The Roman Daily Times.

The Roman Daily Times
Mob Induced Death Toll On The Rise.
By: Aneeka La Foucade

Now that Caesar has been murdered, Rome has lost all logical reasoning. Antony has stirred up the vengeful side of each man, woman, and child. Look out Rome the mobs are taking over!

As we all know one of the assassins is named Cinna. An angry mob has killed and innocent poet. Who, by chance, is also named Cinna.

“Caesar’s death is a tragedy,” said a mournful Cinna when interviewed on Caesar’s assassination before his murder. Ironically, he was murdered en route to pay his last respects to Caesar.

“Someone must suffer! A great man has been murdered!” a member of the mob cried, on the night of Caesar’s death. Many mob participants have given similar statement, as if it would justify these brutal acts.

“The citizens of Rome have gone insane!” says a witness of the scene. People are afraid to leave their homes for fear of being killed.

Brutus and the rest of his untrustworthy brood seem to have gone into hiding. If someone does not hold rein on this senseless violence, Rome will burn. However some wonder if Antony has given us his true motives or if they will ever come to light.

Political Comic

Antony: I don’t see why everyone says Rome can’t think for itself...
Caesar: Dance puppets! Dance!


Symbolism:
The puppet’s strings represent Caesar’s control over the Roman public.
Exaggeration:
Caesar’s size has been exaggerated to show how ‘big’ he has become.
Analogy:

The analogy is that the people’s free will is only an illution.
Irony:
The irony in this cartoon is how oblivious the people are to Caesar’s power even though it’s right in front of them.

Julius Caesar: Weather Report

The world is coming to an end! Possibly. What have you people done now? There is a very good possibility that the gods are tired of us. The people of Rome have become lazy, impudent, and ungrateful. The gods shall smight us if we don't amend our ways. People are running around on fire, and they don't even notice it! Birds are calling out at the wrong time of day! It's only gonna get worse. It's pouring rain, and thunder is rumbling louder than Mars's battle cry! Juno, and Jupiter shall take thier revenge, and Pluto shall end it all! The balance must be restored before they cause monkeys to rain down from above! I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally do not wish to be Cerberus's chew toy for all of eternity.What happened to anger them to such an extent that they would want to burn us, and yet cause no pain? Sorry Rome, but if this continues I'm considereing leaving. I will live out in the middle of an ocean, I do not want to fry. I imply nothing when I say that I do not know the answer. *Cough* Caesar *Cough.* No, uh, seriously people I'm not saying he isn't great and everything, but a word to the wise don't treat him better than you treat the gods. This is Rome's best weather eporter signing off, For possibly the last time. All this depends of the size and strength of our viewers.

First Blog Assignment-Silent Reading Book

{The Riddles Of Epsilon, By: Christine Morton-Shaw}

Christine Morton-Shaw, is from Blackburn, England, and has written many books for young children and two books for teens.
-Children’s Books-
The 'Stringalongs' series
The Pig that Barked
Don't Worry William
Picnic Farm
Run, Rabbit, Run
Itzy Bitzy House
Magoosy
Mr Jack: a little dog in a big hurry
Wake Up, Sleepy Bear
-Teen’s Books-
The Riddles of Epsilon
The Hunt for the Seventh
This book is about Jessica, a girl who moves to a house her mother inherited. On the remote island of Lume, off the coast of England. One day when Jess is in an internet chat room talking to her friend Avril, and someone gatecrashes. Someone who leaves no trace, no IP address. This mysterious being tells Jess that her mother is in danger. He will not tell Jess anything, instead he gives her riddles and clues she has to solve. Soon Jess uncovers a secret society obsessed with a monster in a folklore story.
Jess also begins having dreams about a boy who lived a century ago, and soon she is not sure who to trust to save her mother from her trance like state.
The setting of the book is in the big house on the island Lume. Set in modern times, the settings also include a cave, the beach, Milton house, and a little shack on the property of the big house.
Jess is the protagonist in this story. One trait she has is that she is rebellious. I can tell because no matter what her parents say she got a nose ring and kept it, which caused them to stop talking to her. She also enjoys making their lives difficult when they do something to annoy her, and refuses to do what anyone else tells her. Furthermore Jess is curious, because if she was not she would not have began solving Epsilon's riddles. In addition, when she was sick and could not do anything it bugged her that she could not keep working on the riddles.
I really enjoyed this book; I love how all the facts are presented to the reader. For example, the symbols are projected onto Jess's bedroom wall; they are drawn right into the book along with her mother's estranged drawings. Instead of just being described, the reader can look and see what the author means.