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Pages 203-204:
"That was only two days before her wedding. Scarlett fought against a new surge of panic... 'I can't die for two days—I need to leave in two days!'
If Scarlett died now, she'd never be able to find her sister and make it home in time for her wedding. And what if someone else, like Dante, found her sister while she was dead? Or the game ended early and Tella found Scarlett dead? The field of Scarlett's vision was narrowing, going black around the edges."

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Scarlett's history of panicking to find safety is now affecting her as she scrambles through all the possibilities of what could happen while she's dead. She wants to be home in time for her wedding, keep Tella safe, and make sure that her father never finds out, which is where the panic of her father's appearance comes into view. You can also see panic turning into anger and disbelief as she responds to the shopkeeper so harshly.

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Pages 123-124:
"This was all Scarlett's fault. Tella had been in her room with a man, but not for the reasons Scarlett thought. She should have known. She should have gone in despite Tella's protests. It was Scarlett's job to take care of her sister. Tella was far too reckless with men. And Scarlett has been foolish to think they could stay here, even for a day. She should have departed the island with Tella the moment she'd found her. If Scarlett had left right away, this—"

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Once again, because of how Governor Dragna controls his daughters, Scarlett feels protective of her sister and wants to take blame for everything. However, in thise scene, there's no chance of her father punishing them in the moment, yet Scarlett still holds on to the idea that he will find out and punish them. We can also infer that Scarlett sees Tella as rash and impulsive, and that she doesn't know how to say no. This is because Tella doesn't realize how hard Scarlett tries to protect her, and so she makes those incautious decisions because she feels like she can never be brought harm.

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Pages: 21-23
"'It was Scarlett,' Tella broke in. 'I came down here and caught them in the act.'
No. Scarlett cursed her foolish sister. 'Father, she's lying. It was Tella, not me. I'm the one who caught them.'" (pg 21)
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"Scarlett tried to grab Julian's attention, tried to tell him he was making a mistake, but she could see the resolve in the sailor's face even before he answered. 'It was Scarlett.'
Reckless boy. He no doubt believed he was doing Tella a favor, when he was doing quite the opposite." (pg 22)
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"For it wasn't Scarlett who would be punished for this crime. Every time Scarlett or her sister disobeyed, Governor Dragna did something awful to the other as punishment." (pg 23)

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In this scene, Governor Dragna finds the sisters and Julian in the cellar and reveals that he knows Julian was here to 'taste one of his daughters.' Scarlett wants to protect Tella from getting punished, so she blames it on her because she knows that she will be hit, not Tella. Because of this, I can infer that Governor Dragna's changed attitude gives Scarlett the impression that she needs to take the blame for everyone's mistakes, even when she wasn't involved, so that nobody (especially Tella) gets hurt.

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Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why? (caraval)

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Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why? (caraval)

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I give Caraval a 9/10 because of the illustrative imagery. The ending was hard to understand because of the plot twist, and I was confused as to what exactly happened, but eventually everything fell into place and the book felt as magical as its setting. I would recommend this book to fantasy lovers, or anyone who may enjoy the suspense and mystery this book has to offer.

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Discuss what you believe the theme or main idea of your book is. Use information from your story to support your theme. (caraval)

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Discuss what you believe the theme or main idea of your book is. Use information from your story to support your theme. (caraval)

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I believe the theme of this story is that sometimes you need to take chances and trust your gut to achieve your goal.
In the very beginning of Caraval, we learn and are shown how dulled down Scarlett is because of her father's continuous torment. She knows the sound of his steps and associates the plum color of his gloves with pain (which is why later she'll refuse to wear a plum-colored dress), she doesn't trust herself to make the right decisions and instead loses herself trying to please others, and she is in the mindset that if she breaks a rule, she could die. But in the end, Scarlett realizes how many chances she took and how much she had to trust herself in order to reach Donatella. She trusted Julian's wish of having her see Nigel, she trusted Aiko to lead her down the right path, and she trusted his instincts and took a chance to drink the cider which let her slowly see the world in brighter color.

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Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows? (caraval)

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Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows? (caraval)

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I believe the author has done really well on descriptive language, building characters, and creating a setting. Stephanie Garber uses every plot point to her advantage and creates believable, three-dimensional characters like Julian, a mischievous but secretive sailor, Scarlett, a woman who is bold but timid at the same time and will do whatever it takes to protect her sister, and Donatella (Tella), Scarlett’s reckless sister who loves to take chances. She describes the aspects of Caraval impeccably, right down to the twinge of sourness in a drink, and every setting is as magical as it sounds.

