Minutes: 45
Pages: ?
Summary: Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, is in the courtyard of his house. His father has been gone for nearly 20 years. Suitors are at his house oping to marry Penelope (Odysseus' Wife) once she decides that Odysseus is dead. Athena disguised as a sailor comes to him and tells him that Odysseus is alive and that he should go find him. He calls the assembly the next day to announce his leaving and to beg the suitors to stop using up the family's resources. He gets a boat and leaves.
Reflection:Telemachus has the makings of greatness in him.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Apr. 12: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: The mutinous group lures Crozier out along with Dr. Goodsir and seeming kill Crozier while kidnapping Goodsir to cut up the men for food. Crozier however doesn't die; he is rescued by Lady Silence. She nurses him back to health and tends to the wounds from his encounter with the mutinous group. He is healing for a while, yada yada yada, and then they live happily ever after.
Reflection:It was actually a pretty clever ending. I learned what the monster was, who Lady Silence was and that Crozier is still human enough to love :)
Pages: 70
Summary: The mutinous group lures Crozier out along with Dr. Goodsir and seeming kill Crozier while kidnapping Goodsir to cut up the men for food. Crozier however doesn't die; he is rescued by Lady Silence. She nurses him back to health and tends to the wounds from his encounter with the mutinous group. He is healing for a while, yada yada yada, and then they live happily ever after.
Reflection:It was actually a pretty clever ending. I learned what the monster was, who Lady Silence was and that Crozier is still human enough to love :)
Apr. 8: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: They find water, so they send a small group to scout its possibilities. The monster attacks. When the men dont return in a timely fashion, the captain and a few of the crew go looking for them and find their maimed corpses. Terror once again grips them. They hope that the monster will be satiated, but food has never been the monster's purpose. As they continue, a small mutinous group decides to head back to the ship on its own, led by the Captain of the Foc's'le. He is probably going to eat some of the dead bodies they find on their way back.
Reflection:I refuse to believe that the mutinous group wont somehow attack Crozier's group.
Pages: 70
Summary: They find water, so they send a small group to scout its possibilities. The monster attacks. When the men dont return in a timely fashion, the captain and a few of the crew go looking for them and find their maimed corpses. Terror once again grips them. They hope that the monster will be satiated, but food has never been the monster's purpose. As they continue, a small mutinous group decides to head back to the ship on its own, led by the Captain of the Foc's'le. He is probably going to eat some of the dead bodies they find on their way back.
Reflection:I refuse to believe that the mutinous group wont somehow attack Crozier's group.
Apr. 6: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Erebus Sunk. It was a long time coming but it finally happened. Crozier decides that it is time to abandon their ships and search out another passage home by way of some other route, perhaps through King William's Island. Most of the me are feeling the effects of scurvy and need some fresh food quickly otherwise they will die, as has been demonstrated a number of times up to this point. Without the assurance of fresh food and the immense struggle simply traveling is, many are beginning to lose hope. Lady Silence has been missing for sometime and internal struggles within the group are threatening to disband the crew.
Reflection:There hasn't been much sign of the monster for a while, but many claim to have seen it stocking them on their travels. I have a feeling it will strike soon.
Pages: 70
Summary: Erebus Sunk. It was a long time coming but it finally happened. Crozier decides that it is time to abandon their ships and search out another passage home by way of some other route, perhaps through King William's Island. Most of the me are feeling the effects of scurvy and need some fresh food quickly otherwise they will die, as has been demonstrated a number of times up to this point. Without the assurance of fresh food and the immense struggle simply traveling is, many are beginning to lose hope. Lady Silence has been missing for sometime and internal struggles within the group are threatening to disband the crew.
Reflection:There hasn't been much sign of the monster for a while, but many claim to have seen it stocking them on their travels. I have a feeling it will strike soon.
Mar. 24: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Lady Silence is an odd character. Crozier set her up in the lower decks with blankets and the like however, she is rarely seen. Because of this Crozier assigns a shipmate to tail her and see what she is up to. He follows her as she continues deeper and deeper into the ships hull until she is at the bottom. He follows her outside through a hole and sees and very strange sight; the monster is blowing through her mouth and making her vocal chords resonate through her body. The sound is the most chilling thing he had ever heard.
