Exercise #3

these reviews that i have read all seem to be composed in similar fashions. they almost always introduce the characters right away and then define the setting and plot. it basically seems like an informal guide of what to expect when reading this book, almost like bullet notes composed in a more stylish manner. these reviews seem to have a sense of blankness, almost like they were just composed after spot reading the book. but in the other hand, they seem to pay enough attention to the subject to give the readers an understanding of what is to come. i had read the reviews for The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, and The Davinci Code. they all seemed to be about the same genre, which probably didn't help differentiate the reviews much, but they were good. they seemed to be the definition that i have laid out. their information about the settings or plots were abrupt but very useful, and same with the introductions of characters. for both of these they only briefly described, if not at all, the characters with details. it basically always seemed to just be a summarized version of the book.

personally, i believe that a review should be somewhat like these ones that i have read. it needs to be informal but not too long, good set up and understanding of the material that the review covers, and shouldn't really have any inferences so it keeps its respect as a review, not so much a critique. it should end up looking something like the reading blogs we've been keeping, just leaving out the inferences.

Reading Log

this past week i went on into reading The Hobbit. my reasoning for choosing this book is because i had read the three lord of the rings books, as previously blogged about. this book was fairly good compared to the other three. it began with Bilbo Baggens and him going on an adventure through the smokey mountains and through the elvish cities. him and his crew of hobbits traveled through a brush of woods and stumbled upon a group of trolls, who ended up kidnapping these half lings. they ended up staying the night tied up, but during this the trolls were bickering and arguing on how they may go about cooking up the half sized humans for the best meal. this fighting ended up lasting so long that the sun came up, and turned the trolls to stone....
later on in this adventure, Bilbo ended up alone and lured into Gollum's cave. he ran across a ring though while walking through this deep crevice, and was mesmerized by its power to turn him invisible. now quietly walking through the cave, he ran into the creature who the ring previously belonged to. Bilbo, not wanting to give up the ring, asked the creature to guess what was in his pocket, and Gollum could have it. he gave him three tries, and all three times Gollum was wrong. mistakenly the creature calls the ring precious, not a ring, which ends up making him loose the ring.

this book was surprisingly good, and leads into the trilogy well. the way this book was written, and described through its details made it extremely easy, and exciting to read. id recommend this to most.

Note #1

In the story of Frankenstein, the concept of death in embedded deep throughout the entire novel. Most of the story revolves around victor and his mistake of reanimating dead tissue, which only causes his tissue to die in the end. His obsession with this monster he created pushes him to the extremes of this world. His creation causes all of his love ones to die, so in turn victor is the murderous villain behind all of this. He is the reason he dies. The monster goes about choking and massacre ring all of victor's family members because of victor not giving him a mate, but this is almost a paradox within victor. He wants to make another creature so he would be finally left alone and put to ease, but if he creates the second monster there would now be two hideous villains in this world.

The concepts of death that are pertruded through this novel show us that us, as a human, create and dictate our own lives and cause our own deaths in the end. The fact that victor brought the dead back to life also shows us that the dead are meant to be that way, because we will never know what could happen or what they come back as. In the end victors suffering is his own creation. He is the reason death took such an effect on his soul, his life, and everyone around him.

chapt 23 seems to be one of the biggest climax scenes involving death
(http://www.boutell.com/frankenstein/chapter23.html)

exercise 2

"In her novel, Cruddy, Lynda Barry use of brusque, crude, and cacophonous language depicts and establishes the narrator’s dreary outlook on her gloomy life."
              error type 1

" The writer seem unable to reach a peace in which she is able to write. "
              error type 4

There is also an anger " I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU TOUCH THIS...."
              error type 3

"it makes the reader feel as though this book will be depressing or maybe even gives them the impression..."
             error type 4

my favorite post would have to be My Minds Eye, love the vocabulary and the atmosphere they gave.

Exercise 1

in the excerpt from Cruddy, Lynda Barry gives her writing a somewhat depressing humor. her atmospheric tone depicts a sense that the world she begins to describe really could be cruddy. throughout the excerpt her style of writing continues to show her world as being depressing or not what she wants it to be. this is even clear in the first few lines; "once upon a cruddy time on a cruddy street on the side of a cruddy hill in the cruddiest part of a crudded-out town in a cruddy state, country, world, solar system, universe." the repetition of this "cruddiness" begins to portray a tone or poetic rhythm that amplifies the sulking mood. it makes the reader feel as though this book will be depressing or maybe even gives them the impression to feel sympathetic for the characters.

