When I reread “The Great Gatsby”, I paid more attention to the details in the book. At the same time, I started to know the characters more. I found myself sympathizing Daisy; despite that I dislike Daisy when I read the book last time. The quotation that makes me sympathize her is, “… ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” I wonder why she says that to Nick. Make Nick sympathize her? Or she reveals her thought because of Nick’s characteristic of reserving judgment? Ignore her motivation; what is she trying to imply by saying “the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”? Daisy herself is definitely not a fool. Instead of fool, she is very wise. In order to obtain her wealth and status, she choose to stay with Tom, instead of running away with Gatsby. From many details in the book, we can find that Daisy does not pay a lot of attention to her child. This can be shown when Daisy shows her daughter to Nick, Gatsby and Jordan in chapter seven. “ ‘Blessed pre-cious,’ she crooned, holding out her arms. ‘Come to your own mother that loves you.’” Although she says “ your own mother that loves you”, she is saying this as if they are strangers. Her exaggeration of expressing herself shows her insincere, even to her own daughter. This is exactly the same as Daisy first met Nick. Daisy compliments Nick as “an absolute rose”. Nick’s comment on this is that Daisy is only “extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you…” (Pg. 16) Which in another word, saying that she is insincere. Therefore, from her careless attitude toward her daughter, my assertion is that when Daisy is talking about “a beautiful little fool”, instead of saying about her daughter, she is addressing to herself. Daisy hopes to be a “beautiful little fool”. However, she uses the word, “fool” which has a negative meaning in it. Does this “fool” represents “innocent” or “stupidity”? She cannot be a “beautiful little fool” because she cares too much about the wealth and the social status. She cannot let go of the wealth and status, although she might be in love with Gatsby. (Is she in love with Gatsby?) What if Daisy chose to be the fool? This makes me think of another question, is Daisy happy with her life? She has a husband that cheats and beats her; her life is “forever seeking” (pg. 9) with her husband; she basically has no aim in her life. From my point of view, Daisy is just as if an empty shell that does not care about the world that surround her very much.
The more I read this novel, the more questions are raised. Daisy is only one of the questions. When I read the second time, I try not to think from Nick’s point of view only, but also from other characters.
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Reading The Great Gatsby again was quite useful as I discovered new things I hadn’t paid attention to before, or found new questions I hadn’t previously thought about. The first thing reading this book over again enabled me to do was to understand the character of Myrtle Wilson more. The first times reading the book I didn’t really pay much attention to her, and didn’t really think about her reasoning for doing things or her motifs. Because of this it resulted in me actually starting to like Myrtle Wilson more. One thing I thought about with her was the purchase of the dog in the second chapter of The Great Gatsby. For me the dog in a way represents Myrtle trying to make sure that Tom and herself are going to stay together and maybe eventually leave their husband and wife for each other. This is because if they are going to have a dog living in their apartment they have to come there often to see it and each other. I think the dog kind of represents a promise. Another thing I thought about while reading this book again was the beginning of chapter four when Nick describes all the people that attended Gatsby’s party during the summer. It made me question the significance of this, because every time I have read this book I have found that part extremely boring, and I think it’s by far the dullest part of The Great Gatsby. Therefore, I was wondering, why did Fitzgerald choose to include this in the book? Is it maybe because he wanted to show the diversity and the amount of people that went to the parties? If that’s the case couldn’t he have done it in a different way rather than just listing them? This really got me thinking, and unfortunately, I really don’t know the answer. Lastly, I also wondered why Fitzgerald chose to add the story about James Gatz earlier than it was actually told. Maybe it was because it fit better in with the story with Daisy? While re-reading the Great Gatsby I noticed two points: Theme Nick refers several times to the discovery of the islands in the book. While indicating the direction to town just recently after he arrived he says: “I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.” (7) While examining the formations of land that composed West and East Egg he says: “They are not perfect ovals – like the egg in the Columbus story [...]” (8) And then refers to it again in the final paragraphs: “[...] I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for the Dutch sailors‘ eyes – a fresh, green breast of the new world.” (147) After noticing these points I thought that maybe Nick felt like a pathfinder because he had moved to a new place and had maybe found his way in life. He moved away from his family and was doing business by himself. In his last quote about the islands I think he also feels like a sailor because he also discovered a completely new world – the East. It seemed like a green breast when he first came but then it just became a valley of ashes. Narration/Point of View When Nick says: “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (51) This made me think about Fitzgerald’s choice for the narration and point of view. Did he choose Nick as the narrator because he knew that if he had chosen someone else, such as, Gatsby or Daisy the story would be less truthful? Did he choose Nick’s point of view because he reserves judgement? This quality forces him to get to know people therefore allowing us to know more about their story. I think that Fitzgerald chose Nick as the narrator because even surrounded by a group of fakes he stays true to himself. This makes us trust him and his story even more. The quote on page 51 points out once again that he is one of the most reliable characters and for this reason his point of view is the one used.
Response to ‘The Great Gatsby’ Reading ‘The Great Gatsby’ again, allowed me to gain a better understanding of the novel. In the beginning of the book, we have already been told many things. For example, we start to realize that Tom is already of a very social status. In the first chapter, page 17, we are told that Nick did not attend Daisy’s wedding as he “wasn’t back from the war’. This tells us that Daisy’s wedding was held around the war period. Why then did Daisy’s husband, Tom, not fight the war? To hold a wedding during the war period just tells us that Daisy and Tom were not at all affected by it. This tells us a great deal about Tom’s social status. (This was one of the small little details I missed out during my very first time reading this book) Later on in the book, we start to realize that Gatsby has been chasing Daisy for a very long time. Here’s the thing. Gatsby knows very well that Daisy is “full of money”. Also, Gatsby knows that Daisy is not only richer than him but also, of a much higher social status than him. Why then does Gatsby still ‘chase’ her knowing very well that it is almost impossible for them to be together? This just shows us Gatsby’s attitude towards romance. Once again, this brings us to chapter one when Nick tells us that Gatsby has such “a romantic readiness’ that he “have never found in any other person and which it is not likely” he himself (Nick) shall ever find in any other person. Next, this brings us to our next point. That is, is Nick biased? In this novel, Nick is the one telling us the whole entire story. If this is the case, why then did Mr. Fitzgerald not just have a third person narrator? What is the effect of seeing the whole novel through the eyes of Nick (the first person-narrator)? Back to my second paragraph, Nick admires Gatsby because of his “romantic readiness”. Nick sides with Gatsby. However, if we see this whole situation in Tom’s point of view, what would Tom be possibly thinking about? Most probably, Tom would be really annoyed saying stuff like Gatsby should start waking up his ideas as it is totally impossible for him and Daisy to get back together. However, Tom’s point of view would not be important as it would revolve around Gatsby; waking up his ideas (like mentioned before). If we look at Daisy’s point of view, what would she be thinking about? We know for sure that Daisy was once and still (maybe) in love with Gatsby. If Gatsby was a rich man with a very powerful social strata, like Tom, I am sure Daisy would choose Gatsby over Tom. This is the difference between Gatsby and Daisy. If Daisy had the same attitude (“romantic readiness”) as Gatsby, I am sure Daisy would still be together with him. Right now, I am starting to make some connections between the effects of what happens if we look at the entire book in someone else’s point of view. Once again, is Nick biased? Gatsby can be seen in two ways. One way is the way Nick sees him someone whom he admires. The other way would be that Gatsby is just plain dumb. Gatsby knows that Daisy’s voice is “full of money”. Gatsby already know that he is way off from Daisy in terms of money and social status. As such, it would be very impossible for them to be together more so that Daisy is already married and have a kid. Why then did Nick see Gatsby in the ‘good way’? Also, personally I feel that if we see this whole novel in Nick’s point of view, then I think that this book is not an extreme tragedy. Nick is like the parallel of Gatsby while Daisy is like the parallel of Jordan. Before I continue I got to explain why this book is considered a tragedy. Gatsby fights very hard for what he wants even though the odds are against him. In the end, he not only did not achieve what he set out for but instead, got killed in the process of chasing his dreams. Why then did I say this book is not an extreme tragedy? This is because, Nick sees himself following the footsteps of Daisy. If Nick did not know Gatsby at all, then Nick could have very well fallen into the big trap of chasing Jordan. Overall, after reading ‘The Great Gatsby’ again, my understanding of the characters have increased quite a bit. “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
