Prompt

Did you enjoy the ending of your book? Why or why not? Describe an alternate ending and why it would or wouldn't be as good a choice as the ending the author chose.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Nicholas Morrison
Elephant Run
pg. 150
This book is like a lot of the books that i have already read. It starts out with the protagonist have a perfect life and then something makes everything go horrably wrong and they spend the rest of the book trying to fix the main conflict. Its' setting fits right in with all the other random settings that the books have also, for example, this book takes place on a teak plantation in Burma and my last book was in a little town called Bordon Indiana. One of the similarities are the writting styles, haveing a first person or omnisient point of veiw. And like most of the books that I have read I am enjoying this book, it has kept me interested and wanting to see what will happen next.

Quarter 2 Blog 12/3

John Grisham
Playing For Pizza
page 13
This book is nothing like the books I usually read. Most of the time I will read books that look suspenseful or have plots with a lot of twists. Also, in many of the books I have recently read there is another story being told in random chapters throughout the book, that will eventually tie into the ending. This book however, is about a football player who can't seem to make it in the NFL. At this point it seems like it's going to be a simple story line focused on him and his career. The only thing the books may have in common is the setting. The football player can't make it in America's NFL so he eventually is going to play in Italy, where some parts of my last book took place.
Ice Drift
p.25

I would compare this to Boot Camp. I would say that this book is an easier read. and its a lot different. I dont think there is going to be a lot of action and I dont think I will like it very much compared to boot camp which was very good. It seems like its going to be how a kid survives on a piece of ice for a few months and I think it will be boring and drawm out.

The Art Of Racing In The Rain VS A Dog's Life

Paige Boston
The Art Of Racing In The Rain
by Garth Stein
pg 277

In both The Art Of Racing In The Rain and A Dog's Life by Ann Martin, the main characters are dogs who narrate the story. Both have close interactions with people, but in slightly different ways. Enzo, the narrator of The Art Of Racing In The Rain, lives with a family, while Squirrel from A Dog's Life, is a stray travelling from one home to the next. Both dogs are mixed breeds who understand people and their actions very well, and are sometimes skeptical of humans and their intentions. Enzo and Squirrel have both been hit by a car, which causes injuries that affect them for the rest of their lives. They both connect with one specific human whose personality and interests match theirs. For Enzo, this person is Denny, a semi-professional race car driver. Squirrel's person is Susan, an old woman who lives alone. Overall, I find these books very similar as the protagonists have unique ways of narrating them and it is interesting to see an animal's perspective.

Monday, November 29, 2010

In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle
Madeleine Blais
Pg. 38

I would compare this book to Friday Night Lights I read one summer. They both are related to sports which is what the whole book is focused on. They both are based on true stories. Even though Friday Night Lights is about a football team and In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle is about a basketball team, they have many things in common with each other. The setting for Friday Night Lights is on a football field for most of the time, and In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle, is based mostly on a basketball court so far. Both of these teams are very dedicated to what they do and they have a passion for the sport. Neither of the teams ever gave up and they always gave everything they had to play. Both teams had a strong bond between all of the players and they all get along for the most part. They are both going after a dream that they all have to have a winning season and go to state and potentially win it. Both stories are revolved around the team obviously and how they are trying to go after something they have wanted for a really long time. The styles are both written in 3rd person which is nice because then you get to see the perspective of each character and what they are thinking throughout whatever conflict they may be in. Both of these stories are based on real life events which I like because it is interesting to see what those people had to go through to get to the point where they finished the season at. I would say both books should be read by teenagers because they can read about real life events and they have good themes and morals to them as well. Overall, I think this new book I have started is very good and is very similar to Friday Night Lights in multiple ways!
Summer Ball
Mike Lupica
PG. 60
I would compare this book to Travel Team by Mike Lupica. They are the same author and, same characters. As I started reading I found out that this book is a sequel to Travel Team. It been a few years since I have read Travel Team, but from the most previous books I have read all the styles are pretty same. All the genres are realistic-fiction. All Mike's book are about sports. This one happens to be about basketball, as is Travel Team. They also share a conflict, Danny Walker is to short, so no one wants him on there basketball team.
Skeleton Key
Anthony Horowitz
pg 151

I am comparing Skeleton Key to Twilight, which I read this summer. Twilight is a romance. A violent romance, but a romance at that. The Alex Rider series has a little bit of romance in it but not much, since the main character is only 14 years old. I imagine if there were a book about his far future there would be quite a bit in it. He is a spy, and chicks dig the mysterious guy, right? Alex has a few similar qualities with Edward, like his secracy and his "good looks" (even though he's awful looking in the movie). The idea of wanting more knowledge about the past is present in both Bella and Alex. Bella wants to know about Edwards life and Alex wants to know about his family. Bella's dad is a police officer, which is somewhat comparable to a spy. The plots are completely different because, like I said, Twilight is a romance. Skeleton Key and all the Alex Rider books are action-adventure. They have many differances but some similarities also.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

soldier boy
end

Soldier boy is a good book out there. there was many good scenes in this book. This book was all around one character. It delt with some of his battles and how he delt with it. It was a kind of an action book I guess you could say. It was about this kid who was really good at bare knuckle fighting. He suspose to throw the fight but he didn't want to do it because he was undefeated. So Johnny ran away and stop at this cafe and was talk into joining the army. hen he trains for his battle between the army and the Sioux. Johnny just got in that battle and dies. Thats pretty much the book in a nut shell.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Quarter 2 blog

James Patterson
Roses are Red
finished book
The antagonist in the book doesn't really have any motivation. The "Mastermind", as he calls himself, is just a freak that likes to kill people in different scenarios. When he does kill someone like he wanted to it satisfies him, but no enough because he still has to go and kill more people. Its like an addiction for him and in the end it ends up being fatal to The Mastermind. The ends do not justify the means, because if he doesnt kill the victims how he planned it out he is not happy at all. He is a very creepy character that is really frightening to picture as a real person.
Somewhere Between Life and Death
Lurlene McDaniel
pg. 67

