Warriors Long Shadows by Erin Hunter "The vision of Heathertail's broken body hovered into Lionblaze's mind, clearer than the clearing in front of him. 'Is that what I'm becoming? A cat who murders and slaughters? A cat like Tigerstar?'
Response: Heathertail tried to kill you and wipe out your whole clan with the combination of Windclan and Riverclan. It would be completely justifiable to kill her. You loved her and she stabbed you in the back. She needs to be taught a lesson and you're exactly the right one to do it Lionblaze. Except this shows that Lionblaze, though he's the best warrior in the clan (due to his powers) is not as arrogant and heartless like his grand father. And shows that even though he was betrayed horrendously by someone he loved, he still cares enough not to want to be the one that kills her out of revenge.
Your response is very touching :') It is true though. The love we sometimes can feel for someone can be bigger than what we expect. I don't think revenge is the solution. He should let time take care of the damage she caused him.
Look for me by moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn Quote- ¨she rose to leave but dad stopped her. ¨Look, Susie. We´ve made a sentence.¨ Pointing at the words zigzagging across the board, he read aloud, ¨Ill come to thee by moonlight.¨... ¨It sounds like a curse¨ Susie said...¨It should be I´ll not ill¨... I stole a glance at Vincent, and he nodded approvingly... ¨ill¨ or ¨Iĺl¨- a curse or a promise?¨ pg 81-82
Response- I have the same question question just like that of the narrator, is the statement ¨ill/I´ll come t thee by moonlight¨ a promise or is it a curse. To answer the question for myself i will say that it is both, since the narrator, Cynda, has already fallen in love with Vincent, the mysterious guy, i could be possible that he is promising to come visit he at night. And it is also a curse because Cynda, the narrator, knows nothing about this man whom she thinks she has falling in love with, he could be a bad guy for Christ sake, and he could be telling her that him being here and coming to visit her by moonlight could be a curse onto here and her family. So basically the answer is all of the above.
Does the narrator want to know more about the man she has falling in love with?? If the guy is not a good man, why would the narrator still around him??
" 'He'd better.' Hollyleaf clawed fiercely at the ground. Even the thought of Sol made her pelt bristle,' He has no place here if he tries to destroy the warrior code."
Response: Hollyleaf is probably the worst character. She's so devoted to the warrior code (that she doesn't even fully understand and must be broken sometimes to save lives) that it just makes you want to chunk a brick at her. She's paranoid and thinks that she will not be a true warrior without her precious code, when in reality her leader, mother, father, aunt, brothers and pretty much everyone else, has laid aside the code to help the clan, but she'd much rather watch others die. She's so obsessed it that she murders a cat and then tries to kill her own mother because she found out she was half-clan. She's to good for this book and I"m glad when the tunnel collapses and she disappears for a good two books to find herself. She comes back much more level headed.
"For a moment, neither of us said anything. The only sound was our spoons clinking. I really wanted to get up and shut the open cabinets, but for some reason I felt like it would be admitting something. I stayed where I was." PG 215.
Reply: I can relate to how the character feels because there are times when your parents or your friends are talking to you about something that you don't really want to discuss or answer. You can't really get out of it either because your possible gestures or body gesture can answer their question in a negative way. It's usually hard to get out of situation like that especially in this case because she is talking to her mom.
The moment he came onstage, I was captivated. His entire concert was the entire essence of performance. I saw the familiar elements of a man I'd gotten to know now exaggerated to the extreme. He had reduced rock stardom to its roots: being a rock star is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.
I think this moment in Slash's life is when he really connected with music, that though he had animosity towards David Bowie, who was dating his mother at the time. He realized what music was all about, and, subconsciously, became rooted into it and realized that it was what really spoke to him. It opened the door to what would become his passion, and the thing his entire world would revolve upon.
sometimes the things we enjoy or are good at are not the things we immediately want to do with our lives. But eventually if we search long enough we discover that those thins are what we want to do with our life after all.
South Beach By Aimee Friedman Pg. 23 " Come on, H. Just ask them one more time. I bet they'd give in eventually, and you could still find last-minute ticket-"
I find it very annoying that Holy is almost 17 and her parents still treat her like a baby. Now I see how my life was before I left my parents.
