Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman is one of my favorite books and also the 2015 National Book Award winner for Young People’s Literature. Caden Bosch is on the track team one moment and then the next moment he is a crew-member on a ship headed towards the Marinas Trench. He is oscillating between fantasy and reality. Caden suffers from schizoaffective disorder. As you read Challenger Deep, you begin to see how the unknown depths of the sea reflect the limitless mysteries associated with understanding the tides of the human mind.
Challenger Deep is describes as speculative fiction. However, in my opinion, it should be considered as realistic-fiction. Furthermore, Shusterman’s book is character-driven. The book is written from Caden’s point of view. The pace of the book ranges from slow (depressed) to fast (manic). The pace of the book reflects Caden’s mental state. Setting details are instrumental in Challenger Deep. The setting ranges from Caden’s unraveling reality to his imagined reality abroad the ship. Therefore, the setting helps the reader ascertain
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I wanted a fiction book that made me think about the human condition. As a young adult literature devotee, I also wanted to read a young adult book with depth. After finishing Challenger Deep, I was in a peaceful mood. The shift in my mood can be attributed to Caden eventually navigating his mental illness. He is not “fixed.” Rather, Caden begins to accept and work on managing his mental illness. The atmosphere of Challenger Deep is suspenseful and emotional. As a reader, you feel Caden’s fear at not being able to distinguish reality from fantasy. Caden asserts, “The only thing you have for measuring what’s real is your mind . . . so what happens when your mind becomes a pathological liar” (Shusterman)? I truly needed to read this book during the initial time that I first read the book. I would recommend this book to young adults and
I am reading tides of war blood in the water by Alexander London. It's about a navy seal who is a dolphin trainer. The book started with him and his brother are surfing and his brother got palled under by a shark and Cory the older brother help him get top. So far the book is really good.
...ce of being happy. This novel taught me how developing your identity is a life long process that come with experience and errors however, the results are worth it.
A prevailing theme that is present in The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown is the idea of grit. Grit is the mental toughness and firmness of mind and spirit; it is also the courage and resolve of character. The theme of grit evolves and unfolds throughout the entirety of the book. From the beginning, Joe has had to persevere through rough child hood, barely scraping by and each day strengthening himself to be more self-reliant. During school, Joe was required to change himself in order to better himself and the team. He was driven to be the best that he could; and maybe one day, he could finally fill the void left by his father. Whether it be his childhood, college, or the Berlin games, Joe had to fight through and toughen his mind
Over this entire novel, it is a good novel for children. It train children how to think logically, and notes people we should cherish our family, and people around us, very educate. Children can learn true is always been hide.
The mood in this book reflects the mood of a teenager this helps the reader understand the main character Ethan Palmer.
I really enjoyed this book because it was not a story about the middle of the Second World War. Instead it was right before, when things were not as bad, but they were bad enough. It helped me understand how people lived before the hatred grew and how families were torn apart right from the beginning. Likewise, it gave me hope to see that not everything was destroyed and that some people were able to escape. I would recommend this book more for boys but for girls as well, between the ages of 13-15. Even though Karl’s age throughout the book is 14-17, the novel was written more for my age group. Once again this was an amazing book that I could not put down, and I am sure many others were not able to either.
I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this
Much success has come from the novel due to its highly relatable nature and has made others’ lives easier to make sense of. The novel’s importance is that it is there to describe the rough period where one changes from a child to an adult, and accomplishes this through the blunt nature of Holden Caulfield, his lack of understanding of adults, and his dissatisfaction of life in general.
A recent young adult novel has stirred up a lot of controversy in the world of writing literature. The issue is that current young adult literature is too dark for teen readers, or is merely more realistic than previous works for teens. In early June 2011, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial written by book critic Meghan Cox Gurdon says how dark is contemporary fiction for teens? Darker than when you were a child, my dear: So dark that kidnapping and pederasty and incest and brutal beatings are now just part of the run of things in novels directed, broadly speaking, at children from ages of 12 to 18. As I write rhetorically about this argument meaning the understanding of or approach to human interaction or based on their purpose and motivation.
This was a great book, but took me a lot longer to finish then most, simply because of how upsetting some of the things talked about are. If you’re look for a book that will make you think, and bring tears to you’re eyes, and teach you a thing or two a highly recommend this book, and might actually read it again myself. Hopeful my eyes can stay dry this time.
Fans of the novel like the way you get to see inside Grace and Marty 's personalities, and the way that these two kids are just like any other, if not a little more unusual. You will find yourself glued to the pages until you have finished reading the novel. The adventures will make it so that you only breath about every once in a while and you will like the characters you are reading about, even if you are an adult. The novel is vivid in description and it is almost as though you are able to make a movie of things in your head. Some felt that they were along for the ride with the heroes, Grace and Marty, in this one and they enjoyed every moment of
This book is a very interesting read, if you have some self discipline. I mean that you need some self discipline because this book didn’t really captivate me in the sense that I couldn’t put it down. But after reading it for a while, I started to appreciate the author’s way of describing the characters and actions in this book.
Altogether, this is a book to be read thoughtfully and more than once. It is about an unusually sensitive and intelligent boy; but, then, are not all boys unusual and worthy of understanding? If they are bewildered at the complexity of modern life, unsure of themselves, shocked by the spectacle of perversity and evil around them - are not adults equally shocked by the knowledge that even children cannot escape this contact and awareness? & nbsp;
I believe this book show the true struggle with family, life, and society. Divergent reveals that life holds its ups and downs and that anything can bring out the ugly in someone’s life. Having to choose between one way of living and another is something everyone goes through and it can be hard. Even if one made the wrong choice, they have to live with it for the rest of their lives. Divergent shows that anyone can be scared of even the littlest things and those things can tear someone apart. If made my fair share of terrible choices but I choose not to let them get in my way of making my life right. I have fears that I don’t know why I have, but I have them and they can’t effect me and what I want to do.
The book “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” by Nathaniel Philbrick is tragic, eyes widening and heart wrenching where all the morals and ethics are gravely subjected to situation and questioned when it comes to survival. What they must do for survival? How man love their lives and no matter what strikes upon them, holler from behind, ambush their morale, yet they want to keep going just for the sake of living. The book is epitome of such a situation that encounters survival over morality. However, in the thrust of knowledge and oceans of secrets locked inside the chambers of this world, there is a heavy price men have to pay in the ordeal of yearning for knowledge.