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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Dragon Rock - Short Story
http://goo.gl/Zp6fM4 Open the above link and read the story Dragon Rock. Compare the dragon in the story to dragons from books you have read or movies you have seen? Post your response.
The story "The Dragon Rock" relates to the following books and movies I have seen and read: The Loathsome Dragon, How To Train Your Dragon, and How To Train Your Dragon 2. There are many more I have seen and read, but that would make the list too long so I will end it here. -Lucas
How to Train your Dragon 2 kind of reminds me of the story The Dragon Rock. The reason is because in the movie, Hiccup discovers a huge ice dragon that helps the other dragons live, like how the dragon in the story gets discovered by some kids in the village and helps them out with the drought in the village. It was a little bit different from how the dragon saves the village, because on sneezed and the other just fed them fish and other things.
WOW!!!Even from reading one of the paragraphs I think that I will really like this book!!There will be lots of detail in that book for sure!I think that with comparing these two books this book definitely has more detail
I think that the dragon rock story relates to some book and movies that I’ve read and watched. Here are some of them: How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Loathsome Dragon, and The Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning. (And yes it is spelled with 2 m’s)
I think that How to Train Your Dragon 2 relates to the story because, in the movie, a small dragon and his owner find a huge dragon that normally stays still. That big dragon can breathe ice, which kinda made me think about how the dragon rock can sneeze water.
I think that The Loathsome Dragon relates to the story because, in the book, as we all know, a young princess turns into a dragon and her brother has to kiss her face three times in order to change her back. It made me think about how he kisses her snout, which is where the dragon rock sneezed from.
I think that The Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning relates to the story because, in the book, there is this big, scary dragon that hasn’t been around in years. But, it comes back, and then leaves shortly after. It was kind of like how the “Dragon Rock” hadn’t moved in years, and then finally sneezed, and then left.
The story, "The Dragon Rock" relates to a lot of books and movies that I have read/watched. Some of them are: "The Hobbit" (book and movies), "The Sillmarillion" (book), "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" (book and movie), "The Loathsome Dragon" (book), "Dragonology" (book), and many, many more. Some (but not necessarily all) of the books/movies listed above relate to "The Dragon Rock" because in at least one of them ("The Hobbit") the dragon has been sleeping for a very, very, very long time. And, of course, he wakes up during the course of the story. However, it is different from "The Dragon Rock" because once the dragon wakes up (in "The Hobbit"), well, let's just say it's not good. Not good at all. It is a similar situation in "The Sillmarillion" (it is, by the way, set in the same world as "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"). However, the dragons in all of the books/movies sound very similar, in terms of appearance, to the dragon in "The Dragon Rock." I have read a bunch of other books such as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Oh yes, and I thought that "The Dragon Rock" was a very good story. Very descriptive.
The short story "The dragon rock" reminds me a lot of many books I have read with dragons in them. in most books I have read like how to train your dragon (yes the book) the dragon saves the day. toothless came back even though he was mad. Funnily enough the dragon actually sneezes all over the mountain side and hiccup falls of and almost dies" The Dragon finally sneezed and Hiccup, the spear, Toothless, and a great deal of perfectly revolting Snot were scattered over the surrounding countryside. Toothless remembered, as he was shooting through the air, that boys can't fly. He folded his wings and dived after Hiccup, who was rapidly heading toward the ground." It also relates to the movie because the Ice dragon is very slow (like a rock) and helps all the dragons.
There is also other books I read with dragons in them but that movie and book stuck out the most fr me.
"The Dragon Rock" story reminded me of "The Last Dragon Chronicles" because of the dragon that looks like a rock, since there is a dragon that turns to stone in "The Fire Within". Also, the Pennykettle Dragons can turn solid. It also reminds me of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" because of the dragon that breathes ice and protects all the dragons, kind of like how the dragon in the story saves the village.
" The Dragon Rock " Story Reminds me of the series that I'm reading right know, " The Inheritance cycle " In" Eragon "at the beginning of the story, Eragon Needed meat for the winter for his family, since they couldn't afford to buy it in the village. Eragon discovers an egg and brings it into his house in his room. He picked it up and a seeing pain went through his and he had a white glowing spot on his palm. weeks later Eragon set out with a friend and his Dragon, Saphira the fate of the Empire rests on his hands. This book relates to the " The Dragon Rock " because he finds a polished blue stone, It's actually an egg, and the empire is in trouble, and in " The Dragon Rock " story the village is in danger and needs help.
I feel like the short story “The Dragon Rock,” relates to the book we are reading in class, “The Loathsome Dragon.”
