An Unlikely Duo: Dragonkeeper By Carole Wilkinson

The development of young characters can be seen throughout the novel with the shift in responsibility to be a parent from Ma and Da to Audrey and Devon. “Sometimes, as Da had done, Devon took a thing to town to pawn. He pawned the box that Grandda’s money had come in and brought home second-hand shoes for me.” (135) Further, this can also be seen with Izzy’s adjustment to the rural farming conditions from a previous rich city life and Audrey’s brave decision to work for the selfish pig farmer; even little Harper realises that the world is not just fun and games. Despite the Flute family despising Vandery Cable, Audrey, transitioning into the role of a mature and dedicated second mother, takes this burden upon herself as she values her family’s welfare over her own. The courage and bravery needed to fill the shoes of the previous dependent characters shows how the next generation is helping to ease to hardships faced by the community. Being brave and facing ones fears is the only way to achieve anything in these merciless times and by Audrey facing her fears for the benefit of her family, we can see her develop from a young and naive teenager into a mature and independent adult. The bravery and sacrifices made by the young generation to support

The book is intended for anyone mature and people who love books filled with suspense. The story starts in ancient China with a slave girl who to begin with finds herself unworthy of even a name. The girls main job is to take care of dragons and unexpectedly one of the two dragons dies. The girl feels that she is largely at fault for and the girl ameliorates the level of care she takes for the dragons.

A vampire is defined as “a prenatural being of a malignant nature, supposed to seek nourishment, or do harm, by sucking the blood of sleeping persons;” (1). Whereas a parasite is defined as “a person who lives at the expense of another, or society in general;” (2). A sleeping persons can be interpreted as an innocent person, this is due to countless stories and lore depicting vampires stealing the blood of conscious innocent persons. Therefore, by doing harm to the innocent, a vampire is living at the expense of the humans whose blood it steals, making vampires a form of parasite. In The Good Lady Ducayne, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Ducayne is genetically a human, but her mind has become fixated on life. By exploiting technology, her moral and ethical standards change, allowing for her personal relationships to become meaningless in her search for an elongated life. She goes so far as to steal the blood of young girls; this act of stealing innocent girls blood at their own expense, makes her a special parasite, human vampire.

The genre of this novel is adventure. The novel’s purpose is to entertain. The audience for this novel is all genders, ages 6-13.

In the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy”, written by Anne McCaffrey, Keevan, the main character, shows traits with his thoughts and feelings, speech, appearance, actions, and other people’s reactions. Some of the traits he often shows are persistent, determined, honest, and courage. His thoughts and feelings and show his honesty and patience. His speech shows his kindness and his intelligence. He shows how he can still be physically strong even when he is the youngest and the smallest. His actions prove him to be self-controlled. Other people’s reactions to him show how hardworking he is.

Video “Here be Dragons” by Brian Dunning (6/30/16). What does the title really mean are dragons even real? Advertisements tend to just tell us what we want to hear in order to make a profit. How do we know when they are telling the truth? In Brian Dunning video he goes through the “Red Flags” the warning sign that something is a pseudoscience. Pseudoscience is the idea that claims to be real but are not supported by facts or evidence. The “Red Flags” he mentions are; appeal to authority, ancient wisdom, confirmation bias, red heritage, proof by verbosity, mystical energy, suppression by authorities, all natural, and ideological support. Appeal authority is the use of appearance to gain credulity of a product. Any example of this is when

The book, Mark of the Dragonfly, is a really exciting book. The main character, easgry, is just a small girl in a scrap town, who collects meteors which fall from the sky. One day, she goes out collecting and sees a wagon, but before she can get to it, a meteor lands on it and “kills” everyone in it. However, a girl named Anna survived. She can’t remember anything, but she is tattooed with a dragonfly, with many exotic colors. This means that she comes from the Dragonfly Territories and is protected by the king. If Anna is returned, whomever returns her will get a large sum of gold.

Dealing with Dragons In the novel Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is a princess that doesn’t pursue the quintessential princess role in the kingdom. Cimorene’s parents did not even respect or value her. Additionally she want to learn new things, but her society does not allow females to pursue them. Finally, she is being forced to marry a prince whom she does not respect.

In the novel, Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene does not want to be a proper princess.Since she does not like being a proper princess, she runs away from her castle and wedding then goes to a dragon's cave and becomes Kazul’s princess.While she is the dragon’s princess she saves them from a couple of wizards, Zemenar and Antorell, and a dragon, Woraug, from becoming king and giving the wizards the crystal plate.Cimorene shows unprincess-like behavior.

Siobhan, Owens friend and math tutor/ the accomplice of the protagonist, is amazingly talented in music, and she admires the Throksard family including Owen. Her dream comes true when she meets them. In the book, The Story Of Owen by E.K Johnston, Siobhan’s identity changes and develops as she gains new experiences which include the countless amount of dragon encounters,

Applying justifiable inequality to the movie reveals that it is a staple of Viking culture. In addition, an essay by Olivia Chung, “Finding my Eye-density,” helps shed light on similar cultural expectations found in Berk and how Hiccup works up the courage to reject his forced identity as a traditional Viking and take confidence in standing up for who he is despite constant criticism and scorn. How to train your dragon is not only a story about authentic manhood but is also about Hiccup overcoming marginalization through

(1)The book, ”Raising Dragons” is an exciting novel, since it is many unexpected turns. (4) Writing this book, Bryan Davis didn’t expect it to be an absolutely admirable novel, his thoughts were to inspire his children, but he discovered, that he is a great writer. (3) Naturally, it wasn’t a cake-walk, he had over 200 rejections, and many rewrites, which takes real dedication. As dedicated as the military to keep the country safe. (5) When Bryan Davis wrote this book he had a real will for writing. He desired a great book, disered to inspire his kids, and desired to enjoy his writing. (2) Because of his writing there is now a captivating fiction fantasy for all.(6) Bryan Davis is very skilled.

The Faithful Daughter Shim Ch’ong by Vorhees is intended for fourth to fifth graders. This children’s tale follows Shim Ch’ong, the daughter of Blind Shim, who works to provide for her and her father. Late one night, Blind Shim falls into a stream. A monk rescues Blind Shim, who then promises to give the monk 300 bags of rice. Shim Ch’ong sells herself to sailors in order to help her father, and throws herself off the ship, waking up several days later in the palace of the Dragon King. He sends her back to the surface in a lotus flower. Fishermen bring the flower to the king, who opens it to see Shim Ch’ong, who is wed to him and as time passes, she grows worried for her father. The king, consoling his wife, hosts a feast for all the blind

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

The dragon in the Tale is very mistiaves. He does all these things just to be annoying ,like stealing spark plugs. John Garndner makes all these problems to make humor , also like turning the queen into a rose bush. The problems that happen in the Tale are mostly from modern day into medieval days, like sparks plugs, Freezers, fire crackers and cigars. The wizard was of no lessen, for he had forgotten where his wizard book was. In the tale the boys try to slay the dragon but only one succeeds out of the three boys. The youngest succeeded