The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch

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The Well of Sacrificeby Chris Eboch

• Reviewed by Matt Valido
• Date 11/1/07
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Foreshadow

• Foreshadow A hint the author gives in a book
  to show that an event will be important or happen
  later on in the book.

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Forshadowing

• Pg 6 I ventured farther into the jungle then
  usual This is foreshadowing because it gives
  you hint that something s going to happen
• Pg 163 Hes small for a guard This
  foreshadows that Evening Star might use the
  guards size to her advantage

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Symbolism

• Symbolism means to . To represent something
  using objects or symbols

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Symbolism

• Pg 87 The my mother joined me and cut and cut
  off my red shell This is symbolism because the
  red shell symbolizes youth and when there
  becoming an adult it gets cut off to show
  maturity
• Pg 117 I studied the plaza, surrounded by the
  Temple of Chac, the god of rain This is
  symbolism because Chac represents rain.

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Interdependence

• Interdependence means.. Two things mutually
  depending on each other.

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Interdependance

• Pg 1 My mother and aunt were healers The
  Mayan people are interdependent on Evening Stars
  mom to treat them.
• Pg Our eyes locked This is interdependence
  because Small and Evening Star are interdependent
  on each other throughout the book.

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Conflict and Conflict Resolution

• Conflict means..
• A problem or disagreement
• Conflict resolution means.. To fix a
  problem or disagreement

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Conflict and Conflict Resolution

• Pg 125 I was still in the burial chamber Pg
  128 With my obsidian knife, I began to scratch
  at the seams of the lime stone slabs The
  conflict is Evening Star trapped in the chamber
  and the resolution is her using her knife to make
  her way out.

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Pg 193 The priests swung me back then out over
the well of sacrifice Pg 207 I was able to
roll over and pull my legs up with the rest of
my body This is conflict and conflict
resolution because the conflict was getting
thrown into the well and the conflict resolution
was getting out of the well.
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Review Summary (did you like the novel and
why?)

• I really liked this novel. I really like this
  novel because it is very adventurous and
  thrilling. I liked it also because it showed the
  life of the Maya.
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Conclusionand recommendation

• I would recommend this book for people who like
  adventure with a little bit of action mixed in. I
  would not recommend this to people who dont like
  violence or blood.
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