Blog for Week 12-1-14

12-1-14

The Familiars

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Prompt 1: Describe your least favorite character and explain why. Describe your most

favorite character and explain why.

Prompt 2: Do you like what you’re reading? Why or why not?

         My least favorite character is Grimslade. Grimslade is a bounty hunter which means he hunts all kinds of animals, just to kill them. I do not like him because I love animals. In the book he stated "You're an impressive foe," Grimslade called out, "but the chase ends here."As you could see Grimslade was determine to kill Aldwyn (a cat/main character). Aldwyn was just trying to escape. He is a poor street cat who was starving and trying to eat a fish he had gotten. Aldwyn was trying to cause any harm at all. Grimslade even has skulls of the animals he has killed, hanging in his house. I was terrified because i love animals. 

         My favorite character is Aldwyn. I love how he never gives up even though he is in a life or death situation. Another thing I like about him is that he is a cat. I may be a dog person, but it doesn't mean that I don't like cats. The author stated "With the shadow hound closing the gap, Aldwyn got a better look at the beast chasing after him." Aldwyn was running away from Grimslade who had conjured a hound to help him catch Aldwyn. All he wanted was to get to eat the fish he had. He didn't stop at anything to get what he wanted. He kept going and at the end he won. He accomplished what he risked everything for. You may think wasn't worth all of that trouble but to him it was worth everything. That is another thing I like about him, even if it may be a little thing he wants he won't stop. 

          My book The Familiars is a very interesting book and I do enjoy it very much. I would say that my favorite genre is fantasy and action. This book has both of those genres. This book is about talking animals who have wizards as their owners. You may think this sounds like a very childish book, but I think it is not. The animals owned by the wizards are called familiars and those animals have magic as well. Another reason why I like this book is because it includes animals. Like I said in the first paragraph I love animals. I like how this book includes a bunch of dialogue. I like dialogue because I fell like I'm watching a movie and it is easier for me to picture it in my head.