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The Forest of Hands and Teeth (jordan)

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City of Bones, Mortal Instruments series book 1

            Author: Cassandra Clare

            Genre: Young Adult

            Author’s Purpose is to Entertain

            Main Conflict: Man vs. Man

Theme:

         Love conquers all. This is the theme of City of Bones because throughout the story the love that is shared between the characters is what drives the action and, in many cases, what sees them safely home.

         Plot:

         Exposition: Clary fights with mom and she meets Jace.

         Rising Action: Clary’s mom is missing, Clary fights a demon and Jace takes her to the Institute to heal.

         Climax: Clary and Jace find the Mortal Cup and turn it in to Hodge, who then betrays them by summoning Valentine and giving him Jace, trapping Clary in the process.

         Falling Action: Jace discovers that Clary is his sister, and Valentine his father.

         Resolution: Jace rebels against his father and stays with Clary and Luke.

         Main Character:

         Clarissa Fray is City of Bones main character. Throughout the book she changes in that she matures and becomes stronger. During her time at the Institute she discovers who she is and what she can become. She learns about her mother’s past and all the secrets Jocelyn kept from her.

         Literary Devices:

         Throughout the book, Cassandra Clare uses literary devices in a way that drives the reader to finish. She takes advantage of Irony in the use of a common expression among Shadowhunters, ‘By the angel’. This is ironic because Jace uses this expression quite often, though he tells Clary that he doesn’t believe the myth that Shadowhunters are the descendants of man and angels, Nephilim. She also uses personification when speaking of the Mortal Cup. Foreshadowing plays a major role throughout the story, and gives the reader a hint of what may come at the end. Allusion is the back-story of this series in that, the events occurring in Clary and Jace’s time are the result of a cult’s plot over twenty years before, as well as, the entire Institute and the Shadowhunters themselves are supposedly descendents of man and angel, created by the Angel Raziel.

         Characterization:

         Cassandra Clare has created in her series a set of characters so diverse, so deep in their unique personalities, as to feel real to the readers and derive a personal and emotional connection from them. She has written both dynamic and static characters throughout the Mortal Instruments series and the prequel series, the Infernal Devices.

        

         Five-Seven words to describe City of Bones: Suspenseful, Heart-breaking, Emotional, Thrilling, Compelling, Inner Strength, and the bond of Family

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Poison

• Poison by Chris Wooding
• Genre: Fantasy Fiction
• Suspenful, Thrilling, Mysterious, Driving, Terrifying, Sick, Disturbing, Thought provoking, Ironic

Poison is a sixteen year old who is living with her little sister, her step-mother and her father in the Black Marshes. Her little sister is kidnapped by phaeries and replaced with a Changeling. Poison decides to leave her house and get her back. On her journey she finds new friends and makes many enemies, but she also discovers who she is and where she belongs.

• Exposition: Posion leaves her home
• Rising Action
• Meets Pepercorn, Anderson, Bram and the Witch
• Meets the Phaerie Lord and steals from Lady Asinastra
• Meets the Hierophant
• Attempts to die; everyone else begins to fade away
• Climax: Poison decides to live and to write her own story
• Falling Action:
• The Hierophant was murdered
• Lady Asinastra kills the Phaerie Lord
• Poison becomes the new Hierophant
• Conclusion: Poison stays in the Realm of the Hierophant.

Chris Wooding's main character, Poison, is a static character throughout the book. Before the book began, Poison had changed her name herself as a kind of rebellious act against her step-mother. From then on, Poison is her own person and she isn't afraid to show it. She remains true to her inner strength and strong beliefs throughout her journey, even when facing monsters such as the Witch, Lady Asinastra and the Phaerie Lord. In the end, she takes control of her life and of the world around her.

Wooding uses figurative language multiple times throughout Poison. Foreshadowing is used most often and with great effect. For example, Poison meets Myrrk who tells her, "You've only just set out! Do you think the Phaerie Lord will just give you your sister back? No, there have to be tests, trials, a struggle, setbacks, twists, revelations. You have to earn your sister. You haven't met half the cast yet! Mark me, you've still a long way to go."
Wooding also utilizes Irony in the book. Poison left home to find the Phaerie Lord and free her sister (Main Plot), yet she discovers at the end of the book that the young girl she passed in the first city after leaving home, was in fact her sister. (Time moves differently in the Phaerie Realm).