I understand what you're saying. I can relate. Sometimes parents baby their child making them think somehow at the end of the day that makes the relationship they have stronger when in reality it's doing the opposite.
Be sure to explain the context of the quote in your analysis. WHo is that talking to the main character? Is she/he a positive or negative influence to the main character?
“Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.”
Response: At this point, Susie finds her grandfather. After all she feels much better because now she has his company. I thought this quote is very beautiful and true. I can relate to it because my father passed away years ago. It feels like it was yesterday the day he left. What I think the meaning of this quote is that sometimes it's okay to cry, even when the person you're missing has been gone for a long time. Susie feels like her family is now in pain because of her, which makes me upset and think about how cruel some people can be.
It is okay to cry over loved ones, but even though they are gone physically, you have to realize that they still live on in your thoughts and in your heart.
I agree with Jonathan. Sometimes the effects of a loved one lost can stay with us long after they are gone but what keeps that person alive is that they stay in your thoughts.
I agree with Jonathan because that person was such a really big impact and part of your life that when they leave you its hard to accept that because you have part of them and all the memories still with you.
I agree with Jonathan as well, It is okay to cry over loved ones even after they have been gone a long time, and you will still be saddened at the memory of their loss because your memories of those you love will last you forever.
I really like your response to this, Aniela. I can also relate to it, and believe that doesn't matter how long it has been from your loss, they will never leave your heart.
"Kale peered along the tangle of cygnot corridors as if she would catch a glimpse of Leetu and her captors. The dim light of the shaded level revealed nothing more than straight branches connecting trunks at various intervals." page 80 (Q) Why did the mordakleeps kidnap Leetu? I will need to read on to find out why they wanted her.
(C) "I know what you are thinking. You're like, 'how can you be almost seventeen and not know how to swim?' The thing is, no one ever taught me." Pg.37
I can relate to this because like her I don't know how to swim except that my case is more embarrassing because I am 18 and when I was little I was taught I was in swimming classes but as time passed by I just forgot how to
I like how you connected the quote to a more personal level! Lucky for me I learned swimming at a young age & I love swimming! The sad part is that...I don't go swimming anymore.
The sad thing is not the fact that they don't know HOW to swin, but the fact that they don't swin, that they never tried. Swimming is so fun! Im secretly a mermaid. Very brave of you to connect with the character and admit that you forgot/don't know how to swim.
I agree with Melissa's point. It's sad that people do not attempt to swim when given the opportunity (speaking as a future swimming instructor). In my case along similar lines, I never had the time and opportunity to learn Spanish. That does not mean that I do not want to, and I am now presented with Spanish classes. I like this quote. Its principle is relate-able
Quote: "Mr. Elton in love with me!-What an idea!" "I do not say it is so; but you will do well to consider whether it is so or not, and regulate your behaviour accordingly." pg.108 Comments: Poor Emma! Here she is trying to set up her friend up with her love, and now there's a possibility that her friend's love is in love with her! I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad for Emma.
The relationships are so complicated. Does Emma love Mr. Elton? Would Emma's friend feel sad about that? What kind of decision does Emma make? Let me know what happens! :)
Aww this is sad. I have no idea what I'd do in the situation but being me I'd stand and watch it happen and wonder why I'm not doing anything about it The book seems very interesting
"But these starry (ancient) avengers still came after me, panting like dying, with their animal claws trembling to get at your friend and Humble Narrator."
This quote shows irony because just two years before, Alex and his droogs (friends) had encountered the same man and enjoyed beating him. Now he is disgusted by violence and has become the victim to a beating.
you can reflect this on our world today how we are and the things we say for example the american government talks about peace and all these good things but we seem to be the cause of wars and bloodshed.....we kill our own and we say its for peace im disgusted. i like the quote it made me think for a while.
Passages from the text: "The beautiful thing is, music can be like a time machine. One song-- the lyrics, the melody, the mood-- can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can. Music is so personal. I fall asleep with the music playing. It comforts me. Like he's lying right there next to me, his breath, the sweetest music of all, whispering in my ear."
Pages:90-92
Comments & Questions: (C) Music can recover the pain in life, just like Brooklyn used music to escape the sadness of her boyfriend's death. When I am upset, I listen to music, and I would feel much better than before. Music really can change life. When people listen to the music, people would enjoy at that moment. I agree that music can be like a time machine. When I listen to some songs, I recall back to a moment in time. The songs I like that always have some touchable memories to connect to my life.
