The Serpent's Shadow: The Path of the Gods

The Serpent's Shadow: The Path of the Gods

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The Serpent's Shadow: Theme and Summary

The Serpent's Shadow: Theme and Summary

The theme of The Serpent's Shadow is:  Always hope, no matter what the circumstances.  This theme applies to the whole story but more specifically the last 5-8 chapters.  The theme of this book is what it is because the two main characters; Carter and Sadie, have to do the impossible: save the world.  Their enemy, Apophis, is about to destroy the world.  So overall in the last 5-8 paragraphs of this book, Carter and Sadie do the following: find the shadow of Apophis, save their friend, Zia, and stop Apophis from swallowing the sun.  How are they going to do this all in time?  Read the book to find out.



The Serpent's Shadow:

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Summary of Article:

This article of The Serpent's Shadow is highly accurate.  It describes the characters in a brief few statements.  It has accurate information about the characters yet doesn't give away any spoilers.  It has pictures of the book and its author;  Rick Riordan.  Please read it if you are interested.

The Serpent's Shadow: Links and Displays

A couple pictures of the character in this book are:

 

 http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120607212022/kanechronicles/images/a/a4/Carter.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4720232250_c7a69beaf2_m.jpg

The Serpent's Shadow: Tone and Mood

The Serpent's Shadow: Tone and Mood

The tone of my piece of literature is desperate.  The author/characters are very desperate in this situation.  This is because they know they will die within a certain amount of time unless they find a way to defeat an impossible enemy.  "By sunset tomorrow, Walt would die.  And the sunrise after that, if we were really lucky, we could look forward to Doomsday" (Riordan, 137).  This proves that the author wants the tone to be desperate.

 

The mood in my piece of literature is desperate.  I think that the author does a very good job of displaying the characters' desperosity.  The characters have to defeat the evil serpent before sunrise in 2 days.  This proves the mood.  "By sunset tomorrow, Walt would die.  And the sunrise after that, if we were really lucky, we could look forward to Doomsday" (Riordan, 137).  This proves the mood because it shows how much time they really have left and how desperate they all are.

The Serpent's Shadow: Reading Skills

The Serpent's Shadow:  Reading Skills

The Serpent's Shadow is a very good book so far.  In my book, right now there is a kid who is cursed and is trying to survive.  He is set to die on the next sunset.  Will he survive?  I think he will because he has been an essential character to the storyline and he probably will live because he is that important.  Some questions I ask myself while reading this book is; "How would me or someone I know react to an evil Serpent possibly swallowing the sun?", and "What side would I really chose in this story?"

 

One text to world connection I can make to this book is that it used to be believed that this was an old story coming to life in ancient Egypt.  Ancient Egyptians thought that this really had happened. 

 

One text to text connection I made with The Serpent's Shadow is that is a lot like another Rick Riordan series:  The Percy Jackson Series in which Percy and a group of his powerful friends have to save the world from an impossible threat!

 

One text to self connection I have made by reading this book is that I would be a lot like Carter if I were in his position.  I would be very panicked but I would be masking it for all the others' sake.