https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug Period 4 en-us 2023-02-20 05:34:39 UTC 2025-11-02 00:36:30 UTC hello@padlet.com kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488065981 I chose the "Red Pyramids" because it was appealing to me due to its core being based off of Egyptian mythology. I have a very avid interest in books based off of mythology and I am always curious to explore new and different cultures than my own. Also the image of the front of the book is very tempting and only does it not invite you to read the book due to its very intimidating look, its dull red tones also makes it easy on the eyes as well. ]]> 2023-02-20 05:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488065981 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488069847 One of the main themes of the Red Pyramid is "Good vs Evil", since the two main characters in the book (Carter and Sadie) have to fight against the main antagonist of the series (Set, god of evil). Another theme that comes up a lot is family since due to the seperation of Carter and Sadie at a really young age due to their mother's death, they have not really connected at all and this deathly situation has brought them closer in many ways than one. Lastly, the theme of trust surfaces once in a while because the storyline of this book is depended on who and what Sadie and Carter trust in and what that person or object will do for them. ]]> 2023-02-20 05:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488069847 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488076866 "We only have a few hours, so listen carefully. If you're hearing this story, you're already in danger. Sadie and I might be your only chance. Go to the school. Find the locker. I won't tell you which school or which locker, because if you are the right person, you'll find it. The combination is 13/32/33"

This is how the author opens up the opening and I say that it is a very intruiging way to start off a book. It pulls you in like no other hook because it has a mix of foreshadowing, confusion, suspicion, excitement and more. 

The author drops the reader at these line specifically. "Just remember the story we're about to tell you isn't complete yet. How it ends will depend on you." This is where the author drops the reader because it ends the topic without any resolution or answer to the many questions that the reader will be pondering during this time. ]]> 2023-02-20 06:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488076866 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488082806 One example of an unknown word is brandishing. Based off of context clues I believe that it is getting out something in a splendid way. This is because the text refers to Carter and Sadie being afraid because of the magicians and they are only powerful if they get out their wands. So by indirect comparison, I believe that brandishing means getting something out from somewhere. ]]> 2023-02-20 06:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488082806 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488085444 Another example is a "dust devil". I believe these mean a very frightening sandstorm that picks up everything in its way and destroys it in the process. This is because in the text, it refers to the action which the dust devils did, which was to destroy everything in its path and swallow it into the twisting sandstorm. So by example, I believe that a dust devil is a very intimidating sand storm. ]]> 2023-02-20 06:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488085444 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488623247 At the beginning of the book, Carter and Sadie's dad accidentaly blew up the Rosetta Stone, causing the 5 Egyptian gods and goddesses (Osiris: god of the underworld, Horus: god of sky and kingship, Isis: goddess of healing and magic, Set: god of chaos, and Nephthys: goddess of the night) to emerge from their captivity. This causes Dr. Kane (their father) to join and connect with Osiris and they get sent back to the underworld.

This is a very important plot event because this is the event when Sadie and Carter was introduced to the gods and goddesses of Egypt and how their whole story came to be. This event sets up many different plot events throughout the entire book. ]]> 2023-02-20 15:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488623247 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488630992 At the near middle of the book, Chief Lector Iskander dies, leaving the position to the next powerful magician left, Desjardins. 

This is a very important plot event because this event just caused additional trouble that Carter and Sadie have to face, since they are godlings (humans who carry the spirits of gods/goddesses) and the Egyptian community is strictly against them. Also this means that they have found a new enemy that they have to avoid to fufill the task that they need to do to stop the world from ending.]]> 2023-02-20 15:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488630992 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488639277 At the end of the book, Carter and Sadie do something so strange that it breaks the minds of Desjardins and his squad. Instead of killing the evil god, Set, they decide, by his secret name (the name that controls you when others have found it), that Set will not harm the Kanes or any magician in exchange for him being alive. 

This is very important because the siblings have done so much to arrive to this goal, that they just let him go. This is going to cause a lot of problems and incidents in the future to the Kanes and the rest of the magical community.]]> 2023-02-20 15:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488639277 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488665310 On page 61, it says that " The covers were comfortable and warm, but the pillow was just too weird. It gave me neck cramps, so I put it in the floor and went to sleep. My first big mistake."
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"'Where is he ?' the toadie - looking one croaked nervously.
'Hasn't taken a permanent host yet', the rooster foooted guy chided...appeared on the ridge."

This is important because this action by Carter caused him to look at the plans of Set and that will help him to prepare to fight against him later on. 


