Fire

By: Bri Larcom

            Fire is the main character of my book, Fire. Fire is a monster with fire like hair. Fire is a dynamic character. In the beginning she was afraid of turning into an atrocious monster like her father. Later she realizes that she is not who her father was.

            Fire is described beautiful in the book. You would think that a monster would be scary looking but it’s just the opposite. Whenever men take a glance at her they stand there in awe of her. She’s so beautiful that once a man looks at her he proposes right away. It says these things multiple times in the book.

            Since Fire is a monster she has the power to control people’s minds and actions. Fire is apprehensive because she’s afraid she’ll turn into her father who abused his monstrous powers for no good. Later in the book when people of the kingdom need her powers at the most she has to decide whether or not to use them because she is apprehensive about herself.

            Fire is magnanimous. She always puts herself before others. When the army had to go in the tunnel they wouldn’t make it because the monster birds (overly sized colorful hawk like birds that will eat anything including humans and especially monster humans like Fire) would have killed the entire army because there were hundreds of them. But they did make it into the tunnel because Fire risked her life saving the whole army. 

            In the beginning of the book Fire is confused. Archer is her boyfriend and he repeatedly asks her to marry her. Fire doesn’t know if she wants to marry him or not because he’s jealous of her and is always sleeping with different women. Then later in the book she meets Prince Briggan who begins fall in love with her and she starts to fall in love with him. Fire is completely confused and has no idea what to do.    

            When Fire changes, she becomes confident. She realizes that her father used his powers for no good. She realizes that she uses her powers for goodness of the kingdom. She sees that her father was a total different person than she is. Fire knows she will not become what her father was.

            Later in the book when Fire changes, she is not confused anymore. She realizes that Archer doesn’t truly love her so she breaks up with him. Fire realizes that she absolutely wants to be with Prince Briggan because he loves her with his whole heart.

            There are only a few themes in my book. They’re mainly about on what Fire decides to do with her problems. It’s not only about her problems but what she learns.

            Fire and Archer have always been long time friends. Then later in the book they become boyfriend and girlfriend. But since Archer is jealous of Fire he sleeps with other woman. Fire knows this and just forgives him because she knows he can’t handle his temptations very well.

Later in the book Fire has to go away for a very long period of time because the kingdom needs her for her powers. Over this long period of time she realizes that Archer never truly loved her, he only loved her for her beauty. So when he comes unexpectedly to see her she tells him how she feels and says that they still can be friends like before.

            The theme I got from this is that if you truly love someone you love every single thing about them. Not just their looks but their personality, flaws, and everything else about them. Love isn’t just about looks.

            I can connect to this because I love my family. Even if they do something dumb, you still love them. This theme compares to a theme in the book Gracling. Katsa and Po are madly in love but they have to separate for a long time. When they finally find each other after two years, Katsa realizes Po is blind. Po tells Katsa not to love him anymore because of this. Katsa still loved him and that only made their love grow stronger. Katsa loved everything about Po including his flaws.

            Another theme Fire learns from is that she is afraid to turn into her father who used his powers for no good. Monsters they have the power to control peoples and animals minds. Fire’s father who was evil inside and out, used his powers to do his evil and greedy deeds. Later in the book when the kingdom needs her most for her powers she almost refuses to do so because of this. One day in the book she looks at herself hard in the mirror and sees that she is nothing like her father.

            The theme I got from this is that you are only you. No one can be the exact same person as you. Everyone has their own personalities.

            I can connect with this them because people say my brother and I look the same. But our personalities are totally different. For example he gets frustrated easier than I do. I handle things a lot different than he does.

            The book, Fire, was an astounding book. I couldn’t put it down. I literally finished it in three days. After I read the book, Gracling I found out it had a companion, Fire. This made me more excited because the adventure didn’t die. Fire is one of the most mind-blowing, magnificent, and astonishing books I have ever read.