Monday, September 29, 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Divergent 9/16/14
Pages Read: 311- End
Prompt: Describe the characters
The main character Beatrice, or Tris, is a small, "weak", girl. When she takes the aptitude test she gets mixed results and she's suspected of being Divergent. She has attributes of mostly 2 factions and the tester can't determine whether she is one or the other. She chose Dauntless and training started off in the range with guns and knives. Then, they started to do fights. That's when she started finding out that she's fast. So, she needed to get hits in first and not get hit to win. She also figured that she couldn't have weakness. So as the time progressed Tris got more aggressive and cruel. She didn't have that sympathy or let someone's pain bother her. Like when she shot Peter and told him he needed to walk/keep up with him and to ignore the pain. Overall, Tris/Beatrice is a small, quick, and aggressive character.
Four, or Tobias, is a pretty calm, cool, and strong guy. He is Tris' partner and is known for his bravery and fear count. Tobias shows he's calm by keeping his temper and never losing his cool. He seems like a pretty good fighter to. Also, Tobias is Divergent, like Tris, and gets injected with a fixed serum that works on Divergent too. Tobias is also pretty brave. He usually goes against the rules and gets really brave and daring mostly for protecting Tris.
Caleb, Tris' brother, was a role model type of character near the beginning. To Tris, or Beatrice, he was the definition of Abnegation. He was smart and selfless. So when the choosing ceremony began, Tris was surprised that he chose Erudite. She came to the realization that Caleb was very smart and knew a lot of things. When she was shot Caleb knew how to take the bullet out. Caleb also is very stuck to the rules. He always wanted to abide by them. So overall, Caleb seems smart and is a good hearted person.
Prompt: Describe the characters
The main character Beatrice, or Tris, is a small, "weak", girl. When she takes the aptitude test she gets mixed results and she's suspected of being Divergent. She has attributes of mostly 2 factions and the tester can't determine whether she is one or the other. She chose Dauntless and training started off in the range with guns and knives. Then, they started to do fights. That's when she started finding out that she's fast. So, she needed to get hits in first and not get hit to win. She also figured that she couldn't have weakness. So as the time progressed Tris got more aggressive and cruel. She didn't have that sympathy or let someone's pain bother her. Like when she shot Peter and told him he needed to walk/keep up with him and to ignore the pain. Overall, Tris/Beatrice is a small, quick, and aggressive character.
Four, or Tobias, is a pretty calm, cool, and strong guy. He is Tris' partner and is known for his bravery and fear count. Tobias shows he's calm by keeping his temper and never losing his cool. He seems like a pretty good fighter to. Also, Tobias is Divergent, like Tris, and gets injected with a fixed serum that works on Divergent too. Tobias is also pretty brave. He usually goes against the rules and gets really brave and daring mostly for protecting Tris.
Caleb, Tris' brother, was a role model type of character near the beginning. To Tris, or Beatrice, he was the definition of Abnegation. He was smart and selfless. So when the choosing ceremony began, Tris was surprised that he chose Erudite. She came to the realization that Caleb was very smart and knew a lot of things. When she was shot Caleb knew how to take the bullet out. Caleb also is very stuck to the rules. He always wanted to abide by them. So overall, Caleb seems smart and is a good hearted person.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Divergent 9/11/14
Pages Read: 0-311
Prompt: Literary style
Figures of Speech
I think that there's a lot of figure of speech content in Divergent. Mostly in symbolism though. When Beatrice takes the aptitude test, she gets a Dauntless woman who has a tattoo of an eagle. An eagle kind of represented the sun/light so it helped her overcome her fear of the dark. Also when Beatrice was assigned Dauntless, she got three tattoos of birds. Each represented a family member, her brother, mom, and dad. There are a lot of metaphors in the tattoos to. Also, the clothing you wear represented what faction you were in. The metaphors and similes in the tattoos are just like the river tattoo that Tori has is or represents how her brother died.
Tone
I feel the author's attitude is more of trying to create a suspenseful and playful mood to the story. Speaking of the mood I feel that the mood is acceptance and trying to fit in. Since Tris is new to Dauntless and tries to make new friends. Also, how she's trying to fit in and be accepted by other initiates. Tris also joins other Dauntless-born initiates in activities and reminds herself more and more that this is why she's Dauntless and belongs there. The author seems to make Four seem like a handsome, calm person. Veronica, the author, sees to try and make the story about hope and love. She added little twists like how Al liked Tris and Four seemed jealous of Will. Also, how Tris had to try and act normal and try to overcome her fears without altering the simulation in the second initiation or else she'd be suspected of Divergent. I think the tone was most visible near the middle when she broke the glass container that contained her and the water trying to drown her. That's when Four found out she was Divergent and had to delete the footage. I feel that was the most suspenseful and introduced the tone a little more. Since Four liked Tris, he helped her out.