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At the end of the book, Scarlett and Tella are finally away from her father, who thinks Tella has died and knows that because of this, he no longer has a way to control Scarlett. But this was not on accident. Even if Scarlett didn’t know that the game was fabricated this year by Donatella’s request, she still exposed her father. She threatened him and made him afraid of her because she knew his secrets, and she was bold by fighting no matter how she was chained down. She ran down to Tella’s body to try and keep her alive, and she didn’t care if people were watching or if she looked crazy. Despite all the odds, Scarlett broke her figurative chains so that Governor Dragna no longer has a hold on her, and she learned that she did not deserve the harm her father caused, and that it was not her fault for Tella’s punishments.

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This reading session was 9 chapters long, so I can’t include everything in this response. But I will note that across these 9 chapters, Scarlett has felt every emotion possible. Both Julian and Dante have been murdered, the game is almost over, meaning Donatella could die too if she doesn’t win soon, and Scarlett has been trying to run away from her despicable father and fiancee. And while this is happening, Scarlett is feeling much more panicked because of her father, and her mind is racing with possible ways to win the game. Her father has abused her for so long she no longer trusts her own instincts, and as a result, she no longer trusts Julian, Legend, Jovan, or Aiko.

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In Caraval, many of the Scarlett’s thoughts and actions are influenced by her abusive father, Governor Dragna, whose whole attitude changed after his wife left. Scarlett makes it her duty to protect Tella from her father at all costs and feels like she is to blame for the harm her sister is in. We can see this as Scarlett bargains with Aiko and takes a chance, the one thing she tries to never do, just so she can see a few journal pages which may or may not help her. Scarlett has no idea what will happen, but she is hoping to find Tella quicker and leave Caraval in time for her wedding, so that Governor Dragna will never know and her sister will be away from harm.

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Minutes: 30

Pages: 67

How I felt reading: I felt confused because of the plot twist at the ending but I was very happy to see Julian and Scarlett together

Did I meet my goal: yes

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Minutes: 30

Pages: 66

How I felt reading: I felt very sucked into the book and I’m reaching the climax, so I’m excited to see what happens

Did I meet my goal: Yes

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Pages: 27

How I felt reading: A little distracted by personal events

Did I meet my goal: no

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"But I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone." (HOMS, pg. 59)

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"But I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone." (HOMS, pg. 59)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. This is personification because Esperanza is describing disease like it's alive, like it has a conscious and can choose who they affect.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? The author included this because it helps the reader understand Esperanza's feelings toward disease and even death. She believes that you cannot control the diseases you acquire, no matter how healthy or happy you are.

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"...and how to walk down to the corner so that the shoes talk back to you with every step." (HOMS, pg. 40)

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"...and how to walk down to the corner so that the shoes talk back to you with every step." (HOMS, pg. 40)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. This is personification because Esperanza is describing the shoes as if they were alive.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? The meaning of "talking back" usually means to bicker with someone with sass or attitude, and it helps the reader picture the girls walking with sass and feeling themselves.

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny. No two exactly alike. Only how do you remember which one is which?" (HOMS, pg. )

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"There are a million zillion kinds, says Nenny. No two exactly alike. Only how do you remember which one is which?" (HOMS, pg. )

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. This is a hyperbole because Nenny is exaggerating the amount of types of clouds to a visibly false amount.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? Since Nenny is a child, she can't quite comprehend how many types of clouds there are, and there's a high chance she doesn't even know the actual number. Therefore, this is effective because it gives off Nenny's sense of childlike naivety and shows us just how many there are.

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"You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky,and sky can keep you safe when you are sad." (HOMS, pg. )

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"You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky,and sky can keep you safe when you are sad." (HOMS, pg. )

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. This is personification because sky is being treated like a parent holding you close in their arms and keeping you safe, even though it can't do that.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? This piece helps me picture someone running outside as they are crying, and looking into the sky, and sort of getting lost in it. Simply put, it helps me imagine someone finding comfort in the sky and feeling like when they are looking up at the sky, nothing can harm them.

