Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Firebringer

Main Characters:
   
Zeus
  - leader of the  gods

      -has a very strong image with muscles and wise gray facial hair with his famous, strong thunderbolt in his hand











Prometheus
- Titan who decided to help Zeus
- created humans out of clay and other objects he could find
- disobeys Zeus' rule and is punished horribly for his deed
- Also has a very strong image with muscles 









Hercules





- Son of Zeus
- God to shoot the eagle that bit Prometheus' liver and freed 
him from his punishment
-Strong image with huge muscles and animals by his side to 
show his braveness and power 





Setting:
        Earth- place where a vast majority of animals, objects, elements and home to the new race of humans 
            
            Mount Olympus- home to the gods filled with beautiful sights and amazement
            
            The bleak Caucasus- mountain range between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; considered the boundary between Europe and Asia

Main Plot:
        -Zeus tells Prometheus to make another race with any object he wants except something from the gods because all the races Zeus has done have failed. Prometheus does what he is told and does create a beautiful race. He teaches them how to do things but they are not happy because they shiver in the freezing winters. Prometheus disobeys Zeus and steals fire from Mount Olympus. This angers Zeus and is punished but is freed from Zeus' son Hercules


Main Conflict:
            -Prometheus disobeys Zeus' one and only rule and makes him angry. He stole fire from Mount Olympus to give to the humans and is punished for this

Attempt to Explain:
         ....how humans came to be. Supposedly, Prometheus was the creator of the human race. It also explains how fire came to be. Prometheus stole it from Mount Olympus so that the humans could survive.
fiiiiiireeeeeee!

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