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If I got the chance to give advice to Jessica Watson, I would remind her to be more careful. Looking back on her first practice sail when she crashed into a 63,000 ton sea freighter I would remind her several things. I would advise her to pay more attention and be more aware of watch times. I would also remind her to keep her AIS on at all times, especially when you are sleeping.

In order for Jessica to fulfill her non-stop, unassisted, solo circumnavigation, she had to follow many rules. These include no one is allowed to assisted her give her anything. She is not allowed to moor to a boat or port. She also had to reach a minimum of 21,600 nautical miles, which she did not meet! Some people questioned what she was doing because they thought she was to young to understand the risks.

The genres of this book are non-fiction, auto biography, and action/adventure. This is a true story that Jessica Watson tells the reader about her experiences of sailing solo around the world therefore it is an auto biography and non-fiction. This is also an action/adventure because throughout her eight month journey she conquered many problems and tough decisions.

One symbolic archetype in this book is good vs evil. The good, in the animals’ opinions, are themselves, and the evil are humans also known as the two legged. This is stated many times throughout the book. The most prominent way shown is through their simple chant of “Four legs good, two legs bad.” Secondly, their seven commandments also states all animals are equal, two legs are bad, and four legs are good!

One connection I made was between this book and Christianity. In the book, the Seven Commandments were made so all animals would understand their relationship with humans. In Christianity, they have the Ten Commandments which was written laws for the Israelites.

This book takes place in England on a farm durning an unknown time. This story is told chronologically and is a third person omniscient narrator. Animals want to rebel against the humans after they were nearly whipped and were forced to stop eating. One main character, Napoleon, a boar, tries to manipulate other animals and wants to rule the farm. He fights against his opposite character Snowball, also a boar.

This book is a plot driven book. In the beginning of the book, Ian Rider, Alex rider‘s uncle is killed in a car crash. Alex knows his uncle too well and thinks it is more than that. This causes Alex to investigate who his uncle really was and how he died.

The climax of my book is when Collie, a new friend or thought to be waits in Helen’s apartment until she gets home. When she is surprised by Collie, he explains to her that he was the one threatening the four of them. This is the climax because it answers who was threatening the friend group and it was the most intense part of the book.

The climax of my book is when Collie, a new friend or thought to be waits in Helen’s apartment until she gets home. When she is surprised by Collie, he explains to her that he was the one threatening the four of them. This is the climax because it answers who was threatening the friend group and it was the most intense part of the book.

The two stories are overcoming the monster and voyage. One of the monsters in the story is the person getting revenge on Helen, Ray, Julie, and Barry. The monsters are also themselves because they feel so guilty their actions. Although they are not actually on a voyage going somewhere, they are overcoming their threat while learning from their experience.

The fantasy genre of my book is horror mystery. My assumption is that this book is a low fantasy because it is set in the real world, but someone has special powers like the killer.

The genre of fantasy that I am reading is a horror mystery.

Jarrett the main character is a dynamic character because throughout the story, he grows and learns to deal without knowing his mother or father.

Throughout Jarrett’s life in the early 90’s in Ohio, Jarrett copes without knowing his mom or dad by making lots of friends and comics.

Amelia Lost was written for people who enjoy reading about people’s lives because this book was written about Amelia’s life. This book may also be for people who enjoy myths and mysteries especially the mystery of Amelia’s dissapearance. I think the author was writing to educate people on Amelia Earhart’s life.

In the Face on the Milk Carton, the antagonist is the character herself. Janie is this character. Half of Janie wants to believe her “parents” story, but the other half of her thinks her real family is still out there. So far Janie has drove to New Jersey with Reeve, her crush, to attempt to find her long lost family.

In the Face on the Milk carton, Janie finds her picture on a milk carton that says missing. Janie thinks that she was kidnapped by her so called “mother” and “father.” Janie doesn’t know who to tell this assumption to because she thinks that they won’t believe her. She already attempted to tell her friend Sarah-Charlotte, but she thought Janie was going crazy.

An unsympathetic person is Anthony James Marston. Anthony killed two children driving recklessly and doesn’t feel bad about it. I don’t like Anthony because he didn’t care about killing those children.

And Then There Were None is in third person omniscient. I know this because there are a lot of characters and the narrator is an outside person that knows all of the characters feeling.

The conflict in my story is character vs society. Bruno the main character, made a friend that lived on the other side of the fence. The only problem is, he doesn’t follow the same religion as Bruno’s family. Bruno still wants to be friends with this young boy, but he doesn’t understand that he can’t.

The protagonist of this story is a young boy named Bruno. Bruno is about nine and and he currently isn’t loving his new life. Bruno and his family just moved to an old house in the countryside. In Bruno’s eyes, this new house is a dump compared to his old home. Bruno is trying to do all that he can to go back to his old home.

I chose the book because I had forgotten my book at home. Ms. Thomas was looking for a book for somebody else and showed her The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The girl said she had already read it and really liked it. I really like the book so far because there are a lot of details/description, and it seems like I am left at a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter.