5 Comments
- The mentioned oxygeon, silicon and sulfur and it takes me back to chemistry classes.
- To me, people can not live without what God created.
- The world is a strange place place one example is what happen at Piedmont.
- I swear doctors and scientists do not get enough sleep at all.
- When the Wildfire finds a clue, they seem to be only ending up back square one.
4 Questions
- What do they mean by "akin in plastic..."?
- Could the hexagonal stone they found be part of something bigger?
- Why did the people of Piedmont brought in a strange artifact and play with it?
- What is Hall thinking after talking to Jackson?
3 Vocabulary
- Peripheral(pg 247)-adj. relater to, located in an outer boundary.
- Hemorrhage(pg. 269)-adj. a profuse discharge of blood.
- Fluke(pg. 279)-noun. an accidental advantage.
2 Literally Device
- "Each enzyme was like a single worker in a kitchen..."(pg 250-251)- Simile, comparing enzyme to workers in kitchen.
- "The room was huge. The size of a football field"(pg266).- Metaphor, comparing the lab room to a football field.
Summary
The disease attacks the lungs or brains, but it also continue to grow through energy much Stone fear that it could destroy the world.
5 Comments
- I predict that Manchek's team will clash with Wildfire team soon.
- Reading about Leavitt talking about proteins, takes me back to biology class which I did not enjoy much.
- The dream Leavitt had maybe could be something that could help them in the project because dreams sometimes could foreshadow the future.
- Man makes life easier, but could also destroy life.
- Like Stone said, sleep is important and I agree because I treasure sleeping.
4 Questions
- Does the punlic knows about Piedmont?
- What caused the Phantom to crash?
- What is going on in the wildfire's underground?
- If they wake up and sleep anytime, would it be confusing on what they are doing?
3 Vocabulary
- Remnant(pg. 220)- noun. a remaining.
- Ponderous(pg. 235)-adj. of great weight.
- Andromeda(pg. 240)-constellation in Greek mythology
2 Literally Devices
- "The answer turned out to be DNA, the genetic coding substance, which aid like a switching manager in a freight yard"(pg. 226)- Simile, comparing DNA to a fright yard.
- "There was no problem, no problem at all"(pg 230)- Foreshadowing the future.
Summary
It seems like they got somewhere, but then again didn't/ However, why does the President not trust scienetist? And it seems like the Phantom crash is related to Pedimont.
