A Vacation Gone Wrong

*Spoiler Alert!  Do not read if you do not want Far Cry 3 ruined on you.*

      What happens when you put a "naturally talented, but directionless" man on an island full of psychopathic pirates, ruthless warriors and a sadistic slave trader with his friends lives on the line?  You get Jason Brody.  On this island Jason Brody begins as a man scared of killing, but eventually becomes a pirate killing machine.  There are many problems Jason is up against, but he manages to save his friends and defeat the enemy, but in the end will he choose to save his friends or stay and protect the island?

     Jason Brody is 25 years old, 6'0 feet tall and was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.  He has two brothers Grant and Riley and a girlfriend named Liza Snow.  Jason, his brothers and his friends went to Rook Islands on vacation to celebrate his brother Riley getting his pilot license.  Shortly after they arrived they were kidnapped by a group of pirated under the leadership of an insane pirate Vaas Montenegro.  Jason escapes Vaas's camp and makes it his mission to rescue his friends from the island and kill the men who run it.

     Jason starts out as a city boy who has never used a gun before in his life, but in order to save his friends he had to learn.  Over the coarse of his vacation Jason uses many different weapons for various situations such as sniper rifles for long range, explosives for large groups and silenced weapons for stealth.  He also learns many skills such as knife takedowns, better healing and faster movement on land and water.  These skills help him overcome the various challenges he is faced with on Rook Islands whether it be a combat situation or finding various relics and collectibles throughout the islands.

     Jason has met many allies during his vacation.  The first person he meets is Dennis Rogers.  Dennis introduces Jason to the Rakyat, a group of tribal warriors fighting for Rook Islands, and helps him earn the respect of the warriors and their leader Citra.  The next person he meets is Willis Huntley, an ex-CIA operative who gives Jason vital information on important people on the islands.  The last ally he meets is Sam Becker, a infiltrated agent who poses as a mercenary for Hoyt Volker and collaborates with Willis Huntley.  Sam helps Jason take down Hoyt Volker, the main obstacle on his journey to helping the islands inhabitants.

     Jason also meets many enemies in his time spent of the islands.  The first enemy he meets is Vaas Montenegro.  Vaas was once a member of the Rakyat and was a great warrior, but the got addicted to the drugs Hoyt Volker brought to the island.  Hoyt then turned him into a pirate who would do anything for him.  Vaas and his pirates are the people who kidnap Jason and his friends and Jason has many other unfriendly encounters with Vaas throughout his time on the islands, ending with Vaas's death at the hands of Jason.  The second enemy Jason meets is Bambi "Buck" Hughes, a mercenary working with Hoyt.  Buck buys Jason's friend Keith from Hoyt.  Jason is sent on a wild goose chase looking for an artifact for Buck to get his friend back.  Once he gives the artifact to Buck and gets Keith, Jason realizes it was never Buck's intention to let them go, so Jason ends up killing Buck and saves his friend.  The last and biggest enemy Jason faces is Hoyt Volker.  Hoyt Volker is the leader of the privateers, a group of soldiers working for him, and a slave trader on the island.  After losing his alley Sam and his left ring finger Jason eventually murders the sadistic and mentally unstable Hoyt Volker and essentially frees Rook Islands.

     Jason Brody is not much of a hero, but he managed to save his friends and defeat the island's most deranged and psychotic men.  He started out as a city boy looking for a thrilling vacation and in some ways that is exactly what he got.  In the end, he became a ruthless, murderous warrior who thrives on death.  "He's a fearless daredevil, a dedicated friend, and a bastion of untapped potential, but he feels that something critical is missing from his life. One day he will find what he's missing, and fulfill his potential. When that day comes, nothing will be the same for him again."

Trading Places with the Chief

     "You have been called upon to serve, you will be trained... and you will become the best we can make of you. You will be the protectors of Earth and all her colonies..."  If I could trade places with any fictional character it would be Master Chief from the video game series Halo.    He is a super soldier who is very strong, has shields and is one of the most respected Spartans in the UNSC.  Who wouldn't want to be him?  Although being Master Chief would be the definition of awesome, there are some reasons why I wouldn't want to be him.  In the following paragraphs I will give reasons why I would want to be Master Chief, but I will also give some reasons why I wouldn't want to be him.

     One reason I would want to be Master Chief is because he is a super soldier.  There are so many things he can do such as jump higher, lift heavier things and withstand a lot of damage compared to a normal human being.  The only thing is I wouldn't be using these assets for saving the world as Master Chief does.  I would be fooling around with these abilities and having fun.  I would love to have such abilities because there would be so much more things I could do that I couldn't do now.  Examples are lifting heavy things for my father, being able to reach high things and fall without getting hurt as much.

     Another reason I would want to be Master Chief is because of what he has done for the universe.  He has saved the universe multiple times from alien threats such as the Covenant, the Flood and the Prometheans.  Even though it would suck risking your life all of the time, it would be cool to have so many accomplishments over your head.  From the games, you can see the prices Chief must pay while doing this and sometimes it is not always worth the trouble, but I would love to have done such good things for humanity.