Religion is part of Okonkwo, it is something that make people who they are. Is it right to abandon your past for a “white man’s god”? Or is it right to stay the same, and recommit the same error the ancestors tell us to do? This is a book about the “identity” of someone. This reminds me that when we are enjoying the convenience the modern technology brought us, we shall not forget the history of ourself, and where we come from. The culture of our ancestors. Because it does not matter how our mind and lifestyle change, the history of our past generations will always be part of ourselves. Catcher in the Rye J.D Salinger Catcher in the Rye tells a story of Holden Caulfield as he wonderer around for couple of days after he have been once again expelled form the school that the was attending, One of the themes of the story is Holden perspective of the grown ups. He believes that they are often superficial. This is shown in the story when Holden witness many situations where he commented how “phony” the people are acting and would often laugh at the adults’ superficiality by saying “that killed me”. Holden complain numerous times about the fakeness of the grown ups, but at the same time he is being hypocritical as he himself indulge himself with alcohol and smoking cigarettes. I believe that Holden actually understand that his action contradicts himself. This was a way of showing that while he is still a child, he have been corrupted by the world of the adults, which constitute to phoniness of the grown ups, as Holden continue judge other without commenting about his own actions. The constant repetition of the “phony” actions of the adults led Holden to have the desire to protect the children from the knowledge of the adults, to keep them innocent. He yearn to be the “Catcher of the Rye” for the children, wanting to “catch” them before they fall in to the world of the adults, protecting them from what he deem unnecessary comprehension of the actions of adults. Overall, Catcher in the Rye was entertaining to read. As an insightful narrator, Holden Caulfield cause though provoking ideas about our current society, as well as sympathizing with his loneliness. The Great Gatsby – again (Easter break) Whilst reading The Great Gatsby again, not only did I grasp a sturdier understanding of the major characters and themes. I also dug deeper into the major events and miscellaneous actions that may have been missed during the previous readings of The Great Gatsby. The Weather and The Seasons. During my previous readings of The Great Gatsby, I really didn’t notice how the weather and seasons throughout the story were used to reflect and intensify the actions within. The reunion of Gatsby and Daisy at Nicks house is one example of this. As the weather at the beginning of this encounter is rainy and turns sunny after once the love between Gatsby and Daisy is reawaken. Although slight relation between the weather and events occurring may not be seem as important. The fact that the weather and the events within the book show some connection, leads us to believe that Fitzgerald may also have planned other small parts in this story that may not seem blatantly important, but nevertheless bring value to the story. The Valley of Ashes The Valley of Ashes in The Great Gatsby is located between New York City, and West Egg. Before reading this book again, I really did not put much importance into the reason that this place was included within the story. However after rereading this book again, I noticed that this place was an important symbol. As it represented the wealth of the rich and how their actions cause repercussions, for years and years of industrial activities that generated money for them, had left the land scared. Not only does highlight the actions of the rich, but it also foreshadows the ending of the story. As Mr. Wilson lives in the Valley and is later impacted directly by one of the actions of the rich. Conclusion During the reading of The Great Gatsby again, not only did it sharpen my previous understanding of the story and the main events that occurred within. But also it opened the book up for me, and I was able to dig deeper into the literal and physical meanings in the story of this book. I recommend the novel “The Blood Keeper” by Tessa Gratton to teenage boys and girls. It is a very interesting, thrilling and fascinating story about Mab, a bloodwitch and Will. With out being aware of it, 17-year old Mab awakens an old, powerful curse. She loses control over it and the curse takes over Will, a boy from town. Wills body starts transforming, his eyes turn red and dark lines spread from his heart over his chest. As the curse gets stronger, he seeks Mab for help. As they spend more time together, they fall for each other, but the curse gets stronger and stronger until it completely takes over Wills body. Much of the plot is left open until the very end of the novel, which kept me turning pages and wondering. It is written from three different viewpoints, Wills, Mabs and a third one, which turns out to be Mabs grandma, but it takes place in the past. This third viewpoint is a bit confusing in the beginning, but turns out to make a lot of sense in the end. This novel is full of horror, romance and magic.It is also about family and the inner dynamics of them. I really enjoyed reading it and highly recommend it. I just finished reading The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger. The book is about a boy named Holden, aged 17 who struggle with school. He has gotten kicked out of numerous of schools before, and in this book we meet Holden when he has just gotten kicked out of a school called Pencey. This book follows Holden through the days after he got kicked out. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would, and it’s the first “classic” that I actually liked. I really liked the character of Holden, (for those who have not read the book yet, please don’t read on) however, I kept waiting for something special to happen, or for Holden to change, learn something, or for the ending to be a turning point in some sort of way, weather Holden would quit school, go West or just that some sort of change would happen. At the end of the novel it seems like Holden is just going to continue on with his life as if nothing ever happened. I think I would have liked the book more if there was some sort of change, or more of a climax. When I was reading this book there was also a part that slightly confused me. In chapter 25 Holden starts hearing Allie’s voice and it got me thinking if Holden has some sort of disability, or if he simply just misses Allie so much that he starts hearing his voice. I also started to wonder about weather Allie is the reason Holden doesn’t do well in school. There are a lot more things I would like to know about Holden. My ambition was probably the first short story in the term which was funny and griping. This story was a story which did not make me feel bored and the attitudes and themes expressed in this short story is something that I really like to see. The theme of fighting for your future was clearly expressed but maybe not that dramatic but there. The main character Lurie who is a ver dynamic character is a dreamer, he changes his mind quickly and does not stick to what he commits. He is anxious, impatient, isolated and in a way a bit confused. He always looked at the world through rose-tinted glasses this made him think that he could pursue everything and be successful at the same time. The father is much more realistic because he is a materialistic man who cares only about money. The mother loves gossip and really likes to brag about his achievements. The story is a bit sad because he is avery enthusiastic individual who wants to pursue his dream of being a comic strip artist and he comes so close to actually managing to publish his first comic but as soon as he sends in the second the comic is rejected because of the company’s financial issues. However the end is the part which really tells us about the boy itself because of his enthusiasm in comic drawing we think that he is strong willed and will try and pursue his dream but instead when he was rejected once he changed his mind quickly and wanted to be an artist. Sideways stories from wayside school is written by Louis Sachar. This is one of my favorite books and this is like the type of book you read when taking a rest. My favorite part of the book was,
John is one of the students in Mrs. Jewls’s class. He only reads books upside down so Mrs. Jewls says it to John. This book is hilarious and I really like this book. I believe everyone would like this book. It might sound a bit odd to some people but it is really funny. This book really introduced me into the books written by Louis Sachar because I was amazed at how creative he was to come up with all these weird but funny books. The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of the most prominent novels of the late 19th century, written by Thomas Hardy. He is also known to have written many other famous English classics as well as the famous Tess of the D’Urbervilles. In his works, he uses a rather rough and forceful style but the words are always intense and convey his point. In this novel, Hardy describes the rise of a poor man in society and ultimately leading to his tragic collapse and death. Many of his famous novels end tragically and I consider this work to be his best. Among the most famous of his characters is Michael Henchard, the main character in this novel. Henchard is a very bold and, though not sinister, he tends to take events to an extreme as if he can’t help it. Near the very start of the novel, after entering the little town of Casterbridge, he sells his wife Susan and their little daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a passing sailor (Mr. Newson) for only 5 guineas. Yes, he was in a fit of drunken craze but that is still a very harsh move even when drunk. After sobering up, Henchard searches in vain for his wife and daughter. Finally, he gives up and the book skips ahead about 20 years. Another characteristic of Henchard is his resoluteness and stubborn will that allow him to remain undaunted even in near-impossible tasks. For example, after selling his wife in his drunken stupor, he refuses to touch let alone drink any strong liquor of sorts for 21 years. Also, after the “flash-forward” occurs, we find out that Henchard has become Mayor of the small town of Casterbridge, once again showing his perseverance to not surrendering to poverty and shame. Soon after the 21-year fast-forward, we find that Susan, along with her daughter Elizabeth-Jane, are now free from their bond and are travelling to Casterbridge. Newson had presumably died or gone missing. When Elizabeth-Jane asks her mother why they are headed there, Susan refuses to give details and only implies that Henchard is a “relative”. After settling down in an inn, the two women find Henchard in his new position and don’t know how to approach him. However, after one letter and a visit from his daughter, Henchard knows that Susan is back and they marry. You might think that is the end of the plot right then and there, but that is only the beginning of Henchard’s lies and deceit as he tries to protect his new family and fight against inevitable truth. As the plot unfurls to make way for the ultimate climax, Henchard loses more and more until finally, he is an empty living husk devoid of love and loved by no one except Elizabeth-Jane. First, Susan dies a few months after their marriage (for the second time). Then the letter that she leaves, with the words “Not to be opened till Elizabeth-Jane’s wedding-day” written on it, causes him to lose his daughter as well. His curiosity and dishonesty paved his downfall. Donald Farfrae is one character vital to Henchard’s death and downfall. At the start of the book, he was a wandering Scottish businessman, then Henchard’s manager, and finally the Mayor himself. “What led to this fortune/turn of events?” you may ask. The answer is simple: love and luck. Farfrae is a pleasant fellow who everyone takes a liking to. He is well-educated and a far better leader than Henchard could ever hope to be. Henchard loved Farfrae like a brother and idolized him because Farfrae was everything Henchard pretended to be. However, after Henchard tells Farfrae his secret, the former feels threatened now that Farfrae knows how he got into his elevated position. After firing Farfrae out of jealousy and resentment, Farfrae starts up his own business that eventually overtakes Henchard’s. Farfrae becomes the most important man in Casterbridge (Mayor) and everyone soon forgets Henchard. One more character to add to the list of “catalysts” in Henchard’s ultimate downfall is Lucetta Templeman, first coming to Casterbridge as a potential wife for Henchard. She is very wealthy after inheriting her aunt’s money. Unfortunately, upon meeting Farfrae, she realizes that Henchard is not her match. Instead, she marries Farfrae leading to Henchard’s disintegration of wealth. Had Lucetta married Henchard instead, the novel would have had a much happier ending for Henchard.
This is probably the most significant quotation in this novel not to mention the start of all of Henchard’s troubles reborn. The two sentences quoted above occur right after the 21-year fast-forward, and from the way the last sentence is put, you can tell it has something to do with Henchard’s past. The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of my most preferred 19th century reads as it contains many secrets that only untangle after you have read the whole novel. I would recommend this book to anyone needing a book to read and it is a good choice for a book analysis.
