Entry #3: What qualities would you like to have as a Greek god or goddess?

I would like to have the ability to see the future. Seeing the future would bore me about living, but it make me more relaxed than before.
Literally, seeing the future means that I can know what would happen to me every moments. No failures would be made, yet successes would be given.
I would look like a normal person, as anyone else. The ability to see the future doesn't require any different facial looks, so I would just have the normal look.

Entry #2: Greek monster Minotaur

Minotaur was one of the most horrible monster in Greek. He had two horns on his head and ate human flesh. Since he killed so many people for his own benefit, he was confined in a maze, and to feed him, the king sent seven youths and seven maidens to Minotaur every year.

One year, Theseus went to kill Minotaur; he met Ariadne, the king's daughter. Ariadne and Theseus soon fell in love; Theseus told her that he is going to kill Minotaur, and Ariadne told a clever scheme to kill the beast and to get out of the labyrinth. She gave him a thread, and told him to unwind it while he walk down to the labyrinth.

Theseus walked down, and heard Minotaur roaring, so he followed the sound of Minotaur. Theseus faced Minotaur, and waited the perfect moment of killing the beast. The moment came soon, and Theseus' sword pierced through Minotaur's body. After killing Minotaur, Theseus winded up the thread and went out the labyrinth.

Entry #1: Greek God Hermes

Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas, and was raised by the Nymph Cyllene in Arcadia.

He was clever but curious about the world; as he grew up, he sneaked out of his cave-where he lived- and went out for an adventure.
He soon arrived at Pieria; there was Apollo's herd of cows. As Hermes saw the herd of cows, he had his natural instict of stealing it. Also, he made a plan to steal the cows. First, Hermes padded their feet to muffle the sound, and then he drove fifty of them backwards in order to confuse pursuit(N.S. Gill). He stopped at the Alpheios River to make the first sacrifice to the gods(N.S. Gill). He killed two of the cows and divided it to six parts, for the 12 Gods in Olympus. All the remaining cows were for Hermes, himself.
On his way back home, Hermes found a tortoise which he took inside his house(N.S. Gill). Using leather strips from Apollo's herd as string, he created the first lyre(N.S. Gill).
When Apollo found out that his cows were gone, he went to Hermes and inquired Hermes about his herd of cows. However, Hermes kept on demanding his innocence of not stealing Apollo's herd of cows, but Apollo smartly didn't believe in Hermes' words; their argument was ended when Zeus was intervened.
At last, Hermes confessed that he stole Apollo's cows; however, this conflict between Hermes and Apollo was resolved when Hermes traded his handmade-lyre with Apollo's cows.
The other remaining cows had been slaughtered and served up into twelve portions, one for each of the gods of Olympus and one for Hermes, who was then accepted as an Olympian (Anonymous).

Hercules is kind of stupid but rightful and Hermes is mischievous and clever. However, these two characters have similarities, that they made themselves a god. Hercules lost his power, but by training with Phil, he earned his power back, and went to Olympus.
Hermes wasn't born to be a god, but he himself used his wise head, and became a god.

Citation

N.S. Gill. "Hermes - A Thief, Inventor, and Messenger God." About.com (2000) 11 MAR 2008 .

Anonymous. "Mythology: Hermes, god of travel and communication." Pollychrome's Pantheon 11 MAR 2008 .

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Question #6
Entry of my choice

There are two reasons I chose this book. The first reason for choosing this book is the title 'Fahrenheit 451.' The title was interesting, and I wanted to know what the title meant for the entire story. After I finished the book, I knew that the 'Fahrenheit 451' was the temperature where the books can be burned. Guy Montag was the fireman who burns the book, so the temperature is related to him, eventually.

I am satisfied to find the true meaning of the title :)

Also, people recommended me to read this book. I once read Ray Bradbury's stories, but disliked his stories because it quite saddened me by reading his stories. I think this book also had the point which contains the saddness, but I think the story consequently ended happily.

Eventually, I don't regret reading this book! So I also recommend other people to read this book :3

Question #5
What is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?

The mood of the novel was depressing, gloomy, and desolated. All three words represent the word: sad.

The problem of this novel was the restriction of thinking, which meant reading. The world in the book was totally different from our world; it made me feel that I am far away from it. Also, the restriction restraints the people to think, and restraints the people to have emotion. The setting of the novel made the whole book desolated........

The book sincerely reflected the sadness to me, so I think I would read something different

than the 'Fahrenheit 451' next time..

Question #4
Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful or disturbing or memorable? describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

The most disturbing setting of the book that I thought was 'burning books.' The world in Fahrenheit 451 doesn't allow the people to read books. So, the people only watch TV, watch TV, and watch TV. In their world, the term 'reading' seems to be disappeared. Unlike the world we live in, firefighters don't exist in their world; the firemen exist. Firemen are those who set fire on the books. People get disturbed by any kind of knowledge given to them, and report it to the fire station. Then, the firestation sends firemen, and the firemen burn every books they see.

I was disturbed by the setting they burn the books because books are one kind of source that helps the people to earn knowledge. I also like reading books during spare time, and find joy in the reading. So, I thought the restriction took out the joy from the people in the book, and was disturbed by it..