     The final reason I would like to trade place with Master Chief is the respect everyone of his superiors and inferiors have for him.  I know he has earned it, but I would love for people to respect me as much as everyone does him.  Wherever Chief goes there is usually another soldier or civilian surprised and happy to see him and they treat him  like a hero, which he is.  I wish I could be treated like that wherever I went.

     Even though I would definitely trade places with Master Chief, there is also a  reason I wouldn't want to be him.  The reason I wouldn't want to be him is because of the emotional things he went through in his life.  When Chief was a child he was kidnapped and scientists did experiments on him without permission.  He had to leave his parents and he had no choice.  Also, all of the experiments he went through would have been painful and some people he met died from them.  Master Chief had to witness a lot of people die, some soldiers, some civilians and he lost his AI and only friend left Cortana.

     As you can see there are many reasons why I would want to be Master Chief and why I wouldn't want to be.  He has so many awesome abilities and he is well respected, but it came at a great price.  He has no one left that was close to him and really took the time to get to know him.

Editing Exercise

1. The first place I went was to Mr. Herb's, but to my surprise when I opened the front door his house was empty.
2. I paused thinking of some kind of little fib to make it more fun then what it actually was.
3. “This is how it went,” said Josh.
4. Mr. Clean's house was an ugly yellow color. 
5. A silly lion wouldn't defeat me, but I’m not going to risk waking a lion and hurting him. 
6. The tree in the back yard stood so tall; within the tree was the tree house not just any tree house, it was a magic tree house.
7. Its not that big, but it's yellow with a blue roof. 
8. No wonder he is in the old folk’s home, he shouldn’t be allowed to drive. 
9. It was shinny. I thought it was something I lost in the tree when I was playing astronaut a few days ago.
10. She took her paper out and started to role it up, so I went on the run again.
11. So to save time we jumped the fence, not knowing that our neighbor was mowing the lawn we ran out in front of the strip he was mowing, that must of made him mad because he chased us quite a ways up the road. 
12. My dad saw me and said, “I’m going to count to three if you don't get off the top of that car you are grounded for a week!"
13. But I didn’t see anything scary, I just seen a cute little puppy; the puppy had his collar caught on a branch. 
14. Jonah knew it was getting at least three o’clock and he needed to come home soon because his grandparents could already be worried sick. 
15. I let out a little yell when it turned on and he let out a chuckle and said in his friendly voice “Hey, sorry if I startled ya!”
16. The world is such a sick and twisted place now. It’s not safe for children to go out by themselves when there’s maniacs such as rapists, murderers, etc. on the loose.
17. There is a maze, and you must pass through at least five courses to finish the maze.
18.  Later on that day I decided to go for a little hunt back in the woods to see if I could get any birds or if I could spot a deer. 

The Time Capsule of 2012

Part 1- My Five Items

My five items for the time capsule would be:

                One of the items I would put into the time capsule would be a Canadian Flag.  The main reason I would put this in is so they could compare it with their own.  They would be able to see if the Canadian Flag has changed in design, if it even will.   I would also put the flag in because it is very important to our country today.  It is how other countries know who we are now in 2012.

                Another item I would put into the time capsule would be a photo of my family and my family tree.  If they saw a picture of my family they would be able to learn a bit about us and how we lived.  They could also see my family tree and possibly find out they are of some relation.  Using the picture of my family they could also compare it to their own and see the kinds of differences between the families of now in 2012 to then in 2112. 

                The next thing I would put into the time capsule would be Canadian money.  Money could and will most likely change over the years.  Money of today in 2012 could be rare and collectable so it would be exciting if they found some.  They could compare the coins and bills of now to theirs of the future to see how the design and values have changed.  Maybe in the future they will not even have coins or bills, but rather money will be only on credit cards.

                Also, I would put newspaper clippings of current events into the time capsule.  Using these clippings they would be able to learn a little about what is going on in the world in 2012.  I would put only very important events such as the death of Osama bin Laden and the problems within the Middle East.

                The last thing I would put in the time capsule is a copy of Halo 4.  I would put this game in because it is amazing and very fun.  They could use it and compare different features with video games of the future.  Also, maybe aliens will come to earth so they can compare the aliens with those in the game.  They could see how accurate, if at all, the game is.  Aliens will probably not come to earth in 100 years, but it is possible.

Part 2- My Letter To the Future

Dear Readers of the Future,

                My name is Riley and I am 15 years old.  I live in New Brunswick, Canada with my parents, brother and sister.  My parent’s names are Krista and Robert and my brother’s and sister’s names are Ronan and Raelyn.  I enjoy playing video games, browsing the internet and watching TV in my spare time.

                There are a lot of important things that have happened and that are going on in our world today.  On big event happening now are the missiles being fired into Israel in the Middle East.  Israel has been having many problems in the Middle East lately.  Another event that happened awhile ago was the death of Osama bin Laden, a very dangerous terrorist of our time.  Other important events that have happened in the last century were the attack on the World Trade Center and the earthquake in Haiti.  Not many important things happen here in our community, so there is not much I can talk about.  There has also been nothing to important happening in my life recently. 

Sincerely,

Riley