Tungsten Carbide

Vocab
Luminescence(343):The emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence.
Prelude(349):An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important

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Irony: How ironic. Spider has an army of spiders *to fight Tiger with*.
Irony: When Charlie went to dinner at his hotel… Daisy *who Charlie had no idea was [...]

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My response to the end of the book.  
My final response to the end of this book is wow. I loved this book and i didn’t see so many of the things that happened coming. I can’t talk too much about what happened because i would be very capable of wrecking the end. One of [...]

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Response through page 297My response to the book thus far hasn’t changed much. The biggest changes in my response involve how I am reacting to Rosie and her mother going into Coats home, not knowing that he has killed someone **they have been on the cruse for that whole thing**, and then that they missed their [...]

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Vocab:

Bleat(294):Make a characteristic wavering cry
Duppy(288):A malevolent spirit or ghost.

Personification:The earth sat silent and still.
Irony:It’s really ironic that Rosie and her mother happen to be staying on St. Andrews in the exact spot of Coats. Not only that, but they happen to see him and then he invites them in to his mansion.
Symbolic: When Anansi [...]

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Top 10 things you should know about Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman:

1. Anansi is clever. Anansi earned stories from Tiger. The stories he earned became his, and made the world begin to think in new ways. Anansi is also very witty and tricky. He plays tricks on all of the gods and many more humans. [...]

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My response to the book at this point is something along the lines of *i didn’t see that coming . . .*. Someone probably saw this coming, but i didn’t see it that Fat Charlie would be looking for his dead? father. Fat Charlie didn’t like his dad much, and he was the one who [...]

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Vocab:

Dazed (215): unable to think or react properly; stupefied; bewildered
Dim Sum (263):a Chinese dish of small steamed or fried savory dumplings containing various fillings, served as a snack or main course.

Irony: it’s a bit ironic that the birds who were sent by fat charlie after his brother are also trying to get him . . [...]

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here’s what i got after messing around with photoshop for a long time trying to make a space-like thing. It’s totally free to be used for what ever, as long as you let me know.

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