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"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from __ knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace." (HOMS, pg. )

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"The kids bend trees and bounce between cars and dangle upside down from __ knees and almost break like fancy museum vases you can't replace." (HOMS, pg. )

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this. This is a simile because Cisneros is comparing the children falling to the fancy vases using the word "like."

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? This piece of figurative language is effective because children are quite like fancy vases - they cost a lot and cannot be replaced, and it's a big deal when they break.

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"But what you remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms..." (HOMS, pg. 22)

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"But what you remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms..." (HOMS, pg. 22)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this: This is a metaphor because the author is describing something without using 'like' or 'as.' It can also be personification because the tree is being described as if it were a human with arms.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? The author may have included this metaphor to help the reader visualize thick, outstretched arms on a tree, like if you yourself reached out to either side, and explain the width of the tree better than if she did in... tree terms.

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"I sit on the back seat and Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti, but after a bit you get used to it." (HOMS, pg. 15-16)

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"I sit on the back seat and Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti, but after a bit you get used to it." (HOMS, pg. 15-16)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this: Cisneros uses the phrase 'as if' which can be substituted by 'like' and still make sense. This makes it a metaphor because the author is using 'like' or 'as' to compare two things.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand? This metaphor is effective because the reader knows that spaghetti is stringy and not easily able to be picked up, which helps us visualize the wheels of the bike wobbling and not able to stay up for very long.

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"She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it." (HOMS, pg. 12)

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"She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it." (HOMS, pg. 12)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this: This is hyperbole because it's an extreme exaggeration of the size of the building

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand?: The building Edna's mother used to own was probably not actually as big as a giant whale, but since the reader knows that whales are huge and can confirm from their point of view (as you can see by me calling them 'giant' whales), we understand that the building was huge.

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“Windows so small you think they’re holding their breath” (HOMS, pg. 4)

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“Windows so small you think they’re holding their breath” (HOMS, pg. 4)

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This is personification because it gives the windows a human trait. It’s effective because it makes them seem so much smaller since we know what it looks like when someone holds their breath.

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goal two - stay focused for at least 4 pages

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goal two - stay focused for at least 4 pages

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my goal is to stay focused for at least 4 pages because i believe my previous goal was too difficult and i would like on work on focusing. i will accomplish this goal by trying to dismiss distracting thoughts from my head, or write them down if they are truly bothering me.

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sophie's world: a novel on the history of philosophy (jostein gaardner)

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sophie's world: a novel on the history of philosophy (jostein gaardner)

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favorite books:

the invisible life of addie larue (by v.e. schwab)

the pjo and hereos of olympus series

children of blood and bone (tomi adeyemi)

have a little faith, tuesdays with morrie, and the five people you meet in heaven (mitch albom)

caraval (stephanie garber)

favorite genres:

realistic fiction

fantasy

(occasionally) information/biography

sci-fi / dystopian (hunger games, divergent, etc.) (even though i technically didnt read any of divergent, just watched the movies)

topics:

LGBTQ+ history

activism

psychology

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Tell me about an interesting topic that is present in your book. What have you learned about this topic/idea? What are you still wondering about this topic? How has this topic impacted your story (the characters and/or the plot)? (circe)

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Tell me about an interesting topic that is present in your book. What have you learned about this topic/idea? What are you still wondering about this topic? How has this topic impacted your story (the characters and/or the plot)? (circe)

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one topic that is prevalent in circe - not just prevalent, but part of the entire storyline - is greek mythology, which is one of the main reasons i decided to read it. ive always been curious about greek mythology, and this book has given me so much information.

i learned of the story of circe, who i never knew existed until i read the book

i was reminded of prometheus and how he gave fire to mortals

and i learned about scylla's origins, who glaucos was, etc.

i still want to learn about more greek gods, as well as their roman counterparts, but i can tell from the foreshadowing (and reviews online) that there are more gods to come in circe.

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Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows? (circe)

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Think about the author's choices. What has the author done well so far? Have they successfully created suspense? Do they have a good use of dialogue, word choice, or figurative language? Do they use flashbacks/foreshadows? (circe)

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One thing Madeline Miller does right is create friction. The tale of Circe already exists in Greek mythology and so Miller doesn't have much wiggle room in how she sets up Circe's backstory and character. But she still manages to make the story her own by using the conflict as support. Circe is heartbroken by Aeetes' leave because he was the only person cared for her, since her own parents hated her. She is sent to Aiaia after discovering she is a witch because she selfishly turns Scylla into a monster and leaves Glaucos with no wife. She is skeptical towards Pasiphae's offer to take her off the island if she will help in the birthing of her child because Pasiphae would always make fun of her and was never kind in the slightest.

