How To Cheat A Dragon's Curse By Cressida Cowell

In the satirical novel, “Dealing with Dragons”, written by Patricia C. Wrede it focuses on how Cimorene went against her expected routine as a Medieval princess. Cimorene was justified in ignoring the acquired social norms of the Medieval Society because, she could be independent in her own life without limits, there were endless opportunities for her, and she wouldn’t have to live up to anyone’s expectations.

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.

Rick Riordan’s second book in the Percy jackson series, “The Sea of Monsters”. It is a book that takes place mostly in the real world but with some magical environments. In this series magical stuff happens and, like the name suggests, one of the magical settings is the Sea of Monsters. The main theme I am focusing on in this essay is friendship, it actually is a theme in all of this series.

Chasing the dragon, most know it as heroin, is an opiate that is an extremely addictive class one drug. Heroin is known as chasing the dragon because, when you first use heroin, you feel euphoria. You keep trying to get more and more of the drug to feel the same feeling you did the first time you used heroin, but it is never the same because your body has created a tolerance for the drug. Therefore, you are chasing a drug that is very destructive and bigger than yourself, just like a dragon. You are chasing after the dragon wherever you can and do whatever you can to get more. We, as Catching Dragons, are a safe-house for drug addicts, more specifically, heroin. Too many deaths come from drug overdoses in Licking County so we have come up with a plan to stop the addiction through a healthy, therapeutic environment by creating a place they can go to seek refuge and help for many loved ones in need.

It surprised me at first that Contemporary Realistic Fiction is the most popular genre in children’s books. But after reading this it made more sense why contemporary realistic fiction is the most popular genre. It approaches the reality of children’s own lives. They can also connect to it so much easier than other genres.

That’s when Danzi and Ping flew away. Ping finds out that Master Lan blames the deaths of the 11 dragons on her and says she’s an evil sorceress. This then leads to the next lot of critical events with Diao the dragon hunter and many other people who want the dragon and his stone. Finally, the resolution decides to show up. They reach the Ocean and Danzi says he’s going to travel alone with Hua to the river of renewal. Ping is stuck with the new baby dragon which just hatched from the dragon stone. The climax in this story would have to be when they reach the Ocean and Danzi says he’s taking Hua but not Ping over to the river of renewal. The main character is Ping. The character is realistic. Ping sounds exactly like a normal slave until they start talking about her being a Dragon Keeper and looking after the dragons. The way she changes during the novel is extraordinary. At first, she is a shy girl, who knows practically nothing and doesn’t believe in herself

Throughout the history of man, humans have been faced with the decision to either follow the path of morality or the path of evil. Especially in the case of choices, fortitude becomes necessary, as one cannot give in to their inner demons. In the book Grendel, by John Gardner, the quote, “My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it” (74) shows the true purpose of the Dragon - to demonstrate the path of malice: the path of disinterest. Also, the Dragon shows little to know caring for others, especially in the case of overall interest in the happenings of the world. This idea of indifference plays tricks in Grendel’s mind, which makes sense, as dragons through literature represent evil, greed, and violence, making this character the perfect foil for Grendel.

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.

Fahrenheit 451 is about a society in which books and think have been banned. The government determines that many books have controversial messages that bring out the worst in humans. So in order to keep the masses happy, books have been outlawed and must be burnt. The main protagonist, a firefighter named Guy Montag, is commissioned to raid houses and destroy books in his community. Through time and conversations he has with other characters of the book he ultimately discovers the flaw in his society; so in response, Montag decides to steal, hide and keep some of the confiscated books at his house. Montag keeps a book of poetry that includes "Dover Beach."

The story of A&P (written by John Updike, a US writer born 1932 in Pennsylvania, died in 2009) Is one of lengthy descriptive details of places, people, and things that take place in a town north of Boston, Massachusetts. This first person point of view type of story features a seemingly normal 19 year old cashier named Sammy who is stuck at work on an average Thursday afternoon when 3 girls in bathing suites come in to buy some kingfish snacks. As he describes the 3 girls; it becomes apparent that the most attractive girl of the group who has her top straps loose in such a way that they reveal a little bit more than should be showing becomes the main focus of the story , along with his reactions and details of other people’s reception

The book is essentially a fairy tale that is appealing to younger children but on

The book I read was The Eighth Day by Dianne K Salerni.The genre of this novel is fantasy adventure.This book is labeled as fantasy because of it’s magic a well as it’s interesting fictional plot. Adventure is also featured in the title because of all the unusual and exciting occurrences.This piece of literature mixes Ancient magic,Arthurian legend and a modern twist to bring an intriguing book.The complicated alliances and cold-hearted villains keeps the reader on their toes.

The genre I chose for my literature project was coming- of-age. I read three very different books with a variation of plot and style and other aspects too however all the books covered my chosen genre. This genre focuses on the growth of a character often from youth to adulthood. Coming-of-age are often set in the past. I read Once in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth, White Oleander by Janet Fitch and my classic was The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.

In the movie, “How to train your dragon 1”, Hiccup is the son of a Viking leader. These Viking were at war with dragons. When Hiccup shot down a dragon, and later went to investigate, he found out that dragons were not actually mean, but just trying to feed themselves. He confronted a dragon, with only the knowledge that he had been taught by his family, that dragons

     The story is named The Eyes of the Dragon because Thomas’s secret. Flagg once showed the young prince a secret corridor. At the end of this passage was a wall with two small transparent slits. The slits were the eyes of the dragon, Niner, which was displayed as a prized trophy head in one of the king’s many rooms. It was in this room that young Thomas witnessed the murder of his father the King. Also, in king Roland’s