The antagonists in this book are Erin and Amy because they both cause eachother to have conflicts, but it is mostly Amy who causes the problems for Erin. Erin is sometimes jealous of her sister's go-getter attitude and how she lives her life on the day to day basis instead of planning ahead. She is jealous of her boyfriend and her humerous attitude towards everything. The main character (Erin) is kind of like her own worst enemy because she doesn't do anything to try to stop the jealousy, she just lets it eat her away. It is then justified because her sister is then involved in a car accident and Erin feels like it's her fault because she was the one who was supposed to be in the car. Her sister is now in a coma and Erin is trying everything to help her get out of it. She is spending tons of time at the hospital and talking to Amy. She is also curious the what the doctors are doing and trys to involve herself in helping Amy. If Amy comes out of the coma soon and is healthy then Erin will be satisfied. If Amy is still suffering when she wakes up or she doesn't wake up at all, Erin will be devestated.
No Right To Remain Silent
Lucinda Roy
Pg. 10

This book is about the Virginia Tech. Shootings. The antagonist, Cho, killed over 30 people. Cho had been diagnosed as mentally ill, but because of his suicide they were not able to find out what his motiviation was. I think that Cho was trying to cause chaos and get back at the world, like many shooters do. He caused chaos and many, many famalies turmoil.
Fallan Stark
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
mark haddon
pg 158

~so i realized that i did the blog on the protagonist rather than the antagonist, so here's blog #2~

There really isn't an antagonist. If there were I would personify the colors yellow. Chris hates the color yellow. He refuses to eat anything yellow and brown. If he sees so many yellow cars in a row it determines the terribleness of the day. Yellow doesn't try to do anything to Chris, it's just that Chris really hates yellow. The only other antagonist there might be is Chris's dad. He didn't do anything wrong, but Chris is so scared that he might kill him that he goes and buys a train ticket to live with his mom. Chris's dad probably won't kill him though. His dad doesn't want to do anything to hurt his son so there's really nothing to justify. He also can't be satisfied if he doesn't want to do any harm.
Elizabyth Ladwig
Viola in Reel Life
by Adriana Trigiani
done with book
Viola is motivated by her desire to get out of boarding school. She realizes that if she just sits around moping, the time will go by very slowly. So she decides to enjoy herself a little. She makes friends with her roommates and even goes to a dance. When the year finally ends, she realizes that she will miss boarding school, since she had gotten used to life and the people there.
Illegal procedure
by: Franklin W. Dixon

The antagonist of my book would be "House" McClaren. He would be the antagonist because he is the reason his football team is losing. He is motivated by all the money he gets for "throwing" the football game away. He is the kind of person who doesn't care about his teammates or winning. As long as he's getting paid, he's happy. So in the end everything gets worked out because people are betting on them losing.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Paige Boston
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
by JK Rowling
pg 193

In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Harry is about to enter his 5th year of school at Hogwarts. He is struggling with the return of Lord Voledemort, a murderous wizard who killed his parents and many other people 15 years ago. Voldemort is motivated to kill all non pureblood wizards, and anyone else who stands in his way, in order to have power over the entire wizarding world. The deaths of others don't matter to him, and he often assigns his followers, also known as Death Eaters, to kill people for him. He manipulates innocent people or puts them under curses to obtain their services, and kills them off when they prove to be no longer useful. If he does reach his goal of being the most powerful person in the world, there will be few people left to appreciate his work, therefore not satisfying him.
Fallan Stark
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
mark haddon
pg 158

Chris found out the truth about Wellington's death and the truth about his mother. He is scared of his father, because he think he might kill him, and decided that he would run away and live with his mother. He packed some food that hung out in his shed for awhile and figured out what to do. Then he wen't to the train and bought a ticket. He has not arrived at his mothers house or lived there yet, so whether he lives there is unable to be justified. However, his decision to move in with his mother might be silly because his father most likely will not kill him. But I understand if the kid is truly spooked; then thats a reason to act that way. He may feel safer if he moves in with his mom. It depends on how he feels about the situation, whether he'd be satisfied. I think he would because he wouldn't be scared anymore, unless his mothers house appears dangerous.
Angels & Demons
By Dan Brown
Pg. 624

The antagonist is Maximilian Kholer and he is drivin to destroy the Vatican because he is in the Illuminati, a group of scientists that is against the church, and he was crippled because when he was young he got sick and his parents wouldn't save him from being crippled. They wouldn't allow doctors to use medicine to heal him. Instead they relied on God to save him. He didn't agree with this and he thought he shouldn't be crippled. I don't think he is satisfied because in the end he gets killed and it ends all of what he was trying to do. I thought it was pointless for him to try to go to the church to kill the Camerelengo since he died for it, but he was also in the Illuminati, so for that reason it could have been justified because he was doing it for a larger reason which was to destroy religion. He is a multifaced character and he has several reasons to cause the problems he caused. In the end, all he wanted was money, and he ended up dying because of it so it didn't justify the means.

The Rescue By Nicholas Sparks, Page # 1-105

My book is about how a mom and her son got into a car crash. When Denise, the mother, awoke she found a guy, Taylor, that was there to help her out, but her son, kyle, was no where to be found. There was a terrible storm going on. The sky was dark other then the flashes of the lightning. All you could her was the sound of the rain pouring down and the thunder. I would say that the antagonist was the storm and the swamp, because those were the things that made it difficult for everyone to find kyle. Kyle had ran off after the crash. He was scared of the storm and was trying to get as far away from it. There was a lot of people that came by to come try to help find Kyle, who was lost in a dangerous swamp with a huge storm going on, and it was getting cold outside. All Denise wanted was for the people to find her little boy. She so badly wanted him to be alive and safe and back in her arms. She couldn't do anything about it because she had to go the hospital because she was badly hurt after the crash. After hours and hours of searching, Taylor the guy who found Denise, and the guy who was also one of the people that was searching for Kyle in the dangerous swamp, was also the guy who found Kyle hiding in a duck blind. Once Denise had her little boy back in her arms, all safe, and alive, she was very satisfied the outcome of the night.

Ismael
pg. 150
Daniel Quinn

The main guy goes to see Ishmael everyday. He only leaves his house if he is going to talk to Ismael. He only wants to learn from Ishmael so he enjoys visiting him. The main character is satisfied.