Miller uses the conflict to create more friction, and this in turn creates suspense. We have no idea what the characters will do or say next because we feel like they're out of options.

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Tell me about the narrator of the book you are reading. What are they like? Are they believable? Do they seem authentic and real? Do you connect with the narrator? Throughout the story, are there more “window” scenes than “mirror” scenes? Explain. (circe)

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Tell me about the narrator of the book you are reading. What are they like? Are they believable? Do they seem authentic and real? Do you connect with the narrator? Throughout the story, are there more “window” scenes than “mirror” scenes? Explain. (circe)

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Throughout the story, Circe is very stoic. She has endured many hardships in her life and so she has naturally formed a hard outer shell This means that she has a raw perspective on the world because she has seen the negative side of it, and so when she talks about, for example, Scylla and how she looks now as a monster, you can believe what she says and imagine what Scylla looks like because you trust Circe's point of view.

However, there are an equal amount of windows and mirrors and the reason for this is most likely this: Circe is a Greek goddess and therefore, from the reader's perspective, everything in her story and everything in her life is highly improbable. Circe is a witch - she can cast spells and transform people just with the plants in her backyard - and because in real life, we don't have these powers, it's hard to connect with Circe. But that doesn't mean that the author's writing doesn't make the text come to life. It is believable simply because of the sheer skill put into the writing.

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Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why? (circe)

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Give me a review about your book. So far, what do you like about your book? What do you not like? Who would you recommend this book to? Why? (circe)

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I would give Circe 7/10 stars. I have to either read it out loud or reread the text to comprehend what is happening, which I don't normally need to do for other books, but despite this, it is incredibly descriptive and keeps me up at night reading it. I bought the book because so many people online were raving about it, and it did not disappoint. I recommend Circe to everyone because I love the characters, I love Greek mythology, and I love how determined Circe is, and I want to spread that enjoyment to others. The only problem I have with the book is some of the explicit language, not because I don't like reading it, but because it's not ideal to recommend a book to my parents which has words that I shouldn't be reading. (well, technically my mom doesn't care, but my dad wouldn't like that)

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Are there many conflicts or one main conflict? Does the conflict affect the characters or plot? How? (mark of athena)

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Are there many conflicts or one main conflict? Does the conflict affect the characters or plot? How? (mark of athena)

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there are multiple conflicts in the mark of athena, including a thousands-of-years divide between greeks and romans, athena being pushed aside and wanting revenge, and gaea trying to take over the world again. it affects every character in the story.

the greek and roman divide affects the demigods because they have always been at odds and dont trust each other, so when leo attacks the romans' camp after theyve just started gaining trust for the greeks (we later find out it was the cause of a possessing spirit), it sets the romans off and they prepare for battle and/or execution

gaea rising affects everyone, as she is one the most power gods in all history. she has absolute control over rocks and earth, and as the titans' mother (and mother to some monsters), she has an entire army ready to fight by her side.

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CONNOTATION FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, pg. #)

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CONNOTATION FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, pg. #)

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Denotation:

Connotation:

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?:

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?:

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FIG. LANGUAGE FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, pg. #)

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FIG. LANGUAGE FORMAT - "Sentence from the story" (HOMS, pg. #)

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What type of figurative language is the author using? Explain how you know this.

Why is it effective? Why did the author include this piece of figurative language? What does it help you picture or understand?

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window (unfamiliar) - explain scene, how/why you dont relate, what you learned

mirror (familiar) - explain scene, how/why you can relate, what connection you have

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why is annabeth's backstory and personality so important to her mission? (mark of athena)

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why is annabeth's backstory and personality so important to her mission? (mark of athena)

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In The Mark of Athena, Annabeth's backstory, personality traits, and experiences are crucial to how she deals with her mission - discovering her mother's old statue, the Athena Parthenos, which no one has seen for millennia.

