After leaving off at the end of a battle, I was excited to finish my journal and continue reading. Although the book is good, I wouldn’t say it can truly compare to a book like Ender’s game as the cover may state. Even though Red Rising does have it’s uplifting qualities, I just did not feel as though it truly made me feel immersed. I was generally curious as I read, although I wasn’t as inlove with the character’s like I was in Ender’s Game. Pierce Brown didn’t spend enough time building the reader’s relationship with Darrow. I grew to Darrow progressively, but I always anticipated for him to die and for someone else to take over because the connection I had with him was next to nonexistent, which would have made the transition into a new main character much easier. …show more content…
Because of Brown’s lack lustering amount of background information, I have to assume that his involvement to social media and technology is where he gets the motivation for some of his vocabulary such as “commTech” and “MedBots”(Brown 325). Brown has a very unique writing style. What Brown lacks in character development, he replaces with writing style. I found it hard to make notes on the character’s because he never gave me much reason to care about the character’s until they were killed off like insects. While the bonding between reader and character is scarce, his use of writing devices such as similes come in an abundance, “pawns in a giant chess match”(Brown 284) and “You’re mad as a Red.”(Brown 280), both quotes are said by important characters, but they are referring to characters that have no ties to me as the
Enders Shadow is a parallel novel to the hit book Enders Game. Bean, the main character, is a homeless child living in the hectic streets of Rotterdam in about 2170 after escaping as a child from an illegal laboratory. The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an alien race. As the army needed more generals, they would start to train kids. Bean was recruited to go to the army school to become a general. While at school, Bean would go through a lot of crazy and shocking things that would help him become who he is.
Typically, a novel contains four basic parts: a beginning, middle, climax, and the end. The beginning sets the tone for the book and introduces the reader to the characters and the setting. The majority of the novel comes from middle where the plot takes place. The plot is what usually captures the reader’s attention and allows the reader to become mentally involved. Next, is the climax of the story. This is the point in the book where everything comes together and the reader’s attention is at the fullest. Finally, there is the end. In the end of a book, the reader is typically left asking no questions, and satisfied with the outcome of the previous events. However, in the novel The Things They Carried the setup of the book is quite different. This book is written in a genre of literature called “metafiction.” “Metafiction” is a term given to fictional story in which the author makes the reader question what is fiction and what is reality. This is very important in the setup of the Tim’s writing because it forces the reader to draw his or her own conclusion about the story. However, this is not one story at all; instead, O’Brien writes the book as if each chapter were its own short story. Although all the chapters have relation to one another, when reading the book, the reader is compelled to keep reading. It is almost as if the reader is listening to a “soldier storyteller” over a long period of time.
Although I liked the flow of action in this novel, a large number of superfluous characters are introduced in the first part of the book that never get fully fleshed out. Some of the characters more integral to the story also seemed a little shallow in their presentation.
... was hard to keep track what was what story and so forth. This book was just very interesting seeing how brands I'm deal the main characters that struggles for Texas independence and how they specifically took a different role during this part of time.
The ending of this book was a cliffhanger. In my opinion that is the worse kind of ending, but that’s how that writing persuades the reader to get the next book in the series. Without giving too much away about the end of the story, it was very unexpected. To be
book I was greatly troubled by its ending. I can see why it is an excellent novel, but at
This book has great balances of love interests, actions, and internal conflict with characters. It has an interesting story so far with new pieces coming up every few chapters that are very important. Like Al attacking Tris, Eric talking about Divergents and how the rebels must be eliminated. Tris and Four are developing feelings for each other, which I find weird because he is basically her teacher. They are only two years apart, so the relationship is not that awkward. In this journal I will be predicting, evaluating, and questioning.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Fans of the novel found that the way the novel is written, you never want to put it down and the action keeps things moving and is quite entertaining. The novel pulls you in and makes you love each of the main characters in it. This is a great series for anyone to read, and it is audience friendly for whoever reads them. There is quite a bit of suspense that will make the novel exceed readers 's expectations, and the twists and turns keeps you guessing and lets nothing be predictable. Some like the way this group of people bands together when they really need to and keep things together so they can all stop the
Some rhetorical devices that were used by Malcom in his article “Dangerous Minds” include different stories and the use of stereotyping. Some different stories include the story of F.P. which was a serial bomber- small homemade bombs, but bombs nevertheless and B.T.K. which stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill.”
"Hey Blake, you need to go outside" said Mom. "Can't, I'm busy playing video games" I said. "You've been playing for too long today, you need to go outside or read a book". "*Sigh*". "I know you like sci-fi books so I think you should read this book Ender's Game" she said. "Fine..." That's when I started reading your book Ender's Game. I couldn't put the book down after I started reading and I constantly related with the main protagonist Ender Wiggins. That kept me engaged and ready to read.
There are several things that I like about this book. First off, I love historical fiction, and this is the genre of this book. Also, despite the author being too descriptive, the book went at a steady pace. For me, pace usually determines whether I will read the book or not, and I never really hesitated, or thought about changing books.
Authors use figurative language to express nuanced ideas, those that beggar literal description. Such language provides the author an opportunity to play with his reader’s imagination and sense. A piece of literature that uses figurative language is more intriguing and engaging than a writing that aims only to explain. Ralph Ellison’s use of figurative language in “The Battle Royal” paints a powerful and unique story of oppression and the struggle for self-discovery. His juxtaposition of literal and figural language gave the story a dream like quality, all while creating a profound and vivid image.
Ever since I was little I remember playing games where I would fight the bad guy and win the girl in the end. This never seem to affect me or make me wonder what small effect it had on my thought process. In games such as Zelda, call of duty, assassin creed, gears of war, Mario, and even halo you play as a white heterosexual male. The idea of playing this way never seemed to phase me as a young child. As I grew up and became more aware of the difference of people and the need for other as well as myself a need to be able to connect and find one 's self in different place such as games, movies, and TV shows. I became aware of the one sided views that video games seem to have. Then I realized that it was seen as acceptable to only have the one sided displayed due to the lack of speaking out on the need for change.
Spirited Away is a Japanese anime movie by Hayao Miyazaki and produced under Studio Ghibli. The film was first released in July of 2001, and became the most successful film in Japanese history, grossing over $274 million dollars worldwide. The film was so successful, it even overtook Titanic (top grossing film at the time) and because the highest-grossing film in Japanese history with a total of $229,607,878. (Johnson, G. A.)