every page turn, and it is a very good book to read.

What the text says is that Nicholas and his friends are searching for the fourth Thusian needed to compleate "The Seven" and they go on a search to find the last Thusian they need to complete "The Seven." This is the main conflict in the story, and they go on a journey to eventually find out who is the fourth Thusian that they need to help them with getting balance between them and the "Seekers"

They find other people who they think are those who they are looking for, and they try  to see if they would be them by watching them. During this, Riley finds out that Bryce is a Thusian, as he is able to avoid getting injured by his dad trying to hurt him. After that, they are convinced he is the fourth. This shows the results of them trying to find the last Thusian, and they stop their search for them. 

After that, Nicholas tries to make sure he is a Thusian, and he figures out that ultimately, Nicholas is the fourth, and Bryce is someone else, but not who they are looking four. The third is taken place by Cora, who had gotten her talents on the day of the earthquake. This shows a turning point in the story, as something else major has taken place.

Finally, during a fire caused by Bryce at their school, Bryce reveals to Nicholas that he is a seeker and his dad is Xavier. He and Nicholas fight each other, which results in Bryce's death. After that, Nicholas and his friends decide that they have to leave the town and run away from Xavier. This shows the climax and the resolution of the story.

Theme and Summary of "Trust" by Tim Metty.

What I think the Theme of "Trust" by Tim Metty is about is to not give up on a goal, and do whatever you can to achieve it, even if the goal is closer than you think.

This starts becoming more evident during the text when Nicholas, Cora, Riley and Genevine go on their hunt for the fourth Thusian, and they have to accomplish tasks to figure out who the fourth Thusian is. They keep going along and watch out for people who may be the fourth, but they don't realize who the fourth is until Nicholas discovers the truth.

A summary of the part where Nicholas Discovers he is the fourth, and Cora is the third, is:

Nicholas goes to the Thusian vault to see if Bryce is a Thusian, and is greeted by the gatekeeper. He asks Nicholas why he is there. Nicholas explains he is coming to check out the vaults and see if Bryce is a Thusian. The keeper explains to Nicholas that he knows Bryce, and Genevine's family. Nicholas didn't ask him about Genevine, and he asks why. So, the keeper explains to Nicholas that he is one of the keepers that the Council wanted to kill off. So, this eventually leads up to him saying that Cora is the third, as she realized her talents on the day of the Earthquake, and Nicholas is the fourth Thusian they have been looking for all along.

Reading Skills in "Trust" by Tim Metty

  What I predict to happen next in "Trust" by Tim Metty is that Nicholas, Riley and Genevieve will find the fourth Thusian they need, who is most likely Bryce, and be able to train to defeat Xavier and the seekers. Why are they (the Seekers) trying to kill the four anyway? Did something happen between the two of them in the past? What went wrong between the two groups?
I can make text to world connections with this book. Like, wars between countries, people being rivals, and things like that.
Another connection is text to text, is with "I am number four." In that book, there are nine people trying to connect with each other, and there are other people trying to kill those nine people off before they all meet with each other an try to defeat them.
  It's kind of hard to make a text to self connection with this book, but I could think of it as trying to do something before other people do something that could hinder me from doing that task before I can do it.

Characters in "Trust" by Tim Metty

  The main character in "Trust" by Tim Metty is Nicholas Keller. He is a teenager at Winsor High School in Indiana, and he is a Thusian, a type of person who is able to do amazing things to help other people, even if he has to sacrifice himself to save people's lives. He is a fully developed character and shows many traits, like his emotions, thoughts, and words. The book is written in his perspective.

  There are other characters in the book, like Ellie, Cora, Riley and Genevieve. Ellie is Nicholas's girlfriend and she is being considered to be "the fourth" Thusian that Riley and Genevieve have been looking for, along with Nicholas. She is a round character and she is a major character in the book. You can see her emotions through Nicholas's perspective. Cora is Nicholas's Aunt, and has been protecting Nicholas ever since he has realized his Thusian powers during a major earthquake that happened in the Cincinnati area six years before the events in the book take place. She is also a Thusian and she is a round character, and  is a minor role in this book. You can see her emotions through Nicholas as well. Riley and Genevieve are two other Thusians that are trying to find Nicholas and "the fourth" to be able to defeat the "Seekers," who are trying to kill all four of them. They are both round characters, and you can see their emotions through Nicholas.

"Trust" by Tim Metty

The book I am currently reading is "Trust," by Tim Metty. It is the second book in his "Hero Chronicles" series.
The theme of this book is to protect what you care about, while trying to accomplish a great task. This is evident in the book, because the Main character, Nicholas Keller, who has recently learned that he is supposed to do whatever he can to stop the "Seekers," who are the enemies of his people, the "Thusians." He has been searching for the 4th Thusian needed to stop the Seeker's from killing more people, and has been found by two other Thisians, and they are determined to find the 4th needed to stop the Seekers, and Nicholas is tasked with finding the fourth, who he strongly suspects is his girlfriend, Ellie, but he thinks it could be multiple people from his school.
The complex characters in this book are Nicholas, Ellie, Nicholas's aunt, Cora, and Nicholas's next door neighbors, who are the Thusians who have been hunting Nicholas and the fourth Thusian down, so they can stop the Seekers. All of these characters a fully developed, with the exception of Cora, who was a main character in the first book, "Secrets."
The text structure is a structure based on the past book, and looks like the standard structure for a book. It has many elements of characterization, diction, and it is written mainly in first person.

I would recomend reading the first book to get more of a knowledge of the background of this book.
A link to the article about the first book in the series, and for more of a background of this book is http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Hero-Chronicles-Volume-ebook/dp/B009V7FU2G

This book makes text to text connections to books like I am number four, because it is about people coming together to stop a force that is trying to harm them and what they care about.
I think that the authors opinion of the theme would be to never give up on something you are trying to accomplish.

Cover of the first book in the series, "Secrets"

Practice blog: "A Fault In Our Stars"

Practice Blog:

 A)  The central theme to "A Fault In Our Stars" by John Green is to not give up on something you want to do, even if something is holding you back. The theme emerges when the main character, Hazel Grace, says that she wants to get answers to some questions she has about an unfinished book she has read, but she is being held back by lung cancer affecting her, and she wants to get those answers before it is too late. It is shown more when Hazel wants to travel from Indianapolis to Amsterdam to get the answers from the author of the book, and is determined to get there, while dealing with her cancer on the way.

B)  The most complex character in the book is Hazel Grace, the main character. She is determined to get answers to questions she has about a book that was never finished, but wants to do even with her lung cancer holding her back. The other main character, Augustus Waters, comes into the story around the begging, and he meets Hazel at "Support Group" and they start being closer to each other, and eventually, he ends up helping Hazel on her journey and ends up getting her to Amsterdam.



"The Fault in Our Stars" article