By:Chistopher Paolini
There are many things that I loved about this book. One of the things that appealed to me the most about this story was that fact that there was such a close friendship between man, and beast. Even if the beast is a dragon. Either way that kind of friendship has such a strong appeal to me that I've Thought above animal/ human friendships since I was very young. Another thing that I loved about this book is the raw adventure that it is full of. The things that I truly hated about this book is the massive factor of magic. Magic was greatly used through out the entire story, and it was used to kill, or hurt others, which really made me question whether I should read the book at all. The other thing that I didn't like about this book is the massive amount if intense violence. I would definitely recommend this book to my peers though. The reason that I would recommend this book to my peers is because of all the adventure that permeates it. As well as its dramatic story line. The last reason that I would recommend this book to my peers is because of the fact that not everyone feels the same way that I do about violence, so it probably wouldn't matter to them. Something that is unique about the setting of the story is the fact that it takes place in an imaginary land of Dwarfs, Elves, and Dragons. Through out the whole of Alagasia there are many different biomes, and climates. The book comes with a map on the inside cover which shows all parts of the setting of this story. It shows Earagons' home village along the west coast with the spine mountain range to the east of the village. It also shows the desert which Earagon, and Brom traversed. Lastly the Beor mountain range with Farthen dur at it's center. Above the geographic features that make the setting unique is the fact that the most of it is still unexplored. The events in the books reveal evidence of the author's world view by the way that the author depicts the journey of Earagon,Brom, and Saphira. He makes it seem as though no matter the size of land it can be traversed easily atop a dragons back. The author also makes it seem as thought the whole world can be conquered. He did this by allowing Earagon, and Brom to defeat each of the soldiers in each village that they run into. After they defeat some soldiers in each village, the villagers go on Earagons' side of the war. By doing that he does make seem as though anythings possible even conquering the world.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
AIRBORN
By: Kenneth Oppel
There were many things that I truly loved about this book. For example I loved the type of life that the main character chose to live. A life of constant travel, where the sky is the limit. A life where you can venture to any continent anywhere on earth that you would like, and you would be getting paid for it. This factor of raw adventure is something that appealed to me the most from all the other factors from within the story. The only thing that I didn't like about the story was the fact that multiple people had died through out the story. Some of those that had died were passengers an board the ship, and pirates. I would most definitely recommend this book to any one of my peers. I would recommend this book to my peers so willingly because of the fact that it is full of adventure, and with all that adventure comes the opportunity for you to use your imagination to a great degree that you may not have taken it to before. The book is so good for the imagination because it gives the reader great detail into the stories environments, and characters. With all this great detail given it makes it easy for even the least imaginative person to draw a lively picture in their own minds' eye. Something that made the setting of “AIRBORN” quite unique is the fact that the majority of the story takes place within an airship called the “AURORA” far above the ground. This “airship” from which the story takes place is a massive zeppelin constructed of alumiron which is as strong as iron, but as light as aluminum. Its' weight is held up by sacs filled with a gas called Hydrium which is lighter than helium, and hydrogen. The dimensions of this vessel are 540 ft in length, and a 100 ft diameter. The rest of the story takes place on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. This island has a tropical climate, and is inhabited by a unique variety of wildlife such as parrots, and macaws, as well as leaping snakes. The island also has flying creatures on it that are half cat, and half bird. For those reasons the setting in this book are unique. The events in the book reveals evidence of the author's world view in the ways that he describes the earth. He makes it seem as though the world is nothing more than a bunch of cities and continents that can easily be traveled. He makes the world seem as such a small place. The author also seems to make the earth below as some place that is impossible to live in. He makes it seem as though his whole world revolves around the skies, and the air ship “AURORA”. The author also makes the world seem as though it still holds many discoveries that have yet to been found by people.
Words: 502
There were many things that I truly loved about this book. For example I loved the type of life that the main character chose to live. A life of constant travel, where the sky is the limit. A life where you can venture to any continent anywhere on earth that you would like, and you would be getting paid for it. This factor of raw adventure is something that appealed to me the most from all the other factors from within the story. The only thing that I didn't like about the story was the fact that multiple people had died through out the story. Some of those that had died were passengers an board the ship, and pirates. I would most definitely recommend this book to any one of my peers. I would recommend this book to my peers so willingly because of the fact that it is full of adventure, and with all that adventure comes the opportunity for you to use your imagination to a great degree that you may not have taken it to before. The book is so good for the imagination because it gives the reader great detail into the stories environments, and characters. With all this great detail given it makes it easy for even the least imaginative person to draw a lively picture in their own minds' eye. Something that made the setting of “AIRBORN” quite unique is the fact that the majority of the story takes place within an airship called the “AURORA” far above the ground. This “airship” from which the story takes place is a massive zeppelin constructed of alumiron which is as strong as iron, but as light as aluminum. Its' weight is held up by sacs filled with a gas called Hydrium which is lighter than helium, and hydrogen. The dimensions of this vessel are 540 ft in length, and a 100 ft diameter. The rest of the story takes place on an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. This island has a tropical climate, and is inhabited by a unique variety of wildlife such as parrots, and macaws, as well as leaping snakes. The island also has flying creatures on it that are half cat, and half bird. For those reasons the setting in this book are unique. The events in the book reveals evidence of the author's world view in the ways that he describes the earth. He makes it seem as though the world is nothing more than a bunch of cities and continents that can easily be traveled. He makes the world seem as such a small place. The author also seems to make the earth below as some place that is impossible to live in. He makes it seem as though his whole world revolves around the skies, and the air ship “AURORA”. The author also makes the world seem as though it still holds many discoveries that have yet to been found by people.
Words: 502
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