Thursday, February 27, 2014
Reading Wishlist
What I want to read next...
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
- Paper Towns by John Green-Book 4
- Beloved by Tonnie Morrison
- The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein
- Harry Potter Series (in spanish) by J.K Rowling
- The Book Thief
- Sherlock Homes Series
- Maya Angelo Books
- Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- The Perks of Being a Wall Flower
- Similar authors to Nicholas Sparks
BooK 3: Review
For my book 3 review I am comparing/ contrasting two
different books from different genres. The 1st book I am comparing
is from a Fantasy genre. The book Harry
Potter (Book 1) is written by J.K Rowling. It is about a boy wizard whose
parents died in a car crash when he was younger. He grew up in a mean, normal family
who made him live in a cupboard and never told him who he really was. Harry had
no idea he was a wizard until Dumbledore (a giant) came and got him for his 11th
birthday, and revealed to Harry the whole truth.
The second book I‘m comparing is from a Sci-Fi genre. The book is called Divergent written by Veronica Roth. The story is based on
what would happen to society and our world if everyone was divided into
fractions and you can only be one thing without choosing to be any other trait
for the rest of your life after your 16th birthday. Beatris is the
main character who discovers she is divergent after the recognition test.
One similarity
between Sci.Fi and Fantasy is that they both have very influential antagonist;
villains- power hungry villains. That can’t get enough of their thirst for
power and the only characters standing in their ways are the heroes who may
threaten their cunning, controlling strengths (Harry Potter and Tris). Therefore
the protagonists must keep their abilities a secret or else they can get hurt
or worse, killed. For Harry keeping his magic a secret from the muggles is very
important as well as making sure Voldermort doesn't find out that Harry Potter
is back! DUN- DUM-DUMM!!
Another thing I found to be very common between these
two genres is that the major character’s in each book share many of the same
traits. For example: one thing is that Harry and Tris both discovered something
new and particularly incredible about themselves they never even imagined doable
on their birthdays. Tris turned 16 and Harry turned 11. They both have the
ability to make things happen that normal people wouldn’t be able to do. These
new abilities is what makes these characters unique, however, this is also what
sets them apart from other characters (Tris’s Divergence, and Harry’s wizardry).
These rare differences, is also what makes them famous or well known to other
characters.
Another resemblance between these two genres is even
though one of these is more whimsical and one of these “could” happen in the
future, none of these events that occur in the book occur in real life. Also,
another thing that is intriguing that occurred in both books is the capability for these characters to stand up
for their friends in the midst of a situation of being intimidated by others.
Tris stood up for Al and manages to get him out of the situation of getting
stabbed by volunteering to go up herself.
She’s there for him when he needed her the most
Harry, look how he reacts on the train ride
to Hogwarts for his friend Ron when he
was being bullied. These are both
examples of good character and humility.Both characters in both books are very
caring and like to share what they have with others. For example: when Harry has a load of sweets and
his new friend has none he shares. And
look how compassionate and caring Beatris is when Edward gets horribly stabbed
in the eye with a knife and she is the only one who comes to soothe him when
nobody else would. She even helps clean
up the area where he lays bleeding and is able to calm him down a bit before
the ambulance arrived at his rescue.
So even though these characters,
Harry and Tris are so different and are from different genres, they resemble
each other in many ways, and thus have been great, entertaining stories to
read.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Harry Potter/ Blog post #9
Why is Harry Potter so bewildered to find out he is
a wizard?
Because
basically all his life Harry has been forced to live with his only family, his
aunt, uncle after parents died in a "car crash"; so at least that’s
what they told him. Their fat, only son beats
him up constantly but gets everything he wants just by pouting; Harry might as
well not even exist. He does not even have his own room, he is forced to live
in a cupboard. Never realizing he was special, or that there was something
extraordinary about him. But apparently all his life they have been keeping a
part of Harry a way from him that he never knew about.
