Blog Post #4.

Im not even one eighth of the way into the Book Thief and its so utterly confusing. All I understand is that there is the narrator-a male who is following a little girl (wow, sounds creepy) and I don't know if he is a dead spirit or a real person because nobody sees him (at least not so far). And this guy takes dead people's souls and warms them up or something. Right now the mom is taking the little girl and the dead boy to the orphanage. Apparntly, the mom is carrying the dead body of the boy, but I thought it just said that they buried him. Maybe that was the plan crash. AHHH! I better keep reading. But one quote i really liked is: " A Translation: Himmel=Heaven. Whoever named Himmel Street certainly had a healthy sense of irony. Not that it was a living hell. It wasn't. But it sure as hell wasn't heaven, either," (Zusak 26).

Blog Post #3.

We finished the Odyssey in class this week! I was very excited...until we were assigned a paper- not that I hadn't known about it of course. But I was writing my essay today thinking I was going to write about one theme, and then I experienced a revelation and am very proud of myself for coming up with a contradictory thesis that was exactly the opposite of what I originally intended. I'm writing about the roles of women in the story. At first, looking at the book comprehensively, I had thought that women played a big part and displayed power, independance and other charateristics commonly associated with men. However, as I looked closer, these supposed actions were within themselves contradictory. For example, we see Athena's power to transform herself into Mentor, a man who guides Odysseus and Telemachus, appearing before kings of other lands and many other people. But the fact that Athena has to turn herself into a man in the first place is disparaging. It illustrates that a woman showing herself in public to be bold, talking to mean as equals and taking leadership would not have a very a good reception. She needed to be a man so that people would listen to her.

Blog Post #2

I just finished reading a book called MAD DOGS by Robert Muchamore. It is the 8th book in an AMAZING SERIES! It is about kid spies (except they are wayyyy advanced) who infiltrate some gangs and try to learn enough inside information to break them up and arrest the leaders. The main characters are: James, Micheal, Gabrielle, Bruce, Kerry, Major Dee, Sasha Thompson. The 3 gangs' names are: The slasher boys who use machetes and knives as choice of weapons. The Runts who are a neighborhood boy gang. And a newly created MAd Dog gang. They are all very immersed in illegal drug trade, robberies, thefts, everything you can think of. James and Bruce are trained in a group called CHERUB. They go in undercover and make friends with gang members and have to provve their alliance, loyalty and skill. There is also very comedic romance in the book!

Outside Reading #1

I just started the Book Thief by Markus Zusak and it is very confusing. What I understand so far is that the narraration is divided into different parts. One part is a poetic paragraph, which I think is given so that people can understand what the narrarator is thinking and explaining at different moments. The main story is about a girl who apprantly steals books. I can already tell that the author incorporated colors and inevitability of death as an ongoing theme.
The book kind of reminds me of ELIC by John Foer because it has that same childish tone to it and the broken narrrarations.

Eclipse Test.

Yesterday, I took the outside reading test on my book, Eclipse and I don't think it went well. I overthought the questions and as a result did not have a sufficient amount of time because I had to leave early. But whatever. Here are the 2 questions I really want to ask Stephanie Meyer:

1.) WHY did you pick Jacob over Edward????? (I like Jacob)
2.) How did you choose each vampires' ability?

Throughout the series, except mabye the first book, I've always like Jacob better than Edward. At first, I thought, "Oh my gosh. How lucky is Bella to get the perfect guy [Edward]!" But especially in the second book, I started to resent his statuesque nature. I mean sure Edward is everything Bella wanted but Jacob is so much more compatible. I think it is more important to find someone who is more relatable in personality rather than looks. Jacob made Bella so much more happier. She didn't have to change for him, she didn't have to think twice about anything when she was with him. Bella was so free with Jacob and vice versa.

Bourne Identity

I just finished reading Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum last night and I must say that it is an amazing book!

Summary: There is a guy named Jason Bourne who has been created by American Intelligence, created meaning trained and brainwashed. He was part of Operation Medusa, an operation which he entered for revenge of the death of his family. Durng this operation, Jason is captured and shot multiple times while at sea. He is thrown overboard and left to die. But of course, he is rescued and is looked after by a doctor in France. There is only one alteration to Jason, he has lost his memory. This whole book is about how Jason regains his memory and all the secrets that lie in his past. As he is finding his identity, he eventually learns that he works for the American's and his whole history is at a building called Treadstone Inc. in New York. However, Jason is a highly sought after assassin and a rival assassin, named Carlos, will do anything to kill him.

eclipse

Im finishing my top ten list for Eclipse right now and I cannot think of a tenth thing to put down! I really think I have everything already covered. O well! I guess I'll just put another character down.
Here is what I have so far:

Mortality vs. Immortality
Victoria and her army
Vampires vs. Werewolves
The character of Isabella Marie Swan.
Jacob Black’s role in Eclipse
Edward Cullen’s role in Eclipse
Sometimes working with your enemy accomplishes more than fighting against them.
Adding humor
Sometimes you have to distinguish between what you want and what is right.
Combining romance with suspense.
AND>>>one more! argggghh. help me!