I feel this because in “The Dragon Rock,” most of the townspeople kind of give up on the dragon. The town was getting really dry and some of the townspeople were starting think the dragon tale was fake. They were probably thinking something like this: “The dragon should be helping us by now! If he was going to help us, he would have helped us already!” The shopkeeper even said “The tale of the dragon cannot be true!”
They townspeople didn’t believe that they dragon would actually help their town, until they actually saw the dragon make the lake themselves. But the children in “The Dragon Rock” always believed in the dragon. They never had a doubt. They knew he was going to help. The children had faith in the dragon. The Dragon will help us soon," said one child. "He must do Something," agreed another. "I'm sure he will." They all nodded in agreement. In “The Loathsome Dragon” the brother (Childe Wynde) does not believe his sister is the dragon. But when finally he heard his sister's voice coming from the dragon, he believed the dragon. I feel like Childe Wynde had the same attitude as the townspeople. They both don’t believe what others have said until they see it or hear it themselves!
I think that the story "The Dragon Rock" relates to the story that we were reading in class, which was the story "The Loathsome Dragon". They are similar. They both have dragons in them, and neither of the dragons really did anything significant until the end. In the story "The Loathsome Dragon", Princess Margaret is transformed into a dragon by her stepmom, who was also an enchantress. The only way she would return back to normal was if her brother, Childe Wynd kissed her 3 times exactly. Childe Wynd was going to slay her with his sword, he didn't believe that the dragon was his sister. Then Margaret finally said the solution to the problem, and when Childe Wynd heard her voice, he believed, and kissed her 3 times to reverse her curse. It is similar with the Dragon Rock, the village was lacking of water and the dragon rock finally got itchy on its nose, and sneezed. Out came lakes of water from the sneeze, and the dragon went into the lake and was never seen again. Like I said earlier, they never really did anything significant until the end, and they saved the tragedy at the last moment. Childe Wynd didn't believe his sister was the dragon, just like how the adult villagers didn't believe the dragon rock would do anything to save the town. I can't really relate it into other books, other books I have read had some dragons in it, but they didn't really have something significantly similar like the "Loathsome Dragon" had to this short story.
(Warning: Contains Spoilers) "The Dragon Rock" reminds me of Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2). Toothless is always rushes to Hiccup's aid, like when in the second movie, their village is attacked by Drago, the selfish dragon catcher that attempts to take control over all the dragon species. A giant dragon controlled by Drago attacks Hiccup but Toothless comes to his aid. Although they we're trapped in ice from the giant dragon, Toothless melted the ice and saved Hiccup. Then he defeated the giant dragon and Drago by bursting a huge flame that cuts off the giant dragon's tusk, with the help of other dragons. It's somewhat like how the Dragon Rock came to the people's aid with the help from the children, and created a spring by sneezing which saved the village from thirst and heat.
This story reminds me of many books/movies that have dragons in them but usually the dragons aren't a good thing. The two books/movies I know that have dragons that are nice and good are ‘How to train your dragon 1/2’ and ‘The loathsome dragon’
It reminds me of ‘How to train your dragon 1/2’ because in their village they used to hate dragons but then Hiccup meets Toothless and they show the people that dragons aren't bad. Then they changed their mind and they find out helpful they can be and they like them like the ‘Dragon Rock’ when that dragon was helpful in many ways. In the second one Toothless gets controlled by the evil huge dragon. When Hiccup thought that he will never get Toothless back like how in the story the townspeople thought that the dragon might not be real, Hiccup still tried like the children and at the end he got him back.
It reminds me of the 'Loathsome dragon' because it has a dragon that is actually a princess. The dragon is mean but she can't help it because of the spell her stepmother put. At the end the prince and the dragon both saved the village. The prince kissed the dragon 3 times on the snout and the dragon in the other story his snout got all itchy and he sneezed a river which both saved their village.
I haven't seen that many dragon movies, or read that many dragon books, and I see lots of people writing about "How to train your dragon 2", but I haven't seen that movie. I read a short story called “Edward and the Dragon”. The story is about a knight named Edward that finds a castle in a cave that a dragon lives in and the dragon has prisoners. Edward tricked the dragon into trapping himself in a golden cage at “The other side of the world (very far away)” (dumb dragon, right?). This story relates to “The Dragon Rock” because in “The Dragon Rock” There is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot (except at the end) and in “Edward and the Dragon” there is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot (except for his prisoners). So in both stories, there is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot except for either a few people, or just at a certain point.
The story "The Dragon Rock" relates to the following books and movies I have seen and read: The Loathsome Dragon, How To Train Your Dragon, and How To Train Your Dragon 2. There are many more I have seen and read, but that would make the list too long so I will end it here. -Lucas
ReplyDeleteHow to Train your Dragon 2 kind of reminds me of the story The Dragon Rock. The reason is because in the movie, Hiccup discovers a huge ice dragon that helps the other dragons live, like how the dragon in the story gets discovered by some kids in the village and helps them out with the drought in the village. It was a little bit different from how the dragon saves the village, because on sneezed and the other just fed them fish and other things.
