In the book “Hangman’s Curse” there was a lot of interesting parts in this book. There are parts that will bring you to the edge of your seat and then there are parts of the book that will tear at your heartstrings. For example there are a unexpected events (like death) then there are parts of the book that you would not think would happen. In the begin of the book it is kinda of a slow start. Then about chapter “12” it says that there is a curse in the school. A school girl had decided to commit suicide by hanging herself. When this secret got revealed many different things started happening to the students. For example many of the football team players got injured all at the same time. But later on in the book you learn that there is a
The diverse alternation of point of views also provides the story an effective way to reach out to readers and be felt. The characterisation is effectively done and applied as Sam, Grace, and the other supporting characters play individual, crucial roles in the course of the story. All the elements of a typical young adult novel, consisting of a gap-filled relationship between children and parents, emotion-driven teenagers, and a unique conflict that makes the book distinct from fellow novels, combined with the dangerous consequences of the challenges the couple encounter, make the book different from all other of the same genre. The plot unfolds slowly giving readers enough time to adjust and anticipate the heavy conflict when it arises. It has gotten us so hooked but the only thing we could possibly dislike about it was the slow pace of plot. The anticipation was too much to handle and we were practically buzzing and bouncing to know how the story turns out as we read. It builds the anticipation, excitement, thrill, sadness, grief, loss, and longing in such an effective way to entice and hook readers further into the world of Sam and
The book takes you day by day through John Wilkes Booth escape after killing Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the book Booth seems to get away with a lot. Many people help him throughout his journey of escaping without knowing what he has done.
Halfway through the story, we find there is a school thief that causes chaos in the school. Stealing Drew's jacker, Hugh's (Sweet Brother) hat, and many more that had been lost. We find Sunny being suspicious a 3 quarters to the end of the book. A long way after, we find Sunny was the school thief
This is my personal reflection about this book. First and foremost, I would like to say that this book is very thick and long to read. There are about nineteen chapters and 278 pages altogether. As a slow reader, it is a quite hard for me to finish reading it within time. It took me weeks to finish reading it as a whole. Furthermore, it is written in English version. My English is just in average so sometimes I need to refer to dictionary for certain words. Sometimes I use google translate and ask my friends to explain the meaning of certain terms.
There is no one specific plot to this novel, though many conflicts do arise. What makes it so good is the interaction between characters and the unique language style.
The novel begins with the protagonist, April Wheeler, portraying Gabrielle in an amateur-theatre production of the play, The Petrified Forest. The play ends up being a total disaster and leaves April devastated, leaving her disconnected from Frank, her husband, and her neighbors, Milly and Shep Campbell afterwards. The play, The Petrified Forest, is a disastrous love story of a man who decides to have himself die to keep the women he loves out of a life of misery. In the end of The Petrified Forest, Gabrielle is able to escape from her horrible lifestyle and fulfill her dreams; April was never able to do that.
The book has three parts. It all starts in New York, Zachary Rubin, Micah Wilkins boyfriend is missing and his body is found. When principle Paul Jones tells them there are all in disbelief. The counselor walks in and has the whole class sit in a big circle so they can talk about it. Brandon one of their classmates says you can ask Micah she was his girlfriend. Sara another one of their classmates says “she wasn’t his girlfriend” “I was” (13 Larbalestier) and Tayshawn, Zack’s befriend agrees. Then Brandon says “you where his at-school girlfriend” (13 Larbalestier) “Micah was for after hours” (13 Larbalestier). After the counseling session is over Micah goes to the bathroom and Shara fallows her she starts asking her a lot of questions and doesn’t
At the beginning of the novel the theme of education is very prevalent. The girls wish to better themselves and strive for goals
There were many parts of the book that had me hooked; I couldn’t stop reading no matter what was going on.
This novel tells the story of a sixteen-year-old named Blake. One day, when Blake went to Six Flags with his two friends, Maggie (with whom Blake is in love with) and her boyfriend, Russ, and his brother, Quinn, Blake received an invitation to a carnival from a strange, gorgeous girl, Cassandra. Blake thought that the idea of going to the carnival is stupid, until he realized his brother stole the invitation. Blake convinced his two friends to tag along with him, so they could go find Quinn. As the characters entered the carnival, they learned that they have to survive seven deadly rides by dawn.
It deals with obstacles in life and the ways they are over come. Even if you are different, there are ways for everyone to fit in. The injustices in this book are well written to inform a large audience at many age levels. The book is also a great choice for those people who cheers for the underdogs. It served to illustrate how the simple things in life can mean everything.
The story follows three girls- Jeanette, the oldest in the pack, Claudette, the narrator and middle child, and the youngest, Mirabella- as they go through the various stages of becoming civilized people. Each girl is an example of the different reactions to being placed in an unfamiliar environment and retrained. Jeanette adapts quickly, becoming the first in the pack to assimilate to the new way of life. She accepts her education and rejects her previous life with few relapses. Claudette understands the education being presented to her but resists adapting fully, her hatred turning into apathy as she quietly accepts her fate. Mirabella either does not comprehend her education, or fully ignores it, as she continually breaks the rules and boundaries set around her, eventually resulting in her removal from the school.
It is in these ways that McEwan succeeds in creating suspense that "demands a kind of physical courage from the reader to continue reading", by using detail, delay and decoy. The first chapter is no doubt one of the most effective openings of any narrative, making it not only "unforgettable", but achieving exactly what McEwan intended it to; the undivided and unconditional attention of the reader.
every scene is left at a cliff hanger, making you want to read on and
The readers all into the death sequence trying to absorb all the absurd deaths occurring due to heart attack, suicides, being knifed, and excavating the building. And then a sudden disruption in death sequence, “Where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony, where did they go? Asked the children expecting an answer from Edgar. Edgar’s denial about knowing where did they all go made children ask more mature questions like “Is death that gives meaning to life” which is very weird and amusing at the same time. A direct criticism that arises is the unrealistic approach to the story where just to add a little twist to the plot, the author mentions the kids talking all grown up. Although the whole setup seems a little surreal but the whole scenario puts the readers in a position to think what actually gives meaning to life, death or life? It would be reasonable to say that the writer is just trying to convey uncertainty of life by adding on the most unexpected elements, like death and then more deaths, children acting all mature and demanding answers about life, in the story or nonfiction should I say. A satisfying evidence of considering “The School” a non-fiction could be the real events like shifts in the story indicate the ups and downs in the life, school is the place where we learn most of the values and the writer is trying to recapitulate the mother nature’s cycle of life and death to its readers and hence the name “The