"But ultimately it worked because John Nash was always a star and, all his life, people around him couldn't take their eyes off him, couldn't stop thinking about him. How many of us, years from now, will live as brightly in the memories as he has for so long … and long before the fairy tale ending."
“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”
This is when the protagonist is talking about how after all the times she moves she doesn't want to be her anymore. She can make up a whole new name and become a different person because she knows at the end of the day that the place she is at will never be home. I can understand that. Sometimes you're just sick of everything.
For some reason this just sound way tooooooo depressing. Does she not have her family's attention? Has something bad happened to her that's now making her have sad thoughts? Maybe all she needs is a friendship? Someone to be there for her? To be loved?
pg4: "Ir was the kind of moment most people would want to last forever, but I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could get on with my real life, the one I'd been staring out the window and day dreaming about all through high school."
The character is singing on her graduation day, and its weird to think that even on her graduation day she isn't looking that forward to it. That she just wants to hurry up and get out of it. I can relate that me and pretty much everyone cannot wait to get out of high school and move on with our real lives, but unlike the character in the book, I will actually and am looking very forward to graduation day.
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pg. 99
"The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than his left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped- he was lame." "And the cigar-holder? I could see that the end had not been in his mouth? Therefore he used a holder. The tip had been cut off, but the cut was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen knife."
My reaction to this is the observations Sherlock Holmes makes. Although he's fairly not aged old, it seems he's been around in the world traveling everywhere for a very long time. The distinctions between a normal human and Sherlock Holmes is like comparing Kobe Bryant to a beginner basketball, you just don't do that. Why would you? And why would you even be put in the same sentence? It's just as the Lebron James and Michael Jordan comparisons are made, they play well, but Lebron will never catch up to Michael anytime soon. Holmes habits of assuming anything merely shows he is 99% sure he is right, or pretty darn close.
"A woman to my left crossed crossed herself " It's a waterfall from heaven", she murmured, wonder in her voice. " More like God taking a leak," a Man replied"
(E) It shows that they play around a lot and aren't so religious. They don't really care what you believe in you'll still get bashed on by others.
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Passage pg:83 "The demon knocked him off the falls and the Wandering Saint barely caught himself by one hand on a dry rock. Then the demon smashed at his hand and when the Saint grabbed onto the demon's arm, the demon pried up his fingers..." Comments: Rigg and his friend are looking at old shrine drawing for the Wandering Saint. This passage describes an earlier event in the story where Rigg did the same thing the demon was doing in the shrine story. Rigg's power to use the paths he sees allowed him to reach back into the past and affect history, meaning he became the demon in the story. Things are starting to connect in strange ways.. I wonder where the story will go from here.
"I felt instantly exposed, as if I were naked and you were watching my every moment. I ran quickly to the fence, with my head bowed. Those few feet felt so much longer than they were. All the time I was listening for your car, and I heard it, too, but only as dull rumble on the other side of the rocks." pg: 80
Response: In this part of the story, the girl got the kidnapper to let her take a look around the place that he has her at. As the author describes, it seems to be in a pretty big territory but also away from anyone and everything. In this quote the girl is trying to escape, to find a way out, but she just can't. I can feel her desperation, and it worries me that at any time the kidnapper will get back to her.
"I looked at the solider and i asked, 'So, am I garbage?"
(E) The character in this book may have very low self esteem. He is also very pessimistic for thinking so lowly of himself. I wonder if he has had a rough past which is the cause to all this negative thinking. Maybe it is his life at the moment that he isn't satisfied with that makes him act the way he is.
"burned" By: Ellen Hopkins (Pg.83) "Because something inside me was different. Shifting, like a tide or sand dune.
That something was growing, stretching, taking shape beneath my skin.
And I wondered if very soon it might blow at the seams. (Comments): That reminds me of the Incredible Hulk when he starts to grow. Sounds like me when I get a great idea or when I'm super creative.
The Great Gatsby “I’ll tell you a family secret,” she whispered enthusiastically. “It’s about the butler’s nose. Do you want to hear about the butler’s nose?”
