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      When I first went to go pick up Death Note, I was a little skeptical about the book itself. I didn't think it would be that interesting, and I thought it would be complicated to read. I'm glad I was wrong. After reading the first section of Death Note, I can happily say that this is a book that I don't want to put down, and won't have to force myself to read.       Just by reading the first section of the book, I can tell that Light (a.k.a Kira) has good intentions at first with the Death Note. At first, he just uses it to kill a couple criminals to test if the thing really works (which it does) and he makes it a point to kill the criminals that are in Japan. He does this instead of killing harmless people that have done nothing wrong, which makes sense in my mind. He starts to get a little crazy though, especially after trying to kill someone that he thought was "L." I didn't expect for the Death Note book to have a negative effect on him, but it i...

        As "Ready Player One" comes to an end, I can see that Wade has grown in many different ways. He went from someone who played on the OASIS every single day, to end up not wanting to ever log back on again in the end. He was an anti-social person, but the people he met through the OASIS helped him break through his shyness. I wouldn't necessarily say the OASIS helped him, though, just because that's all he spent his time doing. Within the OASIS though, he met some pretty great people that helped him open up, and face his biggest fears which is pretty awesome.         Aech wasn't the person I was expecting him to be, him being a her. When Aech said "I don't look anything like my avatar" I thought she meant that she made a couple modifications, just like Wade did to his. I was not expecting Aech to be a girl. Although, I do think that was a nice element to draw into the book. Finding out that Wade's best friend was actually a girl was shocki...

      As I've progressed in reading "Ready Player One", I've realized that this game can be just as deceiving as it sounds. After reading the assigned section, I've come to see that Wade has really dedicated his whole life to this game. It's insane to me how far the Sixers went just to find and destroy Wade, even after they have blown up his home and taken away everything he's ever known. Even though Wade has dedicated his whole life, time, and money just to finding the egg, I still believe he does play fair in the game. He doesn't want to make any enemies besides the Sixers, instead he wants allies. He tries his best to make an alliance with Daito and Shoto, by inviting them to do the Ultraman TV series quest. I thought it was noble of Wade to give Shoto and Daito the Beta Capsule artifact, after all the hard work he put into the quest. "You two should keep the Beta Capsule. Urutoraman is Japan's greatest superhero. His powers belong in the J...

       After reading the first section of “Ready Player One”, I believe it’s safe to say that living in a world like OASIS could be a great escape from reality, or the opposite. Characters in the book such as Wade, Art3tis, and everyone else living in the world, is using this as an escape from their reality. Living in a world that is virtually just an online game, can be really deceiving, especially when you’re all fighting for the same prize. It can be hard to work together on something that only one person can obtain in the end. You don’t know who to work with or who to trust, and you definitely have to watch out for people trying to steal the prize from you. This game is also sculpted and designed to distract people from reality, and to really get their brains turning. Halliday even says himself “The egg is well hidden. I didn’t just leave it lying under a rock somewhere.” He wants people to work, and even turn against each other and ignore their everyday lives t...