Reading Response #1

The story of Full metal Alchemist starts off by two brothers, Edward and Alphonse, trying to bring their dead mom back using alchemy. But, human transmutation is taboo, because of the law of equivalent exchange, and nothing can compare to a human soul. So when they tried doing so, Edward lost his left leg, and Alphonse lost his body, but Ed sacrificed his right arm to seal Al's soul in a suit of armor. He meets a girl named Winery, who is a auto-mail mechanic, and she makes an arm and a leg for Ed. After he turns 12, he starts his journey to become a state alchemist. And he meets Roy mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and rick Havoc, and Alex Louise Armstrong, aka Major Armstrong. And they are trying to find a magical stone called the philosiphers stone to get there bodyss back, but they keep running into 7 people named Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Pride, Wrath, Sloth, and Greed, the seven dealy sins of man.

Rose-" Are you going to join the Church of Leto?"
Ed-" Naw im sorry, but im not religous."
Rose-"Thats not a real answer! If you believe in God, you can live with hope and gratitude everyday. It's wonderful!"
Ed-"Do you really believe that if you pray to God the dead will come back to life?"
Rose-"i do...! Yes."
Ed-" Water: 35 liters. Carbon: 20 kg. Ammonia: 4 liters. Lime: 1.5 kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100 g. Fluorine: 7.5 g.Sulfur: 80 g. Iron 5 g. Silicon: 3 g. And 15 other base elements in small quantities..."
Rose-"....HUH!"
Ed-" Thats the total chemical makeup of the adverage adult body."
This passage explains all the things that went wrong when Ed and Al tried bringing their dead mother back.