1st Post of Questions

Title: Cole Protocol
Date: Feb 1, 2010
Time Hours: 4-5 Hours
Pages: 358
Pages Read: 1-88

Question: What do you think of a particular Character's actions

Response: I think that the actions of Ignatio Delgado in the Prologue was a little irrational because during the fight between him and the Jackals in the cargo bay ship he told his partner Melko to grab a disk that contained the ships nav data and go through the airlock and take it to the other ship called the Disstancia and I think it was a little too irrational because he forced his friend to go into the middle of the firefight between bullets and plasma for him make him reach an airlock into a vacuumed hanger bay, full of ships, and had limited air supply left. He could have met a Jackal hiding outside the and would fallen into a trap. Instead I would have gone with him and made sure he was safe and possibly pretended to be shot or make the Jackals think we where shot so could have snuck around them and activated the self destruct then gone outside the airlock and then tried reaching the closest ship that didn't have to be a battle ship.

Question: How does the author create suspense in the book

Response: The author creates suspense by describing scenery, actions of the characters, and also their feelings. He describes the noises of the battlefield and a strong description of the character's condition. An example is when a character is in the middle of a firefight between squadron of Elites and Jackals. He is being shot at with carbines and plasma pistols and he only has a BR and 7 clips. When the author writes about this battle he made it completely intense by described the buildings, the floor, and how the character looked with fear, hatred, and the will to live in his eye. There was lots of sounds of explosions, and gun fire, and plasma grenades bursting into oblivion. The author also does a trick where he speeds up then slows down the scene, an example of this trick is when a soldier is running down a hall looking for an exit then he is running so fast that he doesn't have time to look for enemies or allies but in one final moment everything slows down and he can see a gravity hammer blade that barely misses his face and he has just the time to duck under it and shoot the wielder of the lethal weapon in the face.