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Creation of the World

In the begining there was only chaos. Then out of the void emerged Erebus, from the unknowable place where death lies, and Night. All else was empty, silent, endless, and just plain darkness. Then, somehow Love was born bringing a start to order. From Love came Light and Day, and once there was Light and Day, the world appeared.

Then Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to Ether, the holy light, and to Day; the earthly light. Then Night alone produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and others that come to man out of darkness.

Meanwhile, Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus: the heavens. Uranus became Gaea's spouse, and together they produced the three Cyclpses, the three Hecatoncheires, and twelve Titans.

However, Uranus was a horrible father and spouse. He hated Hecatoncheires. He imprisoned them by forcing them into the hidden places of the earth, Gaea's stumach. This made Gaea upset and she plotted against Uranus. She made a flint sickle and tried to get her children to attack Uranus. All of them were too afraid, except the youngest Titan, Cronos.

Gaea and Cronus set up an attack on Uranus as he was with Gaea. Cronus grabed his father and castrated him, with the stone sickle, throwing the severed genitales into the ocean. The fate of Uranus is not clear. He either died, withdrew from the earth, or exiled himself to Italy. As he departed he promised that Cronus and the Titans would be punished. From his spilt blood came the Giants, the Ash Tree Nymphs, and the Erinnyes. From the sea foam where his genitales fell came Aphrodite.

Cronus became the next ruler. He imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus. He married his sister Rhea, under his rule the Titans had many offspring. He ruled for many ages. However, Gaea and Uranus both had prophesied that he would be overthrown by a son. To avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born. Rhea was angry at the treatment of the children and ploted against Cronus. When it came time to give birth to her sixth child, Rhea hid herself, then she left the child to be raised by nymphs. To concel her act she wrapped a stone in swaddling cloths and passed it off as the baby to Cronus, who swallowed it.

This child was Zeus. He grew into a handsome youth on Crete. He consulted Metis on how to defeat Cronus. She prepaired a drink for Cronus design to make him vomit up the other children. Rhea convinced Cronus to accept his son and Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as Cronus's cupbearer. This gave Zeus the opertunity to slip Cronus the specially prepaired drink. This worked as planned and the other five children were vomitted up. Being gods they were unharmed. They were thankful to Zeus and made him their leader.

Cronus was yet to be defeated. He and the Titans, except Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Oceanus, fought to retain their power. Atlas became their leader in battle and it looked for some time as though they would win and put the young gods down. However, Zeus was cunning. He went down to Tartarus and freed the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires. Prometheus joined Zeus as well. He returned to battle with his new allies. The Cyclopes provided Zeus with lighting bolts for weapons. The Hecatoncheires he set in ambush armed with boulders. With the time right, Zeus retreated drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires's ambush. The Hecatoncheires rained down hundreds of boulders with such a fury the Titans thought the mountains were falling on them. They broke and ran giving Zeus victory.

Zeus exiled the Titans who had fought against him into Tartarus. Except for Atlas, who was singled out for the special punishment of holding the world on his shoulders.

However, even after this victory Zeus was not safe. Gaea angry that her children had been imprisoned gave birth to a last offspring, Typhoeus. Typhoeus was so fearsome that most of the gods fled. However, Zeus faced the monster and flinging his lighting bolts was able to kill it. Typhoeus was burried under Mount Etna in Sicily.

Much later a final challenge to Zeus rule was made by the Giants. They went so far as to attempt to invade Mount Olympus, piling mountain upon mountain in an effort to reach the top. But, the gods had grown strong and with the help of Heracles the Giants were subdued or killed.

Hello to whoever is reading my blog! We are supposed to blog about Maureen O' Sherry's visit. When she started her presentation on the clue hunt throughout her own house, I was amazed that she really had the time to set the whole process up. At least I think that it was her own house (I am not positive). I was also interested in the sequel to Walls Within Walls (Tunnels to Tunnels). The only con to the sequel is when she mentioned that there would be a haunting ghost in the hotel. The one thing I liked about Walls Within Walls is that it had a touch of reality in it, and it didn't get too out of hand with the fantasy. When she mentioned the ghost, I felt like the sequel would ruin the series because of the fantasy surrounding the ghosts. Also, I am not sure that I am going to read the sequel because it comes out about 2 years from now and I probably wouldn't even think about reading it (although I have nothing against it, except for the ghost). I also think that when she told us about the time capsule that she wanted to hide in her walls, I thought that was so cool because I would love to find a time capsule hidden in the walls of my house. Overall, when Maureen Sherry came, it was definitely worth while to listen to her speak.

