I think that A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the best book that we read in term one. I also thought, that the book started out different then how i thought based on the title of the book and from reading the blurb on the back. Then it got good and then in the end with the whole Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being the same person made the book go from an 8 to a solid 7. After that I thought that, in the beginning the book was going to be about some old people who ended up doing little hobbies to pass the time, but I was just about completely wrong about that one. The feeling that I had in the end when we found out that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were the same person, it was a little weird since I have never seen or experienced this sort of thing happen in a book but it was also kind of refreshing that the author Robert Louis Stevenson put that detail into his book. It was also cool how the author made it seem that Mr. Hyde was doing something to Dr. Jekyll, but really that was not happening at all and when the author made it so that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person. Robert Louis Stevenson really made two really good different characters, Mr. Hyde being a really stone cold, dark person and Dr. Jekyll being a well known scientist/doctor, but later on in the book Dr. Jekyll begins to become tormented and starts lose control of what he was doing. When Dr. Jekyll created Mr. Hyde it was so he could have a dark side and a light side but after that later Dr. Jekyll started to lose the like of being Jekyll and was more interested in being dark and tormented, so then after that when he lost control over switching between both people he decided just to end Mr. Hyde from all existence to never see the day of light again.
Author: Nik
IRJE#5
This book is Gone by Micheal Grant. This book is first in the series of 10 books and the story is set in fictional Southern California town of Perdido Beach, in which every human is aged 15 and older. when the book begins all of the 15 year olds start to vanish from a small town, leaving only the children and teens behind. As the children struggle to stay alive, some of them start to develop dangerous and supernatural powers. The quotation that I chose to do is about when drake starts to get violent when he attacks (hits) Orc.
Sam jumped into help his friend, but Drake was quicker. He stopped behind Orc, grabbed him by the hair yanked his head back, and smashed his elbow into Orcs face. Blood poured from Orcs nose and he howled in rage(p.174).
I chose this quotation because it really puts an image in your and this also reminds me of one of my favourite movies.
PW#6 The Red Door
Once upon a time there was a door that was red, and it looked like a door. The door had a doorknob on it. When you would go to open the door there would be a loud horn that basically broke your ear drums. After the door was open you could go look inside but all you would see is darkness, and a set of stairs that led downward. On the side of the wall there was a sign that said walk down if you dare. The person who walked down the stairs was a middle-aged man who was looking for a bathroom, so he had seen the door. After that. The man had seen the door he opened it broke his ear drums, then tripped on the very first stair making him tumble down the stair for about 1 minute. After he got to the bottom, he was now not only having to go to the bathroom he also felt dizzy like if he was drunk, after he got up or at least he tried to get, but that failed and ended up with him wetting his pants/hitting his head on the wall knocking himself out. Some time went by, and the man woke up to find himself propped up against the the red door with his head bleeding and he was confused on for he got out of that ugly dingy old hall, then he realized that he was bleeding out and would soon die.
how to win the loterry #5
In this short reading of two-hundred words you will learn how to win the lottery. The first most used way I would say to win the lottery is just to buy a lottery ticket and hope that you win but of corse the chances of that happening are very low. The next best way to win the lottery is just to to spend lots and lots of money to make sure that you 100% win the lottery and then when you win all that money that you put into winning the lottery will get paid back to you. But this will only work if you go for the lottery with more money. Another one of the ways to win the lottery is to hack into the numbers but of corse I strongly do not recommend this because it will probably get you arrested. The third way that you could win the lottery is to make sure that you actually want to win the lottery because if you don’t than you just read all of this for no reason also this is not really a way that you could win the lottery. The forth way is that you can bribe the guy that is picking the numbers with the money that you win but then you have to hope that he will give you the right numbers l give you the right numbers and not just scamming you because if the guy that you were trying to bribe with the money you wins ends up scamming you that would sure be a funny story to tell in you future after you get over being embarrassed.
