My own adventure Post 9

In the first book that i read, The city of Bones by Cassendra Clare, something intresting that i observed was that she had humans labeled so prententiously. She had the shadow hunters think so lowly of the humans, that they are of no worth. the same thing comes along with my second book, the Alchemist. I seem to have found that many fiction books now a days choose to make up a completly new race, that follow somewhat true theories in the real world. And in all of those books, the humans are either at the bottom or really really close to the bottom, there has not been one book that i have read, that follows this idea, that has the humans at the top. There is always someone or something that is better than the humans in some way or another. I think it is a good idea, because more times than not, there is a human to come into the world and help save whoeveror whatever, and then they gain respect. Now dont get me wrong here, I like that. Most of the books that I read follow that pattern. But they are different because each story has a different plot, they just follow the same ideas. Whether they follow ancient ideas or make up some compleltly on thier own, is the authors choice. I find both of the intresting but when I do read one that follow ancient ways, that of course have true beliefs or ideas behin them, are intresting. I like those because often times i learn things from those books. But then I also like the idea of making up something completly impossible. If they do make something up it challenges me to make me think about stuff. Like Wow? Could this actually happen? You never reakky know. Thats what fnd so intresting about this idea authors have with the human race not knowing about another older race. I also think reading fiction books help me challenge myself to become more open minded.  Thats ok if you are a person that likes to live on facts, but i think that the wonder in the thruth is the most fun. You never really know if something that you read in a fiction books is true, thats why i like them so much. They help to take me to another place where unicorns and flying dolphins can happen.

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truth in memoir

in order for a book to be non-fiction, I feel as though the entire thing should portray the truth. Because if you have a book labeled non-fiction, and in that book it says sally went down to the store to buy a chainsaw,when in relaity she only went there to buy cake, that is complete streching of the truth. So in my mind, for a book to be labeled non-fiction, the entire book must be true. I feel as though if authors bend the truth slightly, they are still lying to us. For insietence if you read a book about Ab Lincoln and its in the non-fiction section, then the books says that Abe actually never got shot in Forbs theater, you could go around beliving he was shot elsewhere. even slight variations change a whole lot of things that could change your mind set on something. I think it would help if we draw a line between fiction and non-fiction, but only because personally I do not care for non-fiction topics, because I dont care for peoples boring lives. I find it intresting that someone can sit down and write about everything that has ever happened to them, when the most exciting thing is that when they were making toast and it popped out to scare them. I think this is important because if you label a book incorrecttly then people will read it, and belive it. So by that i mean if you strech the truth in a non-fiction book, then they assume that its true because it is labeled as non-fiction.

Post #6 Readicide

I do think Readicide is a problem in schools because personally having to sit through a lecture on why the writing wanted the curtains and walls a certain color in the room to create a feeling. The author just wanted the color to be that color, and by the actions of the character you can guess pretty close as to what the mood is. But if the teachers over teach the book it makes you not want to read the classics. Sitting in my honors English class the first trimester of school was dreadful because all the teacher did was ask what everything means and we over analyzed EVERYTHING. The fact that I really do not care for Romeo and Juliet anymore should say something; that is how much we went over it. I don’t feel that genre fiction is less worthy because no matter what we read it will in some way or another expand our mind and help us in our everyday life. Whether that is how to kill a dragon or what to do when you are a star crossed lover of two families that hate each other. We always take at least one thing away from everything book we read. More times than not, I take away almost everything you could from a book. I think that we still do need to teach the literary fiction because those are the classics, and you make references to them in everyday life without even noticing it almost. Song writers put them into their songs, take Taylor Swift for example.  In her song Love Story she made the whole song around Romeo and Juliet, anybody can see that, as she said the names, but if we stop teaching the books, then nobody will know the true meaning behind the reference in the song, it will just be weird lyrics that “make sense”. I think that we should add more genre fiction into the curriculum, but not too much that it over powers the classics, there needs to be a fine balance between the two. I don’t think that we should swap the classics with modern day popular books, even if some day they might have a chance of becoming the classic. I think that preserving what has been taught for so long is good, but the teachers are suffocating the fun in what the book really means.  They have a set plan and tests for the book, but you might think something entirely different of the book, but the teachers won’t care because that is what they are supposed to teach you, so what does it matter to them if you think differently? Most teachers, in my experience, only think what they have to teach is correct. I remember wanting to tell my teacher something about Romeo and Juliet and when I finally did, she laughed it off because it was not in the curriculum. I think that we should be able to read with a certain variety, that does not suffocate us with the ideas of others and then we be able to take what we want from the book and apply it to our own lives. That being said I think that a modern day book list should consist of different amounts of classics and present day popular books. As I said before, we can take things away from books, anything that we want, but then change it to apply to modern day life. So if we do keep literary fiction, and I think we should, students can apply whatever we want to their own lives, without the ideas, that may not be wrong,  to modern day life. Kids need to read books so that they don’t have to stare at a TV screen for two hours to know that Marley dies at the end. Kids should read the books to find that out. The books allow you to create your own version of everything. And people may differ you’re idea, but it’s yours and only yours. There is no one that can take the idea away from you no matter how hard they might try. The fact of the matter is that books allow us you reach into our mind and see the vivid details that the author writes. The movies give you a representation of what others think, they put that view into your mind and then you will never truly know what you think everything looks like. I think we need to read books to let our mind run free with imagination.

