Kadee Faulkenberry The King’s Arrow, Michael Cadnum

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Kadee Faulkenberry
The King’s Arrow, Michael Cadnum
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Main Characters
Simon: Eighteen-year-old Simon was half-English and half-Norman and was the son of a noble family living in Norman. He was offered the chance to accompany the king’s friend Walter Tirel on a royal hunt.He hopes his association with Tirel will help him advance in a country where being English means being subject to the whims of the Norman upper class.
Walter Tirel: One of the king’s associates and good friends.
Roland:He the king's marshal and is very aggressive. He also has a very short temper meaning he gets angry very easily.
Main Conflict
When the king is killed by Tirel’s arrow during the course of the hunt, Simon must join Tirel in fleeing for their lives. No one knew if it was an accident or a murder.


Quotes
"Simon faced a future of divided happiness, knowing too much of both English umbrage and Norman self-importance to feel at home in either camp." - This is important because this is what a lot of people went through back then.
“A king was designated by God to be his right hand in the world.” - This is important because this is what everyone believed this is exactly what a king was for.
“It was considered bad luck to share bad news without invoking a saint, or without asking for Heaven's help.” - This is important because everyone’s lives were surrounded by their religion and this is what everyone believed so when something bad happened, they had to pray to God and then give the bad news.


Historical Events
1. King William II dies from hunting accident in the New Forest. - This is significant because this is what the book is all about and this could have been the start of the new ideas of government that came around.
2.     Henry I becomes king of England. - This is significant because He changed the way England worked and it’s religion.
3.     Henry I married Matilda of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. - This is significant because this help England and Scotland get along better and become great associates.


Overall Success
The book was a good book overall; however the book was very slow in the beginning and it was kind of hard to get to know the characters because there was not much dialog. It was more of a descriptive book.


Author’s Facts

The book is entirely made of facts from the time period it takes place in.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 19, 2018 at 9:24 AM

    My book was a little bit different than yours. My main character is a girl and she falls in love with some one she isn't supposed to fall in love with. One thing that we do have in common is that our books were during the same time.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 19, 2018 at 9:36 AM

    This book report was also very in-depth and I also hate books with slow beginnings. My book was about a slightly different time-line

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