The Secret Ending of "The Lady or the Tiger"

Her lover proceeded to walk towards the right door. Unlike the other candidates who were put in the ring, he showed no fear or doubt on his face. He opened the door without hesitation. Out of the door came the lady. His face lit up with joy upon seeing his new bride, as did hers. The whole crowd exploded with a mixture of applause and boos. He left the stadium with his bride, hand in hand, without even a glance back at the princess.

As soon as he opened the door, she knew that she had made a fatal mistake. Her soul burned in agony, just as it had in her dreams. She felt as if her heart had been ripped from her body, she had loved him too much to see him die. But clearly, he did not care for her one bit, he did not show one ounce of gratitude. For the princess could have led him to the wrong door, and his life would be taken from him. Alas she did not, but she did not feel any agony of the loss of her lover anymore, instead she felt hatred. And every inch of her body trembled with fury. She could not bear to think of her lover existing anymore.

The wedding was 7 days later, everyone attended, no one had ever been this interested in the men who were put in the amphitheater, and nor would they ever be interested again. Everyone had a jovial time at the wedding, and they went home many, many hours later. The princess however was at the castle, sitting in her room. She was thinking about something. Thinking.... thinking.... scheming.

The princess' former lover had not even though about her once since she had helped him in the arena. He completely forgot about her existence. All that mattered to the youth was his new wife. One night, as they were about to go to bed, she asked her husband something. "Were you in love with the princess?" He was startled by this sudden question. "No, I only had eyes for you. I was unjustly convicted with murder, so I made an acquaintance with her a month before I was to go in the king's
arena. Our acquaintance turned into something more as we spent more time together. I knew she loved me, so she would save me from death in the arena. She was a fool, and I used her". His wife was silent for quite sometime.

She then said, "I don't think we're safe..." Her lover was confused. "My darling, why do you say this?" She hesitated, then said, "I used to be a maid for the princess. I heard a terrifying story from one of the other maids. Once, the princess had another lover. After a while, he decided he did not like her. He broke off from her. No one ever saw him again". Her husband laughed, and said, "My love, that is just a silly story, I wouldn't think you would believe such things". He laughed again, but his wife could not tell, it was out of sheer terror. He had heard that story too. While he was laughing, the door to their room creaked open. He continued to laugh. Then a second voice, high and shrill, joined him in his laughter. It was not his wife. Suddenly from the shadows of the door, there was a deafening roar. Then a tiger leaped from it. There was no screaming, no whimpering, no nothing. Just laughter.

Book Blog

The current book I am reading is "It", I have read from page 1-101 out of 712 total pages. I don't completely know what the book is about, but from what I've read and learned about the story, I was able to get a basic idea of the plot. The book "It" focuses on a group of kids who call there group "The Losers Club". One of the main characters, Bill Denbrough, has, or had, a brother. Sadly, his brother was mysteriously killed one night as he was playing with the boat his brother made him. (YOU MAY CONSIDER THIS NEXT SENTENCE AS A SPOILER, so you can skip it if you want). But we the reader knows the he was killed by It. Before I go on, I just want to say that this book is graphic, more than you would think, so read it if you dare. In the little town of Derry, where the book takes place, the losers investigate the mysterious disappearance of adults and children, but the get more than they bargained for... They experience the horror known as Pennywise the Clown. This book is split into two parts, and 27 years after the first part takes place the Losers Club reunites to face off against Pennywise.


Prompt: Are the characters realistic?
Yes, I would definitely say they are, Stephen King, the author, uses very strong language in the book, sometimes a little too much. But this makes the characters seem more realistic because a lot of people use these words in real life. He also uses some very real situations in the book, aside from the things that aren't real. Like having a group of friend, or marriage problems, things like that. From what I've read so far, the characters are relateable.

Prompt: Explain how you have been surprised by what you are reading:
I was surprised of the language in the book. Of course, I have read books with mature language, but Stephen King's novel has much, much more. I didn't think it would be too graphic either, but King describes a lot of things in the book very thoroughly, even if you don't want to read about it. But this adds to the realism and fear that the book gives to the reader. I also am surprised by how it takes so long to get to the main story and scary stuff. It takes over 100 pages (I still haven't got there yet), with a few fears sprinkled in, but nothing too much. So I with all of these things I still hope it is a good reading experience and a good scare.

Introduction to Me

Hello my name is Clement, and I am in 8th grade. I was in the accelerated ELA class last year, and I am here this year as well. I hope to have fun this year and learn from my past experiences. I like science, it is my favorite subject. I also like Star Wars a lot, they are my most favorite movies. My favorite sport is soccer, and I have made the soccer team this year. I like gaming and PS4 is better than Xbox. I like to read when I am bored, currently I am reading IT. I love using technology, Apple is also better than Microsoft. I like summer better than winter, and traveling is fun too.

There’s a lot of fun things to do in ELA, and I can’t wait to do them. That’s everything to know about me. I may have left some stuff out because it’s hard to completely describe yourself, especially on a blog. So you can learn more as the year goes on.