I am reading the same book which is Where is My Wand by Eric Poole. It is pretty much a mix of very different characters put into one story. They all have many different personalities that make them very unique and interesting to follow as the story continues on.
The Hero of the story would definitely have to be the man character, Eric. I say this because he does uphold the many characteristics that make him this compared to others. For one he is not perfect, He has many strange fascinations such as dressing up as a character from Bewitched. This included making a cape from bedspread, aand acting as a female. He was caught doing this by his sister, which he was quite embarrassed to show to her. This shows that he is just a normal child like anybody else in the story. He also tries to stand up to a bully they have in school and make friends with a girl that is disliked by many in the school he goes to. This shows the courage that he puts forth in the story.
The mentor would probably have to be Father, only for the reason that the father is the one that is most connected to the main character, Eric. Eric just follows what the Dad does, and I guess he shows pity for his Dad that's why he sees his Dad better as a parent. I think Eric just teaches himself in general, he doesn't really have role model because his father and mother are to stressed, and his sister is just going through that teen phase were you start to dislike your siblings even more. He basically is the mentor, )maybe not a knowledegable one) and the hero combined.
The Shadow would most likely be the bully because he's the reason why Eric's life is so stressful if I were in his shoes. He not only has to face a lot of problems at home, but he has to face them at school which makes his life even more of a hell. He doesn't have anyone to really guide him in the first place either,so the bully is free to do anything without confrontation or support for Eric. He's the one that makes Eric life miserable, for him to be in the school yard. He calls Eric deaf and makes fun of him for being deaf. IT could be the new girl for the fact that she'snot afraid to say what's on her mind, even though she's handicapped, she'll physicallly hurt someone. She also creates tension by showing off the bully when he tries to make fun of her.
The Shapeshifter is obviously the mother mainly because she seems to have tremendous mood swings in the book. Like during christmas when recieving gifts from the dad, she liked the minx and was so in love, but when he presented a 300 dollar painting she showed no gratitude just because she didnt like it. This shows that she's sometimes peaceful, meaning they have a workable family. Then sometimes she's stressed out and goes ballistic on slight things.
In conclusion it was kind of hard to determine the role of each person but it was possible,to see, because sometimes it's not the obvious or the first thing you would think of.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Where's My Wand
I am currently reading the book Where's My Wand by Eric Poole. It is a book about the rather complicated life of the author in the book, who has to face many different things in his life such as parents fighting, bullying and different interests. He's the protagonist in the book and I have to say his life can be similar to mine in some ways even though people may think it is not to theirs.
One is parents problems between my parents. After Eric's dad got laid off the mother became very agitated because I guess the tremendous amount of stress. And then they started getting angry and arguative towards each other that's why even his dad left after while of arguing, he went and left for a day. During Christmas his mother was ungrateful of the Dad trying to be nice and giving expensive parents, she leaves in the end angry at the Dad. My parents were like this a lot less though until they divorced. Until they got divorced. It was due to the arguing after a while.
Another relatable thing is Eric's choosing of friends, he chose a girl that wasn't afraid to say something and stand up for themselves. That's how I was, my friends were usually the loudest in elementary school and probably the strangest in some other ways also. I was pretty loud and well spoken,which is the friends that I liked the most.
In conclusion, characters can be similar to you, even though you think they may not be similar to you. I had similar friends and similar experiences in the past. I hope to find more similar experiences.
One is parents problems between my parents. After Eric's dad got laid off the mother became very agitated because I guess the tremendous amount of stress. And then they started getting angry and arguative towards each other that's why even his dad left after while of arguing, he went and left for a day. During Christmas his mother was ungrateful of the Dad trying to be nice and giving expensive parents, she leaves in the end angry at the Dad. My parents were like this a lot less though until they divorced. Until they got divorced. It was due to the arguing after a while.
Another relatable thing is Eric's choosing of friends, he chose a girl that wasn't afraid to say something and stand up for themselves. That's how I was, my friends were usually the loudest in elementary school and probably the strangest in some other ways also. I was pretty loud and well spoken,which is the friends that I liked the most.
In conclusion, characters can be similar to you, even though you think they may not be similar to you. I had similar friends and similar experiences in the past. I hope to find more similar experiences.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Bad Boy: themes
I m still reading Bad Boy, which is the same book from last post. A lot of things have passed the impacted his life so much. One is his uncle has died, and it really changed the tone of the story, his dad has become more quite now that his brother id dead, and also more religous. Another thing that happened is that he's just been acting wild (the main character). He's been doing things that get him injured and just being a "bad boy".
