Island of the Blue Dolphins: Another Perspective

          Karana is the main character. She's 12 and she has a little brother named Ramo who is 6. They were leaving on a big ship to head to another island that would be safer. Ramo forgot his fish spear so he went back to the village to get it. By the time the ship was leaving, Karana couldn't find her little brother. Then she saw him on the shore with his hands in the air with his fish spear. They wouldn't turn back to the shore because a storm will be coming soon. They said they'll come back for him another time. Karana is not comforted by that so she jumped off the boat to swim to her brother.

          Ramo's Perspective: He had to get his fish spear back. It was important to him. That fish spear was his most treasured possession. He had made that fish spear all by himself. As he was returning to the group, they were no where to be found. He ran as fast as he can to the shore. He saw the boat leaving. He tried screaming, waving his hands, getting their attention. The boat kept on moving. It's not coming back for him. He knelt on the ground thinking how foolish he was. He risked his life for the spear and now he's going to be alone on this island and try to survive all on his own. He was so young, he has not learned many things yet. He sat down with his face buried into his knees. He was crying because he knew they wouldn't come back for him. Then he heard someone walking along the water. He pulls his head up and arms fling onto him. It was his sister Karana. She hugged him so tightly. He felt happiness even though they are stuck on the island with no one else. At least he is not alone. At least someone came back for him. He felt so much joy, yet so guilty for his sister to stay behind for him.

Looking for Alaska: Dynamic Character

          The main character in this book is named Miles. He was nicknamed as Pudge by his new friends at his new school, Culver Creek High.

          Miles was a shy kid who was pretty quiet. He was a studious kid who gets good grades and didn't have much friends. He never found any of his "friends" interesting. On his leaving party, only 2 "friends" came to his "party". He didn't care for those 2 "friends" and there was so less people there other than family.

          By the end or middle of the story, Miles, known as Pudge, was not as shy anymore. Pudge had valuable friends now. He smoked and drank alcohol. He was more aggressive and cared for friends. He put his friends before school and didn't study so well. He did pranks with his friends and other rebellious actions.

          Miles is dynamic because in the beginning, he was like any other quiet, studious, A student. But in the end, he was almost the complete opposite.

Respond to Reading: Black Duck

          I read the back of the book and the first few words I read, "When Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body..., got me interested. It starts out as an interview. A freshman boy who wants to be a reporter needed a fascinating story to be hired, so he went to an old man's house to get details about an old story. So far, I'm guessing that the book is what the old man is saying, his story.

          So far I've read up to Ruben and Jeddy finds a dead body on the shore as they were looking for some lobsters to catch for dinner. Jeddy's father is a police and he's been searching for some rumrunners, a boat called Black Duck. Back in these old days, alcohol was illegal, and there were many people smuggling them in. The body that Ruben and Jeddy is looking at, they think its a rumrunner. He was shot in the neck and died instantly. Jeddy checked the dead man's front pockets and Ruben checked the back. There was only tobacco pipes. They needed to tell someone about this. They decided to tell Jeddy's dad.
          My prediction is: I think Jeddy's dad will know who the man is or will get some identification for the man. The man is probably a rumrunner. Maybe it's a step closer to finding Black Duck. Maybe some one will think that Ruben, Jeddy, and Jeddy's dad might of killed the man. There might be trouble with other gangs or rumrunners or there'll be a closer reach of finding Black Duck.

Looking for Alaska: Book Format

Looking for Alaska is a wonderful book. What makes it even better is the formatting. The formatting of the book doesn't necessarily have chapters. The book has a count down of days til this event happens. I suppose the only real chapters are called Before and After. Other than those, there is bold words saying the number of days til the event happens. When you first read the book, it's like, "What's the days for? What's going to happen?" Some people tend to get curious over what's the whole big main event everything is surrounding. The key of not ruining the book is to not overcome that curiosity and skip to the event. It's a never expecting story. I never thought that the event would of happened, especially of a book by John Green. John Green always have the books about finding something/someone. When you first read the title Looking for Alaska, the first word of the title makes you think, "Okay someone's going to find the state Alaska?" As you read on, you find that the Alaska is not a state, then you realize, "Okay, he's going to find Alaska (not the state)." I think this book is the best book from John Green is about my favorite book along side with Poison. I recommend that anyone of any taste of books can read this amazing book. :)

Respond to Reading: Looking for Alaska

What do you like about your book so far? What do you dislike (if anything)? Why?
I like the book, Looking for Alaska, a lot. I like their trouble of the pranking war and the funny things they do, like play games and stuff. I would say I don't like how they're  so bad, like drugs and alcohol, but then without those interests of the characters, there would be no interest of the book. I like how they really made the highschool real as in bad kids, and teachers. But I keep thinking it's a college because of the dorming and huge campus area. I like the small crushes they get and the horrible, bur clever, pranks they come up with. These kids are good and bad  at the same time which shows all bad kids are/can be good too. I don't think I dislike anything from the book. It's awesome and interesting. It has suspension and makes me want to keep reading it. That's also why or how I finished the book so fast. It's not only "drama" and/or funny, there's a mystery too. The beginnig to middle has funny things and "drama". The middle to end has a mystery which makes it have suspension. 

Book Talk Presentation

I think that my presentation was very short. Compared with my 2 peers who presented before me, mines seemed much much shorter. I think I stuttered a lot because that's a habit when I have to present something in front of a class or a crowd. I didn't have much detail like the others and I didn't have much hesitation. I felt like I just kind of winged that presentation. I didn't really practice, I decided that things will just come out of my mouth. I did have a presentation wrote out but what happened was I didn't say exactly what was on it. While presenting, I didn't even look at it. I didn't need a flashcard at all but I thought I might mess up or forget something; I might feel more comfortable with it, but what happened was it didn't really have much affection. My points were probably reduced because there was this one question that got me stuck. I think the other 2 presenters done theirs perfectly. :)

Dynamic Character

The book I'm reading is called Undercurrents. The main character is named Nicole, Nikki for short. 

"...,and for a moment we stood there, smiling at each other"

 

          Nikki's mom passed away and she can't get over it. A month or so later, her dad gets remarried to a girl that's just a bit older than her older sister, Bonnie. Nikki feels as if she'll never get along with Crystal, the stepmom. Nikki thinks Crystal is strange and weird. Crystal wouldn't let Nikki go to a job she got, so Nikki got furious with Crystal. They wouldn't talk to each other for the whole day.

          A day later after they weren't talking to each other, Crystal dyed her beautiful blonde-silver hair to muddy brown. Sam and Nikki saw it and were super shocked. Crystal ran upstairs crying and Nikki went after her. When Nikki was trying to cope Crystal, Crystal told her a story for why she's done these strange things. When she was little, she was the only survivor of her family's attack. Crystal hides away her hair and face because she doesn't want to be noticed. She doesn't want to drive Nikki to work because she doesn't want to go out often, she doesn't want people to see her and recognize that little girl whose family all died. She died her hair so that people wouldn't see that familiar hair of hers from long ago. That night, a fire came up at the Gyasi's home. Crystal and Nikki rushed to their home and saved them.

           Now, Nikki doesn't think strangely about Crystal. Crystal and Nikki talks normally now, as if they were mother and daughter.