Dakota Dream

James Bennett
pgs 21-57

the antagonist is Floyd Rayfield. He is in foster care and he doesn't think he belongs to anything. So he runs away and goes on vision thing to see if he can become a Dakota indian. i think it doesn't doing justifies it because he stole his friends motorcycle. he rids in a car that is stolen. he leaves his freinds to worry. if he gets what he wants i think he will be satisfied because he belongs to something bigger than himself.
Hush, Hush
page 1-312

The antagonist is Patch. He is a fallen angel that is attempting to become human so he can live a free life without the agenda and rules of the other angels. To become a human he has to kill the leader of the Nephilim Chauncey. It is impossible to kill him unless you kill a female descendant of his who happens to be Nora, the protagonist. Patch cant kill her though because he is in love with her. He must choose between becoming a human and sacrificing his true love or live as a fallen angel and try to find a new way to become human. Either choice will not lead to his immediate happiness.
Boot Camp
Todd strasser
Finished

The antagonist is a group of three consisting of Pauly, Garrett, and Sarah. They break of the compound that they are held in causing major problems for the workers at the compound. I think that it was worth it for Pauly and Sarah because they escaped to Canada to have a better life, while Garrett got caught and sent back to the compound where he will be beaten extremely.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Worth a Thousand Words By Stacey Hawkins Adams English 3 Period 7

I believe Indigo is the antagonist. She loves photography and has a degree in it. Her boyfriend, asks her to marry her. And to give up everything. She will do anything to get her final degree. Even if that means killing him.
Mercy
By Jodi Picoult
pg. 41
I don't know if the antagonist in my book is a person. It could be Jamie Macdonald because he killed his wife, but he only did it because she was dying and she wanted him to do it. I don't think the ends justify the means, only because I don't believe in euthansia. Eventhough the wife wanted the husband to kill her, I don't think it is right. Jamie did what he was asked, but he still isn't happy. He didn't want his wife to die and he didn't want to be the one to kill her. I don't think he is satisfied, but he might be if he is convicted because then he would suffer the consequences of his actions.

Hunting Booger Bottom

In this book the main antagonist is Michael Waddell himself. I think this because he is always pushing himself to do and be the best he can and when things dont go exactly the way he wants he gets kind of upset and goes back and does it again until its right.

Quarter 2, Blog Number 4

Kyle Weber
Romo
Bill Romanowski
pg. 150-200

Bill romanowski has a compulsive need to be the best at whatever he does. He wants to be the hardest worker. He wants to be the smartest. He wants to be the fiercest. But above all, he wants to be the best football player there has ever been. And this leads me to believe that he is his own protagonist. What he does to ensure that he is the best, may or may not be outside of the rules. He was involved in a steroid scandal, but no one could prove his innocence/guilt. But the thought still lies in peoples' minds.The act of taking steroids may justify the means for a little while. But evebntually the steroids will break down the muscle that he so relentlessly worked for. His goal of being the best was his motivation for possibly taking steroids, and his ends could not justify the means.

Stormbreaker by:Anthony Horwitz

pg.177
The major conflict now in the book is that Herod Sayle has invented this computer and is going to give it to every school in England. And people think it's great, but what they don't know is that Sayle has put a vile of Small Pox in the computer so when they're turned on for the first time the vile of small pox breakes and every school age kid in England dies. The antagonist is obviously Sayle because he is the person that wants to kill all of the kids in England. The ends do justify the means because the only way he can kill all of the school age kids is by giving them computers and having them think that he is a good person. I think that if he does kill all of those kids it wont make him feel better because he wants to hurt the people that bullied him in school not the kids that are in school now.
Prozac Nation
Elizabeth Wurtzel
pg. 22

The antagonist in my book is my main character because she does drugs. While she uses the drugs, she is slowly tearing herself apart. She feels as if it is a coping method for her depression issues and that if she takes them that it will make her feel better, but in the long run, it is really just eating away at her body. This type of action is not justifying anything; she is hurting herself, and she does not even realize it. She says that it helps and that it satifies her, but it can't because every time she just wants more and more. It is all a pschylogical game.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. End of Book

The antagionst in my book I think is Shay becasue he is the problem in different ways because he killed June's husband but he want's to give her daugter Clarie his heart for heart surguy. So it's kind of like a I know I should take this for my daughter but it's the man that killed my husband why would I want his heart.
She know's she wants it and needs it it's just hard to accept who's heart is.
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
End of Book

I would say the main antagonist of the book is the Capitol and the government that runs Panem. The goal of the Capitol in creating the Hunger Games is to remind the people who live in the 12 districts that they have the power and can destroy them just like they did to District 13. They want to supress the people with fear. The end does justify the means to the Capitol, because they will stop at nothing to get what they want. They don't care that their people are starving, and they will kill people for entertainment. Keeping the districts in line does satisfy the Capitol.

Tyler Allison - 11/10/10

Snakehead
Anthony Horowitz
Pg. 175

The antagonist in my book is the mob Scorpia. They are an organization that can basically make anything bad happe. If you want someone killed, they can make it happen withen a few days. They recently were offered a job to kill a bunch of celebreties that will all be on an island together. The leader of the opperation is a bad guy that they have been trying to learn about and catch for a long time. This is Alex Riders mision. to find all about this man and this new Scorpia operation. This man didnt really have a reason to start this opperation. I think that he is just a general bad guy that hates his life. If he wanted to stop what he does right now, he couldnt do it without getting killed. He knows too much information and will have to do this work for the rest of his life. I dont think that the end justifies the means for this man and agency. There is no reasoning for cold crime. I think that sometimes Scorpia and Major Yu are pretty saticfied with their jobs. If they arent saticfied they cant really do anything about it anyway.

-Tyler
Denton Hopkins

One Missippi

Mark Childress

mission accomplished

I would say their are many antagonists throughout this book. I will choose Daniel's dad for this though ,because he is there throughout the whole book. I don't see how Daniel accepts his dad after the way he treats his family. A lot of the things that Daniel speaks of show that his dad has no reason to act the way he does. This could be true ,but also the book is told through the eyes and ears of Daniel. The whole truth might not be told or perhaps lies.
The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen
p. 105

One of the Antagonists in the story is Joyce O'Donnell. She is a psychiatrist that basically only deals with murderers and others with twisted views of reality. In this case one murderer seems to be trying to directly contact Joyce as he is done killing. This motivates Joyce to be uncooperative with the investigations because she believes in confidentiality with her clients even though they are murderers. She will do anything to hear the details of a murder and why the person did the horrible things they did. She does not care how she gets the story, just as long as she gets it and she doesn't get hurt. Even if she hears many disturbing stories and the reasons why they were committed, she will not be satisfied. She is always looking for the next best thing.

