Part 1: Characterization of Soren
The book I read was The Capture. It's the first book out of 15 in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series. The main character in my book is Soren. Soren is a Barn Owl. There are 3 ways that I can describe Soren. He is brave, determined, and intelligent.
Soren shows much bravery because in the beginning of the book, Soren is snatched. If your question is "What is being snatched?" then I will tell you. Soren falls out of his nest when he is just an owlet. He can't fly, so he must wait until his parents get back from hunting so they can get him and bring him home. The morning following the fall, he hears a noise. Soren believes that it is his parents returning home! He screeches, "Mom, Dad, is that you?" All of a sudden, Soren is scooped up into the claws of a huge owl. He is taken to an orphanage for young owls. He is without his parents, siblings, and friends. He is alone in a new place yet she is not discouraged. This show that Soren is very brave even when normal owls wouldn't be.
Soren is also very determined. The orphanage leaders say that this orphanage is good for them; this is not true at all. They give them numbers for names and do not allow questions to be asked. The whole overall point of this place is to create mind control of all the young owls in the orphanage. When Soren finds this out, he is very determined to stay, well... himself. He somehow manages to stay normal with the help of his new friend Glyfie. They try to conjure up a plan to escape even when there seems to be no way out. This show how determined he is.
Lastly, Soren is very intelligent. He figures out a way to escape from the orphanage with only little help from his few friends. When they finally escape, he is on his own with Glyfie. They fly, and fly, and fly till they could see no more. They realize one thing they forgot when learning how to fly, how to land. They twirl and toss, and twirl and toss, and twirl and toss some more when finally they land! Yet, they are upside down. They figure out a way to become upright thanks to an owl named Twilight. Twilight is the biggest Owl they have ever seen. They ask him if he can help guide them home and then to the Island of the Guardians. This shows that Soren knows who to trust and what to do when he needs help. Given the reasons I have told you, I believe that Soren is very intelligent.
Part 2: Like or Dislike???
I really disliked this book. I have a total of two reasons. My first reason is that I found it really boring and my second was it didn't make any sense to me.
The first reason that I thought this book was really boring was becasuse it went really fast. The story just kept moving without stopping to explain anything. Also, it was about owls. Who likes a book about owls? Especially one that talks? The owls kept referring to things that aren't even real. I usually like fantasy but, not this one. Something about owls must not appeal to me. The book was difficult to follow and was about owls, this is why the book was boring to me.
My second reason for not liking the book was because it didn’t make any sense. Going back to what I said in my first answer, it was a really fast book. It went from one thing to another, to the next, to the next, to the next. I lost my place multiple times which caused a lot of confusion. I had to reread a lot of parts, actually most of the book. Not that this is a bad thing, but reading a book practically three times to understand it is kind of annoying. Also, the owls in this whole book just kept repeating themselves about what was happening to them in there lives. I understood the problem when they told me once, but having it also repeated several times was annoying.
As you can tell, I really didn’t like this book. To like this book, you must have an open mind. I would say I do have an open mind but that this book needed a lot of it. This is why I didn’t like The Capture.