Vocabulary
I feel the vocabulary in this book is ok. It doesn't include much "higher level" words. It does inclu
de some sometimes. Considering some Dauntless initiates were from Erudite, a faction based on books and knowledge, there are some parts where someone uses words to over explain something to sound smart. I feel as though it's more planned/technical. There's a basic explanation then someone explains again in a different way to understand it. Or explains how something works.
Prompt: Literary style
Figures of Speech
I think that there's a lot of figure of speech content in Divergent. Mostly in symbolism though. When Beatrice takes the aptitude test, she gets a Dauntless woman who has a tattoo of an eagle. An eagle kind of represented the sun/light so it helped her overcome her fear of the dark. Also when Beatrice was assigned Dauntless, she got three tattoos of birds. Each represented a family member, her brother, mom, and dad. There are a lot of metaphors in the tattoos to. Also, the clothing you wear represented what faction you were in. The metaphors and similes in the tattoos are just like the river tattoo that Tori has is or represents how her brother died.
Tone
I feel the author's attitude is more of trying to create a suspenseful and playful mood to the story. Speaking of the mood I feel that the mood is acceptance and trying to fit in. Since Tris is new to Dauntless and tries to make new friends. Also, how she's trying to fit in and be accepted by other initiates. Tris also joins other Dauntless-born initiates in activities and reminds herself more and more that this is why she's Dauntless and belongs there. The author seems to make Four seem like a handsome, calm person. Veronica, the author, sees to try and make the story about hope and love. She added little twists like how Al liked Tris and Four seemed jealous of Will. Also, how Tris had to try and act normal and try to overcome her fears without altering the simulation in the second initiation or else she'd be suspected of Divergent. I think the tone was most visible near the middle when she broke the glass container that contained her and the water trying to drown her. That's when Four found out she was Divergent and had to delete the footage. I feel that was the most suspenseful and introduced the tone a little more. Since Four liked Tris, he helped her out.
Vocabulary
I feel the vocabulary in this book is ok. It doesn't include much "higher level" words. It does inclu
de some sometimes. Considering some Dauntless initiates were from Erudite, a faction based on books and knowledge, there are some parts where someone uses words to over explain something to sound smart. I feel as though it's more planned/technical. There's a basic explanation then someone explains again in a different way to understand it. Or explains how something works.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
10 Books That have Impacted me 9/4/14
10. Island of the Blue Dolphins , Scott O'Dell
The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a great book and what got me into realistic fiction. I read it in the fifth grade because we did a unit on it. I learned that you're not always lonely and have to give people
(or animals) a second chance. Like how she kept the wolf and it was her friend after a while.
9. Cardboard, Doug TenNapel
8. Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
I read Esperanza Rising in 5th grade and we did a unit in it. The unit
definitely helped make the theme way more clear. I liked the book
because it started off with a wealthy girl that got robbed and started
working with the people she once knew as servants. At first she was
snobby but then realized that it doesn't matter if you're not wealthy or
rich
7. After Ever After, Jordan Sonnenblick
First off, Jordan Sonnenblick is my favorite author. I love his books. I found out about him in the 6th grade battle of the books. The book was about a boy who had been a cancer survivor and how he had hated being treated differently. Although he loved biking. I like more of the realistic fiction and this book was perfect for me. I loved that he made the time after he had survived. This book has made me wonder even more what happened after some kind of event. So, to basically try to think deeper. After the "happy ending."
6. The Outsiders, S.E Hinton
I read the outsiders in the 6th grade Battle of the Books to. I loved this book. It felt like you were reading a 90's movie. greasers vs. socs.There was some pretty emotional stuff in that book. I think this book is a very close second to my favorite. I liked it because of the idea of what happens when they run away and the consequences. Also my view on the world and it's injustices. Also you can't forget, "Stay golden Ponyboy".
5. Ramona Quimby Series, Beverly Cleary
This book series is THE best. I loved reading these in second and third grade. I still ream them today sometimes like on road trips. Overall the book list has been kind of serious/young adult books. Ramona has had multiple adventures like trying to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, ruining Beezus' birthday cake with her doll, biting one bite and putting the apples back for almost all of the apples, and much more. This is my favorite/has impacted me because it has changed my view on little kids. They don't know much and are very curious.
