bLog E (Blog 3)

I AM REALLY BORED OF TYPING SUMMARIES, SO FOR TODAY'S BLOG I THOUGHT I MIGHT ANALYZE THE BOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE (AND WRITE IN CAPS LOCK T00). SO FAR THERE IS NO APPARENT THEME TO THIS BOOK, ITS JUST TWO MISFIT CHILDREN WHO RUN AWAY. I KIND OF RELATED THIS TO MC'CARTHY'S (HORRIBLE) BOOK, aLL tHE pRETTY hORSES. IN BOTH BOOKS THE MAIN CHARACTERS RUN AWAY FROM THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES TO SOMEPLACE THAT IS A WORLD AWAY. mC'cARTHY'S BOOK HOWEVER IS MEANT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGED PEOPLE AND UP, WHEREAS tHE tHIEF lORD IS MEANT FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE. aLTHOUGH THIS BOOK IS A LOT MORE LIGHTHEARTED, IT PROVIDES A RELIEF TO THE BLOODINESS OF tHE iLIAD AND tHE oDYSSEY. oNE THING THAT i HAVE OBSERVED ABOUT THE AUTHOR, cORNELIA fUNKE, IS THAT ALL HER BESTSELLERS ARE ABOUT CHILDREN GOING ON AN ADVENTURE. fOR EXAMPLE, iNKHEART IS ALSO ABOUT A GIRL WHO RUNS AWAY TO A MAGICAL PLACE (and looks for her mother, i think). "Dragonrider", another one of her bestsellers is about a boy who runs away with a dragon and goes to a fairytale land. The "Thief Lord" uses terminology that is in Italian to give a feel of how the two children must be feeling not knowing all the words. This was another connection I made to ATPH, I was instantly reminded of how McCarthy used Spanish so frequently throughout his novel. So that's all, and next time I'll post a summary again to keep everyone involved in the book