Annabeth, as we've already established, is the daughter of Athena. When in Greek form, Athena is a virgin goddess of wisdom, which gave Annabeth a hunger for knowledge, a skill for research and inference, and natural smarts. So when she falls through the labyrinth and meets a bunch of ghosts with no way to come out alive except to overpower their knowledge, she uses the stories she's heard of other gods, both Roman and Greek, as well as her inference skills, to read the hieroglyphics carved into the stone. She ends up defeating the ghosts by crumbling their part of the labyrinth and makes it out only with a broken ankle from the harsh landing.

Annabeth's memories from her friends and her camp training also come in handy. When she gets a broken ankle from her fall from the crushed labyrinth, she uses her time in Grover's safety course to check her surroundings or immediate threats and take inventory, and then quickly creates a makeshift cast from her memory of doing the same for a camper back home. This is very important for her survival, because if she wasn't able to make to cast, she most likely would have died in the labyrinth.

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how does the author use dialogue throughout the book? (the mark of athena)

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how does the author use dialogue throughout the book? (the mark of athena)

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one example of the author, rick riordan, using dialogue to his advantage is on page 254, when annabeth meets reyna at fort sumter and runs away. in this scene, there are two pieces of dialogue we can focus on; reyna, octavian, and annabeth's exclamations.

"Annabeth waited for her to attack. Instead, Reyna flicked her hand. The metal dogs backed away. 'Annabeth Chase,' she said, 'when we meet again, we will be enemies on the field of battle.'" from what reyna says, and the context of this situation, we can infer that reyna has a bitter attitude towards annabeth, but chooses not to fight. she is reluctant to back away but she does so anyway, possibly because she doesnt want to make the situation worse or because she actually wants to give annabeth one more chance to prove that the greeks are worth befriending.

"Annabeth sprinted through the lines. Octavian yelled, 'Stop her!'" for the entire novel, octavian has been a villain. he is bossy and snarky, he has weird ways of predicting the future (by cutting stuffed animals open), and he tries to declare war on the greeks at every given opportunity. we can see this in his persistence of saying "Stop her!" that he shows no mercy, and it adds to the reader's hatred for him.

"Annabeth leaped and grabbed Piper's hand. The gangplank fell into the sea, and the two girls tumbled onto the deck. 'Go!' Annabeth screamed. 'Go, go, go!'" This piece of dialogue conveys so much of what Annabeth is feeling - panic, leadership, desperation and determination - that it's hard to focus on one thing. However, that may be a good thing, because this scene has he same sort of mood. It's chaotic and frantic, so using the same sort of dialogue makes sense for this.

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how do the characters change or develop over the course of the story? (the mark of athena)

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how do the characters change or develop over the course of the story? (the mark of athena)

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throughout the story, there are dozens of conflicts - the mark of athena (exclusive to annabeth), gaea's rising, the thousands of years old greek/roman rift, which will tie in to the mark of athena, and other minor conflicts. but despite everything going on, the characters do evolve. for starters, leo and hazel figure out why they met, why leo looks so similar to hazels friend in her old life, sammy. sammy says in the flashback, "'I give you my blessing, Leo. First male great-grandchild! I have a feeling you are special, like Hazel was. You are more than a regular baby, eh? You will carry on for me. You will see her someday. Tell her hello for me.'" this shows hazel that leo was in fact related to her old friend, which is why they look so similar, and when frank gets angry because he thinks his and hazel's relationship will be over, hazel explains what they were doing and he calms down. leo, hazel, and frank now have a much stronger relationship and it leads frank to want to be open about why hes so afraid of leo's fire powers.

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how does circe grow throughout her time on the island? (circe)

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how does circe grow throughout her time on the island? (circe)

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throughout circe’s time on the island, she goes from a scared, ashamed young woman to a powerful but gentle witch years later. she learns which herbs and flowers do what, how to harness her magic, and she gains outside updates from hermes, who we assume she falls in love with. these scenes are important because just by reading the story, it is hard to tell how much circe has changed, but once you write it out, you can see that she has drastically improved, and it shows the reader how much determination her character has which could be helpful in the future and could move the plot along.

