Gladiator, by David Franzoni; fiction, pgs. 110- 120

In these chapters, it seems to get more intense, there is now a fight between gladiators, in the coliseum, before it starts, the coach/ person who brings the gladiators out, talks to Maximus. He quotes, "All you do is kill, kill, kill!", through the bars. "you make it look too easy." This crowd wants a hero,not a butcher." "We want them to keep coming back. Don't just hack them up so quickly, stretch it out!" As they got closer to the arena, they heard the cheers of the crowd get "Give them an adventure to remember". Once they were all the way in, him, and the other gladiators saw six opponents at the end of the ring. The coach gave an example of what he should do, like dropping to the floor, and making the crowd think that he's done for, but he gets back up, and is victorious. He lastly says,"Remember, your an entertainer!" Once the battle started, he sized them all up, and went for the biggest, strongest guy, and took him out first, he was fully successful, and the giant fell to his knees, while the others took care of the rest. The crowd was excited screaming, and all the sudden, it all just went silent, the remaining gladiators, the crowd, everything. "Are you not entertained?" Yelled Maximus. "Is this not why you came?" Then he left the ring, and entered the tunnel gates.
I think he did what his instincts told him to do. I didn't explain that the people called Maximus a Spaniard, but ever since he was captured, everyone called him a Spaniard. The last thing the crowd said after the battle, was just that! They were all chanting him: Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard! The reason they called him that was because he was unbeatable, and of course, an extreme expert with his sword, and fighting styles. I think that it's actually pretty funny that they call him a Spaniard, because he's really a Roman, and everybody, and I mean everybody, even Juba called him a Spaniard in the caravan. I thought it was pretty funny. Well, that's pretty much all I have to blog about.

Impotency: Lacking physical strength or power; helpless.