aloysius tekippe

The things they carried
Tim O' Brian
pg. done

The main common enemy for the narrorator and all the other soldiers in the book is the effects of the war on their personalities and well being. The was is making evertone go nuts. They are all going crazy and most refuse to believe that the war is effecting them. Every time one of there own gets killed, they all refuse to beilieve that there dead and show them no compassion. Some of the soilders even committ suicide to end the madness that is Vietnam. Vietnam is like a never ending bad guy, al of the men feel like they are fighting it and also fighting for it.
Amber Logemann

Nights in Rodanthe
By: Nicholas Sparks
Finished book

The main conflict in this book, is when Paul Flannery is killed by a mud slide. He is trying to save his son when his car is hit by the mudslide and dies. Addriene, the protagonist, is in love with Paul and is heartbroken when this happens. She wishes that he was alive and with her, but she was happy that he got to be with his son for the last year of his life. She wouldn't of wanted it any other way even if it meant he would still be alive. Since Paul came to good terms with his son in the end she was justified with that, and the thought of Paul and his son happy together satisfied her.
Rachel Crouch
Cross by James Patterson
done

The Butcher is motivated by a never-ending hate for his father and greed. He is an assassin for hire so he gets paid to kill people he kills, which makes money on of his motives. Also every kill he completes is a way for him to kill his father again. In a way each kill is his way at getting back at his father for what he did to him as a child even though he already killed him. Which proves that no matter how many people he kills he will never be happy. What his father did to him will never be undone. The Butcher will do whatever it takes to get the kill even if it means loosing his life in the end.



Nicholas Morrison
Over and Under by Todd Tucker
end of the book
The antagonist are motavated to go on strike in a very violent manner. They did not get their .30 pay increase like they wanted so they went on strike. They have been on strike for a very long time and are getting upset that the company they work for will not meet their demands. They start bunring old cars outside the company gates and getting into fights with eachother. They have been a very productive group of workers and deserve and .30 increase, so some of their ends justify their means. They do, in the end, get their pay increase after a lot of violence.
19 Minutes
Jodi Picoult
Pg. 470

The antagonist in my book is Peter. He has not always been the most popular kid in school and he is always getting bullied by someone. He gets bullied by multiple people in his school which leads him to bring many guns to school and kill people and disable them as well. Most of them were lucky to make it out alive. Peter could not stand being bullied anymore and he had to stand up for himself. The ends do not justify the means of the situation. He ended up killing a lot of people and just felt regret and remorse. Killing the people made him not feel any better about himself because in return he has to spend his whole lifetime in jail.

Qtr 2, Blog 4

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Deb Caletti
P. 159
The main antagonist is this book would be Travis Becker. He is the "bad boy" type of kid who is always trying to get the good girls. His family is very wealthy, because his father is a real estate agent. Traivs has a motorcycle, which makes Ruby like him even more. Some of the things she does with him are things that she would have never imagined herself doing. Some days Travis would show up at her work and ask her to leave, and she would, just to be with him. Other times she would lie to her mother or her friends about seeing him. He once made her go into his "friends" house to "take care of their pets" while they were "out of town". Ruby soon realized that Travis wasn't friends with those people; they had broken into their house and he had stolen their personal belongings. So basically, Travis Becker will do anything so he can be with Ruby. He is willing todo anything he can to get what he wants. He lies, steals, and cheats, but he doesn't care. Just as long as he gets what he wants, which is Ruby, he is a-ok.
Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
pg. 104

Tabitha Payne

My antagonist is the main character Melinda Sordino. The major conflict in my book would be that she had called the cops at a party because something was wrong(hasn't come out and said yet) and now everyone hates her and she is an outsider because a lot of people got in trouble at her school because of her. That is where the conflict comes into play because she has the choice of telling everyone why she did it and what really happen to her or she can have it be a secret. The personal motive for this decision is if she wants all her friends back, if she wants everyone to know why she really did it, and or if she wants to feel relieved of this secret. I believe that her goal at some point will be to tell the truth and come clean, which means yes her ends would justify the means cause she would be reaching her goal by telling everyone and she might get all her friends back or she could be more of a loner. I think that no matter what she does she won't be satisfied because she will be mad she told everyone cause they could hate her more and if she doesn't say it will just her away.
Million-Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica
Pg. Done
So Nate and Abby are like best friends. Nate wins this contest to make a throm and win one million dollars, he also the starting qb of his football team. The problem is that he really wants Abby to see his games and be there when he makes the throm. Abby can see but she has some disease that wont allow her to see really far and this upsets Nate. He wants to help. Nate practices a bunch to make this throw, then on the big day, he makes it. Since he wants Abby's eye sight to get better he decides to spend the money on an expensive surgery that will really help her out. Nate is a friend and thats what friends do, help eachother.
Sniper
by Theodor Taylor
End

The antagonist named Thomas Hedgepeth in my book isn't told in detail that much. Back when Ben was born Ben's dad worked at a zoo with the lions. his daughter was mauled by a lion and Thomas sued but lost the case. Thomas then shot the defense attorney and was sent to jail. he is out of jail to get revenge for his daughter by killing Ben's dad. In his mind he thinks that by killing Ben's dad he will feel better but he only manages to kill a few of the big cats but never gets revenge. I don't think he could of lived with himself after he had gotten revenge but then again their isn't much detail about this character.
Soldier Boy
end

I would say that the Indians were antagonist. I say this because the Indians fought and killed people. Johnny and the army was order to take that land away from the Indians because the Indians were killing United States citizens because they would not let them on there land. The Indians were a rough set of people the killed people. In the end the Indians were kinda satisfy with there decision because they won the first battle then we came back and destroyed them. So they were a little satisfied. They represent a group of people who tries to get everything they want. Even if they have to take by force.The Indians are smartand sneakywhen they try totake things. Like when they try to keep there land they made a plan to stop the U.S.A from taking it away from them.