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how does the shifts in point of view change our perception of the situations? (the mark of athena)

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how does the shifts in point of view change our perception of the situations? (the mark of athena)

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in every percy jackson book, the point of view is constantly shifting between characters, especially because theres usually a few kids from the group going on different quests at once and it helps update the reader on whats happening. the shifts also help with perception of events because of each kid's opinions and role in the event. for example, when hazel, piper, and annabeth meet aphrodite before traveling to fort sumter, seeing annabeth's point of view makes us feel jealous because aphrodite keeps getting more beautiful, and fearful, because shes finally catching on to her mother athena's plans, which could either save the world or destroy it. however, when we see piper's point of view, it is annoyed because she feels her mother (aphrodite) is embarrassing her

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Based on the following section, compare Lois and Esperanza: “She’s got big girl hands, and her bones are long like ladies’ bones, and she wears makeup too. But she doesn’t know how to tie her shoes. I do” (p. 73).

Lois is very sweet and beautiful and most likely tall, based on the text. This is what makes her desirable; she has all the traits of the models in magazines. But she is not very smart because she can't tie her shoes, which is one of the basic things you learn when you are young. On the contrary, Esperanza may not be so pretty like all the boys think she should be, but she knows how to tie her shoes - in other words, she has a lot more brains than Lois.

Explain what Esperanza means based on the following section: “Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, learning out my window, imagining what I can’t see.” (p. 73).

Before this sentence, Esperanza is talking about how Lois gets to go out and be held by a boy and not have a care in the world. What she's trying to say here is that she wants to have the same experience as Lois instead of sitting inside all night and pretending she's somewhere else, because she believes it's not the same.

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The witch lady sees jealousy and sorrow in Esperanza’s cards. Why do you think these showed up for Esperanza's fortune?

This showed up for Esperanza because throughout the entire book, we have really only seen her complain about her life. She is jealous of other people's beauty and talent without recognizing her own, and she pities her own situation without realizing how great it really is.

When Esperanza asks about a house, the witch lady says, “Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart.” (p. 64). Explain what you believe this means.

I believe this mean that even though Esperanza can't see the goodness in her life and in her situation, if she looks inside herself and realizes how great she is, then she can learn to appreciate the community around her.

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Is the name calling serious, meant to hurt each other's feelings, or is it just joking? Explain your opinion and use evidence.

I think the name calling starts off as a joke, then starts to get serious. I can see this on page 37 when Rachel says, "Oh, we're only playing," and later she says, "Nenny, you better tall your sister she is really crazy because Lucy and me are never coming back her again. Forever." It's a big misunderstanding because Rachel and Lucy are joking but Esperanza and Nenny can't see that, and then later Esperanza and Nenny are defending themselves and the other two think they're trying to attack them.

Describe the characteristics of each character (Lucy/Rachel, Esperanza, and Nenny) based on this chapter. Have they changed since we first met them? Use evidence.

When Lucy/Rachel were first introduced, they were odd but very sweet and funny. However, in this chapter, they are being rude and unsympathetic. We can see this on page 37 when Rachel says, "Oh, we're only playing" - Rachel ad Lucy can't see that their "jokes" are hurting Esperanza's feelings, and they don't seem to feel remorse for them either.

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"Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas" (pg. 73)

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"Everything is waiting to explode like Christmas" (pg. 73)

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Denotation: ??

Connotation: christmas is very shiny and colorful and it pops out

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: This phrase could give a positive feeling, but based on the context, it is negative.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: This phrase was used because it describes Esperanza wanting to explode and be pretty and shiny and all girly like Lois. She knows she can be stereo-typically "beautiful" if she just dug deep inside her and tried. But this phrase also shows us that Esperanza is failing to see how wonderful and smart and kind she is without having to be pretty - all the things Lois is not.

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"A *home* in the heart" and "A new *house,* a house made of heart" (p. 64)

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"A *home* in the heart" and "A new *house,* a house made of heart" (p. 64)

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Denotation: "house" and "home" both mean a place that you live, usually a singular building

Connotation: "house" has a neutral connotation and "Home" has a positive connotation. "home" means you feel like you belong but "house" feels like its just a building that exists, not something that is yours

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: the mood of this phrase is a bit negative, very longing. esperanza wants a home that feels like hers and its warm and loving, but right now she feels like she has a house, which to her is just this building that shes living in.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: the author used this phrase because it shows esperanza's feelings for her current living situation, and her feelings for her community. esperanza wants a home that she feels comfortable in and it looks like how she imagines it, but she doesnt realize how homely and closely-knit her community is.

