Napoleon's Pyramids

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Book Discussion on Napoleon’s Pyramids What book did you choose to read? I chose to read Napoleon’s Pyramids by William Dietrich. Why did you choose this book? I chose to read this book because I wanted to read an adventure book. I was tied between The Great Train Robbery and this one. Since this book is about Napoleon I was more interested in it. Since our next unit in class is on Napoleon I thought that this book will give me the chance to get some background information as well as having fun reading it. Who are the main Characters? Character | Contribution to plot | Ethan Gage | The Main character. The story revolves around his story as he travels into the Great Pyramid. | Enoch | Older brother of Ash. Joins the companionship of Ethan on the journey to the pyramid. Understands true purpose of medallion. | Astiza | A priestess of Egypt. She is lovers with Ethan and travels with the pair to find the book of magic she believes is in the Pyramid. | Ash | Warrior and younger brother of Enoch who accompanies Ethan to the Pyramid. | Antoine Talma | Reporter on the journey to Egypt and first to become friends with Ethan. | Count Allesandro Silano | Gambled with Ethan over the medallion and wins the faith of Napoleon who finds him more reputable than Ethan. | Napoleon Bonaparte | French General who leads a group of men into the heart of the pyramid of Giza to find what lies underneath. | What is an important passage in the book? Cite the page and explain why it was important. Pg 433-434 last paragraph. I believe that when Enoch is talking about why he believes that the French should stay out of Egypt. He starts to justify why France should not meddle with the medallion but then takes a shift to stating Dietrich’s theme of how men should not try to live forever and should rather try and make most of their time on earth. I believe that this was
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