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The Hero

The

Hero

Sunny Nwazue is the main character. She poses main great trait, and proves herself of being a worthy hero in this book.

Persistent

Persistence

Being a hero is a tough job. Despite the challenges which are thrown at her, and not being familiar with the process of how her hidden hero society works, Sunny is determined to accomplish her goal. In the book it states, “Lesson one,” Anatov said. “And this is for all of you. Learn how to learn. Read between the lines. Know what to take and what to discard.” Sunny trying to learn how to learn comes over great hardships when she can't understand what to do or say. Through hard an long nights without giving up Sunny learns that Persistence is very important and from then on is persistent to get the job done.

Bold

Bold

Sunny starts out as a shy and weak person in the beginning of the story. Her albinism forces her to hie, but despite that she is made fun of. When she realizes that she needs to fight a ritual killer, and a masquerade, she doesn't want to. In the book it states, " She realized it was Ekwesu, the most powerful masquerade. Taking a deep breath she was ready to face Ekwesu, and defeat her once and for all." It can be hard to face the most powerful villain your kind has ever dealt with. This is exactly what Sunny had to do. Facing the villain who terrified her the most, she banished it from her home forever.

Hero

*** Disclaimer - All defintions are in my own words throughout the presentation.

A hero is a person who goes through the hero's journey. A hero faces many tests and has a quest to complete.

Defintion

The Quest

The

Quest

In this book Sunny and her 3 friends Orlu, Chichi, and Sasha embark on a journey of a life time to defeat a ritual killer. This particular ritual killer is part of the secret society that Sunny and her friends are in which only makes things harder.

The Quest

The Quest is the journey that the protagonist is going to embark on, in order to save the world that they live in.

Definition

Ordinary World:

The hero, Sunny is born in America, but her parents, due to her dad's job travel to Nigeria. She feels like the place she lives in Nigeria is boring. She is eager to elope from her home, due to her so called friends making fun of her, and because she feels like everyone is so distant from her. Even her family.

Ordinary

World

The Ordinary World

The current location of the hero in the beginning of the story.

Definition

Call to adventure, Herald

Sunny, the hero gets so bored one day, she decides to visit her one and only friend, Orlu. Upon convincing Sunny, Orlu takes Sunny to his friend Chichi's house, and they make a trust knot. After this they take Sunny to their mentor Antov's hut, and here Sunny gets initiated, only to find out that she is part of a secret community. At first Sunny doesn't want to leave the comforts of home to sneak out at night for lessons, but she has to decide between the comforts of home, and to quench her thirst to embark on an adventure.

Call to adventure,

Herald

Call to adventure, Herald

Definition

The call to adventure or the Herald, is what indicates to the hero, that she needs to embark on an important journey.

A trust knot

A trust knot, is when you place a knife in dirt, and lick the same knife, with whoever you want to make the trust knot with, and then draw a symbol in the dirt.

How a trust knot is made in the book

Mentor

In this book, the mentor for Sunny is Antov. He gives Sunny two really good pieces of advice.

Mentor

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#1

Before you can learn, you must have the patience to learn how to learn certain things, and only then will you not only understand clearly, you will learn nicely as well. Once Sunny learns to learn she focuses well, and learns the true meaning of whatever lesson it might be, whether she was, at home on in school, or with Antov, this piece of advice paid off

Advice #1

Advice #2

Antov tells Sunny to belive in herself, and to think about the present for now, and not the future. He reasons that it will help her focus on her training, and like Antov stated, as Sunny thought about what to do in the present not worrying about the future, she was an exellent student not only to Antov, but in school as well.

Mentor

Definition

The mentor in any story is the charectar who is wise and gives the advice or assistance to the hero. In this book the Mentor to the hero is Antov.

Talisman

Talisman

After Sunny is intiated the gang take a trip to Junk Man, where Sunny gets her juju knife with the help of Antov. This Juju knife is her talisman.

Talisman

Definition

The talisman is given to the hero to help her on her journey to battle the antanogist

Background on

Juju knife

Juju knife

The Juju knife is Sunny's most treausred item. It helps her no matter what. She is able to vaporize and move like the wind, after she gets her own knife. The knife bonds with her hand for a little while so Sunny can get used to using it. Sunny, then finds out that she cnan see the future. The juju knife helps Sunny create barriers and illusions on Sunny's journey. For instance when Sunny was being attacked by the lake moster, she counjers up some music, and the illusion of a river beast, the feirce cousin of the lake beast, and the lake beast flees. This knife is very hepful thorughout, and will help her no matter the circumstances.

Threshold

Guardian

In this book the threshold Guardian is the river beast.

Threshold Guardian

Sunny has to cross a bridge to pass her first class with Antov, and many more to come. As she calls up her spirit face to cross the bridge, her friend plays some music. She slowly glides along the bridge humming with the music, until the river beast jumps out at her. Frightened Sunny looses her balance, and was about to take a ghastly and life threating jump. Sunny quickly gains conscience of what is going on and slowly starts to walk. Once again at the end of the bridge, the river beast jumps out threating to take her life, and she starts to take the ghastly plunge, she would have before, but instead, her friend Sasha pulls her up, and Sunny thanks him greatly.