4. Harry Potter Series, J.K Rowling
Harry Potter is my favorite series. I kind of grew up with it. I remember being like 9 or 10 and my sister asked me to go with her to see Order of the Phoniex. My love for fantasy/fiction has originated in the Harry Potter series. That's how it's impacted me. I'm so fascinated and want to know more of witchcraft and alchemy. Also the old tails of how they used to burn people they thought were witches. Also necromancy always fascinated me. Harry Potter is my favorite casual book to read.
3. The Giver, Lois Lowry
This book has been read more recently. I loved the Giver. We did a unit on it in 7th grade. It changed my whole view on the world. Just the thought of an enclosed community. Not being able to see color or have certain feelings. Also, being assigned to almost everything. Being assigned to a wife/husband, job, and kids. It has impacted me by showing how we take the littleest things for granted and how we could make mistakes by picking wrong.
2. Mississippi trial, 1955, Christopher E. Crowe
This book is very sorrowful, but has been made for a reason. The book focused on the murder and discrimination on an African-American boy. When they held the trial, all the people that were against equal rights, which was a large amount in Mississippi, voted the man innocent. This has impacted me by seeing how this world used to be in equal and by getting me into reading books like this. Talking about the old, cruel world.
1. Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank
I read this book near the end of seventh grade. It was a very interesting and gloomy. It was the diary of a young girl named Anne Frank. She had to move to a warehouse and couldn't go to school. She still had the same problems a 12 year-old girl usually had. But there was distress and panic at times. I think it was the ending that got me. Just to know that the diary wouldn't be written in again. Since she was taken away.
The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a great book and what got me into realistic fiction. I read it in the fifth grade because we did a unit on it. I learned that you're not always lonely and have to give people
(or animals) a second chance. Like how she kept the wolf and it was her friend after a while.
9. Cardboard, Doug TenNapel
Cardboard was a pretty good graphic novel. It told of a story of a man to poor to buy his son a birthday present after his wife died .So he got him magical cardboard. After making a cardboard person, he came to life. I read this book in 6th grade and I liked it a lot because of the realistic back story. Also, it kind of enforced to be happy with whatever you have/get.
8. Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
7. After Ever After, Jordan Sonnenblick
First off, Jordan Sonnenblick is my favorite author. I love his books. I found out about him in the 6th grade battle of the books. The book was about a boy who had been a cancer survivor and how he had hated being treated differently. Although he loved biking. I like more of the realistic fiction and this book was perfect for me. I loved that he made the time after he had survived. This book has made me wonder even more what happened after some kind of event. So, to basically try to think deeper. After the "happy ending."
6. The Outsiders, S.E Hinton
I read the outsiders in the 6th grade Battle of the Books to. I loved this book. It felt like you were reading a 90's movie. greasers vs. socs.There was some pretty emotional stuff in that book. I think this book is a very close second to my favorite. I liked it because of the idea of what happens when they run away and the consequences. Also my view on the world and it's injustices. Also you can't forget, "Stay golden Ponyboy".
5. Ramona Quimby Series, Beverly Cleary
This book series is THE best. I loved reading these in second and third grade. I still ream them today sometimes like on road trips. Overall the book list has been kind of serious/young adult books. Ramona has had multiple adventures like trying to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, ruining Beezus' birthday cake with her doll, biting one bite and putting the apples back for almost all of the apples, and much more. This is my favorite/has impacted me because it has changed my view on little kids. They don't know much and are very curious.
4. Harry Potter Series, J.K Rowling
Harry Potter is my favorite series. I kind of grew up with it. I remember being like 9 or 10 and my sister asked me to go with her to see Order of the Phoniex. My love for fantasy/fiction has originated in the Harry Potter series. That's how it's impacted me. I'm so fascinated and want to know more of witchcraft and alchemy. Also the old tails of how they used to burn people they thought were witches. Also necromancy always fascinated me. Harry Potter is my favorite casual book to read.
3. The Giver, Lois Lowry
This book has been read more recently. I loved the Giver. We did a unit on it in 7th grade. It changed my whole view on the world. Just the thought of an enclosed community. Not being able to see color or have certain feelings. Also, being assigned to almost everything. Being assigned to a wife/husband, job, and kids. It has impacted me by showing how we take the littleest things for granted and how we could make mistakes by picking wrong.
2. Mississippi trial, 1955, Christopher E. Crowe
I read this book near the end of seventh grade. It was a very interesting and gloomy. It was the diary of a young girl named Anne Frank. She had to move to a warehouse and couldn't go to school. She still had the same problems a 12 year-old girl usually had. But there was distress and panic at times. I think it was the ending that got me. Just to know that the diary wouldn't be written in again. Since she was taken away.
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