Student Question:What, if anything, did you gain by reading this book? (even if What I gained by reading this book was a lot of knowledge of Egyptian culture, mythology, and history. In this book, the characters refer to the "House of Life" many times throughout the story, which was a real thing in the ancient times of Egypt (even if, in reality, the so-called "magicians" in the House may not have had real magic, as they were represented in the book). Many of the Egyptian gods and goddesses are present in the book and almost always have their backstories explained in detail and the role they have as a god (ex: Ra; the sun god). The book also explains what many Ancient Egyptian terms mean (ex: Aten - the physical manifestation of the sun--as well as the Duat - a magical realm in Egyptian mythology).
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Student Question:Put yourself in the authors shoes--Why do you think they wrote this book? I think the author wrote this book to use as a plot device for his highly successful series Percy Jackson. I think that he is trying to make some sort of "expanded universe" thing in books, similar to the Marvel expanded universe in movies. What I mean is that all of Riordan's books share the same universe and the characters can interact with each other throughout every book. I think that the author made this book to start this idea for his books.
Student Question:What is the setting of your book (time and place)? How would the story change if you changed the setting? Give me at least one specific example. The book is constantly changing the place that the story takes place in (most of those places being Cairo, London, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Paris, Washington D.C, Tennessee, and the Ancient Egyptian land of the Dead), but if the time was changed, the story would be drastically different. If the story took place in the pinnacle of Ancient Egyptian society, rather than a modern day setting, Brooklyn would not exist, which is an integral part of the story, and all of the main characters would treat the Ancient Egyptian gods as actual gods, rather than just very powerful beings.
Student Question: If your main character were on a desert island, what 3 personal objects would they want with them and why? If the main character (Carter Kane) were on a desert island, I think the first thing he would want is a shabti, which is a clay figure that acts as your servant in Egyptian mythology. Another thing that I think he would want is a picture of his deceased father, because his dad was the closest to Carter out of all his family members before he died. The last thing I think he would want is any possible way to defend himself, preferably some sort of hooked sword, since he has the most experience with that kind of weapon.
Student Question:What is the message that the author is trying too convey to others through this book? The message that I think the author is trying to say through this book could be multiple things, but the most important message in the book is one that may not be noticed by the casual or intended audience. I may be viewing these details all wrong, but I think what this book (and perhaps even other books that Riordan has written) is trying to say is a philosophy that all religions (or at least most of them) could all be correct, with contradicting details being explained as "misconceptions", and that others should not be looked down upon by others just because they have a different religion (or that they have a religion at all). My reason for thinking this is because of many subtle references hidden in the pages that explain events that happened in The Bible, Greek/Roman mythology, and many others, despite the idea that the book wants you to think that Ancient Egyptian mythology is the correct one in the world that The Red Pyramid exists in. I think that, in reality, Ancient Egyptian is just the most prominent to the story, making it the most believable in the world that this book takes place in. Some examples of these subtle hints include the book of Genesis taking place directly before Apophis, an Egyptian immortal snake is created. Another one being a rumor that Moses had some sort of history with the House of Life.
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