“Inside My Head” by Jim Carrington is a very interestiong book which talks about many conflict between a student who gets bullied and other student who is a bully. I loved how author told the story as each of the student’s prospective, which gave me the depth of understanding of how each characters feel differently. “Inside My Head” is about a boy called gary who gets bullied by his friends everyday because of the fact that he likes to work at a farm. After he punches the bulliers, he just escapes from the school and meet a girl called Zoe. Zoe questions Gary about why does he feel uncomfortable and all sort of things. After few talks, they eventually find a dead body in the farm where Gary’s dad used to work and they run away to further from their home. Soon, people in the school think that they murdered the innoncent man and ran away. Few hours later, Zoe decides to go back home with her parents but Gary decides to stay. When he comes back to school after few hours, he carrys a oil and match to frighten the bully. I really enjoyed this book because author built the tense in this book very well and there was dramatic moments like thought traking of Gary. I liked how other main character David acted like a person who have difficulty deciding on which side he should be. He gave me the third person’s side of view which helped me with understanding more about the story. “Numbers” by Rachel Ward is a book about a teenage girl, Jem, who can see the date a person is going to die when she looks into the persons eyes. She lives with her foster mom who’s called Karen. One day she walks down an alley and see’s another teenager from her school called Spider.She tries to keep away because she doesn’t like seeing the numbers but she finds out that Spider is going to die in a few months. Soon they become friends. Then on a trip to the London Eye with Spider, Jem sees something really strange. Every person has the same number, and it was todays date. She realizes something bad is going to happen so she takes Spider and runs away. The London Eye blows up and so Jem and Spider become suspects. So the story then goes on about their journey while getting closer and closer to Spiders death. Jem must try to stop his death while trying to hide from the police. The thin I liked best about this book is all the suspence and mystery. There are also many sensitive parts which made me cry. The bond between Jem and Spider grows more and more which makes it really hard to not feel bad when you think he is going to die. Everyone should read this book. This book is really amazing and I really enjoyed it! English Romanticism American Transcendentalists French Romanticism German Romanticism Jonah Wish – ‘Thieves like us’ by Stephen Cole. Dear Jonah, Hi Jonah, I’m just a reader of your book and I’ve read everything about you and I know you’re a computer genius who was once in custody. After reading about you in the book I’ve always wanted to ask you some questions about you and the others and if you don’t mind, I would like you to answer my questions! If you do it would be great! my first question is that all of a sudden these young strangers comes up to you and takes you out. I was wandering how you felt when they took you out without explaining anything to you. Then this man called Coldhardt wants to hire you for your ability and there you are hired as an elite group of teen outlaws. How was it like being an elite group of teen outlaws? I’ve always wanted to do something like that too but I never had the chance to do that… I’m really jealous of you Jonah. You had the chance to become an elite group of teen outlaws but… since I have nothing ‘SPECIAL’ I can’t and never will be. Secondly, how was it like being treated like an adult and get respected in there? You didn’t have to study, and was mostly free in your free times… I want that freedom that you had, it’s feels like I’m trapped in here. Every single time I try to do something some adults come over to us and say you mustn’t do that, and tells me off. But in your case no one actually does that besides Coldhardt. You won’t feel any pressure on you but instead enjoy and feel the thriller whilst you’re doing the job. You might say you feel pressure that you might let your crews and Coldhardt down but if you become my situation, you’ll think different. People needed your ability but you instead you chose not to use your ability to help them after a while. What were you thinking when you left your friends and all the nice treatment you had behind you? Just because you kind of screwed the first mission up doesn’t mean that you don’t deserve to stay. Plus you actually complished the job so you didn’t screw anything up besides getting yourself a huge cut… It was just your first mission, I think quiting the group was rediculous idea. You made Coldhardt angry and fierce, let your friends down and gave a huge impact to people around you. It was a foolish thing to do and if it were me I’d never do that. Just saying… I mean opportunity never come that often for people like me. Jonah you should know that what you had weren’t a common opportunity for other people. I wish I had such opportunity. What do you normally do in your personal free time? It’s not on the book and I’ve always been curious about what you’ve been doing in your free time. Do you check for background on your mission? Play games? Cook Chinese food? There must be something that you do in your free time!? Just curious After you have this unnormal opportunity, TWICE. You went to save your caught friends and Coldhardt. Did you feel or think different while you were helping them? Like something could have changed your mind about joining the teen outlaw group again or something? For instance you could have felt like you’re a hero or something and liked that and decided to join again. No offence here, it’s just an example. Anyway, it would be greatful if you answer to my questions and reply back… It’s been fun writing a letter to you and I just hope everything goes fine with you. Please be safe and don’t get yourself a cut again! I wish you the best luck Jonah! Just reply me back anytime! Warm Regards, See if you can view their Book Week video by clicking on this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/008cbt3s0cj46k8/CINDERELLA.mp4
Fly in the Ointment by V.S Pritchett, is quite a revealing story on human natural, human mind, and the effect of money on humans. The fact that the Father is so desperate to kill the fly. I think the fly is there as a plot device to show the frustration of the father about the collapse of his business; even though he tries so hard to hide it. The fly is there for the father to vent his anger, caused by his hopelessness, on. The collapse of the business is like suicide for the father; for everything about him is money. This is why he is so angry at his son for choosing to be a lowly university lecturer instead of taking over the business. My greatest ambition is the story of a kid who wants to grow up to be a comic book artist. Despite the negativity of his father he actually managed to write and get a comic published. However after the magazine company discontinued their publication, he gives up an decides to be an artist instead. The story although supposedly is a comedy, has an unsettling aspect to it. It underlines the “quitter” nature of humans. Like the author when he gives up his dream just because the magazine was discontinued. So many times had we set out to do something, only to not achieve much due to laziness. For example take a sport you love and want to be good at, now imagine you can only play/practice it outside, and it is pouring outside. Exactly, not many of us would go outside then. The professional athletes would when their young, and i think that is the main difference between the Dreamers and those that society deems very successful (the sports, movies, musics star/business entrepreneurs that earn billions). The Dreamers sets goals, then makes a variety of excuses not to work towards it (too tired, not enough time, i will do it tomorrow), essentially they “Dream”. The successful people (achievers) sets a goal and they don’t stop working until they reached it, they “Do”. Of course talent and opportunity does play a part, however hardwork is still essential. Take Jeremy Lin for example, the guy is relatively short (he is 190, but the average NBA height is 203), didn’t get a basketball scholarship in any of the good basketball universities, and wasn’t even drafted. These are all signs that the guys is going nowhere, a nobody in the career of professional basketball. Not the kind of guy who can score 36 points in a game (even the top players average is somewhere in the 20s) or make basketball superstar Kobe Bryant Blush. Yet he did. Oh yeah did i mention that guy went to Harvard, yep he played in the NBA and went to Harvard. I think he is a great example of if you work hard, don’t give up you will succeed in life. Of course success is also bases on the individuals perception, for example at first the narrator thinks he has succeeded after he has just finished the comic, the idea of publishing the comic only came after his friend tell him about it. Their are plenty of decent people out their who think their life is a success because they have a good job, is a good spouse and a good parent. That is fine, for success should be based on an the individuals perception, not based on other people. Anyway the short has gotten me to think about a lot of things and i quite like it and would recommend other people to read it.
Catcher in the Rye J.D Salinger “Catcher in the Rye” written by J.D Salinger. The story stats off with Holden Caulfield (the protagonist) recalling the events that causes him to be admitted into a hospital. Holden had been expelled from his school, Pencey Prep. Due to frustration with his school, Holden left Pencey Prep a few days earlier before the start of Christmas break. Concluding that his parents will not get the new of his expulsion, he ended up staying in a hotel. After a few events that occurred he decided to call Sally Hayes for a date to pass some time until Wednesday. While his was waiting for Sally he recalled the museum we went to some time ago.
I believe that this quote helped reveal more about Holden. The way Holden said how in the museum ‘everything stayed right where it was’, showed Holden’s desire for thing to remain as they were. He has an unwilling attitude toward change. I believe the main reason would be death of his brother Allie. From his description of Allies, it is obvious that Holden treasured him a lot; Allie was precious to him. His thought about time standing still the museum showed his wish for Allie to still is alive. When Holden said, “the only thing that would be different would be you”, this confirm the fact that Allies’ death have cause Holden to behave how he did throughout the novel. I’m interest to know, what will happen next in Holden’s story, the events the will occur and the people that he will meeting which leads to his stay in the hospital. Title: ‘the perks of being a wallflower’ Author: Stephen Chbosky This book is a compilation of letters written to us by Charlie (the main character). Charlie writes to us telling us anything that went on that day. It could be something good or it could be something bad. Basically, in these letters, Charlie would tell us his feelings about events that occurred on that particular day. Charlie is a very pleasant person. What I mean is that he is a person true to his word. There are no deceit or ill intensions in what he says. One of my many favorite quotes:
What I like about this part of one of Charlie’s letter is that this shows us who Charlie truly is. Charlie is a person who wants good things to be bestowed onto others. There are many other evidences to support this however there are just too many. As I said before, Charlie pens down his feelings. This book is centered about how Charlie grows up in a short time span of about a year. During Charlie’s school term, we see the different kind of emotions Charlie gets. It is quite evident that Charlie sometimes suppreses his real opinion so as not to hurt others. There are also questions being raised in this book. The title says ‘the perks of being a wallflower’. After reading this book, I am still wandering to myself what exactly are the perks of being a wallflower. Just the other day in class, we were reading the poem “The last of the books” One of the questions brought up in this poem was what kind of books would you leave behind? In ‘the perks of being a wallflower’, Charlie records music in a cassette tape as a gift to his best friend. One of the questions brought up by this is, if I needed to record music in a cassette tape for my best friend, what kind of music would I record? Would I record music that means a lot to me? Or would I record music that I know my best friend would enjoy? Overall, during my free time after the exams, I would definitely read this book again as I think I missed out quite a number of important points.
‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe This 18th century novel that recounts the story of Robinson Crusoe – a man who to rebel against his parents departs to sea to travel around the world. After his first shipwreck he’s enslaved by a Moor and then escapes with the help of a Portuguese captain. He then finds himself in Brazil and goes on an other expedition which after a violent storm lands on a desolate island where writes in a diary what happens to him. The quote I want to talk about is on page 245:
This part surprised me the most because throughout the book Daniel Defoe is very specific and writes long descriptions about each part of Robinson’s life on the island,including some that are quite irrelevant, but here during the most important moment of his life there is no description at all of how his six month journey went. After noticing this, it made me realize even more the fact that every work of art is a selection and the author is the person who is in charge of this selection. Then, I tried to understand why Daniel Defoe choose to leave out the part that we see as the most important one of his life. I concluded that when Robinson Crusoe narrates events it’s when he has learnt something important or that it’s a significant event in his existence, so this means that during the journey home he did not learn anything nor did anything consequential happen. After finishing read the novel I thought the story in itself was quite simple but what impressed me was to what extent Defoe goes with his specifications. The whole time I was reading I kept thinking about how he never ran out of ideas and kept describing precisely each situation that happened. At times the 18th century sentence structure and spelling made the reading slightly harder but overall it was an enjoyable book to read.
A Clear WorldAs a young kid, Patterson Rashaje was raised in the darkest ages of society, where the word “moral” did not mean anything to anybody. Everyone was out there to watch their own backs. His father was one of the few philanthropists that had even existed in the town he was living in. Life as a kid was quite miserable for him. Even though he had a loving father and mother, he was still bullied and bossed around in school and in his neighborhood. Yet things only got worse for Patterson. As he turned 6 years old, his father committed suicide after getting conned by a group of con men. He lost all of his family money, and was deeply depressed for a long time, and although he received 3 years of therapy, things still didn’t work out for his father. So on a chilly night in that year’s winter, his father leaped out of their bathroom window down onto the cold concrete floor 25 stories below. Sadly his father did not survive this tragic event, and was left with his mother alone. This shocking news traumatized Patterson as a young kid, and made young Patterson realize how cruel the real world can be, that the real world does not consist of talking dinosaurs, that the real world does not contain any superheroes that could save his father and himself, and he realized that he is out there, all alone. In addition to that, Patterson’s loving mom became more distant and more unwelcoming towards him. On paper she is still his loving, caring mother, but really, she was nothing more than a woman who blabbers on about how the society is cruel, how a person should never trust anyone other than themselves, and how people only look out for their own sakes. Because of this current environment Patterson was growing up in, he had lost faith and hope in humans even before he knew how to correctly pronounce his family name. As young Patterson slowly grows into an elementary student, he was always the loner in their class. He didn’t have a lot of friends, nor any enemies due to the extremely low profile he keeps. He rarely gets in contact with any students or teachers or anybody at school in fact. His grades were never that excellent, but were satisfactory, at least a pass in every subject, so that’s why he was constantly ignored and neglected by teachers and students in class. Yet as he grew older, stepping into his adolescent period, the smart genes that his father had passed on to him was starting to show. His grades were getting better, and therefore he was slowly noticed by the teachers, but he still prefers to do things on his own, since he always had a hard time trusting people, in fact, he had never asked anybody for a favor or did a favor for anybody, yet. As he graduated the local high school with quite remarkable grades, he was admitted into one of the best colleges in the country, and after 4 years of hard work, he graduated the class with top marks, and enrolled into an economic institute, where he obtained his masters degree. Yet behind his seemingly successful life, he still remembers what his mother had said to him when he was six: Never trust anybody. His mother had passed away 5 years already due to a heart attack, but that piece of advice still remains embedded in his memory. Along with his folks’ death, these memories and advices had traumatized him for the rest of his life. In his mind, after the first time he had experienced the cruel reality of the society with his father committing suicide, everything that have happened to/around him seemed like the air, invisible and odorless, perhaps even irrelevant and unimportant. As he prepared himself to live the remainder of his life with an attitude like this, one shocking event that is about to happen would steer his attitude towards life in the exact opposite direction. After graduating from the institute, Patterson had begun working in an insurance firm. He was a small supervisor, and he soon met a beautiful lady at work. They didn’t go though any tremendously beautiful love story, or any crazy dating life, before the two got married. They lived their life as it was, without enjoying life through leisure activities, but they did not lack in anything in terms of basic needs. Patterson never truly “loved” his wife, he just felt that getting married is a stage that one must go through as they live through their life, just like education, eating, and working. One hot summer Saturday morning, Patterson left his so-called home to a nearby bank to withdraw some money. On his way there he saw a mother taking care of her son, taking his hand and walking slowly down the road, he saw couples occupied with loving each other in the park, but the only thought in his head were a series of numbers and reports that he needs to go through when he returns home. After arriving at the bank, he waited in line for the banker to service him, like every other people, patiently. “Get down on the ground! NOW! EVERYONE!” Without any warning, 3 masked robbers busted through the glass door, each holding a gun in their hand. Patterson froze on his foot, and the next thing he knew, he was shoved down on the ground violently by the leader of the robbers. He was frightened, blood pumped through his blood vessels 5 times faster than normal, and his pulse was so fast he lost track of it after the first 5 seconds. He closed his eyes, only still trying to work out what on Earth had just happened, when he re-opened his eyes, he heard the shouting, followed by the robbers saying: “SILENCE. We are only here for the money, as long as no one does anything STUPID, no one will get hurt! Everyone read me?” The room fell to an immediate silence, only voices of the robbers threatening the bankers to put all the money in the drawers into their muffled bag. Patterson then felt a slight tap on his left thigh, he turned his head around cautiously, finding 4 men lying on the ground facing each other, discussing something. One of them says to Patterson: “Mr., we have decided to take down those 3 jokes by ourselves, but we are afraid that just the 4 of us would not be enough to do so, would you like to give us a hand?” Patterson’s brain was working over capacity by then, his mind was spinning so fast at once, and so many thoughts crammed in his face in the same time. All the images of his past and present floated in front of him, like it was being watched by another person from somewhere else. All of the memories flashed right in front of him at once. He saw the news of his father dying, then the loneliness he had gone through as a kid, then to his mother’s funeral, where he had no reaction and felt no emotion to her passing away. He felt extremely dizzy by then, as if the whole world was spinning around him. he blinks his eyes three times, and after realizing the situation he was in, he had an epiphany. Perhaps this was the moment he lived his life for, maybe this was the purpose of his life, to rescue all these people. Even though his mind was filled with a hollow voice of “Never trust anyone”, he agreed to their offer. He decided to let go for the first time in his life, and do something that is truly meaningful, to take down the robbers. After a long, deep breath, Patterson and the 4 guys stood up, charge towards the robbers, knocking one unconscious as he falls on to the ground. Despite their daring attempt, the remaining two robbers still had them under control, and tied them up together, knees on the ground, with their backs facing the robbers. “Alright one of you speak up. Which one of you came up with this stupid idea? Huh? ANSWER ME!” The boss shouted at them as he walked in front of Patterson. He raised his pistol and pressed it right on Patterson’s forehead. “I am going to count to 3, and whoever came up with this idea better come out clean, other wise this man right hear, is going to die.” The boss continued, followed by a couple of helpless shrieks from the others on lying on the ground, but Patterson was abnormally calm. He was ready and prepared for death to come upon him. “One, two…” the boss counted, but not one single soul had not even flinched nor spoken up. “This is it.” Patterson thought. Memories began to flow in his brain once again, this time, his mother saying ” No matter how good your life seems to be, it will always be sabotaged by something or some one, and no one would ever do anything about it, because everyone looks out only for themselves, you have to do so too Pat.” The thought of this made him smile, because his mother was right, his life was about to end, but not a single soul can do anything about that. As the boss was about to count “three,” a loud voice echoed the room, making the already nervous atmosphere even more tensed. “Wait a second, hold up! It was me, I asked these kind fellows to join me in attacking you bastards.” said the man who asked Patterson to join them. “Great! Now we know which blithering idiot it was, say your prayers, and prepare for your death.” Patterson froze once again. He opened his eyes as wide as he could and just stared at the man, thinking “Why on Earth did he just do that? Isn’t it always everyone looks after themselves ONLY?” As the situation was slightly confusing and messed up, the police task force came barging in, and handled the robbers with ease. A banker contacted the police when chaos aroused when the burglars first charged into the bank. As soon as the note taking was done by the police, Patterson rushed to the side of the man, with tons of questions in his mind, he asked: “Excuse me, but may I ask why you stepped up and did what you did? Doesn’t that put your own life at risk?” The man looked at Patterson as if he was crazy, and replied with a smile on his face saying: “Of course I know that my life will be at peril, but if I let an innocent man get killed just because I might die, then I would never forgive myself for the rest of my life, which I would rather die for than to experience that feeling. If there’s nothing else, I should go now.” Patterson left the bank, looking up into the sky. Funny how he never noticed that the sun could shine so bright and could bring so much warmth and joy to the people down below. He looked around, spotting things that he would have never spotted before, like the smiles on people’s face as they walk along with each other, chatting, or a mother wiping ice cream of her son’s nose, smiling at the fact that the sun did not know what just happened to the rest of his ice cream. The couples in the parks were no longer annoying to him, and for the first time in a very long time, he felt warmth in his cold heart. All these new feelings impulsed him to want to rush back home, and tell his beautiful wife that he loves her. This is definitely the first time that Patterson had experienced and realized the kind side to a human being, and also, the world that he lives in isn’t all packed with dark deeds and wrong doings of people. In fact, for most of the time, the place he lives in, was always filled with love and was never a place full with darkness.
