Supporting Role of a Minor Charecter (Halo: First Strike-By Eric Nylund)

          The book "Halo First Strike" by Eric Nylund is an action filled tale about the journy of Chief Petty Officer John 117, a geneticaly engineered super soldier, through the trials of leading his team and combat with a supirior enemy.  The charecters in the book are what make it so interesting and make the reader want to continue through the winding tunnel that is the story.  In the very first chapter of the story you are thrown into the position of SPARTAN 104, Fredric.  Fred is one of the best SPARTANS around other than The Master Chief.  He always comes and second it seems and aparently he is also quite good with a knife, "The Blade traced a complicated series of gracful arcs in the air. The few remaining Navel personnel on the deck turned pale and averted their eyes-a Sparrtan wielding a knife was generally acompanied by the presence of several dead bodies.(Ebook pages 16-17)"

     
           A moment later the text reveals why Fred is on edge.  In the next few lines of text the Spartans are briefed on what is going on and what their job is gonna be in the up-coming conflict.  The Spartans are going to have to split into two teams for the the next mission, the defence of their home planet, Reach.  One team will go planetside and take the fight to the enemy face to face while the other has to go into a nearby space dock and erase the navigation drives on a ship that was not taken care of before the fight started.   The Spartans are not familier with space combat and are at home on solid ground but never the less Fred wants to take part in the space operation,  This shows how strong a resolve the spartans have in their ventures and that they dont care what the odds that they will get it done or die trying.  This also strenthens the Master Chiefs charecter in showing that his Spartans respect him and his orders when he tells Fred and another one of the team members that he will be leading the space operation and that they are going to be going planetside to take the fight where they are used to it and he will take the harder path.

Why I decided to read-(Halo The Fall Of Reach, by Eric Nylund)

          A few years back I was really into the game called "Halo", and durring this time I bought a book called "Halo The Fall Of Reach" by Eric Nylund.  I read it almost emidiatly finishing it in somthing like two days and then moved on.  Just a couple days ago I ran across the book sitting in my shelves and decided that I would like to read it again becasue I had forgotten alot about it and remembered it to be a remarkably well written text.  The story that the book tells I feel is remarkably well told and I have really enjoyed re-reading what I have so far.  The book just really apeals to the imaginative side of me, it makes wonderfull comparisons throughout the text to help with better visualization.  A great example of this would be when the book mentions the apearence of the main protagonist and the rest of his team.  They are something called Spartan IIs.  The Spartans were children that were abuducted at around the age six or seven and were then trained and physicaly enhanced to  become the perfect millitary asset posseble.  When they are in there armor it is described that some of the other charecters say that there apearence is that of a greak god of ancient times.  It is these facts that made me want to read the book again so much.

Final Blogger Reflection

          My best blog post.  I believe that I best on this post for a few reasons.  One of the things that I feel really set this post apart from my other ones is they grammar and way that I explained the characters in the book I was reading at the time.  I feel that this is because of the way that I analyse characters while i read.  It shows this when i describe the way that Watson learns from Holmes while they are out on their adventures (or misadventures).  The post also refers to how Watson reacts with other characters as well as his general outlook and how he changes.

        My goals for reading and writing are fairly simple.  They include reading 10 books (a step down from my previous 30 even though I am reasonably sure I accomplished that).  As for the writing aspect I am going to challenge myself to using the broader vocabulary that I have gained.  I would also like to set the goal for myself to act upon the writing ideas that I get instead of just filing them in the back of my head.