Daisy seems like a really enthusiastic and friendly character. She seems like the kind of sweet heart that would open up to you and have a nice conversation with. I enjoy talking to these kind of people, so I'm sure Nick, the main character, would feel the same
Wereling by:Steve Feasey "Lucien stood and faced Trey,you're not just some fourteen-year-old kid- not after last night,Because,last night, although you have no memory of it, you experienced for the first time the full revelation of what you really are. You are a lycan-Thorpe: a werewolf." (CL) In my first blog I wrote the quote "He realized that he had no recollection of going to bed last night. He struggled to remember,small, tight lines creasing his forehead as he tried to piece together what could have happened to cause him to wake up feeling like this.But there was nothing." Now I can clarify that the reason he had no recollection of what happened that night was because he was in a werewolf phase, so when he woke up he couldn't remember anything. Also the reason Lucien wanted trey because Lucien wants his help with finishing what his dad started. Now that I know Lucien is a vampire and Trey is a werewolf my next question would be what is going to come of this later in the book.
would the story have less meaning if he didn't use words that had a deeper meaning when he was describing how he felt or the pain he was going through mentally or physically?
p.148...'The Secret Life Of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.
“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about” -
(R) :This quote is important because, August shows that almost every character has an explanation for his or her actions that cannot be seen immediately.So s i read the book it shows that Lily is pretending to be someone that she is not in order to find out about her mother and we also learn that May is so emotional because of her twin’s suicide. That's when August tells Lily that T. Ray was not always the cruel man he is now.Lily also finds out that her mother was not the perfect women she imagined. Throughout the story, Lily basically learns an like the people, the bees, are often motivated by forces that cannot be understood immediately......!
Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz pg 128 "i came to Peru because something bad is about to happen and there are people who thought i could stop it"
(q) what is the bad thing that is going to happen? why do they need his help? i believe there is more to this than the book reveals especially when they begin to talk about it and the things that might happen if what ever is about to happen isnt stopped.
(R) Ashlyn is recalling how she kissed Nick Cumberland, her crush, when suddenly her mother's voice pops in her head and says "Both hands on the wheel." This shows how much the accident has scarred her. No matter what she is thinking about or doing, these thoughts will always be with her.
"Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - towards my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.
page 90
(R) It seems like Tris is starting to feel bad that she left Abnegation, but she the fact that she is getting a tattoo with that reason, seems like she can't let go of her family even though she left her faction.
Warriors Long Shadows by Erin Hunter
ReplyDelete"The vision of Heathertail's broken body hovered into Lionblaze's mind, clearer than the clearing in front of him. 'Is that what I'm becoming? A cat who murders and slaughters? A cat like Tigerstar?'
Response:
Heathertail tried to kill you and wipe out your whole clan with the combination of Windclan and Riverclan. It would be completely justifiable to kill her. You loved her and she stabbed you in the back. She needs to be taught a lesson and you're exactly the right one to do it Lionblaze. Except this shows that Lionblaze, though he's the best warrior in the clan (due to his powers) is not as arrogant and heartless like his grand father. And shows that even though he was betrayed horrendously by someone he loved, he still cares enough not to want to be the one that kills her out of revenge.
Your response is very touching :') It is true though. The love we sometimes can feel for someone can be bigger than what we expect. I don't think revenge is the solution. He should let time take care of the damage she caused him.
DeleteLook for me by moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
ReplyDeleteQuote- ¨she rose to leave but dad stopped her. ¨Look, Susie. We´ve made a sentence.¨ Pointing at the words zigzagging across the board, he read aloud, ¨Ill come to thee by moonlight.¨... ¨It sounds like a curse¨ Susie said...¨It should be I´ll not ill¨... I stole a glance at Vincent, and he nodded approvingly... ¨ill¨ or ¨Iĺl¨- a curse or a promise?¨ pg 81-82
Response- I have the same question question just like that of the narrator, is the statement ¨ill/I´ll come t thee by moonlight¨ a promise or is it a curse. To answer the question for myself i will say that it is both, since the narrator, Cynda, has already fallen in love with Vincent, the mysterious guy, i could be possible that he is promising to come visit he at night. And it is also a curse because Cynda, the narrator, knows nothing about this man whom she thinks she has falling in love with, he could be a bad guy for Christ sake, and he could be telling her that him being here and coming to visit her by moonlight could be a curse onto here and her family. So basically the answer is all of the above.
