Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets 8/20

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Pages 115-341 end

Prompt 1.) What is the main conflict of the book? 2.) What was the thing that surprised you the most in the book? 3.) Would you recommend this book?





             The main conflict of the book is about how student at Hogwarts are being petrified (petrified to be frozen in a coma state) and Harry Potter has to find out how is doing this. This conflict is man vs nature do to the fact that the character that have were petrified are by a magical creature. This is shown on page 290 where it is stated "This snake, which may reach gigantic size..."Which shows the reader that the thing petrified the student in the book is an animal, and animals are part of nature.  The conflict is resolved when Harry Potter eliminates the giant snake, this is shown on page 320 where it is narrated " Harry threw his whole weight behind the sword and drove the hilt into the roof of the serpent's mouth-" Which shows the reader that the snake would have been terminated.


 
               The thing that surprised the most in this book is the fact that J.K Rowling decided that Hermione could not be in the final act of the book. The reason that this excited me is the fact that most author are very care of not harming their main character to much. Another reason is that she had nearly no interaction or mention for over multiple chapters. She also completely uninvolved in the climaxed she is not reference or seen or even knowing that it has happening at all.  She only comes back into the picture until the last chapter of the book.



                I would recommend the book Harry Potter and The Chamber to my friends and family member for multiple reason. The first reason that I would recommend this book is because the character development is very good you can see how the characters are changing after experiencing new things. Another reason that I would recommend this book is the fact that the book is very hard to put down after you start reading you will be invested in the character so you want to know what will happen to them. Even though the climax of the book is not at full potential, the resolution makes you feel like the book has a great ending.  The book also has great moments that you will not see coming and surprise you.

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets 8/7

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Pages 0-115

Prompt: 1.) Describe a character from your book 2.) If you could met a character which character would you meet and why



          Harry Potter is the main character of the book Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets this can be inferred do to the fact the name of the book has his name in it. Harry Potter is a wizard, this is shown on page 3 where the narrator says "Harry Potter was a wizard..." Harry Potter is a student in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this is also shown on page 3 where it is state that "a wizard fresh from his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Which shows the reader that he is student at Hogwarts and that it he finished his first year of studies. Harry Potter is abused by his aunt,uncle, and cousin this is shown on page 10 where it is stated "he still had to duck as she aimed a heavy blow at his head with the soapy frying pan." Which shows that his family member do not care for him at all.

         Severus Snape is the potion teachers in the school Hogwarts for wizards and witches, this is shown on page 77 where it is stated "Snape taught potions." Snape is not liked by many of his students, this is also shown on page 77 where it is stated "...disliked by everybody. This is also shown on page 78 where it is stated by Ron "I mean, everyone hates him" Which shows that not many people like. Severus Snape has wanted to be the Defense Against Dark arts teacher but, he has never gotten the position. You can tell this on page 78 where it is stated "Maybe he's left... because he missed out on the Defense Against Dark Arts job again.



         If I could meet any of the characters in the book it would be Ron Weasley do to the fact that he has known what being a wizard is like his whole life. Another reason that I would like to meet Ron would be so that I could learn how he learned how to live without having to modern day technology like computers,phones,gaming console, tv,and other things. While on the other hand he is also getting a trade off which allows him to do magic. A meeting Ron would also allow me to prove that magic is real that other legend of magical sorts are as well real. Once I met him I would ask him what was his favorite part of being a wizard?

           

Paper Towns 7/25

Paper Towns 

200-305 end.

1.) Are the character relatable to you if so how. 2.)Would I recommend this book to other why or why not

              I believe that I relate to two characters in the book Paper Towns, the first character is Quentin Jacobson. I can relate to Quentin do to the fact he is calm person that lives his life at a low pace. I myself prefer things that are calmer because I don't have to be afraid that something might go wrong and cause terrible things that could happen. We both have goals in our live that are common with those of other people, like graduate college to get a good job, and have a family with kids.  Quentin and myself both do not get into much trouble in the book he hesitate to even help the girl of his dreams. This is shown on page where it says "Let's just please not get in trouble,"I said. "I mean I want to have fun and everything, but not at the expense of, like, my future" I myself would have also hesitated if I was his age as well knowing that my future could be ruined for a relationship that might not amount to anything.

          The other character that I feel that I could relate to was Radar or Marcus Lincoln for two major reasons. The first reason is that Radar and I spend a majority of my time online, this is shown on page 15 where Quentin thinks to himself"Radar is a big-time editor of this online user-created reference source called Omnictionary. His whole life is devoted to the maintenance and well-being of Omnictionary"The other way that Radar and I relate that our parents both collect things, Radar's parents collect black Santa. While my parents collect keychains from different states that we have visited.

          
         I would recommend Paper Towns to other people because it has many aspects that people might like a mystery with comedy, a road trip, and a coming of age story. Another reason this book is good is that the character are develop in a way that they are realistic and go through that the crazy teenage mind might go through. The book Paper Towns also makes you think what would you do for love and where you would stop the line and did you agree with the way Quentin reacted to what Margo did.

Paper Towns 7/20

Paper Towns

Pages-0-200

Prompt Character description using textual evidence 

                The main character of the book Paper Towns is Quentin Jacobsen is kind hearted. I know this do to the fact that on page 43 were Quentin thinks "I felt a stab of regret as we backed up past him, so I rolled the window halfway down and threw his polo in his general direction. Quentin is also a calm person and is not use to much excitement. This shown on page 44 were it is said "My heat is really pounding in my chest... "That's how you know you're having fun..." This shows that he is not excited much because he acts surprised about the feeling he is having.

               Margo Roth Spiegelman is a very adventurous and mysterious type of person this is shown various times through the book. This can be found on page 7 were Margo says " I did an investigation" Which is done after Margo and Quentin find a dead body in a park, were most people would try to forget what happen she does not. Margo being adventurous is shown on page 68 where it is stated "We're not going to break anything. Don't think of it as breaking  in to SeaWorld. Think of it as visiting SeaWorld. Think of it as visiting SeaWorld in the middle of the nigh for free. Which shows that she is very out going and likes to be adventurous. She is also very creative spending the first third of the book getting revenge of those that did wrong to her.

            Marc Lincoln or Radar spends a major part of the book on Omnictionary a parody of Wikipedia. He tries to makes sure that the website is up to date and that all the information is correct so that it top quality. This is shown on page 15 where Quentin thinks "Radar is a big-time editor of this online user-created reference source called Omnictionary. His whole life is devoted to the maintenance and well-being of Omnictionary"This shows that he cares and wants the website to be at the highest quality. Radar also, has a girl friend name Angela and they have been dating for five weeks. this is shown on page 20 where she says " ...we've been dating for five weeks..." Which shows that Radar has a girlfriend.