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DeleteWOW!!!Even from reading one of the paragraphs I think that I will really like this book!!There will be lots of detail in that book for sure!I think that with comparing these two books this book definitely has more detail
ReplyDelete-Noah
I think that the dragon rock story relates to some book and movies that I’ve read and watched. Here are some of them: How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Loathsome Dragon, and The Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning. (And yes it is spelled with 2 m’s)
ReplyDeleteI think that How to Train Your Dragon 2 relates to the story because, in the movie, a small dragon and his owner find a huge dragon that normally stays still. That big dragon can breathe ice, which kinda made me think about how the dragon rock can sneeze water.
I think that The Loathsome Dragon relates to the story because, in the book, as we all know, a young princess turns into a dragon and her brother has to kiss her face three times in order to change her back. It made me think about how he kisses her snout, which is where the dragon rock sneezed from.
I think that The Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning relates to the story because, in the book, there is this big, scary dragon that hasn’t been around in years. But, it comes back, and then leaves shortly after. It was kind of like how the “Dragon Rock” hadn’t moved in years, and then finally sneezed, and then left.
That is all.
Thank you, thank you very much.
~Eileen
Sorry, I spelled books without the s.
DeleteNow that is all.
Again, thank you, thank you very much.
~Eileen (Again)
The story, "The Dragon Rock" relates to a lot of books and movies that I have read/watched. Some of them are: "The Hobbit" (book and movies), "The Sillmarillion" (book), "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" (book and movie), "The Loathsome Dragon" (book), "Dragonology" (book), and many, many more. Some (but not necessarily all) of the books/movies listed above relate to "The Dragon Rock" because in at least one of them ("The Hobbit") the dragon has been sleeping for a very, very, very long time. And, of course, he wakes up during the course of the story. However, it is different from "The Dragon Rock" because once the dragon wakes up (in "The Hobbit"), well, let's just say it's not good. Not good at all. It is a similar situation in "The Sillmarillion" (it is, by the way, set in the same world as "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"). However, the dragons in all of the books/movies sound very similar, in terms of appearance, to the dragon in "The Dragon Rock." I have read a bunch of other books such as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Oh yes, and I thought that "The Dragon Rock" was a very good story. Very descriptive.
ReplyDeleteI meant: "I have read a bunch of other books with dragons in them, such as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
ReplyDeleteThe short story "The dragon rock" reminds me a lot of many books I have read with dragons in them.
ReplyDeletein most books I have read like how to train your dragon (yes the book) the dragon saves the day. toothless came back even though he was mad. Funnily enough the dragon actually sneezes all over the mountain side and hiccup falls of and almost dies" The Dragon finally sneezed and Hiccup, the spear, Toothless, and a great deal of perfectly revolting Snot were scattered over the surrounding countryside. Toothless remembered, as he was shooting through the air, that boys can't fly.
He folded his wings and dived after Hiccup, who was rapidly heading toward the ground." It also relates to the movie because the Ice dragon is very slow (like a rock) and helps all the dragons.
There is also other books I read with dragons in them but that movie and book stuck out the most fr me.
~Ronan :)
~Edit: at the end i misspelled for.
DeleteThe book? You mean, like, the original series by Cressida Cowell? Where Toothless is a little green dragon?
DeleteI'm pretty sure.
DeleteSorry if I got the part of the book wrong I haven't read it since grade 3 and I took the quote out of the book quickly.
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Delete"The Dragon Rock" story reminded me of "The Last Dragon Chronicles" because of the dragon that looks like a rock, since there is a dragon that turns to stone in "The Fire Within". Also, the Pennykettle Dragons can turn solid. It also reminds me of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" because of the dragon that breathes ice and protects all the dragons, kind of like how the dragon in the story saves the village.
ReplyDelete" The Dragon Rock " Story Reminds me of the series that I'm reading right know, " The Inheritance cycle " In" Eragon "at the beginning of the story, Eragon Needed meat for the winter for his family, since they couldn't afford to buy it in the village. Eragon discovers an egg and brings it into his house in his room. He picked it up and a seeing pain went through his and he had a white glowing spot on his palm. weeks later Eragon set out with a friend and his Dragon, Saphira the fate of the Empire rests on his hands. This book relates to the " The Dragon Rock " because he finds a polished blue stone, It's actually an egg, and the empire is in trouble, and in " The Dragon Rock " story the village is in danger and needs help.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the short story “The Dragon Rock,” relates to the book we are reading in class, “The Loathsome Dragon.”