After reading this short story, the only thought in my head was: “What did I just read?” The story did not make much sense to me, as the only incident I remembered clearly after reading it the first time was that a horse attacking a man, and the man fought back. I had to read it a couple times more over certain parts before I could get even the slightest bit of understanding towards the story. Ted Hughes did an amazing job setting up this incident, using vocabularies that give off negative connotations and uneasy feelings to the readers. The idea of pouring rain pounding down on a helpless, defensive man gives me the nerves as I can relate myself into being that person. The horse that attacked the person, is the part I did not get. It raised a lot of questions, like “Why would the horse randomly attack the man?”, and also “Why was it so determined to attack this man?”. I still did not come to a conclusion to my questions after reading this piece of short story several times. All I can say is this story gives off an eerie atmosphere, and it builds up tension towards the attack of the horse through the detailed descriptions of rain pouring down and earth splattering everywhere as the man trudges along, trying to find the farm that he used to grow up in. Other than this, I do not have much response towards this short story except to question myself: “What did I just read again?”. “Fallen Angels” is a book written by Walter Dean Myers written in 1988. It is a book that portrays the life of a high school graduate, Richie, going to war in Vietnam because of the financial difficulties that his family was going though and cannot afford him to go to college, and because the streets are too tough to survive. He thought that going to war would at least be easier than sticking around his neighborhood, but things did not turn out that way. He meets a couple of friends, but later realizes that making friends during a battle is the utmost no-no for soldiers, because in a battlefield jungle where every move can mean the difference between life and death, it is every man for himself. However, him and his friends stuck together through out the Vietnam war, and shared the same single dream despite the different reasons for why they signed up to fight in the war, and the dream was to get out of the jungles alive. This book would be suitable for people seeking for some tough descriptions of the cruel battles and the gory images shown through descriptions. War-story fans will particularly enjoy reading this book, although just as a warning, you might be haunted by the images that sticks in your head of people dying gruesomely and arms blowing off of people in every direction. So this book is not suitable for people who are not prepared for some truly horrifying stories of the Vietnam war. I found this story quite boring for most parts, except for a few battle scenes that are highlighted, and also shocked by the terrible images portrayed in the book. The book I read is called “A Dog’s Purpose” by W. Bruce Cameron. It is a story about a dog named Bailey going though several reincarnations and finally getting back together with his very first owner. The story started with a puppy first opening its eyes to see the warm, furry world. The puppy is the narrator throughout the story. The puppy and his brother and sisters stayed with their mom for the first two weeks in the woods, until two guys came over to pick them up, sending them over to the yard, waiting to be euthanized. After being euthanized, the dog blacks out, and then wakes up once again as a puppy, a Golden Retriever. He meets his new owner, a 6-years old Ethan, and the story goes on telling touching stories that the two experience together as they grow up. When Bailey goes to college, Bailey’s health condition got worse, and eventually dies after licking Ethan’s hand to reassure him that everything is fine. By now, Bailey has convinced himself that he had fulfilled his purpose as a dog, to keep his master company, yet he was reincarnated again, this time as a German Shepard. Bailey, now realizing he was a girl, was now trained to be a police sniffer dog. After rescuing 3 people and dozens of find&search missions, Ellie (Bailey), was now on the verge of dying, and this time she was sure that she had fulfilled her purpose as a dog, but still she reincarnated into another puppy, again. Except this time round, he was treated extremely badly by his new owner, who eventually ditched him on the side of a road, but what’s more surprising is that the road that he was left on, was the exact road him and his first owner, Ethan, had often traveled on when they went fishing. Bailey slowly found his way to Ethan, and he stayed with him till Ethan’s last breath. He had fulfilled his purpose finally. I think this book is great for any pet lovers, especially for a dog person, as it portrays the mind of a creature that we have been dying to know what exactly the might be thinking. I enjoyed reading this book because of its wondrous descriptions of the dog and its mind, and also because the events that happened in this book is very touching. I recently finished reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre is the name of the main character in this story where she writes about her life. The book starts off with Jane living with her horrible step-family, before she gets sent off to an orphanage. The rest of the book is about how Jane grows up and finds love. The book is set in England in the 19th century, so the language was definitely challenging for me. However, even though the language was hard to understand, the book allowed me to learn more what the people were like at that time period in England. The book itself took me a while to get through, mainly because personally the story bored me sometimes, and I found myself frequently getting annoyed at Jane’s decisions because she often times decided to do things I would never do. Nevertheless, I realize that a big part of why I don’t understand Jane as a character is because she “lived” in such a different time than me. One example of this was something that surprised me while reading this book. The day before the wedding she still calls her soon-to-be husband “sir”. It is such a different reality from what it is like for a lot of people today. Overall, reading Jane Eyre was ok. It wasn’t amazing, nor was it terrible. However, after I finished reading the book I felt really good, because I think it is the first 19th century novel I’ve ever read. The book I read recently is called the “Bull Catcher” by Alden R. Carter. I re-read this book during the ACAMIS basketball trip in Beijing because I had nothing better to do. This book was extremely easy to read, but I liked the plot. It is basically the opposite to a Chick flick, perhaps a chick flick for boys? This book is about a young 17 year old boy Neil “Bull” Larsen, a catcher for a baseball team. Throughout the book he takes a good look through his friendships, his family, and girl friend after several events have happened to him. In the end, the book described a greatly detailed championship game Bull and his team were part of, with Bull batting in the Bottom 9th, game tied at 4-4, man on second base, full count in pitches, Bull swung the bat and dove for the first base before the glove could tag him out. His team had won the game, and the story had concluded itself with him realizing that he has to spend more time with his friends and family, now that he has won the championship. I think this book is only suitable for hardcore sports fans who enjoy reading a story full of exciting description of baseball games, and I do not recommend this book to anyone otherwise, as they might fall asleep after the first 30 pages. Overall, I enjoyed this book for the most parts of it, however there are some parts I wish that Alden R. Carter could add more to, like the inter-relationships between the characters and have a more creative ending than everybody being happy and the plot ending perfectly. Noughts & Crosses is the first book out of the 4 book series written by Malorie Blackman. The book falls in the genre of Romance and Action. It tells a story of two teenage friends who eventually fall in love despite their background differences. In a world run by Crosses (people with darker skin tone), the Noughts (people with lighter skin tone) struggle to find equality through out every day life. However Callum McGregor(a Nought) managed to be best friends with Persephone Hadley (daughter of a powerful Cross politician). The story tells about a lot of events that have happened between them and the world, how Callum was one of the 3 students that managed to get into Heathcroft High (a Cross high school), how later discrimination and racial differences drove Callum away from his university dreams, and how he ended up joining the Liberation Militia (L.M.), a terrorist group involving Noughts, who claims to “fight for equality and freedom from the Noughts.” All the events and characters are intertwined, and that’s what makes this story so intriguing for me, because Malorie Blackman had done a good job in twisting the plot and adding in surprising factors here and there. I think anyone who would enjoy a good action packed novel would like this book, however I don’t recommend this book to hardcore sci-fi fans as there are absolutely no scientific fiction aspects in this book, only the real world. I liked reading this book a lot, as it revealed surprising plots through out the story and managed to keep me awake to finish this book late at night. Where we going, daddy? is a book written by Jean-Louis Fournier. This is a true story about Jean-Louis Fournier who had two disabled kids. While reading this book, it made me cry so much because it is the only book I’ve ever read that reflects all his true feelings. He talks about how he all wished that his kids would disappear. My favorite part that just made me feel so sad and depressed was,
He says it at the beginning of the book, reflecting all his thoughts about his life and his disabled kids. Smeagol shrieked and cried as the malicious wind tore at him. “Wiiiinnd! Nooooo, Wiiind!” He slurred. “Ieeekk” Smeagol always hated evil windsy He made his way through the thickly forest, the auburn trees staring at his precious, every leaf seemed ready to jump smeagol. Big treesies. Big treesies want preeeciiouuus. But we must not give them precious, nooo, precious is ours. Smeagol reached a clearing, and he set to his task of hunting rabbits. “Rabbitsies are stupid. But shmeeaaggoool is smart. Oh, Yeas precious, Shmeagol will get us foodsies, don’t worry!” , he said, jubilant. Rabbitsies will never know what hit them”, he added cheerfully. On that note, he put on the ring, and turned invisible As he stalked through the forest, invisible to all but the most trained eye, he heard beautiful, melodic sounds, humming through the forest like butterflies, slowly evolving into words. The sound seemed to be coming from up ahead. Intrigued, almost in trance, smeagol moved to the sound. “Aaah… This is a weird rabbitsy…”, he gargled, incredulous and intrigued at the same time. “A singing rabbitsy…!” He gargled, trying to imitate the sound. He found it was very enjoyable.