Thematic Statement

the theme i would like to follow would be the art of death. my reasoning behind this thinking is that it will be easy to analyze in depth and understand this topic very easily because of having to read most of this topic in English last quarter. we read Frankenstein last quarter, and i found it very good.the darkness and intellectual feel that comes with this topic is what amplified this topic for me. i found it to be really intriguing and i wanted to pursue it more, so this project could allow me to do so. ive looked up poems such as Not For That City by Charlotte Mew, and they just seem to keep backing up my thoughts and keep pulling me deeper into the topic. i cant wait to read more of this topic to see people's views of death.

Reading Log

goals:
attempt to read a book from each genre
read 25 mins each night
consider what i read in parts of my life to see how i can relate

reading responce ... Miricale

Earlier this week i had read a few articles relating to the 1980 miracle on ice, and figured I’d look into it more. i went back home and re watched the movie after revising these articles and found the storyline, the details, and the inspiration that was given by this film, to be almost a life altering realization. It was so crazy and fascinating that a group of college boys could defeat a team of grown Russians who played together for twenty some odd years. To think the time and effort they put into this miracle must have been so malicious and hectic. Coach Brookes drove them to a point of no return, and caused them to created bonds with one another that they would defeat the best team in the world as a family, or a group of individuals willing to sacrifice themselves for each other. He had pushed them so hard that the players began to get furious and agitated with him, but this only drew them closer in their hatred of him. They began to come together finally, and once the Olympics rolled around, they were unstoppable due to their determination and drive to achieve their goal of gold. Ironically though, the soviets came to the use 3 days before the opening ceremony and beat these college kids 10-1. This shock and realization caused them to almost awaken, or see what it will take to beat them and win. The young superstars blew through the qualifying rounds and made it to the metal rounds, only to play their favorite enemy. The game started off with a tie going into the second period, and this frustrated the Russian coach to the b\point he switched the two goalies. "He just sat the best goalie in the world," stated Brookes as he watched the backup come into the game. Going into the third though the Americans were down by one goal, and seeking anything to keep them alive. They paused and listen to what the crowds of millions of fans screamed, "USA, USA, USA... “This new determination drove them to score and win only by a hair of 4-3... The miracle was complete, and these boys had done what seemed nearly impossible for 20 years.

reading responce : Lord Of The Rings III

In this final episode of Lord of the Rings, our climax has been resolved and our characters survive. Frodo manages to make it a great distance after abandoning Sam, but is later reunited with him because Sam realized Frodo's mistake. There was a mini climax here though. Frodo was jabbed by the cave spider that protects the hidden stars, and Sam believes him to be dead when he found him. This mistake coasted him the chance to destroy the ring almost right away. Frodo was picked up by a bunch of works and was taken to a tower to be killed once awake. Sam took the ring at this point, and it seemed as though Frodo would be lost because of his imprisonment. Sam though comes to the rescue and saves Frodo before all hope was lost. Meanwhile, the rest of our members were defending the last keep before Salron, the great eye, could conquer the world. This brave triumph by man was a win in the long run due to the help of the undead army that owed their allegiance to Aragon, the hidden king of Gondor. The last push by man was a success, and seemed as though their victory over evil was in their grasp. All fate lied on Frodo and Sam now. As we see these two hobbits plundering through the barren tundra of ash the push of men gathered up their last forces and pushed towards the darkened gate of Mordor. They forced their enemy to face them head on at the gate, even though our heroes were greatly outnumbered. This last push by men gave Frodo and Sam the window they needed to make it through the plains of Mordor unnoticed and untouched. They reached their destination. Finally, Mount Doom, the creation place of the ring. When they made the final push up the mountain side though, Gollum returns from the deep, and begins to mall Sam and Frodo for the ring. Frantically Frodo escapes his grasp and runs into the mountain's entrance.

By this time Sam, Frodo, and Gollum have been in the mountain. Frodo decides not to destroy the ring though?.. The ring has gained control of our tragic hero. Gollum, who is driven by the ring, attacks Frodo. Frodo though is now wearing this gem. His soul is clear; Gollum took the ring back and finally has it to keep. Frodo and Gollum deck it out and both end up falling over the edge..... Our character barely holding on to the side of the cliff is risen up by Sam. Gollum though, wasn’t lucky enough. He fell into the lava with the ring. The ring was gone, destroyed, and wiped evil of this world. Sam and Frodo frantically escape their fate of lava and destruction. The story is over... the ring is gone and so was the evil covering the world. It was all saved..

This trilogy is now over, and I feel as though the books covered it much better than the movies did. I was very pleased with it all, but wish I had read the hobbit beforehand....