Monday, April 25, 2011
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The book Mockingjay is a sequel to the book The Hunger Games and the book Catching Fire. In the first book Katniss is, in my mind, passionate, unique, and confused. In my mind, I do not think Katniss has changed very much at all. But there are other features to her that can be mentioned.
In Mockingjay Katniss is more sentimental because of traumatic things that happened in past books. In Catching Fire Katniss finds out that her home district twelve had been bombed and everything in it died. Also in Catching Fire Katniss found out she was the reason it was bombed. This makes Katniss seem more vulnerable than in previous books.
Katniss is more confident in herself in this book. A reader could tell this is true because Katniss overcomes many obstacles in Mockingjay. Like even after Katniss gets her throat extremely injured she manages to overcome the injury and become a soldier for the resistance. She also overcomes many depressing things like her home being destroyed, Peeta being captured, and the fact that she may have started this entire war!
Lastly Katniss is a lot more of a leader in Mockingjay than in The Huger Games. For example when district three is being bombed instead of running away she mans a gun and destroys the bombing hovercrafts. She also took control of the mission to assassinate President Snow when the other leader, Boggs died. In this book you can easily compare Katniss and the resistance to Uncle Sam and the North in the civil war.
In the book Mockingjay there could be many themes but i will just give you the two I think best fit. The first one I think is easy, never give up. I say this because even after all that Katniss and the other districts had been through they still managed to gang together and defeat the capitol. The best scene in this book to describe it comes when Katniss and all the other people in her crew sacrificed themselves to keep the mission alive.
The second theme that I think would best fit this book is, when Katniss realizes that when President Snow is killed all that the resistance will be doing is the same as what the capitol would be doing but flipped around. So instead of killing President Snow she kills the next in line to be president. I think this shows that when you get to be so powerful don't let it all go to your head.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins
The Hunger Games is a book about the main character Katniss Everdeen and her adventures in a game called " The Hunger Games," Katniss is a tall. skinny. brunette whos father was killed in a mining explosion. After the explosion Katniss's mother went into depression and couldn't provide for the family. That left Katniss to go out into the forest illegally and hunt for food for her mother and sister, Prim.
Every year the capitol makes the twelve districts put there name in for a draw to go to the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a system set up by the capitol in which each district must send one boy and one girl to fight against the other disticts boys and girls to the death.When the names are called for who is going to the Hunger Games Prim is chosen. Katniss panics and volunteers to take Prims spot. This shows how much Katniss cares about her sister.
After Katniss is chosen she promises herself to win the competition so she can get back home to see her family and crush, Gale. But the other tribute who was choosen from her district is Peeta who she falls in love with. Throughout the book you can see the confusion in Katniss trying to decide beteween Gale and Peeta. However you can also see how much she cares about both of them because she always tries to do what she thinks is best for both of them.
Katniss is very different from others she changes her mind about people a lot. Like how she was ready to kill Peeta before the games and during the games she fell in love with him. It went that way with a lot of other characters to like Gale, her Mom, and Madge the mayors daughter. She also seperates herself from people a lot. She doesn't always like to talk to people she would rather be alone.
In the book Katniss has many flashbacks. Most of them are about her dad. I think the reason there are many reasons as to why she has so many about her dad.
Katniss's dad was killed in a mine accident when she was young. Then when her mom went into depression I think Katniss longed for her parents that she had lost. So instead of just moping around Katniss got up and did the things her dad had taught her. She has a flazhback to when her dad is teaching her how to hunt.
Another reason is I think Katniss was really close to her father. You can tell just by the way she speaks about him. Like she says when her dad sang, people listened. This shows you she loved her dad's voice.
Lastly the flashbacks help Katniss throughout the book. When she is in trouble she usually goes to a flashback and finds a way out of her situation. These flashbacks really helped me throughout the book to help me understand it more. They also made the book a very nice read and a book that I found was hard to put down!
Every year the capitol makes the twelve districts put there name in for a draw to go to the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a system set up by the capitol in which each district must send one boy and one girl to fight against the other disticts boys and girls to the death.When the names are called for who is going to the Hunger Games Prim is chosen. Katniss panics and volunteers to take Prims spot. This shows how much Katniss cares about her sister.
After Katniss is chosen she promises herself to win the competition so she can get back home to see her family and crush, Gale. But the other tribute who was choosen from her district is Peeta who she falls in love with. Throughout the book you can see the confusion in Katniss trying to decide beteween Gale and Peeta. However you can also see how much she cares about both of them because she always tries to do what she thinks is best for both of them.
Katniss is very different from others she changes her mind about people a lot. Like how she was ready to kill Peeta before the games and during the games she fell in love with him. It went that way with a lot of other characters to like Gale, her Mom, and Madge the mayors daughter. She also seperates herself from people a lot. She doesn't always like to talk to people she would rather be alone.
In the book Katniss has many flashbacks. Most of them are about her dad. I think the reason there are many reasons as to why she has so many about her dad.
Katniss's dad was killed in a mine accident when she was young. Then when her mom went into depression I think Katniss longed for her parents that she had lost. So instead of just moping around Katniss got up and did the things her dad had taught her. She has a flazhback to when her dad is teaching her how to hunt.
