Characters

In Revenge of the Shadow King, another character that is in the book is another boy named Ray who looked like he came out of no where. With Ray, he was previously a school bully and he always seems to be the one who has all of the powers. He's actually gets power from the shadow which comes from that magic book, giving him characteristics such as blue skin. I recently found out that Ray isn't with Max, he is actually part of the shadow, and the shadow is a group of creatures I'm guessing that are trying to take revenge on earth. And not much is revealed by the shadows, so really only Ray describes what the shadows are like, such as he's after the book and some sort of jewel. Ray really describes what the antagonists (the shadow) are like and he is also notorious to the other characters since he's descended from shadow.

Tone and Mood

In The Revenge of the Shadow King, I think one mood would be unfortunate. I think this because  many of the creatures that are stored in the book don't benefit Max or they don't benefit the environment. And only a couple of the creatures, such as that spriggan, actually pay back Max for releasing him, while others pay him back in destruction. One quote that supports the mood is," Then, as he was just about to give up, something soft brushed up against him. It was his backpack, floating in the torrent. With what little strength remained, Max pulled it close and curled his arm around the bag. But it didn't matter. That was the last thing he remembered"(Benz 56). Max, shortly after fell out through a waterfall, which was very unfortunate. Luckily, the spriggan was there to save Max by putting him into a tree, using his powers and that might be how the spriggan pays Max back.

I think the tone would be mysterious and suspicious because when Max is trying to find the book back that Harley had hid, Max can't tell whether noises are nature or mysterious creatures. A quote to support this would be," Max stepped one way, then another. The shadow mimicked him. Max jumped. It jumped as well. Then to his horror, Max noticed that every place the shadow had fallen, the grass lay withered and brown"(Benz 60). This shows the horrors that is probably going through Max's mind. He doesn't know if it's a friendly creature either. A particular moment where Max swayed the belief of others was after when Harley thought too many fantasies from the book was coming to life that he hid the book. Max had to try and convince Harley to calm down and give back the book so that they could fix this and understand what's happening. Max's suspicious tone impacted his persuasiveness by reasoning with Harley and thinking logically, asking many questions, before he would had done something stupid, like destroyed or hid the book. Max was unsuccessful however, Harley did hide the book somewhere he doesn't know so he'll need to search for it.

Analysis

The new book that I am reading is called The Revenge of the Shadow King by Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis, which is part one of a three book trilogy. Max Sumner, and his three friends Harley, Ernie, and Natalia play a game called the round table that involves a mysterious book releasing mystical creatures that Max found in his attic. One quote is," Mist rose from the book, and the attic grew suddenly chill. Faster and faster the vapor swirled until, like a hurricane, it roared through the room" (Benz 36). This quote shows just what the book can do, to release this creature called a spriggan causing all of this wind to invade his room and release him. Based off what the book can do, I can infer that the book OR the creatures can change peoples surroundings such as sudden changes to life like animals, change in geography, etc. And also, maybe whatever creature is released, the creature will inherit its characteristics such as a spriggan is scrawny and lives in a tree.

Redo on The Scorch Trials: Theme and Summary

This is a redo for a Theme and Summary of The Scorch Trials, the book follows upon the first book which was The Maze Runner. The books about a character named Thomas who has to overcome a series of obstacles, trying to make new friends while trying to stay alive. After the events from the first book, the girl that first came out of the elevator, I can't recall of what happened to her, but some of Thomas's more closer friends such as Teresa, is the only thing that he has left. For a thematic statement, mine would be not all relationships last forever. This would be my thematic statement because throughout the course, almost every relationship with someone that Thomas gets doesn't end up well like with the coordinators that set up the wasteland? And the gladers, a group formed in the first book, they weren't very close, but it doesn't get any better. At first, he makes many temporary allies, one of them which was a friend of Teresa, she wasn't very trustworthy. But even his closest friends betrayed him. I just wonder what would happen in the next sequel.