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ANTAGONIST: The antagonist is the police and a character named Mason Starkey. The main characters (Connor and Levi) are on the hunt. They escaped the Graveyard and the police are hunting for them. Mason escaped the Graveyard with a plane, betrayed Connor, and killed hundreds of people. Mason is currently in a Salt Lake with 140 teens who survived the plane crash. They will start a rebellion against humanity.

STATIC vs. DYNAMIC: I think that the main character (Nic) is a static character. I think this because Nic's mentality doesn't change. All he wants to do is protect his family, his friends, and himself. He always tries to do the right thing. The way he views the world doesn't change. There's no character development because his actions, reactions, and motivations never change.

CONFLICT: Nic is battling vs a society (Praetors) and himself. He is fighting against a society of Roman Praetors that want to take his magic. Nic is also fighting against himself because he doesn't know who to save. He has to choose who lives between his best friend and his mother. He refuses to choose, then both will die and Rome will fall. The Praetors are forcing him to be a charioteer in a chariot race.

PREDICTION: Angelo and Hallie are saving the pigs on the field from the trapdoor spider. I predict that Angelo will get caught by the spider and get dragged underground and that his friends will save him. "I don't have time to waste thinking, so I speed after him, knowing that somewhere under my feet, the spider is doing the same thing."(pg. 161).

Point of View: My story is first person narrator because the main character (Angelo) uses words like I, me, and my. On page 225 it says, "'You know what?' I say,".

PROTAGONIST: The protagonist is King Jaron. He is roughly 19 years old. His thinking is very erratic. He is very unpredictable and smart. He has overcome many antagonists in the past. Some people think he is foolish and reckless. While others think he is wise and cunning. He has feelings for a woman named Imogen and they have been together for 3 years. They were planning a wedding.

SETTING: The story takes place in Medieval Times. It might've been in the 12th century. It takes place on land in a kingdom. One particular scene is when Prince Jaron gets crowned at night in the kingdom of Carthya. He reunites with his advisor, Kerwyn, and puts the traitorous Bevin Connor in jail for the murders of the previous King and Queen.

This book is bio-punk, science fiction fantasy, dystopia, adventure, and short stories. In an oppressive world controlled by a technological system, there are many short stories with many different main characters. In this world, death has been conquered and people can die and get revived. People can also genetically engineer themselves. This evidence supports my claim because all of the examples support my claim.

Scythe Goddard is nominated to be High Blade. Scythe Anastasia gets Goddard disqualified and Scythe Curie becomes the new High Blade.

Rowan has been captured and is being kept prisoner in Scythe Rand and Scythe Goddard's house to be tortured. There has been many attempts on Scythe Curie's life and the cause of them still remains unknown.

The main characters (Scythe Anastasia and Scythe Lucifer) are in a lot of trouble. Scythe Anastasia's life is being threatened. Scythe Lucifer is now an outlaw and he kills corrupt scythes.

The main characters are Citra and Rowan. Currently, humans have conquered death. There are no diseases and people can live for 1,000 years. So the world developed an organization called the Scythedom with its members being called scythes. Every year they need to glean (kill) a certain amount of humans so the population doesn't go up. If the population goes up everyone will suffer and starve.