Ajax, the little kid

Author's note: This short piece is about comparing Ajax in the play to a little kid and how in-mature he was acting.

I think that Ajax changed from the old version to the newer version by acting more like a child. An example of his un-maturity is on page 12 when he is agring with the guard. The guard acts like he never heard of Sparta just to mess with Ajax.  Ajax knew that he knew about Sparta and started to say "So, so, so," when the guard said "Not, not, not." Like a little kid arguing with another kid, try to see who is right.

On page 13 Ajax got so mad at the Trojans that Oydussus gave him a squeeze ball and sent him to the back of the Spartans. Ajax is real life did not have a squeeze ball, because they where not invented yet. It was like a child being grounded and sent to sit in the corner. Also on page 15, Ajax fought Hector for a little, then Hector pulled down his pants to show silly underwear and retreated in Troy. Hector did fight Ajax twice in real life, but never pulled down Ajax's pants. Also, Ajax never wore silly underwear, and silly underwear is something little kids wear

The Trojan Horse

The Trojan war was fought between Greece and Troy over one woman, Helen. Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world and she was married to King Menelaus, but kidnapped and taken to Troy. When the Trojan refused to give her back, Menelaus got some of Greece's best warriors, Ajax, Achilles, and Odysseus to fight for him.

After 10 years of war, and many of the greatest soldiers dead, Odysseus hatched a plan to take Troy. He left only a small group of soldiers inside of a huge wooden horse. He then moved the rest of the Greek fleet to the other side of the island, waiting. When the citizens of Troy found the wooden horse, they did not know what to do, burn it or worship it. They decide to keep it when the city old priest was eaten by a sea monster, and that very night, the soldiers inside the horse came out, opened the gate, and the larger Greek force came and sacked the city.

"The Lost Hero"

Authors note: This piece is about the effect of one event in The Lost Hero, and how it plays out in the book.

In The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, Leo volunteered to go on a quest to save Hera, Queen of the gods. The first problem they encountered was that they needed transportation to start their quest. After ducking out of a camp meeting early, he went into the woods to look for the bronze dragon that was terrorizing campers. Without taming the dragon, Leo and his friends never would have been able to save Hera, and the world.

Before Leo tamed the dragon, it was killing campers that dared to go out into the woods. Cabin nine was trying to capture the dragon before Leo came to camp. Leo was one of the newest people at the camp, not knowing anything about the gods. But, he did have one secret power; he was fire proof and could summon fire in his hands. He knew that he could find the dragon and tame it.

After taming the bronze dragon, Leo, Jason, and Piper were able to actually start the quest. Because of the transportation, they fought Cyclopes, wolves, killed the giant, Enceladus, and saved Hera and Piper’s dad, on their quest. If it was not for Leo finding the dragon, the world would have been destroyed.

If Leo did not find and tame the bronze dragon, they would have never gone on the quest to save Hera. In turn, Hera would have been consumed by Gaea, the gods would have started wars on each-other, Piper’s dad would have been killed, and Porphyrion and the other giants would have been victorious.

Leo and his friends would have never finished the quest if Leo had not tamed the bronze dragon as transportation on their journey. 

"Ribbons"

The reason why Paw-paw did not want Stacy wearing the ribbons on her shoes, was because of past experiences. When Paw-paw was younger, she wore shoes with ribbons. What the ribbon would do is cut criualtion to the toes, not making them grow, only hurt. Another factor to her hatred for ribbon shoes, is when she took stacy's  mom all the way from China to Hong Kong. Messing up her feet even more.

Stacy only wanted to wear the shoes because, she loved to dance. It just happened that the style for dance shoes have ribbons on them. When Paw-paw saw the dance shoes, she thought that Stacy will end up with the same kind of feet. Out of fear and love for Stacy, she tried to take the dance shoes. 

DWA

In The last Olympian by Rick Riordan, Percy and all of the camp-half blood campers defend Olympus from Kronos’ army. At one point only Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Grover and Chiron stood against Kronos. In a nick of time Nico, and his father Hades, come to fight Kronos and protect Olympus. With Hades’ arrival, it threw a wrench in Kronos’ plans.

Over thousands of years ago the gods over threw Kronos and the titans. Since then, Kronos has been plotting to take over Olympus and regain control. So, while the gods were away fighting Typhoon, he planed an attack to destroy Olympus, not knowing of the demi-gods protecting it. After days of fighting, finally the demi-god forces were diminished, and Kronos though he had won. Then, when all hope was lost, Nico and Hades came to the aid of the protectors of Olympus.

Once Nico and Hades arrived, they summoned a dead army from the underworld to fight the titan’s army. They were able to stop Kronos’ army from sacking Olympus, even though they let Kronos and his assistant, Ethan, through. Because of Hades actions, the other gods congratulated him. But, if Hades and Nico would have not aided in Olympus’ defense, the outcome of the battle could have been very different.

Hades and Nico were the game-changers in the battle, because they would have not stopped Kronos’ army. Olympus surely would have fallen with hundreds of rogue soldiers tearing the place apart. Only five people would have been able to fight, which against an army, they did not have very good odds.

Without Hades’ arriving, the outcome of the battle would have resulted in Kronos’ victory. 

"After You My Dear, Alphonse"

In “After You My Dear Alphonse,” one mother takes the stereotypical approach to one of her son’s friends.  But, due to the children’s young age, they do not pick up on any of it.  Stereotyping is not always right.

One stereotypical thing that Boyd and Johnny do not pick up on is when Mrs. Wilson says “Boyd will eat anything.”  She thought that Boyd was poor and does not eat much. Which was not true, because Boyd did not follow that stereotype.

Stereotyping is a huge problem in society back in the 40’s, and still is today. We need to work on over look stereotypes, and focus on the person, not race.

"A clean, well-lighted place"

“A clean, well-lighted place” by Ernest Hemingway, has two waiters staying up late for an old customer. There is also a remake into a movie, in which there are similarities and differences. One difference was the scenery, because in the book the old man was drink outside. In the movie the old man was in the corner, sitting at a booth. Also, at the start of the movie there was creepy music, and when the old man was kicked out of café, the creepy music changed to sad music. Music is one way that the viewers vision is enhanced by.

Some similarities were that the younger waiter was impatience, self-centered, and selfish. He only though about himself when the old man stayed late for a few drinks. An example of that selfishness is when he says to the old man, “You should of killed yourself.” Even though the old man was deaf. The middle aged man was understanding, knowing of the background of the old man. He knew that drinking at home and drinking out are two different things, and defended the old man from the younger waiter. The old man was sad, and had nowhere to go. With his past troubles, he restores to drinking for comfort.