The Demonata: Demon Apocalypse By: Darren Shan- 12/3/10 Blog 9

If you could create a symbol for the main character in your IRB, what would it be and why?  Be sure to include specific examples from your book to support your choice.



The symbol I would make for my character would have to be blood, because there is so much of it in my IRB. All the time they are suffering bloody wounds. They also cause the Demonata to bleed but not with usual weapons, they use magic which is the only way to kill them. the deomata have the upper hand when it comes to killing humans because they have magic but they dont need to use it to kill the humans. the demonata also dont need to eat or drink, as you know humans do but they dont in the demonata universe. In the end i chose blood as the symbol because its in every demon and human.

The Demonata: Blood Beast. By: Darren Shan 11/24/10 blog 8

Describe the effect the literature has on its audience.  Make sure to use specific examples to support your answer.

The affect on the Adience of my IRB Blood Beast is that it always makes me want to help the main character Grubbs fights in these bloody battles against the demonata. It makes you fear for the life of grubbs and his uncle Dervish when they are fighting. It makes me want to jump into the book and help them. Such as when they are on the plane and Lord loss shows up and starts killing every one. Or like the time when grubbs was running away from Dervish and a demon shows up and almost kills grubbs. But in the end Grubbs always finds a way to kill the demon.

The Demonata:Slawter By: Darren Shan 11/3/10

Identify a theme in your IRB.  Describe events in your book that support this theme.

One of the themes in my book is fighting. There is so much of it that I dont want to stop reading it. Such as in the part im reading now when grubbs turns his feet into blades and impales a demon killing it instantly or like the time when him and dervish got in a fight because dervish didnt believe that demons were on the set of Slawter. Slawter is the set of a movie that is being filmed by a famous director named Daivida Haym. she is also grubbses idol and he wanted to meet her until he found out she was working with demons with her Co-director chula sool.

The Demonata: Lord Loss By: Darren Shan 10/5/10 blog 5

How is the meaning of the text affected by the setting?

In the book im reading "Lord Loss' the texts shows alot of suspence and almost an erie feeling. There is always talk about the death of the main character Grubbses parents. They died when 3 demons killed them,for some reason the demons killed them but i dont know why yet. The text also shows alot of gore and blood and goes into alot of detail on how the characters are killed in very twisted and creepy ways. the suspence is great in the book and makes it worth reading

The Demonata: Demon Thief By: Darren Shan 9/29/10 Blog 4

On the Internet, read a biography about the author of your IRB. How do you see the traditions, heritage, attitudes, or beliefs of the author in your book?

In my book "The Demonata: Demon thief" the author puts his own fasination of creepy stories in most of his book. When the author was in college he wrote all of his papers and somthing creepy. The author also puts his taditions in the story such as he has a brother that likes to bite and the main character's brother likes to bite as well. The author puts in his attitudes in the story as well by making the main character very outgoing and brave.  

"Band of Brothers" By:Stephen Ambrose 9/22/10 Blog 3

How does the setting affect the mood in the book "Band of brothers"

The setting of the book "Band of Brothers" is very grim and dark in alot of places, but then in others they are bright and cheery. But most of the time its scarey and very dangerous for the men of the 101st airborn. The many of battles backs up the dangerous part but it is also very sad to hear what happened to them in the many places they went such as Holland, Normandy, and Berlin.

Band of Brothers by: Stephen .E. Ambrose 9/21/10 Blog 2

What are the characters motivation in the story Band of brothers?

The motivation of the men of of the 101st airborn is to end the war and get home to the familes in the United States. The men have seen so many horrid things and they are scared that they could die any day. The year was 1944 and there was still about 2 years of fighting left. The men got a little hope when they stumbled upon Hitler's Eagle Nest. This building was full of precious objects like gold fine food and liqour.

"Band of Brothers" By Stephen E. Ambrose 9/9/10 Blog 1

What is the Reaction of the men of the 101st when they are parachuting into Germany.

What happens to the men of the 101st is a very bad thing to happen when there are enemies around. The men were scattered all around Normandy when the pilots who were flying the planes freaked out because of the incoming anti- aircraft fire. Captain Soble the commanding officer of Easy company had to find all of his men within a 10 hour period and still finish the mission. In the end Easy company of the 101st finished their mission but took many casualties