In the book the main character Walter, has been acting very bad lately, he's been getting injured and in trouble with authority. One time he jumped off a church roof, just because he saw it before in a movie being done in the military. He jumped off the roof and when he did, he landed on his heels ultimately he fractured his heels which he did not know until later on in his life. The theme is curiosity curiosity can lead into many dangers and a lot of trouble.He was curious to see what it was like to jump off a building like in a movie he saw. He also got in trouble for stealing a bus. Him and his friends sole a bus and drove it around this shows that he was lead by curiosity which leads for the desire to do dangerous things.
Another theme that I found was death. Walter's dad's brother died it changed many things. Walter never knew his Uncle well enough to feel that sadness, but his dad became devastated. His dad's mood all of a sudden changed. It made the house more sad, and his mother has become less talkative because she's depressed from the father. Death sets tones in many stories. It creates a setting so sad no matter how bright the setting can be.
In conclusion, death can set a mood, and curiosity can put you at risk. Themes really have an affect on setting and the whole tone of the book overall.
In the book the main character Walter, has been acting very bad lately, he's been getting injured and in trouble with authority. One time he jumped off a church roof, just because he saw it before in a movie being done in the military. He jumped off the roof and when he did, he landed on his heels ultimately he fractured his heels which he did not know until later on in his life. The theme is curiosity curiosity can lead into many dangers and a lot of trouble.He was curious to see what it was like to jump off a building like in a movie he saw. He also got in trouble for stealing a bus. Him and his friends sole a bus and drove it around this shows that he was lead by curiosity which leads for the desire to do dangerous things.
Another theme that I found was death. Walter's dad's brother died it changed many things. Walter never knew his Uncle well enough to feel that sadness, but his dad became devastated. His dad's mood all of a sudden changed. It made the house more sad, and his mother has become less talkative because she's depressed from the father. Death sets tones in many stories. It creates a setting so sad no matter how bright the setting can be.
In conclusion, death can set a mood, and curiosity can put you at risk. Themes really have an affect on setting and the whole tone of the book overall.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Bad Boy: Setting's Importance
I am currently reading the book Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers. It is a book about his life that he lived in Harlem, New York, and places that he traveled to. I will be talking about some important settings that take place in this book that greatly effect the main character, Walter, by a landmark.
One setting that I think is hugely important is the library. I think the library was important to his life, because look at him now. He's a writer, and books that he read in elementary school and continuing on and on probably encouraged him even more to become a writer. In the book he's always saying how fascinated the books that his teacher gave him and books that he found in the library. He would always say that the books would bring up his imagination, the first book was a Norwegian story that his elementary school teacher gave to him and ever since that occasion he had a love for books. He started to attend a public library close to his house and kept on reading still fascinated by the books given to him. The library really changed his life because as you can see he is a well known writer.
Another setting that is really important too the main character is the neighborhood, specifically the streets in the neighborhood. This is where the character explains as the culture of Harlem, he describes it as many different things such as clothing, colors, games being played and much more. The streets are a place where he learns about new things he likes and ideas that occur and a lot of chatter that goes on in the community. Walter is influenced by the many trends that go on in the streets, he plays new sports because of these trends he learns how to play basketball and baseball. It really affected how his childhood was because of the many neighbors and influences that he had on the street. For instance one time he was encouraged to beat up Jewish boys,, and ever since that moment he has been notorious for having a lot of violence in his elementary school that he went to. It's a really big influence in my opinion.
In conclusion these to settings really affect what his actions,him becoming a writer, and him being violent. It's all influence in my opinion his teacher for an instance got him into reading books, with the Norwegian folktales. His friends and older teenagers got him into being violent by getting him to hit people for the first time.
One setting that I think is hugely important is the library. I think the library was important to his life, because look at him now. He's a writer, and books that he read in elementary school and continuing on and on probably encouraged him even more to become a writer. In the book he's always saying how fascinated the books that his teacher gave him and books that he found in the library. He would always say that the books would bring up his imagination, the first book was a Norwegian story that his elementary school teacher gave to him and ever since that occasion he had a love for books. He started to attend a public library close to his house and kept on reading still fascinated by the books given to him. The library really changed his life because as you can see he is a well known writer.
Another setting that is really important too the main character is the neighborhood, specifically the streets in the neighborhood. This is where the character explains as the culture of Harlem, he describes it as many different things such as clothing, colors, games being played and much more. The streets are a place where he learns about new things he likes and ideas that occur and a lot of chatter that goes on in the community. Walter is influenced by the many trends that go on in the streets, he plays new sports because of these trends he learns how to play basketball and baseball. It really affected how his childhood was because of the many neighbors and influences that he had on the street. For instance one time he was encouraged to beat up Jewish boys,, and ever since that moment he has been notorious for having a lot of violence in his elementary school that he went to. It's a really big influence in my opinion.