Does the narrator want to know more about the man she has falling in love with?? If the guy is not a good man, why would the narrator still around him??
Delete" 'He'd better.' Hollyleaf clawed fiercely at the ground. Even the thought of Sol made her pelt bristle,' He has no place here if he tries to destroy the warrior code."
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Hollyleaf is probably the worst character. She's so devoted to the warrior code (that she doesn't even fully understand and must be broken sometimes to save lives) that it just makes you want to chunk a brick at her. She's paranoid and thinks that she will not be a true warrior without her precious code, when in reality her leader, mother, father, aunt, brothers and pretty much everyone else, has laid aside the code to help the clan, but she'd much rather watch others die. She's so obsessed it that she murders a cat and then tries to kill her own mother because she found out she was half-clan. She's to good for this book and I"m glad when the tunnel collapses and she disappears for a good two books to find herself. She comes back much more level headed.
You should draw a picture of yourself chucking bricks at her
DeleteNo brick chucking gigi, play nice,she probably have reasons for behaving like that?
DeleteWhat happened to Goodbye?
ReplyDelete"For a moment, neither of us said anything. The only sound was our spoons clinking. I really wanted to get up and shut the open cabinets, but for some reason I felt like it would be admitting something. I stayed where I was." PG 215.
Reply: I can relate to how the character feels because there are times when your parents or your friends are talking to you about something that you don't really want to discuss or answer. You can't really get out of it either because your possible gestures or body gesture can answer their question in a negative way. It's usually hard to get out of situation like that especially in this case because she is talking to her mom.
i see the conflict that the author portrays here. and your reflection makes it easier to understand too :)
DeleteI totally feel like that sometimes too. Through the author and your reflection you can see that most teens feel like that. good quote and analysis.
DeleteI understand that giving an answer might cause more harm than good, but I think the silence may be even more unsettling.
DeleteYou can totally see how the character like feels in this situation, most of us have probably already have been in the same thing.
DeleteSlash, by Slash and Anthony Bozza
ReplyDeleteThe moment he came onstage, I was captivated. His entire concert was the entire essence of performance. I saw the familiar elements of a man I'd gotten to know now exaggerated to the extreme. He had reduced rock stardom to its roots: being a rock star is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.
I think this moment in Slash's life is when he really connected with music, that though he had animosity towards David Bowie, who was dating his mother at the time. He realized what music was all about, and, subconsciously, became rooted into it and realized that it was what really spoke to him. It opened the door to what would become his passion, and the thing his entire world would revolve upon.
sometimes the things we enjoy or are good at are not the things we immediately want to do with our lives. But eventually if we search long enough we discover that those thins are what we want to do with our life after all.
DeleteSouth Beach By Aimee Friedman
ReplyDeletePg. 23
" Come on, H. Just ask them one more time. I bet they'd give in eventually, and you could still find last-minute ticket-"
I find it very annoying that Holy is almost 17 and her parents still treat her like a baby. Now I see how my life was before I left my parents.
I'm not quire sure what is happening in this quote. try to add more of the quote and reflect some more on it :P
DeleteI definitely think I'd be able to relate to this a little bit. What's the context this quote is in? Is she trying to go to a concert type of thing?
DeleteI understand what you're saying. I can relate. Sometimes parents baby their child making them think somehow at the end of the day that makes the relationship they have stronger when in reality it's doing the opposite.
DeleteBe sure to explain the context of the quote in your analysis. WHo is that talking to the main character? Is she/he a positive or negative influence to the main character?
DeleteThe Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
ReplyDeletePage: 261
“Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.”
Response: At this point, Susie finds her grandfather. After all she feels much better because now she has his company.
I thought this quote is very beautiful and true. I can relate to it because my father passed away years ago. It feels like it was yesterday the day he left. What I think the meaning of this quote is that sometimes it's okay to cry, even when the person you're missing has been gone for a long time.
Susie feels like her family is now in pain because of her, which makes me upset and think about how cruel some people can be.
It is okay to cry over loved ones, but even though they are gone physically, you have to realize that they still live on in your thoughts and in your heart.
