The book, The 100, by Kass Morgan, is a wonderful story about 4 main people, Clarke, Bellamy, Glass, and Wells who gets the opportunity of a lifetime. They get to go to earth. Everyone except for glass were sent there for a test but glass was sent after when they knew it was safe, their lives changed forever. They meet other living people on earth that were unknown of, Clarke figures out her parents are still alive, Wells realizes that the bad people might not be the only people killing their 100 group and it might be someone from the 100, and Bellamy finds his sister a week after losing her in a fire, and Glass mom dies on the way to earth. Their impression to earth is not good. They realize it is not safe but it is safer than the space ship that is running out of oxygen.
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One part of the book where Kass Morgan showed detail was when, Sasha was showing Wells a abandoned house and she uses amazing details showing a suitcase and what is inside it and it had a story behind it. To add on, it shows how it was a kids suitcase because it had his clothes in it and it had pictures in it. “There was a picture of a boy, and there was an old raggedy shirt that looked like it was his. Wells thought of taking the shirt but something inside him told him it was wrong.” (Morgan 194) This makes people feel like they are in the story because it so detailed. In conclusion to that when I read it, I felt sadness with the people in the book because it felt so real with all the detail Kass Morgan put in. Kass Morgan is very good at add plentiful of detail, and make someone actually feel the character. another example is, when clarke was bitten by a snake. While clarke was looking for Octavia with Bellamy she was bitten by a snake and fainted. “A jolt of pain shot up Clarke’s leg as she tumbled to the ground. “Clarke?! Are you ok?!’ Bellamy yelled as sweat fell from his face.” (Morgan 203) This
Characters that have different aspect are far more interesting to read about than average characters. Callum Roe, who is the main character in the story seems to base his personality and his actions off his past events, this makes him a very interesting protagonist for an Adventure novel such as The Darkest Path. For instance the relationship Callum shares with his family. Callum has a very strong bond with his brother, James. Everything Callum does reflects back to the moments with his brother and their family. Callum has a very loving personality, it's very interesting to see how he can still find love when the whole nation is at war and him and his family are split from each other. It's important that stories have characters like Callum.
The author chose to do all of these things because they all are crucial to the story, and they help to make the book better. They make it more interesting, less confusing, and more professional. All of these elements were probably well planned and thought out because they are so important. I think that the characters make the story good or bad, and that’s the author’s job - to create the characters and the ideas and things like that, and that’s why we’re doing this project: to evaluate what the author has presented with these characteristics.
The parts that I found boring were when there was a lot of description going on from the author. I do realize that it is necessary to set up the scenes and locations so that us as readers can have a better understanding of what is happening in the book, however I felt like at times he went too far into detail and had me nearly sleeping at times, literally.
When one actually close-reads a small segment one realizes the large amount of information that can be said about just that segment. In this case it was only four pages from Fun Home, and each page seemed to have a life of its own. Page 14 touched upon the relationship between Bruce Bechdel and his family, while page fifteen gave insights into the father-daughter relationship. Then pages 16 and 17 dealt with hidden truths and the creation of false appearances. Then there were the the literary and graphical devices: the extensive use of line, the use of gray shading, stretched panels vs. compact panels, interdependent word-picture relationships, etc. the clear illustrations and relatively simple prose made the process a bit easier, but that opinion may have been different if the process involved close-reading the whole book.
All in all, the story was rather sad but eye-opening. I believe Porter’s approach to writing this story allowed readers to reflect back on their own lives and examine both the good and not-so-good times. It shows people not to just live life through the motions, but rather, to look at it as beautiful journey as no one wants to end up like Granny Weatherall and realize that with she never really lived.
That the experience is very unique and would even match others that are similar to another to be connected to form for a purpose. This helps because it will unite people who have the same issues or issues that are similar to express and to change some of things that needed to be changed. It makes the story real to be very detailed and also show the reaction to other people. This also paint a picture into people mind to feel like they are there with the person that are telling the story. The example Victor Rios shown were well detail and very realistic to be felt like you were there at the scene with the person in that place and time. For one is to feel like to be at Oakland during that time in the situation that they are in to be tough and desperate. Another when Victor Rios explains the ritual for gang member to be realistic of the process and also some of the action they have to participate during their daily lives. This is very important to know what the situation is and how to find a way to resolve the problem without adding more problems to make it worst for everyone around it. This will also give way to other solution solve other problems that are non-related or related to make it easier. To this novel these problems could be solved to be small step to helping out the youth through programs and then to larger steps like
Readers can connect and identify with the story quickly through the verisimilitude that Joan MacLeod creates throughout the story. The descriptions that she uses to create images in the minds of the readers are probably very close to what most people had while growing up. It creates emotions in readers because the story relates so often to what is heard and seen in media everyday all over ...
