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Friday, May 2, 2014

Hidden Talents

Prompt:  Does the title fit the story? Why or why not?


So for I don't think the title fits the story.  Nobody has anything that is a secret or any special abilities   I know that they do because my friend gave me the synopsis, but so far, nothing special.  They all have a knack for getting them kicked out of school, after school, after school, after school.  The school called Edgeview is like a last hope for parents, and a "second chance" for students.  It's like the worst school you can be sent to if you can't behave, or keep causing any kind of trouble that the school would consider expulsion worthy.

Well, at least one kid has a "talent" but it's not really hidden.  His name is Philip, but everybody calls him Torchie.  If you haven't guessed, he likes playing with fire.  Except, he has no idea that he causes the fires, or that he is playing with fire.  In literally the first two chapters he sets something on fire again.  He claimed that he didn't do anything, but when they made him turn over his pockets, they were full of lighters.  When the main character, Martin, asks him why he lit the fire,  Torchie says he has no idea what he was talking about, and when Martin questioned him about the lighters, he replied "I just like seeing the sparks"  I don't know if stupidity is a talent, but otherwise he seems like a nice person.  He takes martin under his wing, and shows him around the school.

Let me tell you about Bloodbath.  That's no nickname, that's actually his last name.  He is the school bully,  To everyone there, he is the most intimidating guys they have every seen.  He even controls the mail flow he  has that much power over the school.  Say someone got some cookies from home,  Bloodbath, would get to them first and made sure the cookies would never see the lighof day.  Anything he wants, he gets.  If anything his not so hidden talent would be having people hate him on the first day.

3 comments:

  1. I see your logic, from what I heard, you don't agree with the title because no one in the story has special powers, or hidden talents. Maybe you just didn't get as far yet.

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  2. I find it interesting somebody would have the last name Bloodbath, a bit weird. Maybe the idea behind the book is not that they have special abilities but that they somehow manage to put aside their differences. (Really cheesy, I know.)

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  3. I commented on Nadrian, Stanley, and Julia's blog

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