Mocking Jay 11/17/14

Mocking Jay

Prompt: 1.) Summary 2.)Characterization 3.) Point of view

Pages 3-53


             Katniss Everdeen is visiting district 12 after the capital, bombed the district. She is sadden by the fact that many died because of her destroying the arena in the games.  After walking around for some time she must return to district 13 were she is now living and her family.  She eventually finds out that Petta is still alive and is happy. After some time she agrees to be the mocking jay for district 13.  She has some conditions for being the mocking jay Petta is not going to be killed, she get to hunt, her sisters cat gets to stay, and she gets to kills snow. Later they discover that Katniss had been kidnapped and is being held in a floor even deeper underground.



      Katniss is very humble on page 6 on paragraph 3 which shows that she is very sad that she is the reason that her home was destroyed. This an indirect characterization because it does not say that she was sad but she thinks in a current way to let the reader know. On page 38 she wrote on piece of paper "I Kill Snow"... This a direct characterization because it show that she hates snow and want his dead.  On page 39  Katniss says that "Gale. I'll need him with me to do this" Which shows the reader that she care about Gale which is and indirect characterization.



      I believe that this story is in first person because Katniss is always say I and me. An example of this is one page 21 where she says "I push people aside until I am right in front of him..."  Which shows the reader that she is talking the first person perspective.  Another example would be on page  11 where Katniss thinks "I just watch the perfect line of Coin's hair and try to decide if it's a wig. Which again shows that she is talking in firs person. My final example is on page 28 where Katniss says "I bite my lip, trying to remain serious. Which shows the reader that it the book is in first person.

       

The Hypnotists 11/10/14

The Hypnotist 

Pages: 118-218

Prompt: Analyze the impact word choice has on the meaning or tone of a text. and analyze how dialogue or specific incidents reveal information about characters. Make sure to include textual evidence. 3.)• Describe the major conflict. What side are you on?



           Word chose can change the tone of the book from positive to negative and vis versa. An example of this is on page 131 the first full paragraph you can read "But the emotion that came in it was brand-new and shocking in its intensity. Hatred" which change the mood of the chapter because before this he was just bored at Sentia but now he felt hatred from a vision he was having. Another example of this is on page 143 in paragraph 1 it states that "but when Mr. Morrison tried to help you, you pushed him away and told him to mind his own business." This shows the reader that from being a regular day for Jax it turned into a terrible day because of the vision he was having in the previous paragraph that caused his to push the teacher and get sent to the principal office.  While an example of negative moment turning into a positive moment was on page 156 on paragraph two the author wrote "The jumper swung his left leg over the barrier and was a jumper no more." Which show the reader that the negative tone is gone because the person is out of danger for now.



             Analyzing dialogue helps us find specific information about a character because it show something about them that we could not tell without an image or backstory.  Chapter 22 shows the reader Jax is a good person because in that chapter he saves the life of a man that want to jump of a bridge by hypnotizing him and caring him.  Another example of this is on page 148 the last paragraph when talking to Wilson he makes fun of Jax and calls him names. To the reader this shows that he is being a bully Jax of course their are other examples throughout the other chapters. On page 117 on the last paragraph to you can read that Tommy tries to help out Jax so that he does not get beat up by the school bully. This shows the reader that Tommy cares for his friend so that he is not hurt.




Major Spoiler !!!!!!!!




         The major conflict of the book is that Dr. Mako wants to hypnotize Americans to vote for Trey Douglas by using Jax hypnotic powers, Jax is trying to stop him. Personally I am on Jax side because he wants to stop him so that the candidate win fair and square. Another reason that I am on the side of Jax is because he is trying to stop a man from taking a person's freedom away from them.  I am on the side of Jax because he is the good guy trying to save people from being controlled without knowing what happened.  The final reason I am on his side is because he did the video to hypnosis the people to save his mother and father and so that he could have control over others.


    

Poe Reflection

             Live in the 2000s and live in the 1800s have many things that are the same that have survived the years. We still have to go to school to learn how to write, read, and solve mathematical equations. In the 2000s and 1800s we both would of have had to listen to our parent and do what is told from them.  Also many people from the 2000s and the 1800s have a place to talk home and live in.  We still have to jobs to support our families and to pay for thing that we would like to have.  In the 2000s and in the 1800s people were moving to different states to find better opptionties for themselves and their family just like Edgar Allan Poe did.  



              Even thought there are many similarities between the 2000s and 1800s they're many differences. One differences between the two centuries is that now most people travel by car which did not exist in the year 1800s until the year 1885 and still they were not as popular as today. Something that is very different from the 2000s and 1800s is that phone did not exist which would of have helped Edgar Allan Poe get to safety near the end of his life. Another differences is that when Edgar Allan Poe first started to horror genre many people did not read it because they did not like it but now authors make greats amount of money do to the fact that many people like to read it now. A difference is that back then his writing would of have been frighting to a person but now it does not seem as scary to us because of the expansion of the horror genre.  The final difference I will type is that we have developed a cure for Tb which would of have safe his wife.


           Edgar Allan Poe's live greatly effect his writing because event in our lives, leaving us with new ways we see things. One way his life event that greatly effect him is when his fiancee left him for another man because in his poem the raven he takes about how he lost his wife which could be how he feels about losing his fiancee. Another way his life affected his writting is that it is very dark which could because of the death of his mother and father at a young age to show the darkness of his life.  Also when his wife died he became depressed and stopped writing for sometime. An event in his life that might of also effect his writing is when he lived by himself in a cabin that would of have given him a feeling of what feeling crazy because he talked to himself.

The Hypnotist 11/3/14

The Hypnotist
Page: 57- 117
Prompt  1.)Do you like what you’re reading? Why or why not? 2.)Describe what was either believable or unbelievable about your reading defend your opinion. 3. ) Choose a character is that character realistic.


        I  like the book The Hypnotist  because it fantasy which is one of my favorite genres. I also like the book The Hypnotist  because it deals with element that other stories don't usually deal with such as hypnoses and the study of it which shows that the author is willing to take a risk on the material of the book.  Another reason I like this book because he has superpower that are not normal from the typical super strength or super speed it takes a new look on superpowers. Another reason I like this book is because I can relate to the main character Jax, he is in seventh grade he is chosen for group of people that are gifted and he learns thing that he did not know he was capable of doing before.  The final reason I am going to type here is that from what I have read you can not quite tell who the villain is which makes you think and hypothesis on what will happen.


      Something that is unbelievable is that Jax's eye color can change because that is not humanly possible. Another thing that is unbelievable from the book is that he can hypnotis a person just by look at their eye and gain complete control over that person.  One part of the story that is unbelievable institute based on studying hypnosis. Something that are believable in the story are that there is a boy named Jax that lives in New York because people have different types of names and million of people live in New York. Also something that is believable is that someone named Jax is working in an institute.

  
       I believe that the character Jax is a realistic character besides the fact that he can bend minds. He goes to school almost everyday which is something that average kid does.  He lives with his parents in New York and has a best friend which most people do.  He plays basketball which a lot of kid his age are interested and he plays in a league with his friend and he tries to do his best to win which most try to do. Finally he has a special talent which everyone has even thought his talent is fake.