Awakened P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast Chapter 10

   In this chapter, Zoey walks down to meet stark down by the beach. She hopes to get him to shoot from his bow and arrow again, but he is very hesitant. Her plan is to have him "teach" her how to play archery. Stark catches on to her plan, and he calls her out on it. Zoey realizes that the reason he doesn't want to play is because he's afraid that he will hit his target, which is was the goddess' gift to him.Eventually, he ends up shooting the arrow and he feels much better after. He conquers his fear and finally feels whole again. "I've missed it,' he said, speaking so softly I had to strain to hear him. ' I don't really feel right if I don't stay connected to my bow." (Pg. 103)
   While I was reading, I was happy that Stark finally decided to use his bow again. When he refused to use it, I thought he was being a bit ridiculous. His gift to be able to shoot at any target and always hit it right where he wants to do, was a gift from Nyx (the goddess). No matter what happened, I don't think that he should have stopped using his gift. He can control it, and without his gift, he isn't fully himself. Now that he is using his gift to his fully abilities, he can be the best warrior that he is capable of being to Zoey.

I connect this to myself because this is how I feel about singing. When I was younger, I used to sing all the time. When we went to church, I was the last one singing. But, one day when I was riding in the car with my dad and step-mom, I was singing a Mariah Carey song and they started to laugh. They claim that they were laughing because I was so cute, I was only four, but I thought they were laughing because they thought I was a bad singer. Since then, I don't use my true singing voice around them. They only people I feel comfortable singing around are my mom, my sister Shawna, my grandma, my brother Marcus and my youngest brother Ryan. My fear of humiliating myself has made me stop using the gift that God gave me. I know i'm a good singer, i'm just afraid to show it. I hope that one day, I can overcome my stage fright, and sing to my dad. Hopefully, the advice on this website really works http://www.ehow.com/how_7136_overcome-stage-fright.html.