1. By: Scott Westerfeld
Matt Hatch
Reading Miss Roche
Period 3
3/13/12

2. Scott Westerfeld born May 5, 1963 in Dallas. He went to school at Arts Magnet
High School in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Vassar with a Bachelor of
Arts in Philosophy in 1985. As a young man he moved many times while his
Dad worked on the Apollo missions for NASA. He has written eighteen books
in his career as a novelist. Five of them were adults books and the other
thirteen were for young adults. He was a musician and wrote music for New
York dancers. He married an Australian author named Justine Larbalestier in
2001. The other young adult series that he wrote other than the Leviathan
series was Uglies, So Yesterday, Peeps, Midnighters, and The Risen Empire. He
also created the Powerpuff Girls choose your own adventure books sometime
along his career. He was a factory worker (making lead soldiers!) , a substitute
teacher, a textbook editor, a software designer, and a ghost writer. He has done
many things with his life and had quite an exciting one I believe.
Webpage: http://scottwesterfeld.com/about-the-author

3. Behemoth is a steampunk novel about the struggles that a boy name Alek (a prince) has and a girl
named Deryn has. In their world there are Darwinists and Clankers. The Darwinists fabricate
together new animals (like the Leviathan) for their way of life . Clankers use machines (like the
Goeben) for their way of life. They do not get along well together normally but Alek and Deryn have a
special relationship. Alek is an engineer for the Leviathan’s engines also even though his country is at
war with Britain. This is why his escaping is a big deal but also why the ship’s captain could not
report his escape. Alek joins the an anarchist group because he feels obligated to help stop the war.
Deryn meets up with him and thinks that he is crazy but after he told her the reason he was with
them she agreed with his idea. Zaven, Lilit, and Nene play a big role in the book because of what
their group does. They help Alek and Deryn stop the war and save the Leviathan from impending
doom. Lilit also causes envy with Deryn when Deryn believes that Alek and her like each other.
Deryn later finds out however that Lilit really likes Deryn thinking that she is a boy. The ways how
Zaven, Lilit, and Nene helped Alek and Deryn is by providing them with walker s to destroy a giant
Tesla cannon. Alek and Deryn arrive first and take down one elephant like Clanker contraption.
They get into trouble but take down another elephant. The attention of the other elephants was
diverted by the others. Zaven soon gets hit and it seems as though he won’t be able to move with the
walker. Klopp and Bauer run to Alek’s aid and the Oriental Express hits them. Lilit takes down one
more elephant. Then the perspicacious Loris says “Express,” Alek realizes that the train’s arms could
mow down the cannon. They get to the train car where the controls are and hit one shove the cannon
enough to break one bolt. It fires at them and Zaven sacrifices himself and pushes is down. They
then find Lilit who kisses Deryn and leaves. They go the aid of Klopp and Bauer and send semaphore
signals with the walker’s arms saying Sharp. Klopp is injured badly and needs the ship’s surgeon. Alek
can still escape though. Will Alek leave or stay? Read on to find out.

4. Main Characters
1. Alek Hapsburg: first narrator of the novel, fifteen years old, very smart and a fast
learner, son of Archduke Ferdinand and set not to inherit anything as well as his
uncle is concerned, he also speaks Latin, German, English, French, and Hungarian
fluently.
2. Deryn/Dylan Sharp: second narrator of the book, teenager, whose father died in a
horrible accident, with the help of her brother and disguised as a boy she sneaks
onto the Air Service, and she is willing to risk her life to fly.
3. Count Volger: strategist, ally and tutor of Alek , bitter and determined, and a snob.
4. Dr. Nora Darwin Barlow: extremely witty, doctor of Darwinism/putting life threads
of different animals together, granddaughter of Charles Darwin the founder of
darwinism, inventor of the mysterious cargo.
5-Otto Klopp: knowledgeable of machines, nice, ally and tutor of Alek , an optimist.
6- Zaven: intelligent, leader, martyr, anarchist, strategist.
7-Lilit: pretty, likes Deryn, able to get through tough times.
8-Nene: knowledgeable, helpful, old, reads personalities.