Brandon's Post

The personal conflict in my book is how the main character Deet is such a pot head and no one can tell him anything because he is so into just doing anything because his dad is jail and isnt getting out anytime soon. So he now he really dosent have anyone there for him so he just kinda goes to drugs as an outlet to the world he is really just hating life right now because of his dad being locked up. I think the only thing that could help Deet at this point is if his dad came home and he was happy with his son again.
Ben Siepel
Mrs. Sheffield
11/10/10
Crazy for the storm

In the book crazy for the storm the main antagonist is mother nature. Because when their plane crashes they are stuck on top of a peak in a blizzard. and they have to fight nature in order to get out alive. They have to face climbing down a mountain and having to fight bad weather. They will have a hard fight and the antagonist mother nature will not let them live so easily.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Special Prisoner
Jim Lehrer
Finished

The hyena has set up this camp to take in bomber pilots that have been captured. He takes them so he can interrogate them and get information out of them so he can tell higher up people about what the Americans plan on doing to the Japanese. It is kind of justified since it is really his job, but the way he is doing it is way out of line. I'm not quite sure if doing all this to the Americans satisfies him in any way, obviously it does somewhat since he as been doing all this to them without showing any sign of feeling bad.
Skeleton Key
Anthony Horowitz
pg 215

General Sarov basically wants to take over the world. There is nothing more to it. He is a retired General from Russia and saw the fall of the Soviet Union. He wants to restore the power, not just to Russia, but to himself. He was once great but now he has been under the radar, or so he thought. The CIA has been keeping tabs on him and Sarov has been linked to a man called The Salesman. The reader, but not the CIA know that this is because Sarov has bought uranium from him and is also responsible for The Salesman's death. So Sarov wants to rule the world. He plans on doing this with some sort of bomb. Would the ends justify the means? I believe he would be completely satisfied if he actually got to rule the world but he is a maniac for ever thinking that to be possible. I don't think he has a chance, but if he got what he wanted, he would be ecstatic.

Quarter 2, Blog 4

Dark Flame
Alyson Noel
pg. 165

The antagonist of my book is Roman, the immortal rouge. Roman seeks revenge of Ever, after she kills the woman he loves, Drina. This is a on going thing of seeking revenge. Since Roman cannot have his "lover" then he thinks neither can Ever. Roman makes an antidote that is supposed to make Damen (Ever's lover better) but it doesn't. The antidote makes it so Damen and Ever can never swap DNA, so basically no touching at all. In the this book, the 4th book, Roman says there is an antidote to the antidote and that Ever just has to 'pay the price' Roman just keeps Ever on her toes to get what he wants. Then Ever uses magic and binds herself to Roman which causes even more problems. Roman basically wants Ever and it seems like how the book is going, that what he is going to get. The ends would justify the means. If Roman gets what he wants, he will be happy. He will get his revenge on Ever and ultimately get Ever in the end. The way the book sounds, Roman will get what he wants, but so far, all of Alyson Noel's books events change and it is very unpredictable. I don't know if this is going to happen or not because of this.

Chad

Cover-Up
John Feinstein
pg. done


There isn't really a "bad" character. There are pretty much just two kids that are searching for an answer. How the are going about finding this answer is perfectly fine. They are doing nothing bad or anything that will offend anyone. The ending is perfect they find the answer they want and do it without harming anyone, except the people they accuse of doing something they shouldn't. The answer they find satisfies the both of them.

Whatever happened to Janie by Carolyn B. Cooney

When I started reading this book, I put myself into the character's perspective. A lot of the situations presented in the book connected with my personal life.  For example Janie and Jodie get into fights and have disagreements with each other.  My brother and I get into fights over the dumbest things!!! It's not even funny!!!  The main problem is that Janie doesn't live with her biological parents because she was kidnapped at such an early age. Janie views situations differently. Such as when she calls her biological parents on the phone because she can't take it anymore.  But she's strongly encouraged to stay with her "other" family.  In my personal life, I often get into arguments with my family over ridiculous things that I have very little control over. Facing the challenges of being faraway from her real family, it's hard to keep things under control. Family issues often occur when one or both parties have different perspectives of a situation. Some times I feel as if my family treats me unfairly because of the yelling that seems to occur more than usual.

Friday, November 5, 2010

The Mercy of Thin Air
Ronlyn Domingue
pg. 25

This story is told from the point of view of a ghost that is looking at the lives of people that remind her of herself. I think it makes the story better because you get to hear a story about the people and then a story kind of like it about her own life. It makes it more interesting because it gives a lot of clues, but doesn't tell everything since it's told in first person. I think it makes the story better.
Elizabyth Ladwig
Viola in Reel Life
Adriana Trigiani
Done with book
This book is told from 1st person point of view. It makes the story more personal and "in the moment", since you get told about things right when they happen. You also get to know how the teller of the story is feeling and what their thought process is like. It affects the plot in that you get their opinion of the events that are happening around them and what they think of the people they meet. I usually like stories told in first person, since it's easier to get into the story if someone is telling it from their point of view. But other times it gets really choppy and repetitive because they think in the same way, with the same words.
Illegal Procedure
by Franklin W Dixon
pg. 202(end of book)

The book was told from 1st view. It goes from Joe then to Frank. So it affects the tone in a good way because the reader gets two different characters point of views. The 1st point of view helps the plot because we know by the character's thoughts what might happen next. So in the end being told from the characters helps the reader get the tone being left by the characters.

Quarter 2, Blog Number 3

Kyle Weber
Romo
Bill Romanowski
Pgs. 100-125
The book is in first person, told through the point of view of Bill Romanowski. There isn't really a plot, so it doesn't contribute to that aspect. He goes back and tells of his experiences. It wouldn't be the same if it were told in a third person point of view, so it moves the story along. It makes it more interesting, making it fun to read, or at least as fun as a book can be, which isn't a whole lot. But nevertheless, this book is told in first person, is a decent book, and can contribute to the overall appeal to a reader.
The Special Prisoner
Jim Lehrer
Done with book (pg 217)

My book is told in first person point of view, by Watson. It makes it even more depressing about all the stuff that was done to him. It also describes his feelings about how he felt bad for all the bombs he had dropped upon Japan. The plot isn't much affected by the point of view. When it is in first person you can tell what he is feeling in every situation which makes you feel like you're more a part of the story.
Amber Logemann
Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks
pg.190

This book is told in 3rd person point of view. Having this point of view, the readers get the thoughts and feelings of more than just one character making it easier to connect to more characters. It affects the plot because you hear all sides of the story. Instead of just knowing about the main characters feelings, you get to know how the other characters are affected by the conflict as well. It makes the book more interesting because you get more details, but also confusing because you obtain so much information.

