Red Pyramid- Real Life Conflict

In the book The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, a major conflict from the beginning is family. Me, having a full family with no divorce or separation problems, am not quite as sensitive or able to relate as other people might be, but I do know that Riordan is smart to use this. In the story, there are two children who are the main characters, and they are siblings. The sister lives with their grandparents, and the brother lives with their dad. Their mother is dead, also. The grandparents dislike the dad, and the siblings rarely get to see each other. That's quite a situation. I think that this makes the book's conflict more relatable to many people, which makes people like the story more. The only difference is how the family challenges happen in the book, but that's aside the point. To sum it up, the author's choice to include a family with challenges as the main characters has made his book more relatable and exciting.

Ranger's Apprentice 2- Setting and Story Base

Ranger's Apprentice The Burning Bridge is the second book in the Ranger's Apprentice series. It takes place mostly in the Araluen Kingdom and in medieval times. Will, a young teenager that recently became an apprentice ranger for the kingdom, had just in the last book saved his teacher from an attack meant to take out some of the strongest military leaders sent by the enemy. Now, in this book, Will and his teacher, Halt, will be fighting the enemy, Morgorath.

Will lost his parents in the last war against Morgorath 14 years before. Nobody knew his last name, and so he grew up in a ward, or a home for children with no parents to be raised until they are old enough to be put into a job. Halt was the only one that would accept Will as an apprentice, and though Will didn't want to be a ranger, his alternative choice was to be put on a farm, so he became a ranger. In the second book, the war against Morgorath will continue. Morgorath took control over a bunch of mythical creatures called Wargals, and he uses them as soldiers. Now, instead of just defending Araluen, Will and Halt will have to attack the enemy and end the war.

Red Pyramid- Impact of Setting

           Carter and Sadie are brought into a completely new place at the beginning of this book. They go to a big city and they are living on a large building that has an invisible house on top of it. I think that this book takes place in such an unfamiliar way and place because it emphasizes the fact that Carter and Sadie were introduced to an entirely new way of living, and that they have no idea of how things will turn out or how to actually live this new life.
           This makes the book more interesting to me. This is because I enjoy reading books where people are introduced to  brand new things where it is hard to deal with at first, but then the characters figure it out and the plot begins more in depth. For the rest of this book, I think there will be a lot of moving around, which will keep up the unfamiliarity, but I also think that there will be some sort of a camp like in the other books written by Rick Riordan that can be the charaters' home.

Red Pyramid- My Reading Progress

Remember that many of this type of blog will include some spoilers.

So I am not exactly the fastest reader, as you can see since I'm still not very far in this book, and I've been giving myself less and less time to read recently, but I'm starting to enjoy the book a lot, so now I can see that the book will really be amazing. Anyway, Carter and Sadie are still in that magical house on top of the building in New York City (I don't know if I've mentioned that yet or not). After they opened that door I talked about earlier with magic, they found some magic items that came to life to serve them, and they learned that their family name is on a scroll titled "Blood of the Pharaoh" which included many pharaoh names (or at least that's what I think they are), so they realized that what their Uncle Amos said about their family going way back is true. Then, suddenly, they heard chaos and left the library to see the house alligator being attacked by some leopards with snake necks. The alligator destroyed the balcony and made himself and the weird creatures fall into a river, but they both soon came back (nobody knows where the alligator is) and that is what I've read.

Red Pyramid- Character Development

As the story progresses, it seems that, so far, the characters have stayed pretty much the same. Sadie has been from the beginning very curious and outgoing. She actually starts go get more so when she learns about magic and just goes right ahead to explore a forbidden place that could be highly dangerous. Carter is still hesitant to do those things with her, but always gets convinced and helps her out. They learn some new things and Sadie tries to use magic, but she gets faint and weak. Basically, they haven't changed much and they have a lot to learn.

Red Pyramid- Characters

Carter is a very shy and uncertain boy as he starts in the book. I think , according to the other books that Rick Riordan has written that Carter will start this way, and then he will start to become more brave as the story progresses. This, I believe, is just the author's way of writing, and I like it. In case you haven't read any of his books before, the main characters are often very similar to characters like Froto from Lord of the Rings and Katniss from Hunger games. They start very shy and scared, and then get progressively braver and less held back.

Red Pyramid Post 4

Recently in the story Carter has been brought across an ocean and put into a building where he learns that magic and Egyptian gods are real. He, of course, along with his sister, hesitate to accept this so quickly and suddenly, but they can't argue against what they've seen in the past couple of days. Carter also has a dream of two non-human beings being ordered by a shadow figure to find "the children," which can only mean to be inferred as Carter and his sister. He is becoming aware that there is something different and special about him and his sister, but he is still having trouble figuring it out.

Red Pyramid

Since my last post, the conflict has been increased. Sadie and Carter were brought to a museum by their dad. While they were there, their dad told them to lock up the manager, and by the time they finished, he had started writing some glowing symbols on the Rosetta Stone which they had on display there. A strange man then appeared, with a fiery face and ghostlike features. He locked up Carter's dad and made him disappear beneath the ground. Then, the strange man tried to attack Carter, but when he saw Carter up close, he said he'd be back soon, and he left. Next, Carter and Sadie were interrogated by the police, who didn't believe the story. This, I'm beginning to believe, will be one of the main conflicts. It's very similar to a problem in the Percy Jackson series by the same author, where Percy loses his mother and spends a lot of the story trying to find her. I guess that is just the author's way of writing, and I personally like it. Having read Riordan's other series, I would highly recommend all of his books.

Red Pyramid- The beginning

I just started reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. So far, the only thing that has gone on is that the two main characters, Carter and his sister Sadie, have been introduced, along with their dad. Minor conflict and mystery has shown up, including learning a little bit about their mother's death and seeing their dad talking with strange people. I don't know too much just yet, but it is looking like it will be a good book.