Update

Now, in The Fall of Five, the group played capture the flag to practice their fighting skills. When they played, they all worked together well and as a team. I think this shows that despite the fact that some of them are Loric and some of them are humans, they still manage to get along and work together to achieve a common goal. This common goal is that they want to defeat the Mogodorians. The Mogodorians are both a threat to the Loric and to the humans. The Loric and humans working together to defeat them is important.

Also, part of the group is going to go to Florida to get Five's chest. Sam and his dad are going to stay behind. Sam was upset that he doesn't get to go and he thinks it's because he's a human. This isn't true because they need people to watch their apartment and monitor all their technology, and Sam and his dad know the most about that. I think Sam feels different from everyone else because he isn't Loric and he doesn't have powers. He feels out of place, but I don't think he should feel like that because without Sam and his dad, most of the Loric would be dead, so he has to realize that he is important.

Text to Text Connections

One of the characters in The Fall of Five, Sam, reminds me of Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter series. Sam is a very nerdy character. In the first book, he seems useless. He doesn't seem very important. This is exactly how I would describe Neville. They both seemed like they were just extra characters and the story would still be the same without them. But, you find out that Sam is a very important character and he has helped the Loric a lot. Also, his dad is important, and without Sam, you can't have his dad. The same thing applies to Neville. Neville had a very important part in the last book of the Harry Potter series. Without either of these characters, the stories wouldn't be the same.

Another character in The Fall of Five, Six, reminds me of Katniss from The Hunger Games. Six is a strong character. She is very important and she fights as well as the boys in the book. Katniss is the same way. While Katniss is in the Hunger Games, she fights just as well as the boys and survives throughout it. They are both strong, female characters. Both of them get made fun of sometimes, but they find it annoying and respong the same way. Also, Katniss lost her father and has lots of flashbacks to that. Six lost her guardian, and always thinks about that. Although they have both lost loved ones, they perservere and are strong and help the cause they are fighting for.

Favorite and Least Favorite Parts

My favorite part of the book so far is when the group went to Fouke, Arkansas to find Five. This part of the book was very exciting. There was lots of action because almost immediately after they got there, a fight broke out between the Mogodorians and the Loric. It was predictable, but since the authors had written it so well, it was still my favorite part of the book so far. My favorite line from this part is when Four says, "I brace myself and ignite my Lumen all over my body. If this thing wants to make a meal out of me, I'm going to make sure I burn going down." I like this part because even though Four thinks he's about to die, he know what he has to do to help everyone else. His power, Lumen, makes him glow and burn, so he if he is using that while the creature eats him, he can harm the creature. It also adds the smallest bit of humor, but it is effective.
My least favorite part of the book so far is when Ella reads Crayton's letter. I think that part was very predictable and it wasn't that exciting. I think it was easy to see that coming. It also kind of dragged on. Also, the letter wasn't all that exciting to read, since it was predictable. Ella wasn't originally supposed to come to Earth, which is what the letter is saying. They always say how there were only supposed to be nine Loric, but Ella was somehow a tenth. It was really obvious that there was some mishap. I think this part did add an interesting element to the story, but it was too predictable.

How Some Characters Have Changed

This is the trailer for the movie I Am Number Four. I Am Number Four is the first book in the Lorien Legacies series, which is the series I am reading. In the trailer, you meet Sarah and Four(or as he is better known, John). Sarah has changed a lot since this trailer and since the first book. At first, she was kind of clueless and for most of the first book, she didn't even know Four was an alien. Now, she really helps the group out a lot. She is very familiar with the Loric history and knows how to help the group.

Four has also changed a lot. In I Am Number Four, he didn't know a lot about himself or his past. But, as the book and series go on, he becomes more familiar with Loric history and his powers. He develops more powers, and still hasn't gotten all his powers. He didn't know how to lead people and what he was supposed to do, but at this point, he is a very good leader. He is the best leader of the group because of all the things he has experienced so far in the series.