• Man vs. Society and in the end, Man vs. Himself. Also, Poison's struggles were Man. vs. Man
• The story is told in Third Person Limited p.o.v.
• The Authors' Purpose is to Entertain

The Theme of Poison is about Inner Strength. Poison is a story of a young, sixteen year old girl who is trying desperately to save her sister and I think in saving her sister, she is also trying to regain that naive little girl inside herself that has been lost. Poison is confronted with challenge after challenge in the story and never falters to the point of no return. At one point in the book, Poison gives up and decides to let the world fade away because she is angry. The fact that she returned, that she didn't choose to die, shows an incredible will and strength of character. Poison refuses to let anything in her journeys defeat her or break her.

The Long Winter

1. The Long Winter By: Laura Ingalls Wilder 2. Genre: historical, nonfiction 3. Fierce, unpredictable, victorious, long, anxious, chilly 4. This book is about a young girl named Laura and her family living in the late 1800’s. They have recently relocated to a new town and are beginning their new life there. However, frost and snow appear long before expected and the family, along with many others, foresee a difficult winter ahead. As a precaution, the family moves into town for the duration of the winter. Soon, the first of many blizzards strikes upon the town and as a result, the trains are unable to make it through. This leaves the town helpless and in desperate need for supplies and food. Now the only question is, will they survive till spring? 5. The theme of this book is even in the most desperate of times, never give up hope, because without hope, success is out of reach. The Ingalls family encounters many hardships throughout the winter. From the cold, the isolation, the constant fear, the limited food, wood, and other essentials, they experienced it all. However, they were always optimistic. They knew that eventually, the last snowflake would fall and spring would greet them with open arms; they knew that they would make it.6. The author uses thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions to reveal the book’s characters. Laura, the protagonist, is 14 and just beginning to assume the responsibilities of a woman. She is eager to help and tries to set a good example for her younger sisters, especially Carrie. Laura knows that her mother and father depend on her to hide her fears and be strong and optimistic for her. She is strong-willed and smart, and determined to fulfill her responsibilities. She is definitely a dynamic character because at the beginning of the book, she still seems to be a young girl though is starting to mature. However, with the many difficulties winter brings, she grows up much faster than imaginable. 7. In this book, the author uses a lot of personification. With the use of this literary device, she is able to make the atmosphere surrounding the Ingalls family much more real to readers. With this, she was also able to convey the idea that the weather and surrounding land had a mind of its own. One example of personification in this book is “The low ripples of softly-colored land stretched far away and the sky was gentle over them. “ Another was “The cold had crept into the front room and was sneaking in under the door.” Still another was “…winds that squealed along the eaves, split shrieking at the corners…”. 8. The main conflict in this book is the difficult winter. The Ingalls family and all of the other townspeople are in a scary situation and they must somehow find a way to make it through until spring. In this case, the conflict is man versus nature. 9. The author’s purpose for writing this book was to both entertain and inform. She was writing it about her own life experiences and probably wanted others to know what life was like back in that time. It was also a nail biting story of survival, which made it pretty entertaining. 10. This story is written using the third person limited point of view. This helps the reader(s) to better understand how, in this case, the protagonist/author felt/feels about the whole ordeal. One can better understand that person’s viewpoints on things and can better understand why they do the things that they do.

City of Fallen Angels

1. City of Fallen Angels
Book four in the Mortal Instruments series
By Cassandra Clare

2. Supernatural Fiction

3. hysterical, entertaining, action packed, amazing, addicting

4. City of Fallen Angels, the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series, tells the story of Clary Fray and her friends. Clary is training to be a Shadowhunter-a person with human and angel blood whose job it is to protect mankind from demons- while at the same time trying to find out why her boyfriend Jace is pulling away from her. Clary's vampire friend Simon is trying to discover why mysterious people are following him. It is found that Jace pulling away and Simon's stalker situation are connected, and Clary is left desperately trying to fix what she learns she has set in motion.

