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Fantastic.

You know... I'm reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It's a good fantasy book... With references from other myths and whatnot... Like dwarves and goblins and trolls, et cetera. Our English teacher wants us to compare the creatures in this book with the same creatures in other books... (Which doesn't seen fun but, hey, that's just me!) Harry Potter would probably be a good reference, but in all honesty, I strongly dislike those books. I'll use those references anyways, though.

 

First off, there's a wizard. With a big white beard and everything! Gandalf (said wizard) reminds me of Merlin, from... The King Arthur story. Tall, old, beard, magic. (kind of scatter-brained...) But Gandalf keeps company with a hobbit and dwarves. Merlin's with Arthur and lancelot and whatnot.

 

Then there's the dwarves. Short (height-wise and temper), kind of pudgy, huge beards, old (mostly), and they like underground and treasure. These dwarves remind me of the ones from the Eragon series. They live in tunnels... And have treasure... And are short... And dislike dragons, for the most part.

 

And there's also Smaug, the big, evil dragon. I've read SO MANY stories with evil dragons, it's not even funny. When I think of dragons, the first one I tend to think of is Dragon, from Shrek. You know... She has those adorable little donkey-dragons with Donkey... But that's besides the point. She's not evil, but that one dragon (I think a guy named St. George killed him...?) in that one story steals treasure and sheep and demands fair maidens from the towns he terrorizes... Yay evil dragons!

 

There's also Beorn, a half bear, half man crature. He reminds me of a werewolf... The one from London! I like Beorn, but then again I think all shapeshifters are pretty legit.

 

There's also the elves! They always remind me of the elves from Eragon. They also live in the woods... and are magical. I wish I was an elf! It'd be cool to live in the woods and have animals listen to you and actually understand you.

 

Three Little Pixies and the Big Bad Mr. Fox

So, if you didn't already know...
My best friend Sara and I did our last blog together, since my computer didn't like me! Here it is: http://dothwhatshehadsaid.blogspot.com/2012/11/by-sara-and-jessie-d.html.
Click on it, I know you want to!

Anyways, we're supposed to talk about it's many different variations... Like, the coolest, the weirdest, most interesting, et cetera.

Okay... the weirdest one, well what I think is weird, is the one called "The Fox and the Pixies." It's just. . . odd. But it does have a lot in common with the three little pigs... There are three pixies and one fox. Sound familiar? But that's about the only similarities... The last living pixie charms the fox to go into a box, and then he dies in there. Kind of disturbing, if you ask me.

The one I thought was pretty cool was "The Fox and the Geese." It was in a poem form.. Like you know, every other line rhymed. It was cool... But also very odd. The three geese's mother died and was like "Watch out for that Mr. Fox! Build strong houses!" The first goose used a box for a house and got eaten. And then the second one built her house out of bricks. But alas, she thatched the roof out of straw and the fox burned it and then he ate her. The last goose made a brick house with a tile roof.. And then she killed the fox in a butter churn. 

Nice endings, eh?

Cites: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0124.html

UnWholly... What Pictures Represent it??

As of now, I'm reading UnWholly... It's author is Neal Shusterman. I am going to post some pictures I think really... capture its essence.

This one... I just think it captures everything. The Unwind trilogy's covers look sort of like this... And it's pretty myserious, just like the books. (http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/uploads/images/article-images/kirlian-fingerprints.jpeg)

 

 

This is human DNA. In UnWholly and Unwind, the numerous scientists are for all intensive purposes, splicing and combining DNA.

(http://blogs-images.forbes.com/daviddisalvo/files/2011/11/DNA.jpg)

 

This picture speaks for itself. The girl is being unwound. I believe that this describes the book because, well, it's about being unwound. And the white dove.. Everyone thinks unwinding is good, hence the bird.

(http://www.artshole.co.uk/arts/artists/Steve%20Galloway/Unwinding..JPG)

 

This gif represents the book because the one man, let's call him an unwind, is running away from the massive group of people. Let's call them Juvies. So, the unwind is running from the Juvies. Sounds just like the book.

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85e0xJ6CZ1rqfhi2o1_500.gif)

 

This gif is someone crying. According to the book, unwinding is sad for everyone, even the parents, who come to regret their decision in the end.

(http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/gallery/10-funniest-gif-trends-of-2011/tumblr_left6jQebn1qf8yek.gif)

This picture represents what I would do to my parents if they chose to unwind me.

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1IScbG2v4Q11tr2YNY_04R3av25X6-M1O7xtkdpoiV3e2vRnnubyi6x0X1Xnfn17HSa_Lx6xCFkvk1kcFSXsZ_EMJxzVxm_wgeF4aS1zl1iiBssIuqnYLUlLL2D4DWM9VsNscSP15Sk/s1600/JasonPunchesKen.jpg)