5 Comments

• Maybe the people in the town heard something outside while they were sleepig and rushed out in their pajamas.
  
• When there were cuts on the deads' body they didn't bled, it was as if their blood was frozen.
• While I was reading, i felt like I was following Burton and Stone around.
• The story somehow reminds me of a Japanese drama, Bloody Monday, that I finished watching.
• The president must been stressful while making the decision he made.

4 Questions

• If the infection is from the satillite then is the government responsible for the deaths?
• So is there anyone alive in the town still?
• What is wrong with the dead boy that Stone and Burton found?
• Would taking the old man and baby from the town be bad?

3 Vocabulary

• Reentry(pg.83)-Noun.the return from outer space into the earth's atmosphere of an earth-orbiting satellite, spacecraft, rocket, or the like.
• Extraterrestrial(pg.100)-Noun. A form of life that exist outside of Earth atmosphere.
• Feasible(pg.103)-Adj. Suitable.

2 Literally Devices

• "The morning sun was still low in the sky; it was cold and cheerless, casting long shadows over the thinly snow crusted ground(pg 78).- Setting, it was describing the setting.
• "The baby stopped crying for a moment , stuck its finger in its mouth, and looked questioningly up at Burton"(pg. 92)- Foreshadowing, it's focusing on the baby more after Stone says he's a survivor.

Summary
After Stone and Burton lending to the town they made a discover that people of the people of the town instantly dying or committing suicide. Both question why it was happening. As they left the town, they brought along the satellite, a baby, and an old man.

posted by Angellica M. @ 4:04 PM