IRJE#4
The book is Harry Potter The Deathly Hallows By J.K. Rowling. The main characters in the book are the same as any of the other books Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Voldemort, Dumbledore, Dobby, Draco Malfoy, and some others. The quotation is about how it took a whole another hour to clean and put something away.
It took another hour to empty it completely, throw away the useless items, and sort the remainder in piles according to whether or not he would need them from now on. His school and Quidditch robes, cauldron, parchment, quills, and most of his textbooks were piled in a corner, to be left behind. (p.25)
I chose this quotation because it reminds me of when I thought it would only take an hour to do something but it ends up taking a whole other hour.
IRJE#3
The book is called Harry Potter Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. The book is about a kid named Harry Potter who goes to a school called Hogwarts, it’s a school for wizards and witches. This quotation talks about the dream Harry was having before his aunt woke him up and it explains the dream that he is trying to remember after being woken up.
There had been a flying motorcycle in it. He had a funny feeling he’d had the same dream before.
His aunt was back outside the door.
“Are you up yet?” she demanded.
“Nearly,” said Harry. ”
Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. And don’t you dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy’s birthday.”
Harry groaned.
“What did you say?” his aunt snapped through the door.
“Nothing, nothing…” (p.15)
I chose this quotation because I can relate to how Harry Potter felt in that moment.
PW#4 What I Would do If I Was Stuck In The Desert
If I was someday stuck In the desert, I would probably try walking for as long as I possibly could before dark, and then I would dig as much of a hole as possible with my hands, given that I am mostly certain I wouldn’t be stuck in the desert with a shovel. After that, I would go in the hole that I have made, bury myself in the sand for as much warmth as sand can give you. Then I would try to sleep through the whole night without freezing to death or having some deadly snake or animal bite-me or even kill me-while I’m asleep. If morning came around and if I was still in one piece, I would try to find some dead bushes, sticks, or rocks to start a fire to single, hopefully, some plane or aircraft flying above my head to notice that I’m stranded. Hopefully, the person that notices me will be nice enough to save me and not just leave me to die. After that, I would try to find some sort of food that, hopefully once again won’t kill me. I would also try to find a big rock to use as a gravestone to put at my head in case I feel like I am starting to die, I would write my name on it with the blood of a nearby animal so that if, someone would discover my dead body, they would at least know who it was. Nevertheless, of course, this whole scenario of ever getting stuck in the dessert is hypothetical-hopefully, but again, this could happen to anyone; you never know.
My personal response to Our Town by Thorton Wilder
I found that Our Town was an okay book/play but it wasn’t as good as the novela Master and Man but it was better than the story of Joseph. Also after watching the play I had lots of different thoughts about but I must say that I thought it was kind of weird how there were the talking ghosts at the end. I can definitely say that there was a plot twist when Emily ends up dying like that was so surprising to me. It was kind of weird that in the third act Emily evoked on a reflection in life. I enjoyed how the play our town was more of an easier read compared to Master and Man or the Joseph story. In the end when emily goes back to relive a memory it kind of made me think about life more specifically the play kind of was encouraging that we should be present and mindful of our lives because most of us just take it for granted. This book/play is definitely something that I haven’t read before but I thought that it was pretty interesting to read this play/book. Although I don’t think that i would reread this book/play its that type of thing that you read once and then forget about it.
IRJE #2
The Forgetting a novel by Sharon Cameron. The novel is set in a unique place where memory is a cruel thing in society. The novel follows a girl named nadia and she just happens to live in a city that forgets the past every 12 years. Nadia is on a journey through the book to find a way to retain the memories that she has lost. I would recommend reading this book because its interesting book.
Gray throws a hand out toward the light wall. “why would a little girl keep a book before the first forgetting, Nadia? All these stories, these things we’ve been looking at. The people who came here”- he emphasizes the next words (p.221).
This quotation is about Nadia before the time that she is going to forget the past 12 years of her life.