DeleteI agree with Jonathan. Sometimes the effects of a loved one lost can stay with us long after they are gone but what keeps that person alive is that they stay in your thoughts.
DeleteI agree with Jonathan because that person was such a really big impact and part of your life that when they leave you its hard to accept that because you have part of them and all the memories still with you.
DeleteI agree with Jonathan as well, It is okay to cry over loved ones even after they have been gone a long time, and you will still be saddened at the memory of their loss because your memories of those you love will last you forever.
DeleteI really like your response to this, Aniela. I can also relate to it, and believe that doesn't matter how long it has been from your loss, they will never leave your heart.
Delete"Kale peered along the tangle of cygnot corridors as if she would catch a glimpse of Leetu and her captors. The dim light of the shaded level revealed nothing more than straight branches connecting trunks at various intervals."
ReplyDeletepage 80
(Q) Why did the mordakleeps kidnap Leetu? I will need to read on to find out why they wanted her.
Something like fate by: Susane Colasanti
ReplyDelete(C) "I know what you are thinking. You're like, 'how can you be almost seventeen and not know how to swim?' The thing is, no one ever taught me."
Pg.37
I can relate to this because like her I don't know how to swim except that my case is more embarrassing because I am 18 and when I was little I was taught I was in swimming classes but as time passed by I just forgot how to
I like how you connected the quote to a more personal level! Lucky for me I learned swimming at a young age & I love swimming! The sad part is that...I don't go swimming anymore.
DeleteThe sad thing is not the fact that they don't know HOW to swin, but the fact that they don't swin, that they never tried. Swimming is so fun! Im secretly a mermaid. Very brave of you to connect with the character and admit that you forgot/don't know how to swim.
DeleteI think its embarrassing if you are older than 30 and cant swim. Wish you good luck though
DeleteI agree with Melissa's point. It's sad that people do not attempt to swim when given the opportunity (speaking as a future swimming instructor). In my case along similar lines, I never had the time and opportunity to learn Spanish. That does not mean that I do not want to, and I am now presented with Spanish classes. I like this quote. Its principle is relate-able
DeleteQuote: "Mr. Elton in love with me!-What an idea!"
ReplyDelete"I do not say it is so; but you will do well to consider whether it is so or not, and regulate your behaviour accordingly." pg.108
Comments: Poor Emma! Here she is trying to set up her friend up with her love, and now there's a possibility that her friend's love is in love with her! I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad for Emma.
The relationships are so complicated. Does Emma love Mr. Elton? Would Emma's friend feel sad about that? What kind of decision does Emma make? Let me know what happens! :)
DeleteAww this is sad. I have no idea what I'd do in the situation but being me I'd stand and watch it happen and wonder why I'm not doing anything about it
DeleteThe book seems very interesting
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
ReplyDeletePg: 120
"But these starry (ancient) avengers still came after me, panting like dying, with their animal claws trembling to get at your friend and Humble Narrator."
This quote shows irony because just two years before, Alex and his droogs (friends) had encountered the same man and enjoyed beating him. Now he is disgusted by violence and has become the victim to a beating.
Nice nice. What else did you get from that quote? What else came to your mind?
DeleteHave you tried to imagine yourself in the situation? The range you can imagine things is phenomenal, be creative girl!
Deleteyou can reflect this on our world today how we are and the things we say for example the american government talks about peace and all these good things but we seem to be the cause of wars and bloodshed.....we kill our own and we say its for peace im disgusted. i like the quote it made me think for a while.
DeletePassages from the text: "The beautiful thing is, music can be like a time machine. One song-- the lyrics, the melody, the mood-- can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can. Music is so personal. I fall asleep with the music playing. It comforts me. Like he's lying right there next to me, his breath, the sweetest music of all, whispering in my ear."
ReplyDeletePages:90-92
Comments & Questions: (C) Music can recover the pain in life, just like Brooklyn used music to escape the sadness of her boyfriend's death. When I am upset, I listen to music, and I would feel much better than before. Music really can change life. When people listen to the music, people would enjoy at that moment. I agree that music can be like a time machine. When I listen to some songs, I recall back to a moment in time. The songs I like that always have some touchable memories to connect to my life.
Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
ReplyDelete"But ultimately it worked because John Nash was always a star and, all his life, people around him couldn't take their eyes off him, couldn't stop thinking about him. How many of us, years from now, will live as brightly in the memories as he has for so long … and long before the fairy tale ending."
You know why I relate. I am amazing.
John Nash sounds very interesting, great idea to compare yourself with him knowing you are great yourself. Nice quote!
DeleteThis is a really good quote, John Nash must of did something big for everybody not to take there eyes off him.
DeleteWhat Happened to Goodbye: Sarah Dessen
ReplyDelete“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”
This is when the protagonist is talking about how after all the times she moves she doesn't want to be her anymore. She can make up a whole new name and become a different person because she knows at the end of the day that the place she is at will never be home. I can understand that. Sometimes you're just sick of everything.
Did an event take place that like got her to her breaking point? Or has she always been unhappy.
DeleteFor some reason this just sound way tooooooo depressing.
DeleteDoes she not have her family's attention? Has something bad happened to her that's now making her have sad thoughts? Maybe all she needs is a friendship? Someone to be there for her? To be loved?
I can understand the feeling of having to change yourself when you move.
DeleteSomebody Everybody Listens To by Suzanne Supplee
ReplyDeletepg4: "Ir was the kind of moment most people would want to last forever, but I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could get on with my real life, the one I'd been staring out the window and day dreaming about all through high school."
The character is singing on her graduation day, and its weird to think that even on her graduation day she isn't looking that forward to it. That she just wants to hurry up and get out of it. I can relate that me and pretty much everyone cannot wait to get out of high school and move on with our real lives, but unlike the character in the book, I will actually and am looking very forward to graduation day.
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ReplyDeletePg. 99
"The impression of his right foot was always less distinct than his left. He put less weight upon it. Why? Because he limped- he was lame."
"And the cigar-holder? I could see that the end had not been in his mouth? Therefore he used a holder. The tip had been cut off, but the cut was not a clean one, so I deduced a blunt pen knife."
My reaction to this is the observations Sherlock Holmes makes. Although he's fairly not aged old, it seems he's been around in the world traveling everywhere for a very long time. The distinctions between a normal human and Sherlock Holmes is like comparing Kobe Bryant to a beginner basketball, you just don't do that. Why would you? And why would you even be put in the same sentence? It's just as the Lebron James and Michael Jordan comparisons are made, they play well, but Lebron will never catch up to Michael anytime soon. Holmes habits of assuming anything merely shows he is 99% sure he is right, or pretty darn close.
I've seen this Sherlock Holmes show on tv and I've always liked his method of deductive reasoning.
DeleteProcession of the Dead-Darren Shan
ReplyDelete"A woman to my left crossed crossed herself " It's a waterfall from heaven", she murmured, wonder in her voice. " More like God taking a leak," a Man replied"
(E) It shows that they play around a lot and aren't so religious. They don't really care what you believe in you'll still get bashed on by others.
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
ReplyDeletePassage pg:83
"The demon knocked him off the falls and the Wandering Saint barely caught himself by one hand on a dry rock. Then the demon smashed at his hand and when the Saint grabbed onto the demon's arm, the demon pried up his fingers..."
Comments:
Rigg and his friend are looking at old shrine drawing for the Wandering Saint. This passage describes an earlier event in the story where Rigg did the same thing the demon was doing in the shrine story. Rigg's power to use the paths he sees allowed him to reach back into the past and affect history, meaning he became the demon in the story.
Things are starting to connect in strange ways..
I wonder where the story will go from here.
This Quote is really interesting, I to wonder were the story will go from here.
DeleteEvil Star -Anthony Horowitz
ReplyDelete“You must do what you want.”
Follow your dream !
Depends on what it is!!!
DeleteSometimes its not the best idea to do whatever you want.
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
ReplyDelete"At least she had a clear picture of what the Lying Game was now: Girl Scouts for psychopaths."
pg. 202
Love this quote! It makes something so sweet and angelic become the opposite. The author used a great metaphor to represent the main idea and title.
