Jamie Wright

Jamie Wright
Hero
Mike Lupica
Holiday
p. 191

1. I am currently reading Hero by Mike Lupica. I am at the part where Zach just got out of the hospital after being knocked out by the giant. The first day Zach is back he is alone in the house watching movies, and he hears noises. He is scared at first but then he decides to investigate, so he goes upstairs to his room and his computer is open, and on the screen it says "Trust no one". This part was very heart racing and I found it hard to put the book down. Zach just found out that his Uncle John knew about his fathers secret life. Zach doesn't know who to trust or who to believe, especially with that writing on the computer. Zach aches for more information on his father's plane crash, so he is forced to question his mother to see what she knows about the topic. Zach does not get anymore information, but he is determined to look for more resources or clues that will help him find out what had happened to his dad's plane.

2. I feel that this book has great detail. Lupica is very good in describing the character's feelings and perspectives on subjects and events.  One example of how well he does describing the character's feelings is when he explained how Zach felt with Uncle John when they went out for a "knock-around day". Zach explained that it was "big bangin' fun". Another example of Lupica's great detail was when described the giant. He said that he was the tallest person that he'd ever seen outside of the NBA, and he was wearing a dark suit with a brim hat that pulled deep over his face. Those are a few examples of Lupica's great detail in this book.

3. The theme that occurs the most is good vs. evil. Zach does not know who to trust and he is tempted by both Uncle John and Mr. Herbert to pick a side. He does not have enough information to come to a conclusion at this point . Zach is the good in this situation and the evil is either Mr.Herbert, Uncle John, or just the temptation of picking one side or the other. He is also forced by Mr. Herbert to fight with people  for "training". Zach also has to look out for the "bads"(his father's enemies) that he will have to face later on in the book. This is why I feel the theme is  good vs. evil so far.

4. My favorite character is Zach because he is nice, powerful, and he protects the ones that he loves. One example of Zach being nice is when he went out and took the day off to have a "knock-around day" with his Uncle John. Zach was  powerful  and protective when he knocked out all of those guys near the track and saved Kate in the process. Zach also protected Uncle John against the giant. Those are the reasons why Zach is my favorite character.

5. My least favorite character is Uncle John because he is too judgmental to Mr.Herbert. He  also is very forceful  with Zach when he tells him to stop listening to Mr.Herbert. Whenever Uncle John starts to talk about Mr.Herbert, he gets angry and starts telling Zach how bad a person he is and how evil he is. He also says that they are enemies just because they disagree on certain things. He also gets really upset when they debate about  Zach's readiness to take on his father's enemies. Those are the reasons why Uncle John is my least favorite character.

6. I predict that Zach will run into Mr.Herbert again. I also think that Uncle John and Zach will have another talk about his powers. One reason why I think Zach will meet Mr.Herbert again is because they have already met a couple times and Zach is probably going to "train" with him some more. I think that Uncle John is going to talk to Zach about his powers and Mr.Herbert again because he is close to Zach and he seems worried about Zach getting mixed up and making some of the same mistakes as his father did trusting Mr. Herbert. Those are my predictions of what is going to happen later on in the book.