Sam's Letters To Jennifer

Paige Boston
Sam's Letters To Jennifer
by James Patterson
pg 65

This story is told from Jennifer's point of view. She is the main character who narrates the events of her life after she learns that her beloved grandmother, Sam is in a coma. She travels to Lske Geneva, the resort community where her Sam lives to see her, and relives memories of her childhood upon visiting her grandparent's house. While she is there, she finds letters that her Sam has written to her and begins to read them slowly. The letters are told from Sam's point of view, and they illustrate the events of Sam's life after she marries Jennifer's grandfather. I like the way that this story is told, especially when the viewpoint changes as Sam's letters are being read. Jennifer reads the letters in small groups, taking breaks after reading a few. This creates suspense, but also gives me time to see what is happening in Jennifer's life.
Hide and Seek
Jane McFann
finished book
Sydney Boyle

The book is told from the 16 year old's POV. She focuses on what she wants and cares more about what HER future holds rather than the others around her. This effects the plot because it describes school settings and places she would visit instead of the other characters. It also so effects the tone because it is told from a teen's POV. It focuses on the events occuring in a teen's life and it also puts you in a teen frame of mind by the way she speaks. Lastly, it's kind of a related read because she is a teen and I can somewhat relate to her in her daily life.

One For The Money

Pg 113 this book is told from Stephanie Plum's point of view. It affects the tone by of all the action and by of what her job contains how she is supposed to do it. It affects the plot because of the way she has to find Morelli and catch him and she is having difficulties and problems catching Morelli. It effects me because i like all the mysterious events that go on and all the excitement and adventure that is going on in the book . It that is how it is keeping me interested.
Ismael

Daniel Quinn
Pg. 117

Its told in the main characters point of view. It help you know what he is understanding in the book when he is learning. The plot is good because you know what is happening the whole time.
If it was someone else narrating it , it would probably be less interesting.
Nicholas Morrison
11-5-10
Over and Under
By Todd Tucker
end of book
This book is told from a first person point of veiw. When it is told this way we feel all of the characters fears, pain, saddness, and enjoyment. I don't think that the way this story is told affects the plot of the story, we just see his thoughts about it. Being in first-person does make this book very exciting, the character has a lot of adventures with his friend and get in a lot of tight situations.
Soldier boy
end

It was told in johny point o view. Johnny was the main character in this story som it was all around what happen to him adn how it changed him as a person. I this story i think it would be totally different if they would chand any part of this book. Everythimg wouldn't be the same. The title wou ld be different. If it was told from Johnnys best friend Frank point of view it would have some mystery in it. Cause threw out this story Frank had a deep secret that he was keeping away from everyone. Then all the suddden he came out and told johnny he lied about his name so he can join the army. So ya nothing would be the same

Tyler Allison Blog - 11/5/10

Snakehead
Anthony Horowitz
Pg. 113

Snakehead is told from a 3rd person point of view. In the book it never says I or me. It says him or he. This helps get the story across more clear i think. This helps the tone by telling a story instead of a first hand account like in first person. I think if gives the author freedom in what he wrights. You can know and read more that one event that is going on. In my book this happens a lot. There are multiple stories going on and it helps add detail to the story. I like this a lot. I think that 3rd person reading is a lot more interesting to read. I think that it ads to the book with detail and makes the story more understandble. it is nice to know what your character is thinking. you wouldnt be able to know a lot of inside detail without 3rd person point of view. overall i really like this book and it is keeping me attatched and interested.

Tyler

quater 2 blog Aly Tekippe

The Things they Carried

Tim O'Brian
page done

The book is told in first person. Tim is relating stories of his past and he is talking about them. He goes into great detial about the plat of the veitnam war. This point of view tells everything anyone would need to know about the story. He uses this point of view to scare readers with details about bodies and other things that would be. this story is very interesting and keeps you hooked with the point of veiw.

Dakota Dream

James Bennett
pgs 1-21


the book is written in first person point of view. it affects the tone because I know what he is thinking and how he feels about the people around him and what the conflict is. it affects the plot so you dont know what is going on behind the scenes and what is going on with the people he left back home. but it keeps the reader engaged with the book they want to know what is going on and what they are going through.

Quarter 2, Blog 3

Roses are Red

James Patterson

p. 290

The story is told in third person about many different characters. The author is all knowing about the characters, and there is nothing hidden from the reader, just from the other characters. This point of view allows the reader to visualize the characters better, because the author provides good descriptions when they are brought into the action. The point of view makes the tone of the author sound like he knows what is going on, but he doesn't want to share all of the information yet. If the point of view was in first person, you wouldn't see both sides of the plot like you do in third person. As a reader I like James Patterson's 3rd person view, because you get a sense of both sides of the story. This allows you to piece it all together, but not completely figure it out before the ending making for a great book.

quarter 2, blog 3

Rachel Crouch
Cross by James Patterson
pg.334
My book is writen to two different styles. Alex, the main character, tells the story in first person point of view. But then it switches over to the Butcher where it's told in third person point of view. It makes the Butcher a much more mysterious person since you aren't quite sure what he's thinking. Then there's Alex whose an open book (no pun intended) which makes him so easy to relate to. The writing style also let's you in on all the little secrets that Alex hasn't figured out yet leaving you a step ahead in figuring out who killed his wife. Overall the unique writing style gives the book a more exciting feel and helps to hook your interest.
Sniper
Theodore Taylor
End

My book is told from a third person limited focusing on the main character. This make the book more exciting as you only know what the character knows as you read so it like your right next to them. the plot seems to be more complex because you only know so much which can make it difficult to understand at some points. The best part of third person is you know whats going through the characters head all the time and you can sense the fear anger and any thing the character is feeling.
Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
pg. 100
11/5/2010

Tabitha Payne

The point of veiw is told from the main character, Melinda Sordino. I think she effects the tone in how she describes things and when she is talking about some of the things in the book you can tell if she is being sad, happy, sarcastic, and mad. She says one part in the book "Traitor. She isn't going to stick up for my posters. The peanut butter in my mouth hardens." and ou can tell she is mad because of what she says and how she say it. Another passage is where she sounds scared and nervous, "Maybe he won't notice me if i stand still. That"s how rabbits survuve; they freeze in the presence of predators." You can tell she is scared because of the the context of the rabbit when they get scared they freeze on their tracks. Since she was scared she used that analogy. I think is doen't affect the plot at all because i think any person could the story and the plot could still be the same. Like if a guy told the story they could use the same plot just use a guy instead of a girl and switch some of the characters. I would enjoy the book either way whether it was told from a guy or girls p.o.v.
the chronicles of vladimir tod (eleventh grade burns)
pages 1-312