River beast and Sunny

Threshold Guardian

Definition

The threshold guardian is liked to the antagonist in some way, and is a smaller obstacle in the beggiening of the book.

Allies

Allies

Sunny has 3 friends in her life. Throughout her journey these 3 friends help her no matter what. Her friends are Chichi, Sasha, and Orlu. Sunny gets encouragement from her friends/allies, each of them using their special power in helping to complete the mission with the newest member Sunny as their leader.

Chichi

Chichi is Sunny's crazy friend. Chichi encouraging Sunny, to belive in herself. When Sunny has to face the tragic that she has to sneak out of her house for midnight lessons, Chichi gives her a spell. This spell lets her pass through any solid object. With Chichi's guidance Sunny makes it to her first midnight lesson with Antov and her friends.

Chichi

Sasha

Sasha

Sasha was introduced to Sunny , when he swaped the brains of two cops in Chicago, and mad his parents mad. He was sent to Nigeria to be "wipped" back into shape. Sasha is somewhat of Sunny's faithful friend. Athough they aren't close, He saves Sunny from the lake beast, as I metioned before. He grabs her necklace and pulls her up, and luckly she doesn't die. Sasha is a very helpful friend to Sunny.

Orlu

Orlu was Sunny's only friend until she was intitated into her secret socitey the Leopards. Orlu has the power to undo bad magic. During the climax in the book. Orlu senses a dark presence, and warns his friends. Trying to fight this presence of sadly, hurts him bady, but he knows that he did it for his friends and was okay even with dieing to pay the cost. Finally, after the battle Sunny is able to wake him up, and he is alive. Sunny is grateful to him for saving all their lives, just because they are friends.

Allies

An ally is a person who travels with the hero on thier journey, and helps them throughout no matter what.

Definition

Shadow

In this book the shadow is Black Hat Otokoto

Shadow

Black Hat Otokoto

Black Hat Otokoto is part of the secret communtiy tha Sunny and her friends are a art of, but he is power greedy. After being one of the only people who have reached the highest level of magic training, he seeks after forbbiden books. One of these books tells him of a legend where he must sacrifice children to the great Ekwesu to call her up into his relam. Seeing this in a candle Sunny tells her Leopard communtity and she and her group of friends are sent after him, so that they can stop them.

Black Hat

Shadow

Definition

The shadow is the antagonist, and is the person who the protaginsit is after. Sometimes the known shadow is part of a bigger group, and the leader of that group is the main antagonist.

Tests

Tests

In the book Sunny is forced to attend a Wrestiling Match which teaches her somethin very valuable.

Zuma Rock Wrestling Match

The Zuma Rock Wrestling Match is a great experience for Sunny. Although she is forced to go she gets to speak with one of the competeors before the match statrts. When she enters the match she finds out that most of the time this fight it until death. Sure enough the man she talked to was defeated in the match and turned into a Guardian Angel. After the match she goes down to talk to the man's wife, and she learns that the man was very selective of who he taalked to. With that during the wrestling match she learned about the element of surprise, and being resourceful

A real life image of Zuma Rock

Picture

In the book the Nigerian myth is, who ever goes near the rock, disappers and never comes back.

Lesson Learned...

Lesson

Sunny learns that nothing is ever what it seems, and the world always seems like it is against you. This is what she uses in her final battle against Otokoto, and wins.

Tests

The tests in the book, are events that happen and they teach the Hero something that they can use in their final battle.

Definition

Supreme Ordeal

After Deafeating the Black Hat they Sunny and her friends that they have to fight the most powerful masquerade in the world

Supreme

Ordeal

masquerade

In the book a masquerade is an evil spirit made up of dead leaves and bugs, threating the human world, but they give out great power as well.

What is a masquerade in the book?

Supreme Ordeal

Definition

The supreme ordeal is what the hero has to do at the end to finish their quest.

Reward

Reward

After defeating Ekwesu, Sunny and her friends earn the reward of being and Oga group for life.

OGA

What is a OGA in the book?

In the book an Oga is a well respected group, and forevrer in the same group. In the leapord Socitey an OGA is a very high recognition.

Reward

Definition

The Reward is what the hero and the allies get for completing the quest

Restoring the world

Sunny now lives a double life, as a Leopard and a noramal Girl. living a double life for Sunny is difficult, but she is determinded to do it.

Restoring the world

Restoring the World

Definition

Restoring the world is when the hero andher allies returns from their quest and are ajusting back to their old lives with a little change

Wisdom

Wisdom

Sunny has learned to

- Trust herself, and teachers

- Respcts that family is trying to protect her

US???

What about us???

We should trust our instics and the one who we love, and ones who very much care about us.

Wisdom

Definition

Wisdom is when the hero learns something from their journey, a life lesson, a family secret, etc.

Why did you choose this particular book?

Reflection

I chose this particular book because the plot was very juciy. there was an effect to this book which made me want to keep on reading. I think we can all learn a thing or two from Sunny Nwazue.

Reward

Reflection

I think that the main life lesson i learned from this book it is...

Life lesson

What is the life lesson???

Life will continue to go on no matter what. You have to keep up. THat is the fun of life.

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