Jackson Wolf

3/20/12

Language Arts

Parody of Blood Ninja

I may have killed your Father

And I am sorry

For he was a good man

And to you a good father

But it was for a purpose

He has brought death around me

Slain my mother, and has killed my foster father

Become a bother to all

And for that,

He must die

This poem relates to Blood Ninja at the end of the book where Taro kills Lord

Oda, and Taro in the poem is talking to his daughter about why he killed her father and

also why he must die before he actually killed him. The speaker is Taro to Lady Hana,

Lord Oda’s Daughter. The tone of the Poem is murderer. The mood is sorrow, or hatred

Parodies

I'm sorry that one night

That I didn't take you out

But there was a friend of yours

Who looked better than you

2. I may have accidentally broke your leg

But it was ironic because I told you

to "break a leg"

3. Why did you go and kill my parents

Just because I killed your entire family

Doesn't give you the right to kill my parents

My Independant Piece

Jackson Wolf

3/9/12

Language Arts

The Mona Lisa

Part 1: Discovery

Out in the vast space, a ship similar to that of a hawk, the wings are made up of small long rectangular pieces bent at a 15 degree angle; the front panel of the plane appears to be a Concorde with its long nose. The back is that of a F-22 Jet, with smaller wings sticking out the left and right sides, splitting into two more wings on each side. Blue lights covering the large ship made it seem like a light show. Scouring through the debris of Halo, it’s vast debris field covering thousands of miles, the ship steadily going through the chaos from the explosion of the majestic ring world.

“Captain” Sergeant Alison asked, “We just recovered a civilian escape pod in the debris field. “Tell me you aren’t joking,” he said in a surprised tone. “How in god’s name does a civilian life boat end up in this, mess”. A holographic image, of what seemed to be a greek god, or something out of a comic book. “Hmm, even if it was from a ship, how is it here? If it were from the colonies, it would’ve take hundreds of years to arrive here. Sergeant, take your squad down there maybe you can find if anyone is inside, if that is the case at least”

“Dang,” the corporal said, “Thing looks beaten up”. “Corporal open the hatch” The sergeant said. As he did with caution, the crew pulled out their weapons, an assault rifle, a pistol, and two battle rifles, sleek with design. As the hatch opened, blood dripped form the opening door, like a garage door in the heavy rain. When they looked inside, they saw a man in a orange shirt and pants, a glowing sword sticking out of his chest like a grotesque growth, and a pool of blood surrounding him. “Sergeant!” the marine said. He pointed to the barcode on the back of his neck.

“A prisoner?” The sergeant exclaimed “Get our captain down here ASAP!” She yelled. A monitor opened up a few seconds later on the wall above. ‘What’s going on?” “Sir” replied the sergeant, a prison pod. A cough was heard then from the pod. “Was that from the prisoner?” They run up to the pod,guns ready. The sergeant walked up to the pod, “What is your name?” she asked “*Cough* Uhhh….. J-J-John” he replied, “Hey are you those, UNSC guys” The sergeant stared at the man drenched in blood.

“Where did you come from?” Another wetting cough came out, “Wha--I—don’t remember” “What is the name of your ship, where were you before?” She asked in a serious tone. “You d-d-don’t want to know, if you do YOU WILL ALL *Cough* *Cough*” “TELL ME the name of Your Ship” “Sergeant” the private yelled, “Biosigns are failing” The prisoner was breathing hard. “I am not going to say it again what is the name of your ship?” He breathed once, twice, then faintly said, with his last breath.

“The Mona…..Lisa….”

CD Taro

Jackson Wolf

3/12/12

Language Arts

Taro

Character Development

Author’s Note: This pieces purpose is to raise my score in Character Development

From being a Fisherman in a small town to being the most epic kick-butt ninja there is; Taro, the supposed next shogun, the killer of lords, a murderer. How does Taro accomplish such task? In the book Blood Ninja by Nick Lake, shows how Taro over an amount of time becomes the main character of the story.

One day he is living a normal life from being a son of a fisherman and a diver, the next he is fighting for his life when their supposed good leader, Lord Oda, sends a squad of Ronin. Ronin are ninja’s basically, with the only task of doing what they are told. Taro’s father, defenseless and in a coma from reading the book, is killed by decapitation from another ninja. Then the same ninja goes for Taro, bringing his sword around for a killing blow, when the ninja is stabbed, the tip of a katana sticking through the ninja’s back. The Ninja falls, it turns out another ninja has done that. Then it turns out that he is the “Good Ninja” in the situation. And it is revealed to Taro that the ninja was sent by Lord Tokugawa. Why, because Lord Tokugawa is Taro’s true father.

Then when Taro is rescued, the “Good Ninja” reveals his name, Shusaku, also reveals that he is a vampire. It turns out all ninjas are vampires, with their unmatched strength and agility, it makes sense. But the thing is, like in Fairy tales, they are killed by light. So when they get off the boat, they immediately head for a hut, to rest in for the day. After when it turns to night, they get a move on, but not before they are found and attacked again. But it’s the same people that they have killed already. It is then told, that the only way to kill a ninja, is either a severing of the spinal cord, or a strike to the heart. After they deal with them, they keep going. But they take at a stop, where Shusaku’s girls that he rescued live.

Their Foster Mother is an abbess, a wise woman who can “see the future” kind of deal. When Taro enters, the abbess tells his future, by going into a trance and writing something, like an excerpt of what might happen, but then after she has completed it, it is shown that Taro, will become Shogun. But afterwards, everything goes downhill when the abbess, is killed by one of Lord Oda’s samurai, Kenji Kira. The girls then find Shusaku and the others as they head toward the main “ninja camp”. After arriving they meet the other ninjas. And then later skipping the non important parts, one of the sons of the ninjas, Kawabata, or known as little Kawabata, is beaten by Taro at a match, but then he gets revenge by locking him and one of the girls Heiko in a hut where Taro would be burned by the sunlight. And as it becomes morning, he doesn’t die from the sun, which is weird, so they set up a plan to get Kawabata when he comes back.

Kawabata then comes back, and finds Taro manhandling him with a long sword to his wrist. Kawabata then vows to never hurt anyone of them anymore. But when this news reaching the camp, the rules are that if a ninja turns on another or tries to kill him, he will be punished with death. So then Kawabata and Taro fight to the death. Then Kawabata is dead, and then out of the blue after Kawabata dies, Taro bites him, and brings Kawabata back to life. Long after they head to Oda’s castle to kill him, which leads to the betrayal that will change Taro's fate forever …