Meanwhile, Snow White was gathering blackberries in the forest. She was humming, elegantly picking off the blackberries, without the slightest hint of fatigue in her voice nor scratch on her arm. She was just about to pck up he rbasket, which by now was amply filled with berries, when she heard a terrible scream. She abruptly stopped humming and dropped the basket. Alarmed, she looked around to see where this horrible shriek was coming from. It sounded faintly like the words in her song, but twisted, perverted beyond human intonations. She glanced over at the basket but decided to drop it. Better to come back later, she thought. She quickly made her way to a big tree, and climbed to the top. She could hear the creature closing in now, its cries of what could only have been pain were getting louder and more aggrevating. She saw a small, hunched figure draw nearer, a vagrant like creature. It crawled up to the tree and looked up to her, in a state to kill. “PRECIOOUUUUSS”, it gurlged evilly. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there existed a very honorable knight by the name of Aragorn. He was a seasoned fighter who never gave up. His speeches had been heard far and wide in the universe. When going to war he motivates and invigorates his people in such a manner that they almost never die. However in that same galaxy there existed dragons and riders who ride and train with these dragons. One of these dragon riders was called Eragon. He was an extremely righteous man and his dragon called Saphira was a very majestic dragon with blue scales. This dragon was one of the most strongest in the realm and one of the fastest. The dragon showed virtue and inspiration. Meanwhile since Eragon was the Spahira ‘s rider he had the poer to do magic. This means casts different spells and be immune to some elements. He could heal and hurt and gain energy just by shouting words. However magic can take a lot of energy so Eragon does not use it often. So the 2 very powerful young men were going to the market to buy their weekly Big Mac. Aragorn was in line while Eragon was ordering his mac. The server said to other servers to make a new batch of big macs for Eragon the dragon rider because he was famous in this world. But Aragorn was very hungry and he did not know who Eragon was so he got angry that he had to wait another 15 minutes for his burger. This completely did not make nay sense to him so he said to Eragon “Who are you and why the hell are the servers giving you a fresh batch do you not get the fact that I will now have to wait even longer for a burger i am really hungry” “Hey don’t you freaking dare to threaten me I have a large Dragon” “So that is just a dragon I have a huge sword I am pretty sure your sword is smaller than mine, my sword is called the great sword of Fallham whats yours called? ” Aragorn asked “My sword is called……… um… oh yea BRISINGR!!! a name far more better than yours” ‘Oh so you think so huh? well you wanna see which is better, I challenge you to a Fire Duel” “What the hell is a fire duel is when I burn you to dust” “No a fire duel is when 2 fighters fight and on top of them a huge pot will slowly be pouring out Molten Lava” “Okay then Lets fight and see what you have got” The two of them reach Mount Elandor where the fire duel takes place but while Aragorn was bowing to the old gods Eragon unhonourable stabbed his longsword into aragorn’s heart thus ending the childish Feud
The End
Dear Suzanne Collins I recently read your masterpiece “Hunger Game” and I was just inspired by it. I always wanted to write a novel like you which includes exciting events and new imaginations that nobody ever thought of. I am obsessed with the idea of “Hunger Game”. It reminds me of a game in ancient Rome where gladiators fight to their death. The sense of people living in certain districts fitted into this novel. It is because I could feel the tense going on between the competitors from different districts. I think this novel is a new world that you have made. One of the reason why I liked your novel is because it was very easy to understand. While I read the book, I had no problem understanding any certain vocabularies and the image of every details like the district, Katniss, and hunger game appeared in my head. I felt like I’m watching a movie in I Max cinema. I was surprised by how many different characters with their own personalities appeared on this book. I liked how you set the male main character, Peeta to love the female main character, Katniss. This built up tension by the scene when one of them have to die in order to choose a winner of the game. I was desperate to read more about the book to see who will die and who will survive. My favourite character is Peeta because me and him have many similarities. Image of him is very clear to me because of your detailed description of Peeta. I was very pleased when I read the book with imagination of thinking Peeta as myself. I compared about my action and his action at certain moments like when Peeta or Katniss should die to go back home. Overall, I love your book and it gave me huge pleasure and enjoyment. “Hunger Game” is my book of dream! Yours Sincere 2013 March 15 Hyeung Jin Kim The boy crept stealthily through the evergreens, tiptoeing passed his cousin Boran, who was sprawled under the mahogany roots, deep in the arms of Morpheus. Guess I’ll be hunting alone today, Failurgon thought. His hand itched an awful lot lately; it was probably due to all the hay he had to hack before supper every day. Shrugging, Failurgon romped off in search of some venison for their evening meal. Thhhhhhwackk! The arrow tore off, pinning the snowshoe hare to the tree stump. “What a plump critter I have caught!” Failurgon exclaimed, “We shall dine on roast rabbit tonight, Uncle Scarrow,” he promised resolutely. Failurgon strode up to the kill, immensely proud of his stupefying achievement. Just as he reached for the scruff of the hare’s neck, a resonating boom shook the forest, as fronds and needles came cascading down, sharp as swords. Failurgon whined. “UNCLE, UNCLE, UNCLE! Come look at what I found in the woods today!” Failurgon shrieked like a girl, but his Uncle Scarrow was used to hearing the squeals. However, the mystical object the boy was holding proved too strong a temptation for his wails to damage. The stone was circular and oblong, big enough to hold at least seven snake eggs, and it glowed with a sort of unearthly luminesce. In the harsh light of dusk, the light-blue sheen created a deep purple flare on the ceramic walls, illuminating Failurgon’s face, making him look almost powerful. “Tough luck to that,” Scarrow smirked. “Uncle?” Failurgon inquired, “What are you mumbling about?” “Ah, nothing, ma’dear boy,” Scarrow sighed, “Hopefully you can sell that off for a decent price at the Tumbling Caravan auction tomorrow.” “I’m not sure, nuncle… you see, I asked Slown the butcher a few minutes ago, and he said he’d shave his rear hair if I got anything more than two gold pieces for it. He really doesn’t like the Spine, that’s for sure.” Scarrow was hardly listening anymore. He had dozed off after a few words, old age not lending him any vigor. Groaning, Failurgon slogged over to his cousin, placed the peculiar stone down beside his hay mattress, and commenced to snoring right away. Failurgon woke with an atrocious ache in his right palm. He moaned and sat upright on his elbows, propping his hand in front of his face. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The howl sent both Boran and his uncle tumbling into the room. “Jehovah Almighty! What is it with you?” His cousin roared. At almost seven feet tall, Boran was a behemoth. His brawny shoulders were carried high, supporting a neck as thick as a tree stump. He was so burly, you could see his muscles rippling even when he wore a heavy coat, which he was now. A mace the size of a small boulder was hefted upon his colossal shoulders. “I-i-it’s n-n-nothing, I accidentally banged my head on the ceiling.” Failurgon muttered. Scarrow shook his head as Boran guffawed. “That would be a feat worthy of a trophy even for one of your accomplishments,” Boran teased, his chest heaving with each rumble, “And plus, the ceiling is two feet above your head even when you’re standing.” Their uncle eased Boran out of the room, scolding Failurgon’s incompetence as he went. It wasn’t very hard for the boy to be dreadful at everything, though. His scrawny and lanky body was not at its peak physique. Few could look at Failurgon and not pity the youth, with his big doe eyes and scraggy appearance. Those who knew his cousin even went as far as to insult his unknown father, who had deserted him at birth. Being a bastard did not undermine Failurgon’s determination, though, and he often had fantastical dreams of one day resurrecting the extinct race of Serpent Riders, only told of in the Ancient Stories. Failurgon glanced at his hand again, shuddering. A deep gouge shaped like an “S” had been seared on his hand, the flesh around blistering and boiling. At his feet, lay a rubbery beast the size of a chicken, its hide cracked and blistered, mouth gaping wide and mewing. Days had passed, and Failurgon was getting quite upset at how slowly his serpent was growing. At this speed, I’ll become a Rider when I’m old and sickly like Brawn the Storyteller. At least his hair was still intact, and it wasn’t at all flimsy and sickly-looking as Failurgon’s was. He imagined himself with Brawn’s massive white afro, and chuckled. The one thing that nagged his mind day and night was how peculiar his serpent looked. The oval head was thrice the size of a normal snakehead, and a beak was jutting out the middle, making the creature look almost feral. “Here Sappy, eat some roast chicken.” Failurgon tossed the serpent some breast and watched it devour the grub. “Hhhhhhhhhsssssssssssss!” The jet of amethyst fire burst from the serpent’s gaping jaws, searing Failurgon’s head. The last thought that came to Failurgon’s imbecilic head was, “No wonder the critter’s head was so massive; it was a Ra’zac.”