ReplyDeleteI feel this because in “The Dragon Rock,” most of the townspeople kind of give up on the dragon.
The town was getting really dry and some of the townspeople were starting think the dragon tale was fake. They were probably thinking something like this:
“The dragon should be helping us by now! If he was going to help us, he would have helped us already!” The shopkeeper even said
“The tale of the dragon cannot be true!”
They townspeople didn’t believe that they dragon would actually help their town, until they actually saw the dragon make the lake themselves.
But the children in “The Dragon Rock” always believed in the dragon. They never had a doubt. They knew he was going to help. The children had faith in the dragon.
The Dragon will help us soon," said one child.
"He must do Something," agreed another.
"I'm sure he will."
They all nodded in agreement.
In “The Loathsome Dragon” the brother (Childe Wynde) does not believe his sister is the dragon. But when finally he heard his sister's voice coming from the dragon, he believed the dragon.
I feel like Childe Wynde had the same attitude as the townspeople. They both don’t believe what others have said until they see it or hear it themselves!
I think that the story "The Dragon Rock" relates to the story that we were reading in class, which was the story "The Loathsome Dragon". They are similar. They both have dragons in them, and neither of the dragons really did anything significant until the end. In the story "The Loathsome Dragon", Princess Margaret is transformed into a dragon by her stepmom, who was also an enchantress. The only way she would return back to normal was if her brother, Childe Wynd kissed her 3 times exactly. Childe Wynd was going to slay her with his sword, he didn't believe that the dragon was his sister. Then Margaret finally said the solution to the problem, and when Childe Wynd heard her voice, he believed, and kissed her 3 times to reverse her curse. It is similar with the Dragon Rock, the village was lacking of water and the dragon rock finally got itchy on its nose, and sneezed. Out came lakes of water from the sneeze, and the dragon went into the lake and was never seen again. Like I said earlier, they never really did anything significant until the end, and they saved the tragedy at the last moment. Childe Wynd didn't believe his sister was the dragon, just like how the adult villagers didn't believe the dragon rock would do anything to save the town. I can't really relate it into other books, other books I have read had some dragons in it, but they didn't really have something significantly similar like the "Loathsome Dragon" had to this short story.
ReplyDeleteThat was an interesting short story, by the way.
Delete(Warning: Contains Spoilers) "The Dragon Rock" reminds me of Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2). Toothless is always rushes to Hiccup's aid, like when in the second movie, their village is attacked by Drago, the selfish dragon catcher that attempts to take control over all the dragon species. A giant dragon controlled by Drago attacks Hiccup but Toothless comes to his aid. Although they we're trapped in ice from the giant dragon, Toothless melted the ice and saved Hiccup. Then he defeated the giant dragon and Drago by bursting a huge flame that cuts off the giant dragon's tusk, with the help of other dragons. It's somewhat like how the Dragon Rock came to the people's aid with the help from the children, and created a spring by sneezing which saved the village from thirst and heat.
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ReplyDeleteThis story reminds me of many books/movies that have dragons in them but usually the dragons aren't a good thing. The two books/movies I know that have dragons that are nice and good are ‘How to train your dragon 1/2’ and ‘The loathsome dragon’
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of ‘How to train your dragon 1/2’ because in their village they used to hate dragons but then Hiccup meets Toothless and they show the people that dragons aren't bad. Then they changed their mind and they find out helpful they can be and they like them like the ‘Dragon Rock’ when that dragon was helpful in many ways. In the second one Toothless gets controlled by the evil huge dragon. When Hiccup thought that he will never get Toothless back like how in the story the townspeople thought that the dragon might not be real, Hiccup still tried like the children and at the end he got him back.
It reminds me of the 'Loathsome dragon' because it has a dragon that is actually a princess. The dragon is mean but she can't help it because of the spell her stepmother put. At the end the prince and the dragon both saved the village. The prince kissed the dragon 3 times on the snout and the dragon in the other story his snout got all itchy and he sneezed a river which both saved their village.
I haven't seen that many dragon movies, or read that many dragon books, and I see lots of people writing about "How to train your dragon 2", but I haven't seen that movie. I read a short story called “Edward and the Dragon”. The story is about a knight named Edward that finds a castle in a cave that a dragon lives in and the dragon has prisoners. Edward tricked the dragon into trapping himself in a golden cage at “The other side of the world (very far away)” (dumb dragon, right?). This story relates to “The Dragon Rock” because in “The Dragon Rock” There is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot (except at the end) and in “Edward and the Dragon” there is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot (except for his prisoners). So in both stories, there is a dragon that doesn’t affect the townspeople a lot except for either a few people, or just at a certain point.
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