Post it #5

Friendship

There comes a point in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.
- Unknown

The  book I am currently reading  is called Not My Daughter  it is about friendship, a friendship pact, generation of friendships. When three friends decide that getting pregnant at seventeen would be okay because they would have each other, they would have each others friendship. They think because their mothers are friends and they are friends this will be perfect. But when challenges come up that they didn't accept, they don’t know how well their friendships will last, and who will stay when the times get rough. When Lily and her friends face the town reactions of them being pregnant, we watch how the dynamics of theirs and their mother’s friendships and relationships change. They do not any fathers involved because they don’t want it to ruin their friendship that they currently have, but they don’t realize that the friendship could already be ruined.  This is why I choose the quotation, “There comes a point in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.” Though out the book many times they mention how friendships change and how you are never exactly alone when you have friends. “This was her doing alone. Well not exactly alone. Mary Kate, Jess and abbey were in on it to.” (Delinsky, 67)  

Delinsky, Barbara. Not My Daughter. New York: Doubleday, 2010. Print.
Delinsky, Barbara. "Chapter Five." Not My Daughter. New York: Doubleday, 2010. 67. Print.

Post it #3

      



  LUCAS



 
           In the book Lucas justice is very clearly portrayed though out the plot. When the antagonist Jamie Tait, tries to hurt the main character Caitlin McCann his actions are rewarded with justice. When Jaime Tait tries attempted rape on Caitlin the love interest Lucas fights Jaime and hurts him brutally until Jaime can no longer move. I believe that this is justice because what Jaime did was wrong. Caitlin never did anything to Jaimie , she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. But, Jaimie doesn't care and acts harshly towards her and her brother, thinking he will never get caught. Finally towards the end of the story when Jaimie has continued to act without think about his actions catching up with him. rewarding him with justice, he is sent away to prison for everything horrible that he has done, not only to Catlin but to everyone else.  This is a very well thought out book due to justice, one of the main topics though out the book is that everyone will get what they deserve whether it may be bad or good, which is the defention of justice.



Brooks, Kevin. Lucas. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic, 2003. Print

Post it #2

Five of the most important elements of my  story are;

1)      Humour

2)      Setting

3)      Idealistic characters

4)      The mood

5)      Irony

 

The novel that I am reading currently is called Lucas this story is lacking the element of humor. Humor will make a story more fun and let you to laugh with the character when something funny is happening to the character. Humor makes a sad part of a book feel just a little bit better.  When you need a good laugh a book can do that and make you feel better about what might be happening. Sometimes when something awkward is happening and a character uses humor to take the awkwardness out of a situation it can become amusing.  In the story Lucas a fight breaks out between Lucas and a local guy from town the author uses humor to undo a stressful and tense time in the story. “Let’s have a little chat.”( Brooks, 226) Says Lucas when Catlin is going to hit her brother and is about to get very angry with him, I found this funny because when Catlin is all fired up Dominic Lucas stays very relaxed and calm.

Brooks, Kevin. "Thirteen." Lucas. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic, 2003. 226. Print

Post it #1

Three qualities that make a book enjoyable for me are, when the characters are relatable to me or something that is relatable in life happens to that character. Another quality that I find makes a book good is, when the main character must over come a great battle or a challenge to have a happy ending in there story. Finally something that makes a good book is when it has a bit of suspense or thrill in the book to keep me very interested in what might happen. I think both books I have read this year contain all these qualities, and both Nineteen Minutes and Winter Girls had relatable characters in them. Like Lea from Winter girls, who had an eating disorder I believe this is something most girls in high school can relate to. Because even if they don’t have an eating disorder one of their friends or someone, they know is probably dealing with an eating disorder of some kind. Nineteen minutes became relatable because one of the main characters Josie had an obsessive boyfriend, how did not treat her right. This can happen to many girls in high school, they think that their boyfriend just "loves" them but really he is over protective. Secondly in Winter girls Lea has a great battle to over come, she must fight with herself and others about her health, she has to decide wether or not it is worth it to life and be healthy or to die trying to be skinny. In Nineteen Minutes Josie must have a battle with herself to overcome the horrible pain that she has felt since her boyfriend was killed. She also must challenge herself to tell the truth about the day that her boyfriend was killed. Finally in both books thrill and suspense is found, in Winter girls when lea is close to losing her life, you are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see what might happen. In the book nineteen minute suspense is found in every part of the book because we are left out of a lot of important details that are not included until the end. In conclusion books that have all three of these qualities can be enjoyable for me.