* *Ra’zacs are poisonous bird-like creatures that stand upright like a man and are born to hunt men. “Hungry for home” is a book based on a true story by Asta Bowen. This is a touching story of a real-life group of wolves. Although it is written as fiction, it is fully based on real events. This was different than anything I have really read before. It is about a family of wolves told from the wolves perspective. It made me relize even when us, humans are trying to help that it negativly impacts the wolves. It made me sad to know Marta abandoned her cubs and that silvertooth was let back into the wild without his injury being resolved. The book really made me think about how humans are so cruel and non understanding. I think that the writing style is really beautiful and it reveals a lot about wolf behaviour. I would recommend this book for anyone who loves animals, especially wolves and want to read a more natural book. Unlike a lot of documentary’s, the story is told in a very interesting way. Once you begin reading this book you will not want to stop until you know what happens to the wolves. This book was depressing at times, but overall i still think that it is a very good book. Dear Malfoy, Throughout the Harry Potter series my opinions of you have changed. You have been and done many things that have often made me both like and dislike you. At the start of the series to almost midway you were a disliked character to me. Was it the gel in your hair? Maybe it was how you thought using money is the easiest way to get ‘friends’, which in your case might be servants or followers. You were a boy who was pampered, snobbish and a jerk. You were like those stereotypes of arrogant children who had everything they ever wanted and enjoyed dominating people. Your father was a Death Eater who faithfully served Voldemort. You were destined to become one too. It was clear to see you turn into one. Towards the end of the book you changed completely. In the sixth book, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” you were in a very difficult situation. The Dark Lord expected you to kill Dumbledor. You hesitated and showed me that you aren’t actually evil like the others, you are actually nice and were at the end of your limits. Even when you were in front of Dumbledor, you didn’t end up killing him, it was Snape that did it to cover up for you. Then the first part of the seventh book, ”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” we see you with Bellatrix. She called you to tell her if the man in front of her was Harry Potter or not. Harry had a spell on him to make his face deformed and only you could tell Bellatrix if or not he was the real one. You tell her that it isn’t the real Harry Potter even though you knew it was. That was something I really liked about you. It showed me that you could care for others and could help Harry with his mission. Throughout the book you had a very clear character who held a few deep secrets. You always did what you were told, but was that the same thing as wanted? Example- Bullying people and making them feel lower than you was only something you did to make your father proud. But even though all of that happens, it may be hard to but people change and so did you. I really admire you for that and that is why your my favourite character in this book. From your biggest fan, Janani yolo Ramesh If I could spend a day with the character of a book, I would choose to spend it with Fletcher Renn from the series ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’ by Derek Landy. Fletcher is the last living Teleporter on earth after the Diablerie killed all the others of his kind. He is 17 years old, extremely talented in teleporting but also quite selfish, big-headed, smug and overconfident. He seems like a very lonely person to me, even though he probably never would admit it. As the last Teleporter who survived, there is nobody else who could understand him and his situation or even help him. I wonder if Fletcher has any real friends, which could be explained by his sometimes very annoying behavior. Even his girlfriend, the main character of the book, ends up cheating on him. I think Fletchers ability to telepath to any existing place where he wants to go to, is amazing. If it would be possible to spend a day with him, I would ask him to take me to places on earth I always wanted to go to. We could get ice-cream in Italy and eat it on the very top of the Eiffel Tower, which isn’t accessible to anyone else. He could get to places which are stictly forbidden to enter and which are normally impossible to access because of the security systems. Besides, I would want to find out more about him. What happened to his parents? Is he happy with the fact that he is a teleporter, or is it a curse to him? If he had the chance to quit, would he? He also is the only key to opening the gate between the underworld and the real world which makes him pretty much the most important person on earth for a lot of people, which isn’t necessary a good thing because he is in danger of getting into the wrong persons hands. Rain Horse is a rather disturbing story of a man who went back to the land he escaped from only to see it change dramatically. The land now has lost it’s former beauty and is now a marsh. The horse can be a product of the man’s subconscious and the horse chasing him can be a sign of his guilt torturing him. This is shown by how the horse attacks him then leaves him alone, then attacks him again, constantly tormenting him. When he finally ran away from the horse and stumbled to the farm, it can be a sign that he has finally stopped trying to run away and that’s why the horse isn’t chasing him anymore One of my favourite book series is Pretty little liars by Sara Sheperd. If i could choose to spend the day with one of the Characters it would be Alison. The reason i would want to spend the day with Alison is because i find her very mysterious and interesting. I would invite her to have dinner with me and i would ask her a lot of questions. In the book she is the girl that gets killed yet still appears throughout the book. In the story her friends Aria, Hanna and Emily try to find out how and why she got killed. My question for her would be what really happened ? why did it seem like everybody wanted to kill her ? is there something horrible she did ? In the book Alison seems like a character who is not very nice, secretive and also a liar. I would want to find out what she did to make somebody kill her. I want to ask her how she is able to be so fearless, when she appears throughout the book she does not seem to be scared of anything and she does not make it seem like her death was a tragedy at all. While reading this book i also question how can she still appear throughout the book when she is dead ? what is the secret behind this ? it really confuses me every time. At the start of the story she disappears, I would ask her where she went to. Throughout the series her friends keep getting text by a person/group names “A” , they try to find out who this person/group of people is. I would ask Alison who “A” is and if she is part of it. A character called Mona is in the story who i at first thought killed Alison. A lot of characters in the book do not like Alison, but it seems like Mona hates her the most. In the book it did not give that much information about Mona and Alison’s relationship but it is told that Mona use to be nerdy and a little weird and she would try to be friends with Alison but Alison always just made fun of her. I think that Alison’s death was based on revenge by Mona. Alison has an older brother named jason. He also tries to figure out the death of his sister, yet sometimes i am a little suspicious of him because it seems like he knows what happened and may even be part of the crime ? There are so many questions i would ask her. She is not a nice character personality wise, but overall i do like her character because i have never read a book that had a character like hers. Her character is very interesting and i would love to spend a day with her. 
DEAR – Response to “the CATCHER in the RYE” – by J. D. Salinger “The CATCHER in the RYE” is another one of those classics your English teacher will make you read every now and again. Like those other English classics the themes and actions within “the CATCHER in the RHE” also leave you a bit disorientated and unsettled, for the main characters decision don’t always make the most common sense at different times. “The CATCHER in the RYE” in short, is a story about a 16-year-old boy and his actions in New York City. These action vary; from hiring an escort for a chat, to asking a dozen cab drivers in New York, ‘Where the ducks go during winter?’ One of the most common reoccurring themes within this book is the idea that everybody is a ‘phony’. Despite the fact you agree or not, the idea does in fact make you wonder to what extent can some of the good deeds we do as humans on a daily basis, could be classified as fake, for consciously or subconsciously we may expect something in return. The Biggest problem I have with this book has to be Holden. For throughout the book his decisions are not always the most sensible or logical (as said in par1). For if Holden simply kept his head down and passed his subjects like everybody else, he would not have ever been in this situation in the first place, destroying the stories events altogether. Therefore to conclude, I think this is a good book. But a hint to future readers, Holden is not a real person his actions are his actions. Do not query them! A Christmas Carol, a short novel by legendary English author Charles Dickens, is a very captivating story acquainting us with life in Victorian London. This book is probably Dickens’s smallest but by no means the worst. In fact, it may very well be the best story of its time. A Christmas Carol provides us with stunning insights into the purpose of life, bringing to readers images of joy and warmth as well as death and despair. It is quite astonishing how Dickens manages to conjure up almost material characters and bring to life even the most fantastic of circumstances. The story is set at around Christmas Eve in Victorian London and we immediately feel warm and cozy as Dickens describes the fur coats and charcoal fires in length. The novel ‘zooms’ in on Ebenezer Scrooge, telling about how he never mourns Marley’s death once. Marley had been Scrooge’s business partner seven years ago, before his decease. We can tell, just from this fact, that Scrooge is not a typically nice guy. As the story develops, we find that Scrooge is so greedy, he cannot even properly greet his nephew during Christmas and he mutters “Humbug!” to everyone who wishes him a ‘Merry Christmas’. Evidently, Scrooge believes Christmas only to be a holiday where he must give his employees a day off. What a surprise he gets when a shadow of his past comes and informs him otherwise! Everything Dickens mentions has a reason so if Marley’s dead, why should we care? The answer comes later on in the first chapter, when Scrooge is preparing for his nightly slumber. I never indicated that this was going to be some typical 19th century fiction novel so don’t get surprised when I say the next bit. Marley’s ghost pops out of Scrooge’s bedroom door. Marley warns Scrooge that if he doesn’t change his selfish ways, and fast, Scrooge would most likely wander the Earth eternally with Marley as a punishment for all his sins. Now, most of us sane people would probably repent the moment we see a real apparition. Scrooge is either too stubborn and greedy or just plain dim-witted not to something bad coming his way. Nevertheless, Scrooge is determined to walk his crooked path. The following plot describes Scrooge’s meeting of the three spirits, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In each, Dickens portrays vividly the scenes perceived by Scrooge and we feel as if we were right beside him the whole occasion. Dickens also exhibits Scrooge’s change in emotion from a self-centered egocentric greedy old bum to an altruistic big-hearted loving man very well. Scrooge is probably the most well imagined character in all of Dickens’s novels based on feelings.
This quotation is a pure example of the descriptive power of Dickens. Just by reading it, you can actually imagine this Spirit in real life. I would really recommend this book to people who enjoy reading descriptive and “warm” novels. A Christmas Carol is a good book to read anywhere, any day, anytime.