Introduction- Simon is summoned to talk to Madame Camille Belcourt, an ancient vampire. She wants his help to take over the New York group of vampires because Simon is a Daylighter- meaning he can stand to be outside in the sunlight. She tells him he has five days to think about it, and that as much as he might try to be human he is a vampire.
Simon's friend Clary also tells the story, with the book switching back and forth between knowing her thoughts and his. Clary is busy with helping her mother plan her wedding to Luke and training to be a Shadowhunter, all the while trying to deal with the feeling that her boyfriend Jace is pulling away from her.

Rising Action- Simon is trying to decide whether or not he should accept Camille's offer. His mom discovers he is a vampire so he leaves home and moves in with Jordan, a new member of his band. Meanwhile a few Shadowhunter bodies have been found in Downworld territory. (Downworlders are werewolves, vampires, warlocks, etc.) The Shadowhunters are trying to solve the mystery of who is doing it, and they decide that whoever it is is trying to pit Downworlders and Shadowhunters against each other. Simon is walking down the street one day when he is attacked. In the previous book, Clary had drawn the Mark of Cain on Simon to save his life- but the Mark came with Cain's curse. Anyone who tries to hurt Simon will receive God's revenge sevenfold, so the man attacking Simon dies and turns into salt.
Jace reveals to Clary that he has been having bad dreams tormenting him at night, so Clary takes him to the Silent Brothers, who are very wise. The Brothers discover that on a previous adventure Jace had died, and an Angel gave Clary one wish. she wished that Jace would be alive again, and Clary and Jace never told anyone about it. When he "died", Jace's body had exited and re-entered his body, leaving him without the protection from demons he had received in a ceremony as a child. That night Jace is attacked again in his dreams and he is given the mark of Lillith, the oldest demon alive and the first wife of Adam who had been cast out of the Garden of Eden.

Climax- Jace, now under Lillith's control, kidnaps Clary and drags her to meet up with Lillith. At the same time Simon is lured to the same location. Lillith reveals her plan to have Simon bite her dead son, Jonathan, and then give him Simon's blood, so that Jonathan can live. She says that Jace has to be there, because for a person of the Dark to be brought back to life a person of the Light had to be brought back to life also- which Jace had already been brought back to life- and present for the second rebirth.

Falling Action- Clary manages to deform the Mark that Lillith had given Jace, destroying her control over him. They get into a big fight that goes back and forth. Lillith tries to harm Clary and Simon jumps between them. The Mark of Cain triggers from Lillith hitting Simon and a huge ray of light comes down and Lillith becomes salt. Everyone thinks they are now safe and that things will go back to normal.

Resolution- Jace, who had been left in the room with Jonathan's body while the others contacted the other Shadowhunters, is shocked when Lillith's mark on his chest reforms. He watches as Jonathan wakes up and Jonathan tells him that though Lillith is dead, he has her blood in his veins, and therefore he has her power. Jace is brainwashed by Jonathan, and the book ends.

5. The theme of this book is that actions have consequences that effect not just you but everyone. Clary set everything in motion by choosing to bring Jace back to life when the Angel granted her one wish. If she had told someone about it, then the Silent Brothers could have done a ceremony to give Jace another wall of protection. That would have eliminated Lillith's ability to take control of Jace, which would have kept all of those bad events from happening.

6. the main characters are dynamic. Clary learns that every action she makes has a consequence and that she needs to think things through before making decisions. She changes in the story and grows as a person. Simon is also a dynamic character. He goes from thinking that he can ignore the fact that he is a vampire and be human, to accepting that he is a vampire but that that doesn't mean he has to be a monster. Both characters are relatable and likable.

7. The author uses a lot of foreshadowing. When Simon is attacked you know that whoever is doing it is going to get killed. Also a lot of the small details point to the eventual outcome of the book.
Imagery is also used a lot. The author describes things in detail and it is easy to get mental pictures in your head.

8. Man Vs. Man is the main type of conflict in the book. Clary, Jace, and Simon are fighting against Lillian so that she can't kill them and bring her son back to life.

9. The author's purpose is to entertain. She created this fantastic story world that the reader can just disappear into, purely for the purpose of enjoyment. She isn't trying to inform the reader of anything or to persuade them.

10. The book is written in omniscent point of view. This enhanced the book because in order to understand the book it had to be told by different characters. i was able to understand what was going on with the different characters and what was happening in their heads.