The story is told from third person omniscient which i personally like because it allows you to no what every character is thinking which makes the story way more enjoyable to me. It gives it more of a dark tone since you can tell what the people are actually thinking even when they are lying. i think it makes all books way way better.
Monsters
Jonathan Kellerman
End

The book is written in movie dialogue. It isn't really written in anyone's point of view. Since it is written in movie dialogue, the plot has a lot more actions because you aren't going to want to watch a boring movie with no action, so there is quite a bit of action in the book. The tone changes from time to time. It mostly depends on the scene, like if someone gets mad, then the tone might be harsh. I didn't like the book because I didn't like all the dialogue and it can be confusing with all the events and actions going on in the book.
The Hour I First Believed
Wally Lamb
pg. 447

The point of view is mainly told in 1st person by Caelum. Lately the point of view has been changing. When the story was changing to Maureen getting back into drugs, they showed Morgan Seaberry's point of view, along with his mothers, and his brothers. This was to show us what Morgan's life was like before Maureen killed him. Then they showed us the letters the Caelum's great great grandmother had sent to her sister. I haven't found out why they are doing this yet, but they are really really boring. Sometimes they show us Maureen's point of view, like when there is a major conflict and we need to see what she's thinking and why she's doing what she is. This affects the tone because it shows us what mood they are in, which puts the book in that mood. When Caelum is fighting with his wife, we're put into a down mood, then when sudeenly it switched to the letters, we are put into this happy and cheerful mood. This affects the plot because it explains things before they happen. By switching person to person it shows us the other sides, not just one. It makes the book a little more interesting for me to read, but when they suddenly switch to a new point of view without introducing the person, it gets confusing. The letters are also really boring, and that causes me to skip over them. I'm sure they have a point to them and i'll regret not reading them, but for now they're boring and don't seem to be worth my time.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Fallan Stark
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
pg. 137

My book is told in first person. The main character is Christopher Boone. He attends a certain kind of a school for people similar like him. He thinks very logical and doesn't understand social norms or how to read emotions or facial expressions. He thinks in such a straight forward way, where its all facts, no inferring. It makes it kind of hard to get into the book because he thinks so differntly than I do. I don't really enjoy the book because of his tone is harder to understand. He also just rambles on about math facts or reasoning. Because it is in first person, it effects the plot because it reveals only his thoughts and how he sees the world. The tone is fairly serious, because that's just how he thinks.
Angels and Demons
By Dan Brown
Pg. 216

This book is told in third person omniscient, and I think it helps keep the book interesting. The tone is affected in a positive way because it tells the character's feelings about any situation. It helps the reader see if the scene is dramatic or not because the narrator gives them incite as to how the characters act. Since the plot is a mystery and has secrets, the point of view deeply affects the plot more than any other literary element. I don't think I would understand most of the things that take place in the book such as antimatter and all the other scientific things. The narrator gives a background of all those things and makes it easy to read and understand. Third person omniscient makes me enjoy this book because I like history and if the point of view changed, then there wouldn't be any background or history of the secret societies in the book like the Illuminati.
A Northern Light
Jennifer Donnelly
p. 322

The story is told in first person from the point of view of the main character, Mattie Gokey. It does affect the point of view because Mattie is a very bookish person and she always sees things in a literature-like way, if that makes any sense at all. Also, there is a murder in the book that actually happened in real life. I like that we see it through the eyes of one person, it makes it more personal and more enjoyable to read. Also there is a lot of romance in the story, and romances written in anything other than first person are usually strange.

Quarter 2, Mrs. Sheffield, Rules of Attraction, By Nellie Wilson

In my book the book is told by Carlos and Kiara. They both love each other, they have not reliezed this yet. Carlos was born in America and was living in Mexico, until his mother sent back to America with his older brother who is in college. Carlos got caught in a drug raid, got moved away from his older brother. He now lives with Kiara and her family. They fight all the time and people tell them to date. The point of view tells us as readers how Carlos and Kiara are falling in love. Yes, the tone and point of view affect the plot, it gives the voices of Kiara and Carlos and the other family members and friends them. I love this book. I am half way through it and I can't wait to get to the end. I reminds me of the story we are reading in class, how looks are not to be everything, but at least have some attraction, otherwise we will not get anywhere close to getting to know other people.
Somewhere Between Life and Death
Lurlene McDaniel
pg. 33

This story is told in third person. This allows there to be several different tones, and several different tones are used. The narrator usually gives Erin the tone of being annoyed or disrupted, especially when her sister Amy is involved. Amy's tone is usually laid back and the narrator usually makes it seem like she doesn't care a whole lot about what is going on and she would rather play everything by ear instead of having plans. The tone of the story does affect the plot because you can tell by the tones of Erin and Amy's voices that they are sisters and they have problems getting along everyday. They obviously annoy eachother and get on eachother's nerves, but you can also tell that they are really caring about eachother. The plot hasn't been to much yet though since I'm not to far in my book. I like reading it in third person since there is two main characters. If it was in first person it would make reading the book a little less enjoyable since it would be more confusing to read.

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

pg. 141
The story is told by 14 year olf Alex Rider so the vocabulary isn't really advance. It affect the story bacause if it was an adult that was shoved into this spying possiton then it wouldn't be so dramatice because adults are smarter then kids when it comes to split second dission making. Also Alex is able to use his youth to make people believe he is innocent when he isn't. As a reader I like the fact that he is a young person that is put in this possition because i find that it is easyer for me to relate to then a 30 year old person that has 3 kids.
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Deb Caletti
Pg. 151
This book is told in first person, from the character Ruby McQueen. As I'm reading this book the tone really stands out. Whatever Ruby is feeling towards something I can tell where she's coming from and why she is acting that way. The way the author sets the tone fro Ruby makes it very effective towards the plot. the way Ruby acts towards other people in the book effect each persons' decision's. Sometimes she is totally carefree and is up for anything, and then other times she is in a total panic state and doesn't like the situation. The way the author describes these situations really makes the reader fell what the character feels and want to read more. As a reader, I do want to read more because the author creates this supenseful feeling that lasts throughout the book, and I want to know the result of it.

