My goals for the summer are that I will read at least one chapter book each week during the summer. This way, I would have some time away from my friends, which is disappointing, yet good for people to have breaks. I would also like to read a couple of books about something that I wouldn't usually pick to read by myself, without assignment.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Why I Won't Abandon "The Hunger Games"
I have moved on to the third book of the excellent trilogy "The Hunger Games". One of the important reasons that I'm continuing to read the book, and not simply abandoning it, is the wonderful trait in the book, suspense. In all books I read, I hope for suspense. Whether it's if Katniss will survive or not, or if The Man In the Yellow Suit will die when Mae thumps him over the head with a gun. However the suspense works, it is always my favorite part. Although for some, reading is torture, for me it's just a hobby, something I do for entertainment. Another piece I get out of reading this book, although it sounds odd, is violence. There isn't much gore, "The Hunger Games" doesn't go into gorey details, but violence adds some pizazz to the main concept.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Perception
This week, I'm still reading Catching Fire, but sadly, the book is coming to an end. As I was reading the thrilling novel, I found myself seeing things from Katniss's perspective of life. This was very easy to do because of the fact that the book is written from her perspective in the first place.
"The circle of water slowly calms down, having absorbed the giant wave. We rearrange our things back on the wet sand and are about to settle down when I see them. Three figures, about two spokes away, stumbling onto the beach." Page: 318 In this particular quote, I can infer that Katniss is feeling worried, yet curious as to who the strange trio could possibly be. These are the exact thoughts that would be running through my mind in this sort of scenario.
"Moments after it stops, I see the fog sliding softly in from the direction of the recent downpour. Just a reaction. Cool rain on the steaming ground, I think. It continues to approach at a steady pace. Tendrils reach forward and then curl like fingers, as if they are pulling the rest behind them. As I watch, I feel the hairs on my neck begin to rise. Something's wrong with this fog. The progression of the front line is to uniform to be natural. And if its not natural...
A sickeningly strong odor begins to invade my nostrils and I reach for the others, shouting for them to wake up.
In the few seconds it takes to rouse them, I begin to blister." Page: 296-297 The Gamemakers, the people who control The Hunger Games, are making a disaster of deadly fog. Katniss is obviously worried that her allies won't wake fast enough, and they won't be able to escape. Again, this is the logic way to think, and I would feel the same.
Another character who was involved in both scenario's, Peeta, might think of these happenings differently. In the first happening Peeta obviously wasn't very worried, and decided it might be good to have another ally to help out. Anyway, Finnick, (the other ally they had), seemed to want her as an ally, and he was already talking to her. Peeta was perfectly fine with this. But he was also curious about who the other two people were. When the deadly fog had arrived, and Katniss had hurriedly roused them, Peeta must have been feeling a mix between confused, surprised, frightened, and groggy because he had suddenly been brought out of a peaceful sleep. Both Katniss and Peeta felt some of the same feelings, but some opposites.
"The circle of water slowly calms down, having absorbed the giant wave. We rearrange our things back on the wet sand and are about to settle down when I see them. Three figures, about two spokes away, stumbling onto the beach." Page: 318 In this particular quote, I can infer that Katniss is feeling worried, yet curious as to who the strange trio could possibly be. These are the exact thoughts that would be running through my mind in this sort of scenario.
"Moments after it stops, I see the fog sliding softly in from the direction of the recent downpour. Just a reaction. Cool rain on the steaming ground, I think. It continues to approach at a steady pace. Tendrils reach forward and then curl like fingers, as if they are pulling the rest behind them. As I watch, I feel the hairs on my neck begin to rise. Something's wrong with this fog. The progression of the front line is to uniform to be natural. And if its not natural...
A sickeningly strong odor begins to invade my nostrils and I reach for the others, shouting for them to wake up.
In the few seconds it takes to rouse them, I begin to blister." Page: 296-297 The Gamemakers, the people who control The Hunger Games, are making a disaster of deadly fog. Katniss is obviously worried that her allies won't wake fast enough, and they won't be able to escape. Again, this is the logic way to think, and I would feel the same.
Another character who was involved in both scenario's, Peeta, might think of these happenings differently. In the first happening Peeta obviously wasn't very worried, and decided it might be good to have another ally to help out. Anyway, Finnick, (the other ally they had), seemed to want her as an ally, and he was already talking to her. Peeta was perfectly fine with this. But he was also curious about who the other two people were. When the deadly fog had arrived, and Katniss had hurriedly roused them, Peeta must have been feeling a mix between confused, surprised, frightened, and groggy because he had suddenly been brought out of a peaceful sleep. Both Katniss and Peeta felt some of the same feelings, but some opposites.
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