Love this quote to girl ! :D and i think i want to read casue he uses metaohors
Delete"Stolen" by Lucy Christopher
ReplyDelete"I felt instantly exposed, as if I were naked and you were watching my every moment. I ran quickly to the fence, with my head bowed. Those few feet felt so much longer than they were. All the time I was listening for your car, and I heard it, too, but only as dull rumble on the other side of the rocks." pg: 80
Response: In this part of the story, the girl got the kidnapper to let her take a look around the place that he has her at. As the author describes, it seems to be in a pretty big territory but also away from anyone and everything. In this quote the girl is trying to escape, to find a way out, but she just can't. I can feel her desperation, and it worries me that at any time the kidnapper will get back to her.
Trash by Andy Mulligan
ReplyDelete"I looked at the solider and i asked, 'So, am I garbage?"
(E) The character in this book may have very low self esteem. He is also very pessimistic for thinking so lowly of himself. I wonder if he has had a rough past which is the cause to all this negative thinking. Maybe it is his life at the moment that he isn't satisfied with that makes him act the way he is.
"burned" By: Ellen Hopkins
ReplyDelete(Pg.83)
"Because something inside
me was different. Shifting,
like a tide or sand dune.
That something was growing,
stretching, taking shape
beneath my skin.
And I wondered if very soon
it might blow
at the seams.
(Comments):
That reminds me of the Incredible Hulk when he starts to grow. Sounds like me when I get a great idea or when I'm super creative.
The Great Gatsby
ReplyDelete“I’ll tell you a family secret,” she whispered enthusiastically. “It’s about the butler’s nose. Do you want to hear about the butler’s nose?”
Daisy seems like a really enthusiastic and friendly character. She seems like the kind of sweet heart that would open up to you and have a nice conversation with. I enjoy talking to these kind of people, so I'm sure Nick, the main character, would feel the same
Wereling by:Steve Feasey
ReplyDelete"Lucien stood and faced Trey,you're not just some fourteen-year-old kid- not after last night,Because,last night, although you have no memory of it, you experienced for the first time the full revelation of what you really are. You are a lycan-Thorpe: a werewolf."
(CL) In my first blog I wrote the quote "He realized that he had no recollection of going to bed last night. He struggled to remember,small, tight lines creasing his forehead as he tried to piece together what could have happened to cause him to wake up feeling like this.But there was nothing." Now I can clarify that the reason he had no recollection of what happened that night was because he was in a werewolf phase, so when he woke up he couldn't remember anything. Also the reason Lucien wanted trey because Lucien wants his help with finishing what his dad started. Now that I know Lucien is a vampire and Trey is a werewolf my next question would be what is going to come of this later in the book.
Dwarves By Markus Heitz
ReplyDeletepg 110
"It was the pain that woke him.When tundgil came to,there was an excruciating throbbing in his left leg"
(R): I love how markus describes the situation of survival by choosing correct words and visuals.
would the story have less meaning if he didn't use words that had a deeper meaning when he was describing how he felt or the pain he was going through mentally or physically?
Deletep.148...'The Secret Life Of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.
ReplyDelete“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about” -
(R) :This quote is important because, August shows that almost every character has an explanation for his or her actions that cannot be seen immediately.So s i read the book it shows that Lily is pretending to be someone that she is not in order to find out about her mother and we also learn that May is so emotional because of her twin’s suicide. That's when August tells Lily that T. Ray was not always the cruel man he is now.Lily also finds out that her mother was not the perfect women she imagined. Throughout the story, Lily basically learns an like the people, the bees, are often motivated by forces that cannot be understood immediately......!
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ReplyDeleteEvil Star by Anthony Horowitz
ReplyDeletepg 128 "i came to Peru because something bad is about to happen and there are people who thought i could stop it"
(q) what is the bad thing that is going to happen? why do they need his help? i believe there is more to this than the book reveals especially when they begin to talk about it and the things that might happen if what ever is about to happen isnt stopped.
Trance by Linda Gerber
ReplyDelete" 'Both hands on the wheel' Mom says."
(R) Ashlyn is recalling how she kissed Nick Cumberland, her crush, when suddenly her mother's voice pops in her head and says "Both hands on the wheel." This shows how much the accident has scarred her. No matter what she is thinking about or doing, these thoughts will always be with her.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
ReplyDelete"Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - towards my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.
page 90
(R) It seems like Tris is starting to feel bad that she left Abnegation, but she the fact that she is getting a tattoo with that reason, seems like she can't let go of her family even though she left her faction.