Summer Homework: Entry 2, The Monstrumologist

Entry Two

 The two main characters that I stated in my last post are Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop. They are both very complex and have many wants. As I have also stated in my first post, Will only wants to have his family back and Warthrop wants to be recognized for his work. But throughout the book they discover they have more than just one thing they want from time to time. One example is when Will loses his hat in the Old Cemetery while being chased by Anthropophagi and misses it dreadfully because it is his only possesion that he owns from his parents and he cant stand to lose it. Another example is that Warthrop wants to clear his dads name because everybody believes that the Anthropophagi got to New Jerusalem, America by the boat that his dad brought over.

I believe that the theme of this book is just because it is written doesn't mean it is fact. I believe this because Will always tells Warthrop they should warn the Constable of the Anthropophagi because they may attack and slaughter families, but Warthrop tells will it is written and studied for thousands of years that they don't feed in that short of periods. And of course the next morning a family is slaughtered with one survivor. This happens 2 times so I believe it is a fitting theme.

Summer Homework: Entry 1, The Monstrumologist

Entry One:

The book I choose to read for my Summer Homework is "The Monstrumologist" by Rick Yancey. The two major characters are Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop. They both desire many things but each desire one thing the most. For Will Henry this thing is to have his parents back having had both of them die in a fire. On the other hand Dr. Warthrop wants to be remembered and recognized for all of his work. Dr. Warthrop does his job in secrecy because that is what it requires, so he knows that he will waste his whole life to never be recognized for what he does. 

The setting is New Jerusalem, America. Inside this city some of the main places they visit is The Old Cemetery, Motley Hill Sanatorium, and Dr. Warthrop's house. The conflict in this book is Dr. Warthrop and Will Henry versus the Anthropophagi, a mythical beast. Erasmus Grey first brings them the dead body of an Anthropophagi from a grave in the Old Cemetery. Dr. Warthrop, after examination realizes what it is and explains to Will. He also tells him how they are not native to America. HE also tells him that they need to go hunting and stop them from spreading, for they are dangerous to humans. I predict they may get more than they bargain for at the Old Cemetery.