Brandon's post

My book is told in 3rd. person. The point of my book is about how Deek's dad went to jail and now he totally became a bad kid and smokes a ton of weed and now he is watched by cops 24/7 so he cant really do anything. He know's that he cant do much and that makes him even more mad and it makes him want to do it more. For me to read its okay not really very interesting but its whatever but its not really a fun read.
Ice Berg
Clive Cussler
English 3
Mrs. Sheffield

The Story is told in a third and first person mix. Because one point you are in the narrators view and then next you are in view of Dirk Pitt the action hero of the book. The majority of the book is in third person only because the view of the narrator is less difficult to get across then being third person all of the time. The only real time the book goes into third person is when the major action scene's happen so you feel like you are in the action.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Skeleton Key
Anthony Horowitz
pg160

Skeleton Key, along with the other Alex Rider books, is in the 3rd person limited omniscient point of view. The author focuses mostly on Alex but he also has some knowledge about the other characters thoughts. He tells of General Sarov's thoughts about his evil plan and his accomplice, Conrad. If the book was in first person it would be told by Alex. That wouldn't let us know as much about the other characters. By having a 3rd person point of view, we are able to get an unbiased description of the people Alex interacts with. It would also limit our knowledge about the secondary plot, Sarov's plan. This part is told apart from Alex's adventure until they meet, as is done in the previous books also. By keeping the villain's plan separate from Alex's story, we are able to gain more background about them and their evil plots.

Quarter 2, Blog 3

Dark Flame
Alyson Noel
pg. 151

The point of view in my book is in 1st person, Ever is telling the story. The reader gets her thoughts, what she thinks about others, and how she thinks others react. But the one thing cool about Ever's point of view, is that she can read people's minds, so you hear exactly what other people think at points. This makes the book interesting at all times. It keeps the reader engaged and wanting to read more. The plot is affected by this because Ever can tell what people are thinking about doing or what people are thinking. She can make decisions based on other's thoughts. Ever is very emotional so the tone is definitely affected by her point of view. She can be happy or excited one moment and then angry the next. The reader really gets the affect of her tone because of the her point of view. Overall, the book being in her point of view makes the book very interesting.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Songs of the Humpback Whale
By Jodi Picoult
end of book
This book is set up due to the point of view. Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective. Overall is is tokd from 5 different people. I think the author did this to let the reader see the thoughts of each character. This affects the plot because the reader knows what each character is going to do before the rest of the characters do. I think this method helped the plot line. The only thing that confused me was that the author told one of the character's views out of order. The author probably had a reason for this, but I thought it was too confusing and it took away from the story.

Quarter 2 blog 3

The Mephisto Club
Tess Gerritsen
page 82

The book is told from 3rd person, from a narrator who can see all characters' thoughts. This point of view makes the reader get many emotions, making the tone have variety. The plot is affected because when many views are given it makes the scenes easier to picture. Since its a book about homicide, its not exactly something where people want to picture the scene, but with the different views it gives the reader a sense of how horrific the scene is. I like to see the thoughts of all the characters because it makes the plot easier to follow. It's more enjoyable to read this way, because then you are not left to make a prediction about what another person is thinking when asked a question by another character.

Change Of Heart By: Jodi Picoult Page: 255

My book is 3rd person omniscient. It tells from many different people's point of view and exactly what there feeling. The way my book is set up is each chapter is a new person telling about the same situation and how it is to be them in it. It being set up this way gives the reader to see point of views from different characters and just how they fill. It may even keep people wondering because they get a different feeling from each character and it's hard to maybe understand or get what is really happening. I don't necessarily like it just because it is harder for me to follow with how much it changes.

Monday, November 1, 2010

19 Minutes
Jodi Picoult
Pg. 455

My story is told in 3rd person omniscient. You get to read about the thoughts and feeling of multiple characters. The tone in this book is full of anger and regret. The point of view affects the tone because you get to read about all of the characters thoughts and opinions about the school shooting. Many people were not at the scene of the shooting, but their children, wives, husbands, were there as well. No one was happy with Peter and they all wanted him to go to jail, which he did. The tone of the many people were very harsh to him and Peter got the hint that no one wanted to speak to him ever again because of the actions he had made. There are multiple tones in this book, mostly sad, angry, and depressing tones. It creates a good affect from the point of view because you could see the impact of what Peter did through the words they say to other people. The point of view affects the plot because by having the book read in 3rd person omniscient the characters create many conflicts and you can see how they all react to those conflicts they have within one another. The plot is also affected by the point of view because you can find out how the people died from the school shooting. If it was only told in Peter's point of view, you would not have been able to find out what happened at the school shooting in Josie's perspective. Josie's view of the shooting helped them solve the case so that it why it was good to have the point of view be in 3rd person omniscient. I like how it is in 3rd person omniscient because then you get to see how everyone reacts to the shooting and how they handle their losses. I would not like it in 1st person because you would only get one characters point of view and that would make the story boring and not as good as it was with 3rd person omniscient!

Please Stop Laughing at me. Jodee Blanco

This story is told in first person point of view. Jodee the main character and narrarator is the one telling the story. With her being the main character, and the person telling the story makes it more enjoyable. Its actually coming from her point of view. That to me makes it more enjoyable to read and drags me into the story. Doesnt really afect the plot just more of the tone.
Cover-Up
John Fienstein
Finshed

The book is told in first person from Steve Thomas' point of view. This affects the tone is everything is portrayed and said he he wants it to be said. You pretty much only get one tone throughout the book. The plot is affected in which we are only told what he does as opposed to the other main character Susan Carol. We always know what he is doing or what he is going to do but not what Susan is going to do. I enjoy this instead of the female point of view because I can connect with him and I can't connect to her.
Boot Camp
By Todd Strasser
pg. finished

The book is told in fist person point of view. I think it makes the book more thrilling because it says what he thinks about everyone and how he feels. Compared to if it was in third person you wouldn't be able to no as much. So it would make the book pretty boring and I wouldn't want to read it.
Million-Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica
Pg. 147
This book is told from a third person point of view. The narrator tells the story, but the narrator only follows one person. (he, they she it). The tone is effected because you only know one persons tone or mood so you do not feel anything else, but what that one person feels. Plot is effected by the reader only knowing one side to every story, or how the one person feels. The story is told from Nate's perspective so as a reader, we really do not know how Abby feels or the coaches. Even Nates' parents. It does not bother me a whole lot other than that i wish we could know how Abby really feels about Nate. It would be nice to know.