Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Book That I Chose To Read Is The Pits By Lesley Howarth. This Bo E

The book that I chose to read is ?The Pits? by Lesley Howarth. This book is about the ghost of a Caveman who is living with an Archaeologist and his daughter. The Archaeologist is studying the time and place where the caveman once lived. The Archaeologist's daughter found a man in the ice that was one of the caveman's friends. In this story, the Caveman is remembering what his life was like back when he was living and he tells the life story of his friend whose body they discovered. The Caveman's name is Broddy Brodson and he had three sisters. Broddy was a member of a tribe called the Axes. Broddy lived with his family on a plateau and he had to provide for his family because his father had basically gone crazy. Broddy's mother was sick with gang green in her leg. She could not move very well so there was no way that she could collect food for the family. The place where they lived was called Mended Vision, this was because there was a magical water there that could instantly heal any sight problems. One day Broddy accidentally stole something form one of his friends and he could not explain to him what happened. Broddy was ashamed, so he ran and joined a rebel tribe called the Pits. They called themselves the Pits because they lived in the sand pits down by a lake. The sand pits originally belonged to the Axes, but the Pits stole them. Therefore, the Pits And the Axes were at war. The sand pits was a crucial area because they were an abundant source of food and water. Soon after Broddy joined the Pits. his mother died and he went back to the Axes to help support his family. While he was gone, his friend that he had accidentally stolen from, Argos, had been taking care of his family. The winter began to get very harsh, and after a battle with the Pits, Broddy decided to take his family and take them over a mountain. Climbing the mountain had always been a dream of Broddy's because he thaught that there would be a better life on the other side. Broddy's friend Arf had gotten wounded in the last battle and he died while climbing the mountain. This was the body that the Archaeologist's daughter had discovered. I chose to discuss the characters in my story. The main character, Broddy, was a brave and strong young boy who went through many tough times in his lifetime. Broddy was forced to take care of his family at a very young age because of his mother's illness and his father was strung out on birch gum, a kind of harmful tobacco. One day broddy discovered a stash of valuables and he traded them for some other things without knowing they belonged to his friend Argos. When Argos found out that Broddy stole them, he got very angry and that's when Broddy left his tribe. The Axes taught Broddy to not care about anyone else but himself. It was hard for Broddy to be a part of the Pits, especially since they were at war with his home tribe. Things were never the same between Broddy and Argos even after Broddy returned to the Axes. I did not agree with Broddy's decision to join the Pits, I think he should have tried to explain to Argos what had happened with his possessions. Argos was a very big and strong character who was sort of like a big brother to Broddy's family. Argos was also a member of the Axes. He was a very good leader and even went hunting in the extreme winter to find food for Broddy and his family. The only thing I did not like about Argos was that he never really gave Broddy a chance to fully explain what had happened with the items he found that belonged to Argos. Another character was Arf who portrayed as an unintelligent ogre. Arf was not really part of the Axes because the Axes did not want him in their tribe. They did allow him to become part of their tribe when he became friends with the Pits because they wanted him to spy on the Pits. Arf was accepted more as the story went on and especially after they discovered that he had some sort of Psychic ability. There were two important characters that were sort of