Friday, January 30, 2009

Hollow Kingdom By: Clare B. Dunkle

Pages 71- 94

What I understand

  • Emily just learned that the goblin, who is the king, the wife must be a captured wife.
  • The goblin's first wife didn't believe in goblins.
  • The Goblin King said that his house undergroud was really nice and it was beautiful.
  • The Goblins would steal the elf's brides away from them.
  • At one time the Goblins and the Elves lived peacefully.

Questions I Have

  • Why can't the Goblin King marry his own kind?
  • Was Emily still friends with Marak?
  • If not, why was Marak still adressing her by her nickname?
  • Why did the King decide that the cat would be the protector of Kate and Emily?

Unknown Words

  • Gaunt-(Pg. 73)-Bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things.
  • Hoofbeats-(Pg. 80)- The sound made by each hoof of a hoofed animal as it moves.
  • Hewn-(Pg.82)- Felled and roughly shaped by hewing.

Literary Terms

  • Simile-(pg. 84)- "They lived just like cattle, chewing up the land and raising herds of babies.
  • Alliteration-(Pg. 90)- "Kate pushed her dress hem down to hide the knot and huddled in a furious pitch of suspense for the attack.

Summarzing Statement

  • This part of the novel explains Marak's(the King Goblin) feelings toward Kate and how he wants her to like him in order for the marriage to be successful.

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