The Death Cure: 2/25/15

Spoilers

Pages: 148-262

Prompt: Summarize

     When I left off Thomas had just gotten trouble with some kind of police man. The police man intended to sell him because he was immune to the flare. As the man loaded Thomas into his car a hovering police machine came by him and killed the police officer. It was the person from WICKED that had talked to Thomas' group during the trials. He tried to convince Thomas to came back to WICKED and help make a cure. He also told Thomas that Newt was very sick with the Flare and was starting to go crazy.

     When he left Thomas found his friends and they started back to where they were staying. On the way back to their room they noticed that there were almost no people on the streets. It was night time so they could not see well. They noticed some shadows moving around them. They seemed to be trying to sneak up on them. The next morning when they went outside they noticed that there were almost no people on the streets. They decided to leave the city to escape and to try to find Newt.

     After they left the city they found Newt. He had given Thomas a letter but he had not read it. He was very angry at Thomas and the group and told them to leave. After they left Thomas read the letter. Newt had wanted Thomas to kill him before he went crazy. Then Thomas went to a group called the Right Arm. This was a group that fought WICKED. They were planning to invade WICKED's headquarters. They needed Thomas to pland a device that would render WICKED's weapons useless. Thomas pretended to want to help make the cure to get into WICKED. On the way to WICKED's headquarters Thomas saw Newt. Newt begged for Thomas to kill him and Thomas shot him in the head. When Thomas got to WICKED's headquarters and planted the device WICKED told him that they needed his brain for a cure.

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AoW Impressions for 2/20/15

      This week most of the articles people chose were about ISIS. Almost all of these blogs were focused on the events that have happened involving Egypt. ISIS captured 21 Egyptians and killed them. Egypt responded by bombing some of ISIS's strategic positions such as training camps and ammunition dumps. These articles talked about whether or not this was the right thing and what will happen in the future. Some even suggested that Europe is in great danger because of ISIS.

     Most of the articles that did not talk about ISIS talked about Russia and Ukraine. My article was about the danger that Russia posed to Europe. One specific event it focused on was when, recently, Russian bombers flew down the English Channel. RAF jets were scrambled to escort the bombers away. The article also talks about how Russia is looking to capture large areas of countries in Europe. The article said that the best way to deal with this problem is quick action against Russia.

The Death Cure: 2/19/15

Pages: 1-148
Prompt: Describe the setting

     So far in the book the characters have been trapped and escaped. They were trapped in WICKED's headquarters. They fight their way out and escape on a plane. They fly to a city and hide from WICKED. Thefind someone they knew and are protected. The setting was very important to the plot because it created many of the problems of the book.

     At the beginning the setting is inside the headquarters of WICKED. This was a labratory where the scientists did their experiments. There were many different rooms where the scientists could do their experiments. There is also a hanger where all the planes that the scientists use are kept. Finally there is a cell where prisoners are kept. All of these areas are very important to the plot.

     Later in the book the characters go to Denver. There is a wall around the city to keep out unwanted people. Many people know that they escaped from WICKED and are trying to catch them. Many people in the city are also very sick and there are guards that are testing and capturing them. These infected people cause a problem because they do not like the main characters.

The Maze Runner Book Talk

     The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a scientific fiction book about a group of teenagers trapped inside a maze. They are given basic supplies and an area that is safe from the animals inside the maze. Someone outside the maze is monitering them and putting them through different challenges as tests. The kids have set up a government and have leaders. They are very organized and handle the problems they are faced with very well. The main character is Thomas. He is very brave and smart and helps the people escape the maze.

     I liked this book because of how suspensful it was. It is very suspensful because of how little the people in the maze know. Their memory was erased before they were sent into the maze and they do not know why they are there. They do not know the reason they are in the maze and neither does the reader. This makes you wonder what will happen next. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys books about the future or survival books. I like both of these kinds of books which is why I think I liked this book so much.

AOW Reflection

Prompt: Now take a moment to reflect upon your impressions of what you have learned from the array of articles in at least two well written paragraphs, using evidence from your graphic organizer.
     One of the things that I learned from reading the articles is that many things are improving in the world. I learned that women's rights are improving. They used to not be accepted in the STEM field but now they are. I also learned that the the news does not normally talk about good things but always talks about the bad things. Finally, I learned that many people are working together to stop Ebola.

     Another thing I learned is that ISIS is a huge problem. I learned about ISIS holding Japanese prisoners hostage and demanding ransoms for their safe return. I learned that they already killed one of the hostages. I also learned that ISIS was illegally capturing oil fields and using them to collect profit. Finally I learned that Russia was still trying to capture part of Ukraine. They are providing funding and aid to communist rebels.