In conclusion these to settings really affect what his actions,him becoming a writer, and him being violent. It's all influence in my opinion his teacher for an instance got him into reading books, with the Norwegian folktales. His friends and older teenagers got him into being violent by getting him to hit people for the first time.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Secret Saturdays: Character Patterns
I am currently reading the book Secret Sundays by Torrey Maldonado. It's about the life of a middle school boy who lives in one of the bad parts in Brooklyn. He has to deal with many of the negatives that surround himin such a neighborhood, and on top of that his best friend has also fallen into the negatives of the streets that they live in. I will be writing about the different types of characters that affect him in the story.
The hero in the story is kind of conflicted between the characters in the book.Yet I would have to say that the hero of the story would be the main character Justin. I say this because Justin is the one who is losing his friends to the negatives of the world in this book. He's the hero for the fact that he'sacrificing his own time and himself just so he can get his best friend back, not the person he knows now as Sean. He's sacrificing himself, by taking the time to spy on him and see why he wasn't able to hangout with them in the first place. He's also not perfect for the fact that he complains Sean has been more mean towards other people than usual. Yet he's also taking Sean's side and dissing people and hurting other people's feelings at the same time. This makes him the hero.
I think definitely Justin's mom is the mentor for the fact that she is very helpful to Justin in doing the right things. She's able to do this because of past experience that she had. Justin wants to confront Sean about him leaving late at night and ditching their sleepovers that they're going to have. His mom tells him to confront him about it as soon as possible, because when Justin's dad was having an affair she never attempted to stop it until later. She ended losing her husband and her friend who was in the affair. She learned to confront people earlier. This shows her past experience teaching someone else.
The shadow would have to be definitely Sean. The whole problem in the story revolves around him for the fact that he's he one who has gone to the negative side. After the day Justin saw him going outside at 4, Sean became more easily pissed and more hurtful, this time he was more hurtful physically also. Sean got into a fist fight with this kid named Manny because Manny dissed him.Usually Sean would just diss him back, but this time Sean punched him in the face any times and attacked him a lot. He started saying more personal jokes to people which is what Justin generally thinks made him meaner, and hard to be around. Sean is definitely he shadow, he brings more tension to the fact of his unexpectedness that he has.
Vanessa would have to be the shapeshifter, she seems to be the one that Sean talks to the most,Vanessa doesn't know these these problems around Sean because Sean is always trying to impress her and it seems to want to date her also. She's also on Justin's side because she also became a bit suspicious after Justin told her. Yet she was always with Sean before. So she's kind of caught in between of the two. Ultimately she goes on Justin's side though.
This book has many different types of characters besides the ones that I said. They all carry some form of difference in the book, that plays a big role to each other the fact that they're not all on board with each other.
The hero in the story is kind of conflicted between the characters in the book.Yet I would have to say that the hero of the story would be the main character Justin. I say this because Justin is the one who is losing his friends to the negatives of the world in this book. He's the hero for the fact that he'sacrificing his own time and himself just so he can get his best friend back, not the person he knows now as Sean. He's sacrificing himself, by taking the time to spy on him and see why he wasn't able to hangout with them in the first place. He's also not perfect for the fact that he complains Sean has been more mean towards other people than usual. Yet he's also taking Sean's side and dissing people and hurting other people's feelings at the same time. This makes him the hero.
I think definitely Justin's mom is the mentor for the fact that she is very helpful to Justin in doing the right things. She's able to do this because of past experience that she had. Justin wants to confront Sean about him leaving late at night and ditching their sleepovers that they're going to have. His mom tells him to confront him about it as soon as possible, because when Justin's dad was having an affair she never attempted to stop it until later. She ended losing her husband and her friend who was in the affair. She learned to confront people earlier. This shows her past experience teaching someone else.
The shadow would have to be definitely Sean. The whole problem in the story revolves around him for the fact that he's he one who has gone to the negative side. After the day Justin saw him going outside at 4, Sean became more easily pissed and more hurtful, this time he was more hurtful physically also. Sean got into a fist fight with this kid named Manny because Manny dissed him.Usually Sean would just diss him back, but this time Sean punched him in the face any times and attacked him a lot. He started saying more personal jokes to people which is what Justin generally thinks made him meaner, and hard to be around. Sean is definitely he shadow, he brings more tension to the fact of his unexpectedness that he has.
Vanessa would have to be the shapeshifter, she seems to be the one that Sean talks to the most,Vanessa doesn't know these these problems around Sean because Sean is always trying to impress her and it seems to want to date her also. She's also on Justin's side because she also became a bit suspicious after Justin told her. Yet she was always with Sean before. So she's kind of caught in between of the two. Ultimately she goes on Justin's side though.
This book has many different types of characters besides the ones that I said. They all carry some form of difference in the book, that plays a big role to each other the fact that they're not all on board with each other.
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