I find this story to be very interesting, it highlights the differences of class and culture. The foreigner thought he is buying the horse, while Muni thought the foreigner is trying to buy his goats. The author contrasts the 2 main characters greatly, the Westerner is white, educated, Rich. While on the other hand Muni is Indian, uneducated, Poor. (Note: No racism intended here). Muni lives in a shack made out of bamboo, wood and othe unspecified material, while the foreigner lives in a luxurious apartment in New York, this implied as he wants to buy the horse so it can join his other collections. The Foreigner takes a very ignorant approach to Indians as he assumed that if an indian is sitting on something, that something belongs to the Indian. The Indian however assumed that the foreigner wants to buy his goats because that is the only thing there that is in his possession. This creates a rather funny exchange when they keep talking to each other but they don’t understand what the other is saying. To Live by Yu Hua is one of the most gripping book I have read. It talks about a man called Fugui who at the start squanders his family fortunes in gambling dens and brothels. He did extremely cruel things to other people and even his own wife. Fugui was in fact somewhat of a spoiled rich kid. Once all of his money is gone the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. Left with an ox as the companion of his final years, Fugui stands as a model of flinty authenticity, buoyed by his appreciation for life in this narrative of humbling power. This book which was originally banned in china is an unique book about determination and the power to live. The main character’s loved ones almost all died before him except for one. The way the book is written in such a fluid language really makes an impact. This book is literally like a conversation between 2 people. A quotation that I really liked was
I like this because this small example could be used in real life. Fugui went from the rich and wealthy to extremely poor but as the quotation, said he got comfortable of the clothes and he will get comfortable of life as well. Whenever anyone moves or leaves something behind they always get comfortable with the new things in life. This quotation also expresses the change in life and the change in clothes. This book was something that will always gnaw my mind. Because the entire book is like opposites. In the start Fugui was rich and wealthy but he was spoilt and cruel but as he lost all his money he suddenly matured and started working hard to provide for his family. In the end the conversation between the man most probably Yu Hua himself ends. I recommend this book to everyone who wants a good read. Because personally this type of writing can only be written by Yu Hua.
Here is the man old Fugui was telling his story to and with him I also agree that the past was written explicitly well and detailed. I have never read about anyone so honest and humble to talk in such a manner. Fugui in the book told this stranger about his entire life completely honest. Whatever cruel things he has done he has absolutely told the truth. I don’t think I will meet a character like Fugui ever in my life.
“The Rain Horse” by Ted Hughes is quite confusing story. It is because there is a lot of difficult vocabularies and meanings that I have no sense of it. This story had mysterious atomosphere that I can not explain. This story is about young man, who grew up on farm as a child, moved to the city for twelve years. He had wanted to persue a business career, and was very successful in doing so. He lived this life for twelve years, and forgot who he really was. he got so caught up in his life as a business man, and he knew he must reconnect himself to his old life. He comes back to his hometown and as he wanders, he meets this extraordinary horse. I liked the exisitence of the horse because it caught my attention by rasing question, why does horse come out in this story?. I had this question because this was very unexpected thing to happen. As the horse keep dissappear and appear, it gave me a mysterious feeling about the horse. Man shows sense of fear to the horse by throwing rocks at it. I liked how author showed change of emotion that the main charcter feels. “Piece by piece he began to take off his clothes, wringing the grey water out of them, but soon he stopped that and just sat staring at the ground, as if some important part had been cut out of his brain.” This ending was very weird, because I don’t understand what he is doing and why he is doing it. This was very consfusing and phrases like “some important part had been cut out of his brain” was very awkward. This story was rather exciting in that it, often too vividly, depicts the physicalities between the horse and the man. The clarity of this description makes it more realistic, and a lot more sinister. The abnormally humanoid description of the horse only adds to the awkwardness of the story, but even more to the horror. The horse seems to have whimsical, transient urges of violence. However, the horse’s malevolent demeanour grows more and more offensive as its unrest grows. But the horse does not seem to be crazed. No, in fact the horse is described as anything but deranged. It is shown to have tactical judgement whilst also maintaining a calm body pose, tranquil in its actions, then suddenly changing into a madcap sprint and tackling the main character, who seems to be a trespasser of some sort. The start of the story sees the trespasser who is also the main character, revisiting a place of what have been several indications of it having been a place h he knew well, possibly even lived in. The main character seems almost nostalgic about this place, making us wonder why it is so special to him. Overall, I really liked this story, examples of such eloquent imagery are rare, and the way the author created suspense whilst maintaining the horse’s sinister character is fabulous.
‘The Rain Horse’ is a short story written by an author named Ted Hughes. It was written in 1974 and I’ve read it very carefully but honestly and I truly mean this but I really thought it was the most little interesting and boring story I’ve ever read the whole entire time while I was reading it. Maybe it’s just me who thinks that way but I’d think that my classmates would also agree to my thought. The story is about a man who’s on his way to his hometown. He gets lost and wanders off somewhere and meets this extraordinary and invulnerable horse.
The horse constantly stares at him then disappears from his vision and appears again. The man doesn’t know what to do. He tries to ignore the horse but he obviously can’t. He thinks the horse is mad and the horse intends to attack him which he doesn’t, but just stares at him. The man starts throwing rocks towards the horse but the horse just suddenly appears and watches him. Then somehow the man arrives at his farm that he used to live in twelve years ago. He remembers things from the past such as three dead foxes hanging in a row etc. All of a sudden his heart hurts and he starts to take off his clothes then he stopped that and just sat staring at the ground.
This ending made me so confused. Well actually more confused because the story itself was confusing. I had no idea about what the story was about and it was just boring I guess. Nothing so much caught my eyes. Technically the word choice and the description was good but for kids like us can hardly understand the story so I wish the story made more sense and kind of fit more together. The story ‘A Great Ambition’ is a short story written by an author named Morris Lurie. It’s a short story on his dream becoming a comic strip artist in his childhood. He was only 13 when his comic strip was published on a magazine called the ‘Boy magazine’. In other words he had his first job when he was only 13years old which is pretty much young for a 13 years old boy. After reading this, I thought of myself when I was 13 years old and as far as I am awared, I didn’t have a job and I was suprised that a 13 years old boy had a job. But soon after his first comic strip he sent another comic strip to the ‘Boy Magazine’ and they said it was interesting however they sent the comic strip back. After getting his comic strip back he finally realized how unstable having a job like comic strip artists are. After having an experience of how the world can be harsh and cold, he became a ‘Dreamer’ that he used to called the other kids because they wanted to become a scientists, doctors, astronauts etc. After reading this short story, I’d say that I have become a bit more mature. This short story have made me think of my future and I really had a good thought of it and I wish everyone does have a good think of their future and I bet they did. This story really makes us think about our future and because it’s from his own personal experience, I think that point makes a lot more effect on our thoughts instead of making the story up. I really liked the story but there was just one thing that I was curious about was the author. How did he become a writer? ‘The Rain Horse’ by Ted Hughes is possibly one of the least interesting stories we have read yet. The story is about a man who returns to his hometown after he has moved away for 12 years. He is unhappy about coming back as he thought he would reconnect with his old life, but rather he finds himself just unhappy. Because he felt this, the man begins wandering and he meets a horse that disappears from his vision every so and so often. Eventually he ends up fighting a horse and he beats it and ends up in a barn confused by what had just happened whether it was reality or his imagination. I honestly have no idea what to think of this story. The idea a man either got beat up by a random maniac horse or that he imagined that he did is really odd. I think this story is really about the the idea of reality and fantasy.
The whole ending of the story really questions this mans mental health. It is quite a cliff hanger as honestly we don’t know what is going on with the man when it just abruptly ends. “My Greatest Ambition” is a short story written by Morris Lurie in 1984, it describes his dream of being a comic-strip artist when he was a young boy. In this short anecdote, he tells the readers that as a kid he had despised those other kids who he called them “dreamers”, as their dream job was to be astronauts etc. He had wanted to be a comic-strip artist, and had just created his first ever comic strip when he was 13. All was going well as his comic-strip was successfully published in the Boy Magazine. Yet the cruel reality struck him later on as he sent another comic-strip to the same magazine, except this time, although they had claimed they liked it, it was returned coldly by the mailman back into his mailbox due to bankruptcy of the Boy Magazine. He learned that no one can dream for a job like this, as it was too unstable and too unpredictable, and it was time to “grow out of it”, like everyone had wanted him to do before his successful comic-strip, he had become like everyone else, a dreamer.
I enjoyed reading this anecdote of Morris Lurie because in this piece of writing he used the simplest form of language to express fully what he felt when he figured out that a comic-strip artist dream was no longer real. From the excitement of first seeing his comic-strip being published, until he had to face the cruel reality of broken dreams, and the disappointment of himself being a dreamer after all really made me feel almost sorry for the 13 year old Morris Lurie. A boy with a great ambition to become a comic-strip artist just crushed like that was quite hard to read.
“My Greatest Ambition” by Morris Lurie became one of my favourite short story that I recieved from Mr Macknight. This story made me to think about my own dream. I think I am one of the “Dreamers” who dreams to be a doctor and scientist. I really liked the storyline of this, because it was very creative. The adventure of young teenager who trys to be a comic-strip artist caught my attention. I was suprised by the way author used to describe how the boy feels and thinks. It is because Morris Lurie describes the boy’s emotions as he is the actual boy. This story made me to think of not fully grown animal going into the jungle called “Society”. This story is about a thirteen years old kid who want to be a comic-strip artist got attention from “Boy Magazine” and he sends his comic to them and they are impressed by his work and ask a young teenager to come to their company. Unfortunately, he just gets a tour around the comapany and sent home with fifty pounds. He gets so annoyed about it. I liked how author kept clear about boy changing his emotions. When he get a telegram which is a invitation to the “Boy Magazine”, he gets really excited and happy, but when he just sent home without any words of his comic going onto the magazine, he gets really upset. “I rode home on the train not caring a damn about how many stations I was going through, not looking out of the window, not even aware of the shortness of the trousers of my ridiculous Good Suit.” This shows how annoyed he feels about the company’s reaction. I want to recommend this book to everyone because there is no hard vocabuary and also it is quite funny. |
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