Alleigent Conflict Reactions

In the book Alleigent by Veronica Roth the characters all react to the main conflict very differently. The conflict that at hand is adjusting to their lifestyle change, which is a major one if I do say so myself. First of all they find out that the world they did know is accually a city in a state, which is a state in a country, and is a country in a continent which there are seven of. Then they learn about how for their whole lives they have been part of an experiment relating with their genes. This affects the characters in different ways.

For instance they tell Tobias that the divergents are the people with pure undamaged genes. But, when they go to test them he finds out that they are in fact damaged. The doctors try to explain that sometimes this happens. This angers him very much like they are saying there is something wrong with him. He feels like he can't talk to Tris anymore because she can't understand what he's going through because her genes are pure and unharmed. I wonder when he will accept this news and realize that it doesn't change who he is.

Tris finds out that her mother who had dies saving her life was sent into the experiment and once lived out in the real world. She uncovers many secrets about her mothers past and why she was sent in to the experiment. As she does this she goes through many emotions first it's betrayal, she just wonders why her mother wouldn't tell her this. Then it's wonder of many questions that were now unanswered. Did my dad know? What was she sent in to do? She went searching for these answers from anyone who knew her mother. But this just seemed like with every answer she got more and more came up. At this point she is overwhelmed and frankly very confused questioning if she really knew her mother at all.

The Fault in Our Stars

I have just finished that infamous book The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. I have to say it was a real tear jerker. Throughout the whole book I had a roller costar of emotions. For an example when Gus confessed his love for Hazel I did not know how to feel happy or sad. "She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers." (Green 313)

I was conflicted how to feel because they are in love and happy with one another. But on the flip side you know that Hazel has terminal cancer and Gus is recovered from his but it could come back. So you know that they are both living like today is their last day. This causes the reader to be conflicted in their emotions throughout the book. This book, The Fault in Our Stars is a must read for everyone! If that didn't make you want to read it watch the trailer from the up incoming movie based of the book The Fault in Our Stars.

Divergent

My favorite book that I read last trimester was Divergent by Veronica Roth. From the start of the book I was hooked. I couldn't but the book down all week. This book was about a girl named Beatrice who lived in Abnegation, which was one of the five fractions in the book. Each fraction had very different lifestyles, as an example Abnegation was the fraction of selflessness. Everything they did was to help and care for other people. But then there was Dauntless, the daring and brave fraction.

Beatrice never felt like she really fit in with the other people in her fraction. She was too selfish. When the people turn sixteen in their society they take a test to see which fraction they best fit in. Her results arrived inconclusive and she was told they call these people divergent. The person who tested her warned her that some of the leaders will kill her if they find out she is a divergent. When it came to the day where Beatrice could either pick a new fraction or stay where she was, she was very conflicted. She ends up choosing the complete opposite lifestyle of Dauntless. The rest of the book is like a roller coaster, full of unexpected twists and turns and takes you for the ride of your life. I would highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an exciting read!

Blog Reflections

                 This trimester has been a little hectic with the snow days and many breaks, but one thing for sure, whether you’re snowed in or at school you can always read. This trimester I have read four excellent books. The books I read were The Host, Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. My goal was to read three books by the end of the trimester so I have exceeded my goal. Goodreads helped me gain lots of suggestions for new reading material. I really enjoyed searching around the website and finding new books. It was also helpful to see what other people were reading. The last three books that I read were a series that I found on the Goodreads website. One thing that I have struggled with through this blogging experience was choosing a prompt that would really let me deeply explain what was happening in my book. As the trimester went on I feel like I improved in this area.

                Over the course of the trimester I have noticed that I have grown greatly in my ability to closely analyze my book in my blogs. I have found an example of a post at the beginning of the trimester and one from the end to prove how my ability to analyze a text has improved. They are linked below so you can read them:

Old Blog: http://juliawirthreadingblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/i-am-still-pretty-early-in-book-host-by.html

New Blog: http://juliawirthreadingblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/beatrice-to-tris-divergent.html

               At the beginning of the trimester all of my prompts were very basic and light and the ones towards the end are much more focused on analyzing the text. For an example, my prompt for the old blog was why I chose the book that I was reading and the prompt for the new blog was to write about a dynamic character and support how that character has changed throughout the text. An example from the old blog is “At first I chose the book because I had seen the trailer for the movie a little while ago and thought it looked interesting.” As you can see, there was no in-depth analyzing of the text I was reading and I wasn’t choosing prompts that allowed me to analyze the text. As the trimester progressed, I started switching up my prompts to ones that went deeper in hidden meanings and analyzing the text. An example from my newer blog is “This changed my opinion that she was a helpless little girl that needed to be protected to one of the strongest bravest people in the book protect the people that she loved even if it meant risking her own life.” This shows how I switched from describing the book to analyzing the book. I really worked hard on making these changes to my blog posts throughout the trimester. Changing prompts and analyzing the text gives the people reading my blogs a deeper understanding of the books I am reading.

Blizzard Blog 2

So far in class we have read all of Act 1 in Romeo and Juliet. So far I have enjoyed it very much. I like the many literary devices that they have used such as metaphors and personification. Also I have liked how many characters are foils like Tybalt and Benvolio. But, some things that I have disliked about the play is that sometimes the words that they use I don't know so it makes it hard to comprehend what they are trying to convey. Also I interpret some of their phrases differently than I was suppose to. I am excited to see where the play goes next and learn to understand it better.

Blizzard Blog 1

Currently I am on the last book of the series Divergent it is called Allegiant. A few of the people who escaped the city found out that the whole time there had been living in there they had been watched every second of everyday. They found out it was experiment and that's all they were. They are furious and are questioning everything that they have known all this time. But, most of all their afraid of the unknown of this new world. They now have to adapt to this new lifestyle. I'm excited to see how this will effect them.

Divergent

Over the break I finished my book The Host and started reading the book Divergent. My new book is what you could say a mixture of the book Matched and The Hunger Games. Like Matched the people have the way they live their life mapped out for them and like Hunger Games they live in separate communities and each one has a totally different life style. The book starts with a girl named Beatrice who lives in the community that always put each other first and does not want anything in return. Beatrice does not fit in quite right in this life style and that would all change when she goes in for her test to find out what community she fits into. When she gets her results she finds out that she is something called divergent. This is that she show traits of multiple communities, she is also told it is very dangerous being one of these rare people. She then has to chose if she wants to stay in her community, Abnegation or make probably the most drastic change to a community that protects and fights for the country called Dauntless. Beatrice ends up choosing Dauntless. I'm excited to see how her unique test results play into her way of life in her new home.