That he was
a wizard. All the kids know his name. Except for Harry himself of course. So on his 11th birthday that nobody bothered
to remember at the Dersley house, a giant magical wizard came to take him to
wizard school. He was never going to get to find out anything about his real
family or the real history of where he came from. For this specific reason is
why the mougles he lived with forbade him to ever ask questions or where
furious when Harry mentioned anything the least bit abnormal. The Dersleys also
very much liked to complain about Harry. Even though he was a pretty god, quiet
kid. Harry was never aloud to go on any family vacations, never got anything
new for his birthday he got a pair of socks and a cloths hanger. But al that is
about to change now that he has discovered he has magic and goes to school at
Hogwarts.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Blog #8
A book has to be 100% true in my
mind to be a non-fiction book because non-fiction means real, and if you’re not
going to tell me the whole truth then its not really a true story is it? It’s bending
the truth, and dishonest to pass off a interesting book and make your fans
believe this actually happened to you when it’s actually just your imagination. Half-truth is not okay. Just the same as when
you tell someone an anecdote or personnel story of their life you would like
for them to be honest. Not spice it up to make it interesting, unless you let that
person know you are bending the truth/
David
shields are wrong. Nonfiction is important because sometimes people just want
to know the facts, and the whole truth not just part of a lie. And fiction novelist
try to entertain their readers with characters that could be real, but they’re
stories are made up. Both genres are good but I disagree we should mix them
because 1. no author would like to be plagiarized for their work and 2. A
mixture is not a good is not a good idea
because some people might have their
preference on real or made up stories. so we don’t want to mess that up.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Adopting Your Book /Blog #5
Making my book into a movie, some scenes that would
be hard to recreate is when Beatris was fighting Molly mercilessly on the
ground. It might be hard to recreate since that seen is too gruely, for the type
of audience you want to attract.
Another difficult
scene scene may be when Tris jumps off the roof into the Dauntless building. It
would be hard to recreate since the scene because it is so quick and the wind so strong in
that part of the book. Another scene hard to recreate would be the face Tris
gets from her older brother Caleb when she’s being scolded. The directors would
have to capture the facial expressions perfectly so the readers know exactly how the
characters are feeling. It would have to be obvious to the audience how annoyed
Beatrice feels at these stern glares from her older brother Caleb, and how hard
it is to live up to being as respectful and selfless as her whole family is.
Since my book is too long to make into a movie, the parts I would
have to cut out would have to be when Beatris meets Al. I would also probably
have to cut the part where Eric makes Christina hang of the balcony for a long
time.
But for this film Divergent to be great, I think the most essential parts to capture for this movie is When Beatris's mom cuts her hair and they are all eating dinner together all as a family. This is an example of how the Abnigation live and portrays their selflessness. After that seen the most important part to show is How Beatris gets trampled and bullied in the hall and how the people at school are antagonizing her and the abnigation. We need to include that because the cold treatment is forshadowing in the book for later when they go into war against teh abnegation.
We would also need to include the Most important seen in the book which is how the whole book got started, When Beatris finds out from the hawk tatooed lady that she is Divergent. Her results were inconclusive, and that if she tells anyone her secret her life would be in danger. This seen would capture the tense alarmed look on both their faces and how bewildered Tris is.
But for this film Divergent to be great, I think the most essential parts to capture for this movie is When Beatris's mom cuts her hair and they are all eating dinner together all as a family. This is an example of how the Abnigation live and portrays their selflessness. After that seen the most important part to show is How Beatris gets trampled and bullied in the hall and how the people at school are antagonizing her and the abnigation. We need to include that because the cold treatment is forshadowing in the book for later when they go into war against teh abnegation.
We would also need to include the Most important seen in the book which is how the whole book got started, When Beatris finds out from the hawk tatooed lady that she is Divergent. Her results were inconclusive, and that if she tells anyone her secret her life would be in danger. This seen would capture the tense alarmed look on both their faces and how bewildered Tris is.
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