Cryer's Cross

1.) Cryer's Cross

Lisa McMann

2.)Fiction

3.) 5 words: Adventurous, Mysterious, Old-fashioned, Heart-breaking, Memorable

4.) 1. Tiffany Quinn goes missing.

2. Marlena and Jacian move to town.

3. Nico goes missing.

4. Kendall notices new writing on a desk.

5. Nico's and Tiffany's bodies were found because of the desk, and the desk got burnt.

When Tiffany Quinn goes missing the small town of Cryer's Cross freaks out. Two friends Kendall and Nico also find this very strange, and when Nico goes missing, too, then Kendall starts investigating. Kendall has OCD, so she knows everything about her classroom at school. She discovers that on the desk that Nico and Tiffany had both sat at, that there was new writing on the desk that said "Save Me", and that is when she decides to sit in it for herself. When she does she finds herself tranced and ended up finding Tiffany's and Nico's bodies.

5.) The theme of this book is not to give in to anything. Since Nico and Tiffany gave in to the voice they ended up losing their lives!

6.) The author chooses to portray Kendall as a person with OCD. Which makes the character fit just right. Kendall is the protagonist in this book, but she is not a dynamic character because she sticks to her morales and herself the whole book.

7.) A literary device that the author uses is foreshadowing. This is shown whenever something big is about to happen because the author uses something little right before it does. Such as, when Kendall touches the desk and hears the voice of Nico, this unravels to her finding the bodies.

8.) The main conflict in this book is that Tiffany and Nico are missing. It is a man vs. nature conflict, also. The reason being because these two people had to face a freak nature accident, and did not get saved before it was too late.

9.) The author's purpose in this book is to entertain. It would not be anything else because she is just writing about something that people would be want to get excited over because it is not true, but it has the entertainment to be true. She takes you on a journey the whole way through the book.

10.) The point of view used in this book is First Person Point of View. From using First Point of View it helps the reader become connected with the story better. Since Kendall is telling the story, the reader is able to know how Kendall's mind works and what drives her to do the things she does. This certainly the best choice to be where the point of view is coming from!

Willow

Willow
Julia Hoban
Young Adult
1.) Emotional
2.) Intense
3.) Grief
4.) Pain
5.) Love

When Willow's paernts die in a car accident she believes to be her fault, she must move in with her older brother and his family. Feeling as if she's an inconvience to David and as if he blames her for their parents' death, she turns to cutting. Willow sinks further and further into depression when she meets a boy named Guy who could possibly be her saving grace.

Exposition: We are introduced to Willow as she sits in class and contemplates her situation, we are also given some background on her, and "witness" her cutting for the first time in the book (this isn't the actual first time).
Rising Action: While Willow is working in the Library, she meets Guy and they begin their odd relationship.
Climax: Willow and Guy return to the crash site and her childhood home.
Falling Action: Willow and David sit down and begin to reconstruct their relationship.
Resolution: We see that Willow is recovering and has found friends in Guy's friends.

Allusion is used frequently in the book by talking about certain places and things which gives the reader something to identify with. Flashbacks are also used quite a bit when Willow recalls memories of her family and friends, and of the accident that took her parents' lives.

The theme of the book would be that no matter how terrible life seems, there is always someone out there who can help.

The main conflict of the book is Willow trying to overcome her depression and addiction to cutting with the help out there.

The story is told in third-person-limited, conveying Willow's thoughts and feelings. Written in this way, the reader can connect with her and feel what she is feeling, and yet be able to picture her and her surroundings.