PW#3 Basketball Game
The basketball game that I had on monday the 21st of October. We played against the Baynation Bulls. We started off by losing and then we were winning and then for the rest of the game we continued with losing. By the end of the first half the score was 16-24 (Baynation had 24 and we had 16) at the end of the first half. in the second half we started to catch up till the point where we tied it up 28-28. From that point on we were neck and neck till they scored a three and they kept getting points putting us in their dust. later in the game when there was a minute left we knew that there was no way that we could win but we still tried. By the end of the game it was 36-48, we had lost by 12 in the end.
PW#2 My Two Favorite Times of The Year
Halloween, Halloween is one of the two favorite times of the year because its a magnificent blend of creativity and haunted actions. The excitement of putting up decorations, the fun in scaring people, and the joy of eating chocolate and candy with your friends all contribute to the experience. Plus, its the time to embrace the spooky spirit that scares most people. To me, the whole season of fall – putting up decorations, going to parties, and spending time with friends- it can just be such a magical season. But so can Christmas. Christmas is a wonderful and magical time, kind of like Halloween, but not really. Some of the best thing about Christmas is that it brings food, family, and joy all together. Christmas isn’t just about those things; it’s also about putting up a tree and getting to put decorations up, as well as placing gifts under the tree to give to family. Although the feeling of waking up christmas morning and looking outside at the fresh snowfall is something truly magical, nothing could replace it.
IRJE #1 The Sigma Protocol
“The Sigma Protocol,” by the best selling author Robert Ludlum a interlacing story between espionage and conspiracy. when Ben Stalworthy a son of a holocaust survivor who is also haunted by his past, finds himself upon an organization known as sigma, Ben finds himself in a risky game of owl and rat. As he finds chilling secrets with his friend Anna Navorro about the shadowy corridors of power. Ben Stalworthy must race against time to revel the secrets that he found about the shadowy corridors of power while tracking the clues left alone by his brother. But along the way he is questioned by the police.
Ben glanced at Schmid, who was tapping at his keyboard and no doubt listening. “I’m beginning to see that. So what am I supposed to do?” “the way it works in Switzerland, they can you for up to twenty-four hours without actually arresting you.” “You’re kidding me.” “And if you tick them off, they can throw you in a dirty little holding cell overnight. So don’t.” “Then what do you recommend?” “Hartman, you can charm a dog off a meat truck, buddy boy, so just be your usual self. Any problems, call me and I’ll get on the phone and threaten an international incident. One of my many partners does a lot of corporate espionage work, point being we’ve got access to some pretty big databases. (p.40)
This quotation it’s from when Ben is taken to be questioned and being held for more than 20 hours by the police, this is a good book and I do recommend the book.
personal writing (Nik) PW #1
Once upon a time in a small town lived a very wise old man that was very wise. He would be the guy that everyone in the small town would turn to him for guidance and advice. One day the wise old man was confronted by a little girl who asked him a question that she knew the wise old man wouldn’t know the answer to. The question was what is the bird in my hands dead or alive and if the old man said the bird was dead she would then open her hands and let the bird go. If the old man said alive she would squish the bird in her hands and say No! its dead. The chances that the old man would get the answer right was 50/50 and it was a 50/50 that the bird would die or not. In the mind of the little girl she wanted the old man to be wrong because she wanted to say to the whole town that the old wise man does not have the answer to everything and you should not take all of your advice from this old man that is wise and claims to know all about giving advice.
Introduction
Hello my name is Nik, and I am 14 years old. I am from Calgary Alberta. I love the nature and the outside. My friends would describe me as nice, funny, and polite. I enjoy playing basketball.
My response to “Master and Man”
My overall personal response to the book “Master and Man” was that it was an okay read because it was easy to foreshadow what would happen like when they but it was also boring. One of the reasons why I liked “Master and Man” was because it was more on the side of an easier read. My favorite part in the book was when they got stuck in the snow for the last time at the end of the book.