The Hobbit Prediction Piece

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit, Bilbo is a tiny little guy who lives in a hole on a hill.  Gandalf believes that Bilbo is a master thief and he can steal treasure from a dragon. 

Bilbo was a peaceful hobbit, who was comfortable in his hole on the hill.  He was smoking outside, doing his daily stuff, when Gandalf came by and told Bilbo that he needed him.  Like any other person would do, Bilbo rejected Gandalf’s request and sent him off.

Gandalf would not take the answer no and put a mark on Bilbo’s door.  The next day, in 1 hour, 12 dwarves and Gandalf are sitting at Bilbo’s table, eating his cake and drinking his tea.  Bilbo knows that to get these people out of his life, that he needs to go on this quest, he still has no idea what he’s going to do.

Bilbo goes on the quest and faces many monsters and creatures, like one time, he faced three trolls that were 5 times the size of him, and he had to pickpocket the trolls.  That didn’t work out so well.  Gandalf had to intervene and stall because trolls are petrified when exposed to sunlight.  The dwarves like to sing too, which drives Bilbo crazy.

I think that Bilbo will be a master thief at the end of the book and that he will be honored for finding the Fellowship of the Ring and getting past the dragon who guards the treasure.  Of course Bilbo faced other challenges and had to be ready to steal the ring.

Roger's Future/Prediction Piece

"Bye Drew!"  It was a great checkpoint in my life.  My first son Drew was finally going to Kindergarten.  He waved at me until the bus turned the corner and I could no longer see his face.   I was standing next to my wife Marissa.  She was waving with me.  We walked down the street to our house and realized that we were not kid free.  Our twins, who were two years old, Rodney and Lou, were crying their cribs, waiting for us to change their diapers and play with them.  Marissa I groaned as we climbed the stairs to our hard day of work.

Drew walked home today.  He wasn’t very happy about that.  He had wanted us to be there after his first day of school. But he told us all about his first day of Kindergarten.  He did finger paintings, started to learn the alphabet (all he could say was A,B,C), and had his little centers like coloring, snack, and movie.  Marissa and I decided to take everybody out for ice cream.  When we parked in the parking lot, Drew was so excited he jumped out the door was about to run into the middle of the parking lot when I got the back of his shirt,

"Oh no you don’t!" I said.

I looked at the door to the ice cream place and I saw a big, black woman, walking with a teenager, into the joint.  I stood there, not even realizing that Drew was already to the other side of the parking lot.  Marissa waved her hand in front of my face and snapped me out of it.  I couldn't stop looking at the woman at the next table.

Character Analysis of Percy: Lightning Theif

Percy could hold his breath for a very long time. He was dyslectic. He had ADHD. ADHD and dyslexia adds up to being kicked out of 7 schools for Percy. Percy wonders why his life sucks so much. His Mom and Dad are divorced and he lives with a stepdad who smells like a pig and sits down on the couch and drinks beer. He goes to a museum on a field trip with his classmates and his whole life changes. Percy is a demigod, son of Poseidon. A monster attacks him in the museum and he has no idea what it is because he does not know he is a demigod. It turns out his friend Grover, is a satyr. Half donkey, half human. Grover takes Percy to Camp Half Blood and Percy’s quests and training begin.


 Percy had to prove himself. He shows everyone that he is capable of completing a huge quest within 2 days of arriving in Camp Half-Blood. When Percy first arrives at Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth, the best fighter in the camp, thinks Percy is weakling and couldn’t win a sword fight. When the camp plays capture the flag, Percy finds the flag , but Annabeth was hiding in the trees, waiting for someone to come by. But Percy proves Annabeth wrong and Percy beats her. Annabeth realizes that Percy is not a nobody. Grover and Annabeth come with Percy on his quest to the Underworld to save his mom. They work together, with a little help from Luke, to get all the pearls and then go to the Underworld. The pearls are for when you want to get out of the Underworld. You imagine where you want to go, step on the pearl, and then you are transported to wherever you want to go. Percy was the big leader in this quest. He found all three of the pearls with great challenges guarding them. He pretty much did all the work and everybody loves him for his leadership and personality. Percy changed when he figured out that he was being chased by monsters and his teacher and friend were both half human, half animal. Percy’s whole world turned upside down when he learned that his dad was a god. Percy now figures out that he can control water and talk to water animals because his dad is Poseidon, the sea god. Percy’s mom was taken by the Minotaur that attacked him on his way to Camp Half-Blood with his mom and Grover. Percy’s mom is trapped by Hades in the Underworld and no matter how experienced he is, he goes on a quest to save his mom from the lair of Hades.


 Percy, Annabeth, and Grover find their way to the Underworld on the Hollywood sign. They go into Hades’s Palace where Persephone and Hades are waiting. Hades forced Persephone to marry him. Percy defeats Hades with the help of Persephone. Persephone doesn’t like Percy at first, but she shows him how brave he is and decides to help him.

Casey at the Bat: Group 2

Casey will always be the same. He thinks he's so good and then he strikes out. He's just going to do it again. The story said he looked confident when he came up to bat and I'm assuming that he doesn’t just all of the sudden strike out. He's probably struck out lots of times. Casey is like Justin Bieber, he thinks he's so cool and all the girls love him.