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Tempted, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, ST. Martin’s Griffin

Tempted, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, ST. Martin’s Griffin. Author. Kristin Cast 19 years old Won awards for her poetry Wants to become Veterinarian P.C. Cast Born in Illinois Fell in love with mythology Award winning fantasy paranormal romance author. -Goddess Summoning -Divine

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Tempted, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, ST. Martin’s Griffin

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  1. Tempted, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, ST. Martin’s Griffin

  2. Author Kristin Cast • 19 years old • Won awards for her poetry • Wants to become Veterinarian P.C. Cast • Born in Illinois • Fell in love with mythology • Award winning fantasy paranormal romance author. -Goddess Summoning -Divine -House of Night -Omnibus -And many more!

  3. Characters • Zoey Redbird=Main character • Stevie Rae= Zoey’s best friend • Aphrodite= now human friend(has visions) • Stark= Zoey’s sworn warrior • Heath= Zoey’s consort(imprinted) • Kalona= Fallen angel from Nyx’s side (evil) • Neferet= Nyx’s formal High Priestess (evil)

  4. Neferet Kalona Stevie Rae Heath Stark Aphrodite

  5. Protagonist Zoey Redbird • Leader • Strong • Good hearted • Save the world

  6. Antagonist Kalona • Fallen angel from Nyx • Raped the Cherokee women when he fell • Wants the world back to the old ways Neferet • Nyx’s High priestess turned on Nyx for evil • Wants power • Wants world back to the old ways

  7. Favorite Vs. least favorite Zoey Redbird • Blessed by Nyx • Different from others • Good leader Neferet • Annoying • Evil • I just don’t like her

  8. Rising Action • Kalona goes into Zoey’s dreams • Zoey’s past soul was created to love him • Kalona and Neferet want to go to the High Council turn back to the “Old Ways” • Aphrodite has a vision of the world burning and Zoey is at Kalona’s side • Zoey’s soul is calling to Kalona

  9. Climax • Zoey and her friends are forced to face Kalona at the High Council meeting • Kalona told Zoey in her dreams he could be good if she helps him if Neferet wasn’t there • Zoey feels she can save Kalona • Her friends only believe he’s evil

  10. Falling Action • Kalona kills Heath • Zoey and Stark try to save him • Stark feels Zoey’s soul shatter from their bond • Zoey finds Heath in a beautiful place • Heath tells her she’s not suppose to be there • Zoey blacks out • Cliffhanger

  11. Setting Tulsa, Oklahoma -Location of The House of Night Boarding School Italy, the island of Capri -Location of the Vampire High Council Time period Present day

  12. Themes • Rape • Discrimination • Good vs. Evil

  13. Rating • Because in the previous books it was only Zoey’s point of view and there was too many in this book. • New book comes out “Burned” April 27 (St . Marks Press)

  14. Rape • The youngest rape reported was 9year old girl in Costa Rica. • Guys and Girls get raped • 191,670 people are raped in a year and still rising. Holmes, Melissa and Resnick, Heidi A.

  15. Some Facts • 6 out of 10 occur in the home by friend, neighbor, or relative. • 43.4% of rapes occur between 6pm and 6am • 40% obtain STD’s • 1 in 5 become pregnant • 32,000 rape related pregnancies in the US • They don’t know what to do • Lots of abusers go free Family Crisis Services of Mississippi, Inc. General Information (Holmes, 1996)

  16. Statistics • Only 16% of rapes and sexual assaults are reported. • 16% means around 649,733 in the U.S. • 2-3% of false reports of rape. • 1 in 5 women in college has reported to being a victim. • Estimates and Descriptive Characteristics from a National Sample of Women. 1996. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 175,2,pp.320-325

  17. Music video • Runaway love-Ludacris ft. Mary J. Blige • 2006 DTP Records , LLC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s41vY

  18. Suffer From • Depression • Feeling of betrayal & humiliation • Problems with trust • Guilt • Anxiety • Anger • Suicidal thoughts (Muenlennard ; Goggins ; Jones ; and Satterfield 1991; Shapiro & Schwarz 1997)

  19. Poem Rape By. Funmi Esuruoso A Horrible Rape… loss of innocence Rape….didn’t have a choice Rape…nobody heard my voice Rape…memory of the past Rape…hope it crosses my mind erases out of my memory So I don’t have to remember the past I wish she didn’t tell me to go So I would still have my innocence I mean, I used to be clean Now I'm violated, unclean & dirty And the is killing me even thought its not my fault I feel as though it is When she told me to go I could have refused and ran I could have dropped the stuff at the door and ran…but not… I chose to go in and he accomplished his mission What he set out to do, I was only 5 years old..he was 18 I hated every minute of it I closed my eyes and imagined I was invisible But he took all the invisibility the scenes keep playing in my head Like a movie Rape… didn’t have a choice Rape …nobody hears my voice (Funmi Esuruoso-Nigeria, west Africa, Jan 5, 1991)

  20. News Broadcast • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATaTgPzHmGs • Can happen in families vtv-6News—Follow-Up on Rape News report: guy rapes his mom

  21. Newspaper Articles • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14464553?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Salt Lake Tribune) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14647336?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Bob Mims) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14681752?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Shawn Pogatchnik) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14345117?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Sheena McFarland & Bob Mims) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14429704?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Jason Bergreen) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14454793?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Salt Lake Tribune) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14464553?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Salt Lake Tribune) • http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12966420?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com (Elizabeth Neff)

  22. Conviction and Sentencing • Less than half of those arrested for rape are convicted. • 54% end in Dismissal or Acquittal. • 21% of convicted rapists are never sentenced to jail or prison time. • They spend less than 11 months behind bars The Response to Rape: Detours on the Road to Equal Justice. 1993. U.S. Congress. Report prepared by the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee

  23. Bibliography • Holmes, Melissa and Resnick, Heidi A. and Kirkpatrick, Dean G. and Best, Connie L. Rape-related pregnancy: Estimates and Descriptive Characteristics from a National Sample of Women. 1996. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 175,2,pp.320-325 • Koss, Mary P., The impact of Crime Victimization on Women’s Medical Use. 1993. Journal of Women’s Health, 2,1,pp.67-72 • Greenfeld, Lawrence.(1997). Sex Offenses and Offenders: An Analysis of Data on Rape and Sexual Assault. Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. • Computerized Criminal History, Feb. 1998. NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, OJSA/Bureau of Statistical Service. • The Response to Rape: Detours on the Road to Equal Justice. 1993. U.S. Congress. Report prepared by the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee • The Salt Lake Tribune: 2/242/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, Bob Mims, 3/11/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, Shawn Pogatchnik, 3/15/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, Sheena McFarland & Bob Mims, 2/24/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, Jason Bergreen,2/06/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, 2/24/2010 • The Salt Lake Tribune, Elizabeth Neff, 8/01/2009

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