-dc

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The commercial showed the Yankees coach saying how great the product was so it is using the power of celeberties.

I love Westing Game! I predict Angela and Sydelle will win or come close to winning because they have the most clues. I can't wait to meet.

You all know (from the last reading response) that I’m trading The Hobbit. I was very confused at first when the book just started out and jumping right in with no explanation. As the book goes along, it explains itself; without the author coming right up and telling you. It gives you very easy questions that you have to answer yourself. It lets you put the pieces together yourself (that is what I like about the book). I know that I haven’t given a full “Stop & Jot” but the book hasn’t really given any “new” information. My apoligies.

Dear Class,

I am now reading The Hobbit. It is a book about a hobbit (it’s basically a mini human with mini magic) who is really rich and has very important and rich parents who left all their fortune to Bilbo Baggins. (Their son) I am not too far into the book, but what is happening right now is that twelve mysterious dwarves just walked into Bilbo’s house, putting Bilbo in a position (cleverly politely) to give them food and drinks. Bilbo did not invite them in; they just kind of walked in. More specifically, they are singing (as they put it) “A Dark Song For Dark Business”. Bilbo is really freaking out right now because he doesn’t know what Dark Business is. All he knows is that he has invited his friend Gandalf over for tea, and thirteen other dwarves showed up with him.

The detail that really caught my eye was when the author described the song that the dwarves sang. The author said, "It was a beautiful golden harp, and when Thorin struck it, the music began all at once, so sudden and sweet that Bilbo forgot everything else, and was swept away into dark lands under strange moons, far over the water and very far from his hobbit-hole under the hill." As soon as I read that, I had a crystal clear image in my mind of a foggy night with moons in every direction and the hobbit standing in the middle of vast hills. Then when I read the sentences after that, the image in my mind changed. The sentence was, "The dark came into the room from the little window that opened in the side of the hill; the firelight flickered- it was April- and still they played on, while the shadow of Gandalf's beard wagged against the wall. The dark filled all the room, and the fire died down, and the shadows were lost, and still they played on."

lt was really very easy to picture that in my mind. People say that The Hobbit is written very well, and as I am reading it, I am seeing that statement is true. I hope you enjoyed these short snippets of The Hobbit as much as I did.

From the original DC

You might know that I just finished The Lost Hero, but I have also finished the Giver. I liked the ending of the Lost Hero but especially liked the ending of The Giver. I do not want to spoil the ending but I will generalize it. It is a self interpretation ending. It can be devastating, (my first interpretation) or sadly happy. (my second interpretation) I am now reading The Hobbit. My dad says it was his favorite book and it seems pretty good. It is a fantasy genre and that is right up my alley. It is still too early to tell. I really hope I will like it.

DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING OF CIRQUE DU FREAK!

For Cirque Du Freak, I think (it has been confirmed) Darren will become a vampire and Steve is a different species that is in war with vampires. I also think that Darren will get in an all out war with Steve and his kind. I have heard (this has not been confirmed) that Steve will be bitten by Madame Octa. I am not sure about that. I am liking the story in short term, but in the long run, I do not think this is a great book. On a scale from 1-10, I would give this story a 4 or 5.

As you probably know I am reading The Lost Hero. Since I was home and not feeling well, I was able to get a lot of reading done. I have been thinking of why Piper has not started to piece together who the terrible monster was. I could also visualize how the laser popped up and shot from the wall. I am eager to read on.

I am continuing The Lost Hero and am wondering what could be so bad that demi-gods would want to tear themselves apart. I have also thought (I'm not sure why) That Jason's parents are Hera and Zeus, both gods. I have found that wrong because Jason said his last name was Grace, Just like Thalia's. Thalia her whole life only got a Zeus claiming so Jason has to be the same. I am not sure I like this book so far, but I haven't liked any books lately. I guess I am being to judge mental.