]]> 2023-02-20 16:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488665310 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488686187 On page 221, it says that "Don’t repeat your mother’s—” She stopped herself. “What?” Sadie demanded. “What about our mother?” “I shouldn’t have said that.” “Tell us, cat!” Sadie said. "

This is very important because for the first time ever, they get to learn about what actually happened to their mother instead of believing lies and frauds that they were listening from when they grew up.]]> 2023-02-20 16:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488686187 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488693782 “'So the cat doesn’t look like Sekhmet. It just occurred to me...' I finally saw it, and a shiver went down my back. 'The Cat of Ra looks exactly like Muffin. It’s Bast.' Just then the ground rumbled. The memorial fountain began to glow, and a dark doorway opened. 'Come on,' I said. 'I’ve got some questions for Thoth. And then I’m going to punch him in the beak.'"

This is an important dialogue because it helps Carter and Sadie know about the secret of Bast and why the entire magical community is so mad that Bast has freed her prison. This also foreshadows the coming of Apophis, the snake of pure evil, and its destruction on us all.]]> 2023-02-20 16:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2488693782 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492075326 " His skin was like lunch-bag paper - brown, thin, and crinkled."

This is a simile because it compares the skin of Chief Lector Iskander with lunch bag paper using like. 

This simile means that he is very old and his skin is really fragile and old as well.

]]> 2023-02-23 04:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492075326 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492082754  "Glowing hieroglyphics danced around him"

This is personification because it gives inanimate objects (hieroglyphics) human characteristics (dancing).

This means that hieroglyphics was surrounding him in a motion that is easily replicated as 'dancing'.]]> 2023-02-23 04:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492082754 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492084207 "My home is a suitcase."

This is a metaphor because it is comparing the home to the suitcase without using like or as. 

This meas that everything that he values as important or pieces of home is in that suitcase or that since he travels a lot, he does not have a home and this suitcase is all he has in common from the experiences. ]]> 2023-02-23 04:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492084207 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492086596 "It was if my legs were working by themselves."

This is personification because it is giving an inanimate object (legs) human characteristics ( walking/working). 

This means that even though they don't know about themselves moving, their body and their brain insists on their movement. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492086596 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492088057 "One of those fake pharoah beards was stuck on his chin like a backwards ponytail."

This is a simile because it is comparing the position of the beard to one of a backwards ponytail using like. 

This means that the beard was positioned in a way that replicates a ponytail or that a clump of hair was hanging from the back of his head, now his chin. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492088057 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492089780 Q: How are Sadie and Carter's narration styles different, and what does this tell us about their personalities?

A: Sadie and Carter's narration styles are different because each of their styles reflect the events that they had faced and while Carter's provide more informative analysis, Sadie's provided more emotion. This tells us that Sadie is a very emotional person who uses her understanding of emotions to help guide her. Meanwhile, Carter likes to stick to facts and information to guide him. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492089780 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492091675 Q: How does the seperation of Carter and Sadie at a young age influence their actions later on in the text?

A: Their seperation influences the actions that happen later in the text because it creates more problems and hardships for them to overcome and also they had to complete two missions at once (saving the world, and knowing each other) and this relationship suffers before it starts to mend back to what it once was. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492091675 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492093501 Q: Why did Rick Riordan split the narration of the story into 2 halves?

A: Rick Riordan split the narration of the story into two halves because in order to fully grasp what had happened in that event, the two different perspectives on that event is better than one singular third person narration. It gives more information about what they were feeling individually and this added to the context of many decisions that they had made either seperately or together. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492093501 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492096733 In this flashback, we get more insight as to what happened when Osiris was imprisoned and changed from the pharoah to the Lord of the Underworld. This flashback is used because it helps us and the characters in the story understand what they were fighting for and why they were doing it. 

I could tell this is a flashback because as Sadie was going through the history of the great nation of Egypt, she stumbled into one of the events that had happened over 10 centuries ago. This goes back in time and as a result of the time difference, it is a flashback]]> 2023-02-23 05:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492096733 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492098828 At the beginning of the book, Dr. Julius Kane unleashed the 5 major gods of Egypt. This event creates a very unbelievable mood because Carter and Sadie had just found out the existence of gods and goddesses existing in the world and this creates a sense of confusion and danger in their souls.]]> 2023-02-23 05:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492098828 kroy25 https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492100912 At the end of the book, right after they had released Set, they saw the looming shadow of Apophis (Official Mascot for Chaos) and that had disasterous effects in the minds of Carter and Sadie. It sparked a mood of danger and fear in the minds of everyone present at the time. This is because by seeing the shadow of Apophis, they had concluded that the snake was trying to free itself from the Ma'at. This would be disasterous and if it was free, it would cause a massive Chaos surplus, resulting in the end of the world as we know it. ]]> 2023-02-23 05:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kroy25/rxwrh2wsc9orciug/wish/2492100912