The Joy Luck Club

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• Novel / fiction / postmodern
• Narrative, story-telling, capturing, enticing, enriching, heart-felt, long, entirely worth it
• Four mothers, four daughters, sixteen relate-able stories: these are the contents of the novel The Joy Luck Club.  The Chinese immigrant mothers come from varying backgrounds, and came to America with hopes of something outstanding for their daughters.  The daughters, pressured by their mothers to be something they aren't, have become unstable and reminiscent. This novel is the story of their lives, from their points of view.
• Exposition-  This is the first two sections: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away, and The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates.  In these two sections we learn about all of the mothers, and all of the daughters, respectively.  This section of the daughters' explains their childhood stories. 
• Rising Action- This would be the third section, American Translation.   In this section, the daughters explain their adult problems.   Their marriages that are falling apart, their loss of self-image, and their determination to disregard their mothers' advice is all mentioned here. This would also be most of the fourth section, Queen Mother of the Western Skies.  Here the mothers realize that their daughters are not what they thought they were.  Each one is different and unexpected in their own way.
• Climax-  This is when June Woo travels to China and teaches her unknown step-sisters about their now dead mother.
• Falling Action- This would be when June's father explains his side of her mother's story to her.  It wraps up every loose end we have in the story, and is a nice conclusion.
• Resolution-  This is when June brings her sisters back to America.  Together, they realize that their mother lives on through them.  It is a very heart-warming ending to an enriching story.
• The theme that I gathered from this book was to embrace cultural differences.  The mothers and the daughters differ a great deal.  Other than having different first languages, they have different beliefs, morals, and views of family.  Through all these differences though, the mother-daughter relationships stay intact.   They found a way to bridge the cultural gap, and make their relationships work.  They used their differences to strengthen their bond.  We should all learn from this and embrace this philosophy.
• Amy Tan utilizes characterization through characters.  We learn a lot about family members through the story telling of the women of the novel.  Though each character is relatively equally represented, June is most definitely our protagonist.  She is a dynamic character because she starts a confused girl, who doesn't really understand her place in the world, or her mother.  Yet, by the end, June has become an incredible young woman who has learned the hardships and joys of her mother's multi-cultural life.
• Amy Tan uses quite a bit of foreshadowing in this book.  My favorites is when she chooses to do it through Chinese sayings.  At one point, Lena's marriage is falling out from under her.  Her mother is coming over though, so she makes an attempt to make everything seem normal.  However, in her mother's bedroom there is a table that Harold made in high school.  It's heavy, lopsided, and unable to carry any weight that is placed on top of it.  The only thing it will hold is a thin black vase.  When Lena's mother tries to place her handbag on the table, Lena mentions that it isn't too sturdy.  Lena's mother looks her straight in the eye and says, " What use for? You put something else on top, everything fall down. Chunwang chihan."  This is her mother's way of foreshadowing the end of their already unstable relationship.  Things like this are thought provoking, and occur multiple times throughout the story.  These keep the story moving, and make the reader hunger for more of the addicting story-telling.
• The main conflict is woman vs honor.  June is struggling to maintain the memory of her mother, and knows that she must go and meet her mystery sisters to maintain her mother's honor.  Even through June is terrified of this journey, she knows she must go through with it for her mother. This is a mainly internal conflict, though it can be considered an external conflict if you view honor as pressure from her mother's peers.
• The author's purpose is to entertain.  These characters (as far as I know) are entirely fictional.  They are made vague enough to be considered relate-able by large audiences, but are not real.  This enables the author to entertain lots of people who are looking for a heart-warming story of  generations of Americans.  It's entertaining in a soul-fulfilling kind of way.
• I like to describe the point of view of The Joy Luck Club as being an omnipresent stream of conscience.  You get to follow the lives of these eight incredible women through what reads like their journals.  It makes you feel as if you've been privileged with their thoughts and histories.  It's a very satisfying way to experience a book like this.  Others describe it as being a 'story-telling' point of view.  This is also a very accurate explanation.

I must admit, I've had this book on my shelf for years and thought it would be a stupid read.  I never gave it the time of day.  Then TayBe did that excellent presentation of The Rules of the Game, and I was hooked.  It sounded really good, so I picked the book up for the first time.  I never put it down.  I would literally read entire sections, of 100 pages, at a time.  I strongly recommend this book. 

