Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Romeo and Juliet


                In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters are Romeo and Juliet. The other important characters are Montague, Lady Montague, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Benvolio, Abram, Balthasar, Tybalt, Sampson, Mercutio, Prince Escalus, Paris, Friar Lawrence, and Apothecary.
                The prologue for Romeo and Juliet pretty much explains the important parts of Romeo and Juliet.
                Romeo and Juliet started off at a gas station. At the gas station, a fight began between the Montagues and the Capulets. Sampson bit his thumb at the Capulets, and Abram started questioning Sampson if he’s biting his thumb at them. In Romeo and Juliet, biting your thumb at someone is a sign of defiance. Then the fight starts when Benvolio enters and Tybalt finishes talking. At the end of the fight scene, the prince had to interfere with them and threatened to stop fighting or be killed. After the prince said that, the fighting stopped and the Capulets and Montagues had to meet the prince.
                I think Shakespeare started of the movie with a fight scene is because he probably wanted to prove how much the Capulets and Montagues hate each other. Through out the movie, Romeo meets Juliet and fall in love as soon as they saw each other. I still don’t know why or how they could fall in love in the first time they saw each other and al ready want to marry each other.
                Romeo and Juliet is at first a comedy, but then it turns into a tragedy. There’s a lot of fighting towards the end of the play and a lot of people die…

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The New Prophecy: Moonrise

The New Prophecy: Moonrise is also one of the books about cats written by Erin Hunter. The New Prophecy is like the second series of the Warrior Cats series. It isn't about Firestar anymore. This time it’s about Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Crowpaw, Stormfur, Tawnypelt, and Feathertail.
Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw are from Thunderclan. Tawnypelt’s from Shadowclan. Crowpaw’s from Windclan. Stormfur and Feathertail are from Riverclan. People are destroying the forest where the cats lived so they, except for Stormfur, were chosen by Starclan to save their clans from danger. Starclan’s a group of warriors that are dead. They’re the four clan’s warrior ancestors.
                In the book, there are two cats that came from Riverclan. There is also a tribe of cats that need help to kill an evil cat called Sharptooth. Sharptooth goes and kills and eats the tribe cats whenever he wants to. The Tribe of Endless Hunting (the tribe cat’s version of Starclan) sent the tribe cats a sign that a silver/gray cat would save them from Sharptooth. If you read the book you’ll find out that one of the six cats died.
                Throughout the book, Stormfur’s sister Feathertail falls in love with one of the six cats. The cat is from another clan so Stormfur’s worried that there might be trouble. He tries hard to get his sister to stop loving him but he fails. He couldn’t do anything about his sister’s love so he just wishes she could be happy with the other cat.
                The New Prophecy: Moonrise is a book for cat lovers. It’s about cats on an adventure to save their clans. Erin Hunter describes the cats in the book really well. He also describes the setting really well, too. If you get to read the book, I hope you like it.