The excessive use of detail is a primary way that Salinger keeps his reader interested in his stories (Kazin 296). At all times in the story Salinger describes something. A prime example of the excessive use of detail is the following:
Appealing to the reader’s emotions through stories is a commonly used technique, and Scelfo uses it beautifully. She starts the article out by introducing the reader to a young girl named Kathryn Dewitt. Whether they mean to or not, the reader develops some kind of emotional connection to this young girl. They feel as if they are a part of the story, for when
One reason why I’m enjoying this book is because page 252. What happens in this part of the story is that Jaxter gets hurt trying to break out from the Dowager’s walls. I really liked this part because the author did a good job at explaining it, so that I can picture it in my mind. I like that because when I visualize it helps me understand the text better. Another reason why I really enjoyed this part is because Jaxter gets hurt, not that I want him to get hurt, but it’s because I like when people get hurt cause I really want to see what the other characters will do to help him. That interests me because I really like helping people, and so if they decide not to help it justs helps me react and get into the story, which is why I really like this part of the story. Another reason why I like this book is because of pages 242-244. What happened in pages 242-244 is that they were putting their plan in action, but the only problem was that the Dowager didn’t show up so Jaxter had to find her. Once Jaxter found her, they began talking to each other. That was good because Jaxter was distracting the Dowager. I like this part because the Dowager is willing to let out the truth and it just shocks me that she would do that, and tell the truth, and that really got me into that part which is why I like that part. Another reason why I like this part is because I like telling the truth, I really like that because she is being loyal to |Tyrius”(which was Jaxter) while Jaxter lied to the Dowager. The last reason why I am really enjoying this book is because of pages 245 and 246. What happens in this part
...r them not to show it. The other character that stood out to me was Ilsa. Her sorrow is what made her a real character, love made Rosa hers and hope made Hans his, but sorrow and pain are what gave Ilsa the ability to speak to a reader. The pain she felt over the death of her son and the connection it gave her to Liesel is what made her an important character but much more stood out about her. I thought it was unique how she watched. Every day in the library she watched Liesel, taking comfort that another child was able to enjoy reading just as her son was. While all of the supporting characters sparkled, the star of the book was defiantly Liesel. Marcus Zusak defiantly choose the right character for his book to be shown through the eyes of, The way the book began as she was a girl with the innocence and naïvety of youth reminded me slightly of To Kill A Mockingbird
The writing style definitely added to this, as the strike through method and repetition showed that Juliette is human, and allowed me to understand her chaotic thought processes. One thing that I was interested in learning a bit more about was the history of the Reestablishment, as well as how Anderson (Warner’s father) had managed to have the world under his grasp. However, this is just a minor detail in comparison to the various inventive ideas that this story has to offer, as well as the unique and uncommon writing style for dystopian
...es the two characters time to find their identities. For example, it took the woman in “Birthmark” 15 years to come to term with her identity. This is relatable because for most people it takes days, weeks or even years. Further more, the writing styles and plot of each story gives the reader an effective understanding of the characters. Both writing styles give the reader good insight because they can understand what the characters feel.
Her attention to the most miniscule detail and her grand explanations of spaces impacts her writing style and her reader’s reactions. This particularity is seen in this example: “I woke to a room of sunshine. A wispy-thin curtain veiled a multi paned sliding door of glass...The windows needed washing but slid easily apart and I stepped out onto a tilted balcony, a string mop on a hook to the left of me, and a half-missing board where I had planned to put my right foot. The breath went out of me...About 200 feet below was the sea… (151).” The authors account of this event could have been dull and simple as “There was a hole in the floor of the balcony”, but instead she chose to use detail and descriptors to engage the reader to imagine seeing the strange hotel room that almost turned her relaxing morning into a 200 foot
For my book I chose to read The Body by Stephen King. This novel is about four young boys taking a journey to find a body somewhere in the woods that is at the county line. This story is about more than just four boys going on an adventure its about them becoming closer to each other and learning real life lessons along the way. The four boys are all going into their first year of middle school so this is a time in their life when they learn things that will help them in life.