The Secret Garden

1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 2. genre: Romance; coming of age 3. magical, magnificent imagery, childish, strange, moody 4. After young Mary, an orphaned child from India, moves to her wealthy uncle's house, mysterious things and magic start to occur. While board at home one day, Mary goes for a venture in the gardens where she find the Secret Garden. After many times of hearing strange cries Mary discovers an equivalent character to herself; her cousin Colin. The magic these two find helps the world we live in come alive. This is a story of a young mistress and her cousin's coming alive as their secret world unfolds and comes alive as well. Exposition: Mary is introduced as a spoiled child of wealthy people living in India. Mary is also orphaned at this point and moves to Misselthwaite with her wealthy uncle. Rising Action: Mary finds her secret garden and her cousin Colin. Mary also meets Dickon and he helps Colin conquer his fear of illness and dying. The main struggle is keeping their secret to themselves. Climax: Colin feels strong enough to stand on his own and he walks in the garden. Falling Action: Dickon, Mary, and Colin start to let others in on their secret and Colin is trying to gain strength to impress his father. Resolution: Master Craven comes home full of life and not his usual dismal self. He realizes the improvements in his son and in himself. 5. There is magic in all aspects of life. I also think that the theme everybody dies, but not everybody lives could also be an appropriate theme. 6. Mary an orphaned 10-year-old moves in with her wealthy uncle and she is not too fond of her current situation. Throughout the book Mary tries to keep her secret life and garden only to those she cares for. As she discovers the magical world around her, she herself starts to change. Mary starts the book as a sickly, "most disagreeable-looking child ever seen," had a thin face, thin hair and a sour expression. But the author's choice of characterization of Mary changes throughout the book. As the story progresses Mary, once stubborn and selfish changes into a kind, light-hearted, healthy looking girl with thick hair and a round face. Therefore the author's characterization creates the dynamic qualities of Mary. This also holds true for Colin. Colin is a fearful, sickly, ill-tempered, selfish, and hysterical boy who changes throughout the story along with Mary. 7. One main literary device in this novel is the secret garden itself. The secret garden itself is symbolism for life; as the garden starts to grow and blossom into something wonderful so do Mary and Colin. The garden is also symbolism for all of the magic that occurs in this world. The redbreasted robin is also symbolism for Mary's befriending Colin. Mary first befriends the robin a wild creature which correlates to Mary becoming friends with Colin, who also acts as if he is a wild creature. Foreshadowing is another element used in this book. It occurs when Mary first goes to Misselthwaite and starts to befriend Ben Weatherstaff we can get a glimpse into the true relationships to come. 8. The main conflict in this story is man vs. self and man vs. society; Colin vs. Colin and Colin vs. society. Colin struggles with himself because of his feelings of dying and his low self-esteem. The conflict of Colin vs. society is when society is pushing him down and telling him he isn't going to live and how he won't be successful in life. 9. The Author's purpose is to entertain. The author does this by writing bits of romance, humor, and and lots of elements of conflict and the wonders of childhood magic. 10. The point of view of this story is third person limited. The effect this has on the book is by giving the reader the viewpoint of all the kids in the story and we get to see the true childhood qualities coming from the main characters.

The Catcher in the Rye

By: J.D. Salinger

2. Genre: Realistic Fiction

3. Angst, Cynical, Troubling, Vulgar, Non-Conforming, Gloomy

4. After getting kicked out of yet another school, Holden Caulfield decides to take a trip before he has to be home and tell his family that he was kicked out again. His trip takes him to New York where he encounters a wide variety of people, from prostitutes and pimps, to old friends, to drug dealers, to beautiful women in bars. We get inside of his head and start to understand how he views the world and the people in it while he continues on his trip through New York.

Exposition: Holden gets kicked out of Pencey Prep, and he starts to explain his life and the people in it.
Rising Action: Holden travels to New York City and has his encounter with Sunny, the prostitute, and her pimp, Maurice. Holden also goes to many bars and gets a glimpse of the world and the people in it. He deicdes to sneak back into his own home to see his sister.
Climax: Holden tells his sister that he is going to move out west where he will start a new life.
Falling Action: His sister becomes angry at him for wanting to leave, and ignores him, which has a deep impact on him.
Resolution: Holden decides to stay rather then move away, and realizes he has to accept growing up and the pains of the world.

5. The theme of The Catcher in the Rye would be that everyone eventually has to accept the world and their lives, rather then run from it. Through out of the book, Holden is criticizing adulthood, comparing it to falling off a cliff and calling adults "phonies". He tries desperatly to not have to step into the mature world, and doesn't want to give up childhood and the sense of innocence. Holden also wants to help children keep their innocence by becoming the "catcher in the rye" and saving the children as the run through he fields of rye (childhood) and catching them before they fall of the cliff (adulthood).