Reflection:So Lady Silence and the beast are somehow connected. How their relationship came to be and why it is the way that it is is beyond me. Maybe she controls it, but the fact that it didn't rip her to shreds when it was playing her throat flute is pretty telling.
Pages: 70
Summary: Lady Silence is an odd character. Crozier set her up in the lower decks with blankets and the like however, she is rarely seen. Because of this Crozier assigns a shipmate to tail her and see what she is up to. He follows her as she continues deeper and deeper into the ships hull until she is at the bottom. He follows her outside through a hole and sees and very strange sight; the monster is blowing through her mouth and making her vocal chords resonate through her body. The sound is the most chilling thing he had ever heard.
Reflection:So Lady Silence and the beast are somehow connected. How their relationship came to be and why it is the way that it is is beyond me. Maybe she controls it, but the fact that it didn't rip her to shreds when it was playing her throat flute is pretty telling.
Mar. 22: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Captain John Franklin died. Not in a heroic fashion, but as i predicted, helplessly. The monster made quick work of the captain, throwing him into a hole in the ice and (from what i could tell seeing as it was written from Franklin's perspective) ripped his head off. Pretty Gruesome.
Reflection: This monster seems somewhat intelligent beyond an instinctual hunting knowledge. It attacked the captain and some crew but he killed only the captain while only maiming the others. he was "cutting the head off the snake" as it were. I cant help but think that because of this Crozier will be next, though my intuition suggests otherwise.
Pages: 70
Summary: Captain John Franklin died. Not in a heroic fashion, but as i predicted, helplessly. The monster made quick work of the captain, throwing him into a hole in the ice and (from what i could tell seeing as it was written from Franklin's perspective) ripped his head off. Pretty Gruesome.
Reflection: This monster seems somewhat intelligent beyond an instinctual hunting knowledge. It attacked the captain and some crew but he killed only the captain while only maiming the others. he was "cutting the head off the snake" as it were. I cant help but think that because of this Crozier will be next, though my intuition suggests otherwise.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Mar. 8: The Terror
Minutes: 45
Pages: 70
Summary: Goodsir volunteered to go on an expedition to cache food supplies too 1) prove that he is a man 2) study the wildlife and see if they can supplement their fresh meat supplies. He finds out that he isn't half of the man that the other men on the trip are... and that there are seemingly no living creatures other than the white bear in the Arctic Circle. On the trip home, after Goodsir is thoroughly ravaged, the leader of the Expedition, De Vouex, is attacked by a massive wall of white and mauled to a point where he is barely recognizable. When Franklin sees them return in in the distance, he goes out to meet them hoping for good news. Unfortunately he is met with the information about the creature; he then sets up a reward for the man that kills it, and is sure that the monster will be gone soon. The bury De Vouex.
Reflection: I know that Franklin is going to die, however, if he is going to be killed by the creature, shot by a panicked crewman, or of some illness, i am not sure. Hopefully he will die a heroic death but somehow i don't think so. The author has cast a sort of pompous personality and a inexplicable quality that makes him unlikable. I believe that this is how the author is foreshadowing the death of the captain.
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Pages: 70
Summary: Goodsir volunteered to go on an expedition to cache food supplies too 1) prove that he is a man 2) study the wildlife and see if they can supplement their fresh meat supplies. He finds out that he isn't half of the man that the other men on the trip are... and that there are seemingly no living creatures other than the white bear in the Arctic Circle. On the trip home, after Goodsir is thoroughly ravaged, the leader of the Expedition, De Vouex, is attacked by a massive wall of white and mauled to a point where he is barely recognizable. When Franklin sees them return in in the distance, he goes out to meet them hoping for good news. Unfortunately he is met with the information about the creature; he then sets up a reward for the man that kills it, and is sure that the monster will be gone soon. The bury De Vouex.
Reflection: I know that Franklin is going to die, however, if he is going to be killed by the creature, shot by a panicked crewman, or of some illness, i am not sure. Hopefully he will die a heroic death but somehow i don't think so. The author has cast a sort of pompous personality and a inexplicable quality that makes him unlikable. I believe that this is how the author is foreshadowing the death of the captain.
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Sorry, i can't come up with anything for this.... i know all of the words i have read.
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