Entry #3: What qualities would you like to have as a Greek god or goddess?

If could be any greek god or goddess...

I would like to have the power of wisdom like Athena. I find that this ability has the power to overcome any others and is the most useful to have as well. I do not see a reason why a god would forceful control the people when logic and ethics is what a people's basic mind track is based on. Trying to maintain everything with force would one day collapse like how communism did. After all, knowledge is power.

I would look like...
I think I would like to just look like a normal human being, then I would be able to make others look down on me, then suprise them with my true nature of a god. Deceiving is one of the main ways gods moved about in Greek mythology, so I am thinking that having this form would be able to endow more power upon me. The way the gods are depicted in Greek mythology shows that the gods are very human-like except for the fact that they possess an aura that no human can have, so I think a form of a normal human is quite fitting. Besides physical features don't mean much to gods, they can always transform to get the look they want for the moment.

Entry #2: Greek Monsters

The Greek mythological monster I chose is the chimera.

About the Chimera...

According to Homer's description of this monster, it was a immortal and had three heads; one of a lion, one of a goat, and one of a snake. In addition, it breathed fire, was swift-footed, and had the hind part of a dragon. The chimera is also considered female and is the offspring of the titan Typhon and the mother of all monsters Echidna. The sight of a chimera often signalled the coming of a natural disaster.

What the Chimera did...

According to the myth, the chimera terrorized the people and destroyed land as well as the crops on it with it's fiery breath. The combination of its agile movements and ability of breathing fire rendered to be unable to kill. Until one day, a hero called Bellerophon appeared with Pegasus (a winged horse born from Medusa's neck). The combination of Pegasus flight capablity with the idea of using the chimera's fire breath to melt a block of lead into the chimera's throat to block the air passage of the chimera proved to be effective and thus was the end of the chimera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_%28mythology%29

Entry #1: Greek god or goddess

The Greek god I choose to research upon was Thanatos.

First is some background information about him...

As the son of Nyx (the goddess of night) and Erebos (the god of darkness), Thanatos is believed to be the god of leading the dead to Charon the ferryman. His sibilings (Old Age, Suffering, Doom, Deception, Blame, Strife, and Retribution) emphasize that Thanatos is a negative existence for mortals. In addition, he is also thought of as being merciless and indiscrimate towards anyone or thing. However, Thanatos is, most of the time, replaced by Hermes as the guide of the dead.

Facts focused on Thanatos...

Thanatos, in ancient greek, means death, and normally depicts death and mortality. In addition, although Thanatos is a minor god, he is mentioned many times within Greek mythology but hardly makes an appearance. Despite his depiction as a great, terrible being, Greek mythology has not failed to show of his short comings. Such is shown when Thanatos tricked by King Sisyphus and later on overpowered by Heracules (tricked by a mortal, defeated by a god/hero - poor Thanatos). He is mainly shown either with Pluto (Hades) or Hypnos (the god of sleep & his twin brother).

Compared to Heracules...

Heracules and Thanatos are similar in a way that they are both merciless and powerful. On the other hand Heracules and Thanatos are different in everything else. Unlike Heracules, a hero of mortals, Thanatos is hated by mortals, indiscrimate, hateful, and is a minor god not a hero(mortal).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos

Last Post on my First Book (FINALLY DONE XD~!!)

This is probably what people would have done first for their posts so I am doing this last to be a bit more unique :P. I present to you the characters of my book ^^;;.



Bill Masen: The main character of the story and is also the narrator. He is one a handful of people who still retains sight and has an expertise in triffids. In addition, he also has hands-on experience a triffid's sting, for he had been stung in his eyes before, but thanks to his friend's quick decision making skills, managed to keep the eyes in a state that was reversible. What is ironic is that because he sight was lost for a time because of the triffids, he managed to have sight later thanks to the triffids. He is a pretty flat charcter and doesn't change much throughout the story. Masen is also technically married to Josella Playton with technically adopted daughter Susan.

Josella Playton: She is the second main character of the story and is basically the heroine. She is an writer and has only had one book that actually was pretty successful. She does not have much experince with triffids but doesn't really need it for Bill Masen fills her on details about triffids she needs to survive. Josella also is one of the handful of people who still retains sight and is probably the most dynamic character in the book. It isn't hard to know what she is going to think is a particular situation and acts more so on impulse then numbers (opposite of Bill). She is technically married to Bill Masen and has a technically adopted daughter Susan.

Wilfred Coker: He is the mysterious character in the book and may be one of the smartest and most logical in the whole book (<-- this is what I think ^^;;). He teaches Bill more about people and to be more wary of who he's with. Although Coker and Bill does not get along when they first meet, they realize that the two of them are the only two who actually has some sense left among the sighted. He is the basically Bill Masen as close a friend anyone could have. Coker's street smarts and acceptance to truth keeps himself alive.

5th Post on my First Book (Almost Done XD)

So now the question is, "If you can write an additional chapter at the end, what would you write about?"...

If I could write an additional chapter at the end then I would definitely end the book explaining what exactly happened to the main character for in the book it just finishes with a life goes on type ending which I was particularly disappointed with and the point that the main character and his group just ends up going to the Isle of Wight...
So my ending would either go two ways (I would first of all like to remove the fact that they went to the Isle of Wight so just keep this in mind when reading my ending):
If I was to write a happy ending, then I would say the main character and the rest of his group go off to some place where they find that there are no Triffids and find good people, thus the hope of reclaiming the earth as for humans becomes bright.
However if I was to write a sad ending for this book then it would go something like this: The main character and his group are continuing to look for a good place to settle down at, but then Josella Playton ends up getting stung by a triffids and passes away. The main character goes into shock and starts doubting himself and the hopes he once had, and when his guard was off he ends up getting stung by a triffid as well and the book ends with his last thought, "(something really cool and depressing that even I couldn't think of :P)"
And there you have it -what I would write if i could write an additional chapter for my book.

4th Post on my First Book

The mood of the Day of the Triffids huh....

The overall mood of the Day of the Triffids is gloomy and a bit sad. Although there are times when the book reaches points of excitment and times of serenity, the main character never fails to remind that the world is in a state of crisis which brings the happier modes down to sad and sometimes frustrating. In addition, the mood of the book emphasizes the hopelessness of the whole entire situation the characters find themselves in, with hopes being destroyed at every turn at every corner. Even though the main character did manage to get to the Isle of Wight, because of what happened throughout the story, I find it hard to believe that the colong would last very long.The setting gave the most influence to the mood, while the characters who did so poorly in the mood gave us how we should look upon the situation.
The mood actually kind of saddens me (if not extremely annoyed and almost embarassed) to see how incapable humans are when we are in a tight situation and unity is required. I have read many books in the past but the Day of the Triffids seems to emphasize it greater than a great number of them. This probably is the only thing I believe the author did well in writing this book in addition to depicting the true nature of humans although John Wyndham doesn't come close to John Steinbeck (no offense to the writer ^^;;).