unwanteds island of fire   (3rd book)

vocab 1

• Artime: magical land that serves as an acadamy
• of magic
• Quill: a dreary place were they throw people out for being creative   

Vocab 2

• Simber: a giant living sandstone panther with wings 

CHARACTERIZATION #1
Alex has become the leader of Artime, (sounds cool right?)...
...Except the people are starving and every one expects him to fix everything, plus he likes
a girl named sky, but he already has a girlfriend, but she has been captured by the residents of another island. "What was he doing?

CHARACTERIZATION#1 CONT.
What would Meghan think if she saw him holding hands with sky? How could he do that when Lani was out there somewhere probably suffering? A couple of days ago he didn't even know this girl's name!" pg. 66
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CHARACTERIZATION #2
Alex is stressed out because he thinks he can't ever have a relationship with any one because he thinks he has a never ending job "It's not my fault this happened" Alex said. "It's Mr. Today's fault. How--" his voice quavered with pent-up anger-- "how could he have done this to us?" pg.36

CHARACTERIZATION #3 Alex realizes that he can have time to himself AND be the leader of Artime! :) "he went to the Museum of Large to clean up the mess of whale bones in there .Clair,Gunnar, and Octavia offered to help, but he declined, it was something very soothing for Alex - an enjoyable , creative task it gave him the opportunity to decompress from his day and think up new ideas for Artime" pg.427

overall theme

THEME #1
getting the people you're in charge of to believe in you is hard. "whatever, Alex, Cole called over his shoulder,he went through the gate, the others following him into Quill."pg.37

THEME#2
taking care of tons of people is hard. "we're missing people he said getting back to business ."Meghan, Henry, Crow, Mr. Appleblossom, and dozens of others" pg.111

THEME#3
having time for a personal life is hard. "they peppered him with questions as he reached the bottom of and sped for the door." pg.414

AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
to entertain the author is bias against evil societies
Point Of View: third person limited "Finally one thing is working out right, Alex thought." pg.126 this shows that the book is third person.

SUMMARY#1
"Gunnar Haluki's limp body spilled out of the corner tube onto the floor. His hands were tied behind his back, and his ankles were tied together too." pg. 124

SUMMARY#2
"then whispered Dissipate.The section of metal faded away and the skin deflated and puckered around the holes. ... "I can talk!" pg. 178 and 180

CONCLUDING SLIDE
I really liked this book it solves all the problems in the last book. there are three other books here are the 1st two...

... and the next book!