6. Holden Caulfield is a dynamic character, but it is a very subtle change, compared to the usual dynamic character you would find in a novel. He gradually starts to realize that the way he constantly judges people is wrong and feels guilty about it, and he also accepts maturity and adulthood by the end of the book. Holden Caulfield's character is a very cynical and bitter person, viewing the world as a bunch of liars, phonies, and low lifes. He isolates himself from the world around him, and that allows the reader to really get into his head and see the world the way he sees it in his angst filled mind.

7. One literary device that was used over and over in this novel was irony. An example of irony from The Catcher in the Rye is when Holden is constantly referring to people as “phonies”. One line from the novel says “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies.” Then throughout the book, Holden often deceives people by making up different identities and coming up with extravagant life stories to tell people. I found it ironic that while he criticized people for being “phonies”, he went out of his way to be fake. The irony used in this book gave Holden Caulfield a deeper character, because we as the reader can catch the subtle traits of his character, whether they are good or bad.

8. The main conflict of The Catcher in the Rye would be Holden's refusal to grow up and accept the world. This would be a good example of man vs society, because Holden doesn't want to conform to society's ways and become an adult, who are fake and lifeless.

9. The author's purpose in writing this book was to allow the reader to see the world in a different way. Even though the way he portrays the world is a very cynical and sarcastic way, we still get a different perspective of everyone and everything by seeing how Holden Caulfield views the world.

10. This story is written through a first person point of view, where Holden Caulfield is narrating the story and we only get his view of the world. This point of view only allows for the reader to see Holden's opinions, so as the reader, you get a deep connection to him, since you know all of his thoughts.

Cat's Cradle

1. Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut

2. Historical Fiction

3. strange, confusing, uninteresting, random, and different

4. John, the narrator, sets out to write a story about one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. While trying to write the story he somehow manages to become the next president of San Lorenzo and his life completely changes.

Exposition: John decides he is going to write a story about the day the atomic bomb was droped.

Rising Action: John meets with Newt Hoenikker, son of Felix Hoenikker, who is one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. Then he travels to Ilium where the Hoenikker family lived during world war 2. Here he hears about the solution to mud Felix came up with for the troops,ice nine. Later John is hired to write an article about Julian Castle, who lives in San Lorenzo.

Climax: John is named the new president of San Lorenzo because the current president has cancer and his successor doesn't want the job.

Falling Action: John is summoned into presidency while the late president has been killed by ice-nine.

Resolution: A plane crashes into the cliff where the castle stands causing a land slide and all the ice-nine that was in the castle falls into the ocean. All the the water of the world freezes within seconds and John survives long enough to write his book "Cat's Cradle".

5. The theme of this book is be careful of the things you invent, for if they are put to wrong use they become dangerously powerful.

6. The author chose John as the protagonist because he had a purpose in life. He went out to tell someone elses story but ended up with a story of his own. He pushed the plot forward and made surprising things happen. No he is not a dynamic character his thoughts and views pretty much stay the same.

7. "The doctor's pupils were a yard in diameter," is and example of hyperbole. An example of a simile would be "Her lips bloomed like a spring flower."

8. The main conflict of the story is to use the ice-nine or to not use it. This could be either man verses self or man verses society.

9. The authors purpose is to entertain because this was just a story about World War 2 events there was no persuastion in the text. The story also wasn't giving information the events were made up.

10. The story was told through first person point of view. The reader got to know John and his thoughts real well. I got to feel like I was going through Johns experiences with him and not feel detached.

The Great Gatsby

1.) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2.) Genre: Romance, Fiction
3.) Colorful, suspenseful, intriguing, romantic, realistic, strange

4.) Nick Carraway has just moved to West Egg, Long Island in the 1920s to get away from the west. Little did he know the he would get caught up in the confusion of his neighbor’s and cousin’s love affair.

5.) Love can make you do strange and/or desperate things. This is shown when Gatsby takes the fall for Daisy, Gatsby moving to be close to Daisy and throwing grand parties in hope that one day she might come to one, and even changing himself for her approval.

6.) The author chose to make Nick Carraway, the protagonist, the narrator of a story that didn’t really involve him. He’s the one telling us what happened between Daisy and Gatsby and relating the story to us, the audience. Nick is a guy who doesn’t like to get involved in situations that don’t concern him, but he does care about doing what he thinks is right and helping others out. He is a dynamic character because Gatsby changes the way he looks at life.