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today.” (p. 37)

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“Uh-oh, Nenny. Better get the broom. Too much trash in our yard today.” (p. 37)

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Denotation: yard is littered, dirty, smelly

Connotation: negative, nasty, doesnt belong

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: The mood of this phrase is negative, as it implies that Lucy and Rachel should be thrown out just like trash because they are not wanted.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: The author used this phrase because the reader knows that trash is dirty, smelly, and usually unwanted; you throw out trash because it has to use or value to you anymore. Esperanza calling Lucy and Rachel garbage shows that Esperanza feels the sister have no use to her anymore and should be taken away because they are creating a figurative stench.

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"They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks" (HOMS, pg. 15)

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"They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks" (HOMS, pg. 15)

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Denotation: a day of the week seen as part of the weekend, can been the first or last day of the week

Connotation: polished, fancy, reserved for rest

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: the mood of this phrase is positive and relieved.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: The author may have used this phrase because when you hear Sunday shoes, you think of fancy, well-polished shoes reserved for church on Sundays. Because of this, you feel relieved because you don't have to mourn over Lucy and Rachel knowing that they have some form of well-fitting clothing they can wear.

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"Their clothes are crooked and old" (HOMS, pg. 14)

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"Their clothes are crooked and old" (HOMS, pg. 14)

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Denotation: Twisted, out of place, maybe old, bent

Connotation: The clothes are ratty and have holes, don't fit properly, etc.

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: The mood of this phrase is negative and makes you look down at Lucy and Rachel because of their clothes.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: The author could have used this phrase because it gives us the sense that Lucy and Rachel's family may not have enough money to pay for showers and proper clothing.

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"As if she were a fancy chandelier" (HOMS, pg. 11)

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"As if she were a fancy chandelier" (HOMS, pg. 11)

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Denotation: a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles

Connotation: valuable, elegant, delicate, expensive, desirable

What mood or feeling is shown in this phrase? Positive? Negative?: Using the word chandelier adds a positive and sophisticated mood to this section of the story.

Why did the author use this phrase or word? What did it add to the story? What do we learn?: The author used the phrase fancy chandelier so we can learn how Esperanza's great-grandfather views her great-grandmother. We learn that he loved her and really wanted to marry her. He values her and sees her as a delicate, elegant, desirable woman. The message would have been significantly different if the author said, “As if she were a sack of potatoes.”

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this vignette is a mirror for me because growing up, i always wanted to be like the girls i saw in magazines and on tv. i wanted to have a slim body, shiny blond hair, and makeup caking my face because i thought it would make me more attractive. but now that im older, i see that i dont need to have all that to be beautiful, because most of those women probably dont have the talent that i do.

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this vignette was a window for me because it showed me what its like to live as a black person in a black neighborhood. i have never experienced racism and so i didnt know this was what happened, but now i have learned that others seem to think that black people are crazy, murderous villains when theyre not.

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in "louie, his cousin, and his other cousin," esperanza describes louie, his older cousin marin, and his seemingly criminal other cousin. this is a window for me because m neighborhood is very safe, and so i have never experienced to seen any crime in my neighborhood. but from this picture, i can see how someone or something can look so cool, like louie's criminal cousin and his new car, but ultimately decieves your perception, like louie's cousin being chased by the cops which lets us know that he's a criminal.

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this is a mirror for me because until june 2021 when my dad remarried and gave me two stepsiblings, i only had my brother max. hes 5 1/2 years younger than me and i never wanted to hang out with him, but because hes younger hes always my responsibility. i can understand esperanza because i can relate to the feeling of always being weighed down by a younger sibling.

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"nenny is too young to be my friend. shes just my sister and that was not my fault. you dont pick your sister, you just get them and sometimes they come like nenny. she cant play with those vargas kids or shell turn out just like them. and since she comes right after me, she is my responsibility."

this is a mirror for me because until june 2021 when my dad remarried and gave me two stepsiblings, i only had my brother max. hes 5 1/2 years younger than me and i never wanted to hang out with him, but because hes younger hes always my responsibility. i can understand esperanza because i can relate to the feeling of always being weighed down by a younger sibling.

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when circe is born, she is basically told that she will never amount to anything. when her twin siblings are born, they ridicule her for having a shrill voice, yellow hawk eyes, all that. when her youngest brother is born, circe is basically his mother, since their parents couldnt care less. even then, her brother runs away, her siblings leave her alone, her parents ignore her, and this is why she acts out of rage, poisoning people to get revenge, and thus finds out she is a witch.

i can relate to circe because when i was younger, i was bullied a lot, especially for things i couldnt control. my weight, which wasnt because i ate too much but just because of genetics. my personality, which made me feel like i could ever belong and forced me to make poor decisions like bullying others in order to make friends. i can understand why circe would act out to express herself because i tended to do the same things.

