NAME: Weston DATE: 1/31/10
TITLE: The Thief Lord TIME 7:21 PM HOURS 2 1/2
AUTHOR: Cornelia Funke PAGES 1- 345
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK 74

QUESTION 1: What do you think about a particular character's actions? Was he/she right or wrong to do that?

RESPONSE 1:

In the book, one of the characters, nicknamed "The Thief Lord", goes and steals valuable objects from rich people. In doing this, the character here is both right and wrong in his actions of stealing.

In his defence, he is using the money from selling the objects to feed and shelter a group of run away children, either from orphanages or their parents. Generally though, stealing from people is just wrong, so that's where he is wrong in his actions.

QUESTION 2: How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book, story, or movie?

RESPONSE 2:

The "Thief Lord", Scipio, is like a character from a video game. The character from the video game, unlike Scipio, is an assassin, who is a thief. Scipio goes through Venice and breaks into the houses of rich, famous people, and steals valuable things from people, the assassin in the video game goes on an occasional mission to steal things from people.

Both of them visit various famous landmarks, like Saint Marks Square, The Rialto, and possibly many more that will match up as I get farther into the book. In the book, Scipio provides, for a group of his underlings, who he trains to steal things from people, in the game, the main character trains with a group of thieves who are on a mission to eliminate a corrupt politician.