7.) Fitzgerald uses dramatic irony frequently in the book. It’s most prevalent when Mrs. Wilson is hit by a car and the characters hear about the accident, but they don’t know who was injured. Tom gets excited, but when he finds out it was his mistress, he gets very angry. Fitzgerald uses a lot of figurative language to describe Gatsby’s parties and his guests. It plays into the 1920s era very well.

8.) Man vs Man: Gatsby and Tom basically fight over Daisy and Tom wins.

9.) The author’s purpose is to entertain. The author is just telling a tragic story about love and loss. He’s not trying to convince or inform you of anything.

10.) The story is told from Nick’s point of view, so that means it’s in 1st Person. It gives the story a more realistic touch and makes you think it actually happened to someone once upon a time.

Exposition: The audience learns about Nick and his past while also getting a touch of his strange and mysterious neighbor, Gatsby.

Rising Action: Gatsby’s parties, meeting Gatsby himself, Nick helps Gatsby talk to Daisy and they meet, Gatsby meets Tom and confronts him.

Climax: Daisy runs over Tom’s mistress, Mrs. Wilson.

Falling Action: Gatsby dies, Daisy leaves, Gatsby’s father comes over to his house, Gatsby’s funeral.

Resolution: Nick reflects on all that has happened and decided to move back west.

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Adventure, Philosophical genre

This book can be described as disturbing, shocking, blatant, disgusting, frightening, and wrong.

Summary: Alex, a crime-loving teenager, spends every night out with his friends doing illegal acts. Alex is the leader of his "droogs" for years, but they eventually turn on him and he's arrested for murder. He is then released from prison early because of a new program that "cures" his want for violence, but the result of the program ends up hurting him more than helping him. Exposition: The story begins with Alex's history, his description of himself and what he does, and an insight into his friends. Rising Action: Alex's friends lead him to be arrested, he's sent to jail, "cured" and released. Climax: When Alex can't function in society any longer, he forces himself to commit suicide, only to fail. Falling action: The doctors then bring Alex back from his "cured" behavior, which leads to his ability to function again. Resolution: Alex then gets the people to side with him in believing the jail's process of making violence seem horrible is very wrong.

The theme for this book is that all bad things can' t be taken away from someone, or else they fear life itself. Alex had everything that was considered by doctors as "bad" removed from his thoughts, leaving him afraid of everything in the world around him and even himself. People can't live happily or sanely being taught that they can't posses bad or cruel thoughts or actions.

The author chooses to express Alex's feelings through an invented language. When he speaks to others, he uses a rough, kind of rhyming scheme to create his character. He's seen by others as a leader in crime, but eventually the author chooses to change the way other characters interact with Alex. The others start to treat him badly and almost mock him in the middle of the book. I suppose that Alex is the protagonist, and he is a dynamic character who gets reversed to become what he started as. He changes into a violence-fearing, forgiving, and caring young man after he's "cured," but he is instantly changed back to the horrid, terroristic boy he began as.

The author chooses a TON of onomatopoeias to let the listener understand what Alex is hearing. He describes coughing, laughing, and a variety of sounds throughout the book, so that the reader can relate to Alex. For example, I remember him saying "Bam bam bam," but I don't remember what it was for!!! The author uses the atmosphere literary device to set the mood and tone for the streets, the prison, and the various houses he's in. For instance, he describes a basement full of meowing cats in a nice, rich looking home; this provides a way for the reader to connect and visualize Alex' s situations.

The main conflict is man versus society. Alex has been stripped of his right to make his own decisions when he was "cured." The doctors have made it impossible for him, and soon to be more, violent inmates to make choices based on what they, themselves want. The conflict is Alex vs. the government, because they brainwashed and ruined his mind.

The author's purpose is to entertain. He wanted to create a thrilling, psychologically troubled story that left readers thinking. He wasn't informing or persuading, but just writing to make a reader interested and enlightened.

The point of view is in first person, but it's very close to being stream of consciousness. The author only ever gives Alex's thoughts, and never exact dialog either. The author only gives a one-sided story that leaves the reader with one interpretation of the situation: Alex's. It's very interesting.

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