1.) Atlantis Found

     

I am reading a book called Atlantis Found, by Clive Cussler. So far I am on Chapter 23 out of 51.

            So far a miner in Colorado found a chamber in one of his mines with inscriptions and a black skull. When scientists came to research three men tried to kill them. Dirk Pitt was a marine scientist with an organization called the NUMA. It turns out that the same kind of chamber was found on St. Paul Island. When two researchers from NUMA went to look at it, they were almost killed again. All of the artifacts had been taken from the chamber on St. Paul by a whaling boat in the early 1800's. Now NUMA has all of these artifacts. When people went to discover the whaling boat in the Antarctic Ocean, a U-2015 military boat tried to sink the research ship.  The murderers who aren’t trying to let anybody know about these chambers say that they are from The New Destiny. No one is sure what that is. In the last chapter we met a family called the Wolfs. They are very rich and are funding the New Destiny. Their plan is to destroy the world in ten days to protect their ancestors.

I think this book has gotten better. At the beginning it was a little slow and confusing, but it is slowly getting better. I think that now it is starting to get interesting and it's easier to understand what’s happening. I like fiction books, so this is kind of interesting to me. I think that Clive Cussler wrote this book because he was interested in the story of Atlantis and wanted to learn more about it. Also it was a way for him to take a story that is told and expand on it to make it something he thinks is interesting. I think that his motive was just that it was something that he thought would be fun to research and write about. 

      The theme of this book is probably like a science fiction. I would say that Clive Cussler wanted the readers to think about how anything is possible. And just because you can't see it, that doesn't mean that it is really there or true. Also, that when the characters are attacked in the book, they always have each others backs.

       I think that the best character is Dirk Pitt. No matter what, he always does what is right. He also will do anything to make sure that everyone is safe. Dirk is pretty good at everything and knows how to defend himself and others. Also, Dirk is the only one that really thinks that Atlantis possibly exists. In many ways, he has grown in the book. At the start of the book he wasn't really that caring and seemed like it was hard for him to make friends. Now he jokes around with everyone and wants to make sure everyone is safe. When the ship was being attacked by the U-2015 he threw himself at someone he barely knew to protect them from the bullets.

          I think that an important quote is, "Life is for the fittest, and those who plan."
This was a quote made by Elsie Wolf when she was in prison. I find this to be important, because it shows how she isn’t empathetic. And although her and her family are supposed to be completely perfect, they aren't. They only care about themselves. This makes a powerful point because there are some people in real life that would agree with Elsie.

        My qustions are mostly just ones that will be answered at the end. I don't really get why the Wolf family won't tell anyone about the comet that is going to hit Earth. I would also like to know how the Wolf family has genetically made all of their family perfect. For the most part I just want to see what happens in the end.