Another reason is I think Katniss was really close to her father. You can tell just by the way she speaks about him. Like she says when her dad sang, people listened. This shows you she loved her dad's voice.
Lastly the flashbacks help Katniss throughout the book. When she is in trouble she usually goes to a flashback and finds a way out of her situation. These flashbacks really helped me throughout the book to help me understand it more. They also made the book a very nice read and a book that I found was hard to put down!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Alabama Moon
Alabama Moon is a book about a son named Moon and his father, "Pap", living out in a huge forest in Alabama. Moon is a very strong person in both mind and body. Readers can tell because Moon owns hundreds of books that he has read at least once because he has bags full of them in his shelter. Moon is strong because he lives out in the forest and has to hunt and cut down trees for survival. His father also says he can "whip up on" anybody, even someone three times his size.
Moon is very confident. When Moon's father dies, he tells Moon to go to Alaska. This seems like a great feat, because of the long distance and dangers involved in Alaska's harsh climate. Many people might not be able to tackle this challenge. Moon, on the other hand, keeps going. When the government finds him and puts him in an "Inescapable" facility, he still finds a way to escape. He even saves everyone else in the facility while doing it.
Lastly, Moon is caring. It is easy to see this because Moon's father told him that if he writes a letter and burns it his dad will read it through the smoke. When Moon gets lonely throughout the book, he is always burning letters in hopes that his dad will read it through the smoke. Moon also cares about his friends a lot! Most of all, he cares about his best friend, Kit, whom he hid with in the forest from the government. Kit got sick and Moon couldn't get any good medicine. In the end, Kit died from his disease, which is unknown. Moon cried for a long time because he was so close to Kit. In the end, Moon realized that Kit was happy where he was.
I liked the book Alabama Moon. It was intriguing and interesting to learn about all the different ways humans can use nature for living and survival. For example, when Kit becomes ill, Moon creates many medicines out of TONS of mushrooms and weeds hoping to heal Kit. Another example is when Kit and Moon dug a hole under a tree so that they could stay warm under ground during winter. When a deer was killed, the boys used every part of the deer for various tasks including food from the animal, a hat from the skin, and the bones to grind up for medicine.
I was also intrigued by the different ways people in this time lived their lives without modern tools and comforts. Instead of using a scissors for a haircut, Moon's dad would put an iron clamp around Moon's head and burn the hair around it. Moon's clothing was made out of animal skins. It seemed like a way for him to both stay warm and show his pride for his kill.
I would recommend this book to just about everyone. The book was long, but it was an easy read. It has a lot of information about how to survive on one's own in a forest. I would especially recommend this book to adventurous type readers. Also, this book has a couple of twists. For instance, there are a couple of sad parts that the reader doesn't expect. The reader is reeled in by the author when Kit and his dad die because the reader wants to see how Moon is going to live without them.
I would give Alabama Moon a solid rating of 10/10! I was hooked into this book by the first chapter. I would recommend this book to everyone!
Moon is very confident. When Moon's father dies, he tells Moon to go to Alaska. This seems like a great feat, because of the long distance and dangers involved in Alaska's harsh climate. Many people might not be able to tackle this challenge. Moon, on the other hand, keeps going. When the government finds him and puts him in an "Inescapable" facility, he still finds a way to escape. He even saves everyone else in the facility while doing it.
Lastly, Moon is caring. It is easy to see this because Moon's father told him that if he writes a letter and burns it his dad will read it through the smoke. When Moon gets lonely throughout the book, he is always burning letters in hopes that his dad will read it through the smoke. Moon also cares about his friends a lot! Most of all, he cares about his best friend, Kit, whom he hid with in the forest from the government. Kit got sick and Moon couldn't get any good medicine. In the end, Kit died from his disease, which is unknown. Moon cried for a long time because he was so close to Kit. In the end, Moon realized that Kit was happy where he was.
I liked the book Alabama Moon. It was intriguing and interesting to learn about all the different ways humans can use nature for living and survival. For example, when Kit becomes ill, Moon creates many medicines out of TONS of mushrooms and weeds hoping to heal Kit. Another example is when Kit and Moon dug a hole under a tree so that they could stay warm under ground during winter. When a deer was killed, the boys used every part of the deer for various tasks including food from the animal, a hat from the skin, and the bones to grind up for medicine.
I was also intrigued by the different ways people in this time lived their lives without modern tools and comforts. Instead of using a scissors for a haircut, Moon's dad would put an iron clamp around Moon's head and burn the hair around it. Moon's clothing was made out of animal skins. It seemed like a way for him to both stay warm and show his pride for his kill.
I would recommend this book to just about everyone. The book was long, but it was an easy read. It has a lot of information about how to survive on one's own in a forest. I would especially recommend this book to adventurous type readers. Also, this book has a couple of twists. For instance, there are a couple of sad parts that the reader doesn't expect. The reader is reeled in by the author when Kit and his dad die because the reader wants to see how Moon is going to live without them.
I would give Alabama Moon a solid rating of 10/10! I was hooked into this book by the first chapter. I would recommend this book to everyone!
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