Adapting The Book Theif

I think a filmaker would have a hard time showing the concept of the time changes or the little exerts that the book has to inform you further. One place where an exert was helpful was when Rudy and Liesel werer waiting on the street for a soccer game and they saw Pfiffikus. The exert helped explain what he looks like in about three or four sentences rather than putting it into the story and taking a whole page to explain him.
One scene that would be crucial to the making the film version of this book was on the train.  I think it is so important for this scene to be present in the film because it shows Liesel's brother dieing. It shows how her view on things has been shaped because of the death of her mother and the "disappearance"of her mother. This scene does not show her leaving her mother, but it does explain how she gets scared from the night mares later on in the book.
Another scene that would be important to have is when Liesel steals her first book. The Gravediggers Handbook. I think this is imporaatant because it shows that Liesel has a book and she wants to learn how to read, but she does not know all of the words. The book helps her with that throughout the beginning of the book. Liesel and papa read the book in the mornings and afternoons so she can learn how to read. Each word she does not know, they work through together so that she may learn the words and how to read.
The last scene that i would like to include (up to where I have read) is the library scene. When the mayors wife invites Liesel to go into their library filled with hundreds of books. I thinkthis scene is so important because it shows how happy books can make Liesel. she had never seen so many books in her life, and yet there they all were.
If I were to make a cut, I would probably cut out all the times when Liesel is going to get the wash for her mum. I would include a short scene of her going through the town a couple of times, but it is not very important until you get to the Mayors house. Another scene I would cut is when Liesel rolls the cigerates for her father.

Fan Experience

The book of lost things

John Connolly

Do you want your very own book of lost things? Somewhere to put your very own items and stuff? Stuff that no one else should ever see? Or stuff that you’re afraid of? Everyone should buy this book, because “They say the king has a book, The Book of Lost things. It is his most prized possession.”   You can make your very own book! Get a blank book from us, leather bound and hand detailed, all you have to do is fill it with your very own stuff. For example, maybe you are afraid of Werewolves, just as the king in The Book of Lost Things was. You can draw a picture, or print one out and put it in there, and look at it every day until you realize there is nothing that scary about them. All you have to do is overcome that fear. And to do that, this book can help you. Just as it helped the King, “The book has value to me.” He says. Or it could help you memorize things; you can write down stuff that you need to know for school, work, or just life. You can put pictures of lost and loved ones, old places that mean a lot to you. This book, the book of lost things, is yours and only yours. It’s yours to keep and look at every day. This book could potentially contain your entire life.  Maybe your mother died when you were little, and you want to remember her forever, take a picture of when she was really really happy, or whichever picture best describes her, and put it in the book. You can remember her forever and always with a picture rather than a memory. Or maybe your mother is still alive, but you live far far away from her. You can take a recent picture of her and write a note to call her underneath it. You can talk to her every day because a book reminded you to do that. This book has the potential to start so many things in your life. Or if you choose not to do any of these things, you could put everything you hate, everything that has ever been wrong, anything that frightens you, and lock it away forever. You could burn it too, but the book is your life, every book in some way is alive, we just wake them up with the stories we put in them. So you can put your story in the book. You can fill it to the rim, all 200 pages, and set it free. It’s your book; it’s your life story. If you’re a parent with young children you could have them draw pictures in it, that way you can remember they will always be your baby. Or have a picture with them when they were a little baby, just born perhaps. You can do whatever you want with the book of lost things. It’s your book.

This Book would sell because it provides a state of mind for the people, it helps them to remember, it helps them to do whatever they want it to help them with. The audience this Book sells to would be the ones who have read The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. This would help bring the book alive even more; you could do whatever you want with it, just like the king did. “He remembered the old king, and the loving way in which he had touched The Book.” The king put his everything in the book, everything he was before he became king, and all the things he never wanted to forget. The people could do this just the same and have the same effect that the king has.  The Book has the power to help change your life forever.

Post 2: What is a book?

What is a book?

A book is a book. A book is different to everyone, what it means and what it is. There is no one set thing for what a book is. A book is anything you want it to be, an adventure, an escape, or just a plain old story. In my opinion, you should be reading real book, not e-books. A real book is better than an electronic book, because of the weight in your hands, the feel of the rough paper, the smell of a brand new book, the history of a book passed down. A book is anything you want it to be. You can write in it, change anything you want to with your imagination and a pencil. A book can be everything you want it to be. The cover of the book can influence your opinion, sure, but the book itself makes you feel anticipation as you flip to the next page hurriedly and get a paper cut from the page. I’m not saying that e-books are bad because they don’t give you paper cuts; I’m just trying to say there is nothing like the experience of reading a hard book. You know how much you have left to read by the thickness of the book. The thrill of knowing what you have left to read until you get to the very last thing the book tells you, is beyond amazing. Books are alive; they can speak to you in unimaginable ways. Books are not alive unless you choose to make them alive.  A pair of wide eyes with a flashlight reading the books at night, sitting in the library, or even in the chair under the blanket your grandma made for you. You can make the book alive. If you use an e-book, you don’t get the experience of sitting under a blanket with the flashlight and book, you can sit anywhere and read it. The thrill of reading a book under a blanket is more so the thrill of knowing you should be in bed, and your parents think you are, but really you’re watching a movie, in your head. The book is an essence to make your life more creative, and fun. The fact that you make up what the characters look like and what you think is everything that matters. A real book is one made with paper, one that the author slaved over for years at a time.