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a bit ahead of the beginning of the book, circe falls in love with a human named glaucos and turns him into a sea god so that they can live together forever. however, as soon as glaucos sees one of the most beautiful nymphs, scylla, they fall in love. circe is jealous and hurt because she did everything for glaucos just so he could betray her, so she turns scylla into a monster.

this is a window for me because seeing the desperation and hurt that circe feels helps me understand more of her character. she has been unloved her entire life and so seeing the one person who actually loved her back turn away for another woman enrages her. she's probably thinking, "not again" and couldnt see the consequences of her actions in the moment.

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as circe's brother proves her father wrong, i feel a rush of arenaline. i can find the similarities between my perserverance and grace and his, but i also see how circe is hanging onto her brother's every word, and she is desperate, because what he says could save her. i cant relate to this, so that is why i say this is part window

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percy and jason summon this huge storms to fight against the romans, but afterwards, their eyes are bloodshot, they double over in pain, and they can barely stand because of the exhaustion. i classify this as a mirror because i know how it feels to be burnt out but still want to help people. i constantly have so many dreams and goals and ideas and i try to achieve them even when i physically cant.

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in this book, annabeth had a big fight with her mom, athena. athena is feeling distraught because the romans undermine her, and so she tells annabeth to follow the mark of athena and "avenge me." but annabeth is gaining more pieces of the puzzle, and shes not sure if she wants to follow her mothers orders and possibly endanger the world.

this is a mirror for me, not because my parents want me to do their bidding and destroy the world, but because i have trouble making decisions and i tend to be an overthinker, so when i have to make a life-changing decision, its really hard and i often have to consult others for advice

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in this book, percy has gained a phobia of suffocating/drowning, which is terrible for him since hes the son of poseidon. he is also pressuring himself to get rid of his phobia and keep it away from his friends because he is supposed to be a powerful demigod. i dont have any phobias, so this is a window for me because i can see what its like to have such a strong fear which affects your daily life. but i do relate because i feel pressure from my parents to do well and build a great future for myself, and sometimes that stops me from focusing on what i want.

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minutes: 14

pages: 22

how i felt reading: tired, so i had to stop

did i meet my goal: no

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minutes: 45

pages: 41

how i felt reading: intrigued

did i meet my goal: almost, but no

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minutes 27

pages: 36

how i felt reading: i was sucked in and invested in the story

did i meet my goal: no

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minutes: 28

pages: 43

how i felt reading: again, distracted. but i felt like i had a good grasp of the story, so i dont mind

did i meet my goal: no

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by doing the math from my data, i found that i read about 1.5 pages per minute. id like to read around 2 pages per minute because i want to finish my book before it is overdue at the library. i also have many other projects and so id like to finish the book soon, and this will speed up the process

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minutes: 30

pages: 43

how i felt reading: i was getting a bit distracted and i kept thinking about how, in percy jackson, literally any rule could just be broken at any time. it makes for good story but still i feel like its cheating

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minutes: 26

pages: 39

how i felt reading: my mind was wandering a bit, but i was almost completely invested in the story and i felt calm

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my dream is to be able to freehand draw really good without much effort. i was inspired by so many users online, on tiktok, etc. with their amazing drawing abilities. i will accomplish this by never giving up on myself and practicing.

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my dream is to have tons of squishmallows to cuddle. i was inspired by my love of my current 16-inch squishmallow, albert the avocado. i plan to accomplish this dream by putting squishmallows on my christmas and birthday lists, and maybe finding some friends that dont want theirs anymore.

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my dream is to go to disney world. i was inspired by my parents, because they took me when i was younger but i dont remember any of it. id love to watch the fireworks and eat lots of junk food while admiring the buildings. i dont know how im going to accomplish this dream, but ill be very excited when i do.

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my dream is to have a greenhouse because im really fond of plants and love taking care of them and just admiring them. i was inspired by all the nature in florida and the crystal gardens in navy pier, chicago. i will accomplish this dream by saving money when im older and by living in a warm climate where the plants have a better chance of successful growth.