5. Supporting Characters
1. Cpl. Bauer: loyal, young, gave up everything on the missions for Alek’s safety.
2. Master Engineer Hoffman: intelligent, Hapsburg guards, best engineer, cooks.
3. Eddie Malone: smart, always trying to get a story, good at getting secrets.

6. Introduction
– Alek is teaching Deryn how to fence.
– Deryn gets semaphore flags from Midshipman Newkirk that he sees the two German ironclads.
Rising Action
– Alek is pushed by Klopp and then saves Klopp from a gunshot which hits Alek instead.
– The Leviathan is struck by a Tesla cannon.
– Deryn saves Newkirk from being drowning in the ocean after his Huxley died.
– Count Volger tricks Deryn.
– Deryn saves the Dauntless.
– Alek, Klopp, and Bauer escape the Leviathan with one of Dr. Barlow’s mysterious creatures, and
with Deryn’s knowledge.
– The Germans secretly destroy Dr. Barlow’s egg at the sultan’s palace.
– Eddie Malone takes a message to Count Volger.
– Deryn completes her secret mission but everyone dies.

7. – Alek meets Zaven, Lilit, and Nene.
– Deryn and Alek meet.
– Alek loses his letter from the Pope after being chased by Germans and him, Lilit, and Deryn must
retrieve it. Here Deryn discovers that Lilit likes her thinking she is a boy.
– Alek and Deryn devise a plan to destroy the tesla cannon to save the Leviathan.
Climax
– Alek, Deryn, Klopp, Lilit, Zaven, and Bauer go to destroy the Tesla cannon.
– Zaven sacrifices himself to destroy the cannon and Bauer and Klopp nearly die.
Falling Action
– Deryn convinces Alek to get on the Leviathan with her.
– Alek’s picture can now be seen and his identity is revealed.
Conclusion
– Alek and Deryn save the Leviathan and all the crew aboard and continue their epic quest.

8. 1. Perspicacious- adj. having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult
or not obvious.
“’By being perspicacious, of course.’” 36%
2. Elephantine- adj. very large like an elephant
“The machine could pull a sledge or wagon like a real elephantine, she supposed, but there was none
in sight.” 22%
3. Stateroom – n. a private compartment on a ship
“They only locked Count Volger in his stateroom and I had to bring him breakfast every day!” 93%
4. Masthead - adj. the title of a newspaper or magazine at the head of the front or editorial page
“It was in English – New York World, read the masthead.” 96%
5. Declamations – n. the act or art of declaiming
“Soon Bovril was reciting whole conversations that Deryn shared with Alek or Lilit or Zaven, while
the new beastie made declamations that sounded just like Dr. Barlow talking, even a few that had to
be Count Volger!” 95%

9. Alek Hapsburg played by: Logan Lerman

10. Deryn Sharp played by: Emma Watson

11. Dr. Nora Darwin Barlow played by:
Helen Mirren
Count Volger played by: Hugh Laurie

12. Otto Klopp played by: Liam Neeson
Master Engineer Hoffman played by: Ian
Somerhalder

13. Cpl. Bauer played by: Chris Evans
Zaven played by: Brad Pitt

14. Lilit played by: Zoey Deschanel
Nene played by: Glenn Close
Eddie Malone played by: Henry Cavill

15. 1. The scene where Alek, Deryn, and Zaven push down the Tesla cannon:
“Epic Legend”
No lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbuRp285_Sk
2. The scene where the Goebon strikes the Leviathan
“A Losing Battle”
Lyrics not available.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9YuE_YwJ4

16. I gave Behemoth a rating of
5 out of 5 stars
The book was action packed and always made you want to read more. It had
amazing amounts of detail as well. The new characters I thought were
extremely well developed. The way it makes every action important. I also
liked how they incorporated languages into the book and how knowing one
could prove extremely useful. I liked how every character had a meaning and
fulfilled that meaning. I also liked the creature the perspicacious Loris and
the way it acted. The book also combined the fantasy of Darwinists and
Clankers with reality like the ship the Germans “borrowed” from the
Ottomans. The last thing I liked about the book was the heroism depicted: I
thought it made the book very exciting. Overall I thought this book was
extremely well written and I can’t wait to read the third book.