Godric Richards’s Reviews > Belly Up > Status Update

ARCHETYPES: I think this book is in the Rebirth category because Teddy is not liked by many people at the zoo. But he goes through something and more and more people are starting to like him.

SUMMARY: Teddy is trying to find out who killed Henry the hippo in Fun Jungle. But his investigation takes a turn when he learns that J.J. McCraken is trying to make the jungle into a theme park. But J.J. found out about Teddy so Teddy is running from the security and the cops.

VISUALIZE: One smell in my book was cooking meat. One taste I visualized was chocolate cake. And one sound I heard was screaming because a tiger escaped.

TEXT TO SELF: This story reminded me when I once played a game with my siblings where we tried to find out who the murderer was. What we did was we decided who the narrator was. The narrator decided if you were either the murderer , the detective, or a normal citizen. When the narrator chose then the detective would try to find out who the murderer was.

Characterization: Teddy is kinda mischievous because he does things he's not supposed to do like giving the monkeys in monkey mountain water balloons. But most of the time he does that to protect the animals. Like with the monkeys, people were throwing stuff at them so the monkeys through stuff at the people.

ANTAGONIST: I don't know who the antagonist is because they are still trying to find who killed Henry. Summer and Teddy are interrogating a clown. They are about to go to a party to tell summers dad.

DYNAMIC: Teddy is a dynamic character because he has gone through a change where he lived in the wild but moved to a zoo. He is also the main protagonist. He is very interesting because since he lived in the wild he knows a lot about different animals and the wild.

CONFLICT: The conflict is Teddy between doc and the manager that i forgot his name because he thinks that one of them did it. Teddy has met Summer and they found a jack in Henries enclosure. Teddy took it to doc but Doc seemed worried.

PREDICTION: Right now Teddy and Summer are observing Henries enclosure. A prediction I have is that they are going to find something sharp and metal in the bottom of the enclosure. I also predict that Teddy likes Summer.

POINT OF VIEW: It is 1st person. I know this because Teddy is the one who is telling the story. There are also a lot of "I" and "I'm" in the book.