The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who is turning twelve in December. There are different age groups and everybody goes up on in December. The Ceremony of the Twelve is when a person is given a job to do. At first, Jonas wasn't given a job, but then he was "selected" to be the new "reciever". In Jonas's town, there are no animals, snow, colors, music, or wars. The old reciever who used to carry memories of these things has to give Jonas them. These memories also include pain and suffering. When Jonas finds out a baby named Gabriel is going to be "released" (killed), he runs away with him.
I think this was a good book. It was very unrealistic, but it is a fiction book, so that can be excused. I also think Lois Lowry has a great imagination and may want to read more books written by her in the future.
This book is a companion to The Giver. So far in the story a girl with a messed up leg has her mother die. The girl returns after the four days of mourning inwhich the spirit gets released from the body to hear that people want to take her home and turn it into a pen for chickens and little kids. She is not happy with this and tells the people to get away. They are about to stone her when she reminded them that if they killed someone over a dispute without talking to the council they would be released into the wilderness. They said that she would be released into the wilderness no matter what because of her dissability.
I think that the community in GAthering Blue is alot less advanced than the giver. I also think that putting someone into the wilderness is the equivelent of "Realeasing" someone.
At the end of The End, Ish (Ishmael) wants to get rid of Count Olaf. Count Olaf is pretending to be a girl so he has a big belly and is wearing a "fire" like dress. Ish shoots a harpoon at Olaf and his round pregnant belly, which is really the diving helmet that the Medusoid Mycelium was in, the poison was released and all the Islanders, including the Baudelaires and Count Olaf, were poisoned. From past experience, the Baudelaires knew how dangerous the Mycelium was so they went straight to the arboretum to look for horseradish, or wasabi to cure the poison, but their was none. The siblings started looking through their parents' book and after almost dying they found out that wasabi was in the apples on the apple tree. The Baudelaires went to bring apples to the islanders but they wouldn't eat them. They left the island for good. Kit Snicket was about to have her baby. And she couldn't get down from were she was because she was about to give birth and her ankles were broken. Count Olaf, after bitting an apple, helped Kit down and gave her a kiss. The baby was healthy but unfortunately Kit and Count Olaf died. The Baudelaires raised the baby and named her after their mother Beatrice!
I'm very sad that the series is over! There are still so many secrets and there could be thirteen more books explaining all of the secrets alone! I was to know was happened to the four orphans, and the islanders. There is so much left unsaid! I love Lemony Snicket's books and how he name people after himself, and I assume other friends and family.
Neil The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Pages 0-70 (Chapters 1-4) Week of 1/5/09 to 1/9/09
"The Namesake" is about a child named Gogol who is born in the US, but his parents were born in Calacutta, India. He doesn't know which culture he belongs to, Bengali, Indian or American. Gogol's father, Ashoke was injured in a train accident early in his life. He had a book written by an author named Nikolai Gogol in his hand. The people who were looking for people alive to bring to the hospital examined the book, and then saw Ashoke alive next to it. The book by Gogol saved his life. This is why he named his son Gogol. However, Ashoke is hiding this from his son. Gogol thinks, "Why did this have to be my name?" Gogol's mother, Ashima also has a story worth telling. She lost both her parents and went through two hard pregnancies. The part that I read so far was mosly about Gogol's parents.
I think this is a well-written book overall. It has pretty long pages, and the chapters are long as well, but it is an interesting story. I can relate to the book really well, being an Indian born in the US. I truly understand "Gogol's" feelings...
A boy named jonas is turnign tweleve in december and he is making the ceremony of the twelves. He was very excited and he get the job of the reciever, and he rides to his tariner every mornung with his crush Fiona.
A lot happened in 100 pages! The siblings found a submarine and are aboard it when they meet three people: Captain Widdershins, Fiona, and Phil (they already know Phil from Lucky Smells Lumbermill).
They see another sub on the radar and sit still for a while to try and make it go away, but another sub comes and fights it away and goes away itself. The siblings and Fiona go into an underwater cave and are stuck there because of a poisonous mushroom.
I like this book. I wish i would finish it so that I can get to the last book, THE END. I want to see what happens!!!
7 comments:
Kelsee.
I read all of "The Giver"
but haven't been reading "New Moon" nor taking any AR tests.
Neil
The Giver
Lois Lowry
FInished
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who is turning twelve in December. There are different age groups and everybody goes up on in December. The Ceremony of the Twelve is when a person is given a job to do. At first, Jonas wasn't given a job, but then he was "selected" to be the new "reciever". In Jonas's town, there are no animals, snow, colors, music, or wars. The old reciever who used to carry memories of these things has to give Jonas them. These memories also include pain and suffering. When Jonas finds out a baby named Gabriel is going to be "released" (killed), he runs away with him.
I think this was a good book. It was very unrealistic, but it is a fiction book, so that can be excused. I also think Lois Lowry has a great imagination and may want to read more books written by her in the future.
Gathering Blue
Pges 1-20
Haddon Antonucci
This book is a companion to The Giver. So far in the story a girl with a messed up leg has her mother die. The girl returns after the four days of mourning inwhich the spirit gets released from the body to hear that people want to take her home and turn it into a pen for chickens and little kids. She is not happy with this and tells the people to get away. They are about to stone her when she reminded them that if they killed someone over a dispute without talking to the council they would be released into the wilderness. They said that she would be released into the wilderness no matter what because of her dissability.
I think that the community in GAthering Blue is alot less advanced than the giver. I also think that putting someone into the wilderness is the equivelent of "Realeasing" someone.
Jordana
The End
The end of The End
At the end of The End, Ish (Ishmael) wants to get rid of Count Olaf. Count Olaf is pretending to be a girl so he has a big belly and is wearing a "fire" like dress. Ish shoots a harpoon at Olaf and his round pregnant belly, which is really the diving helmet that the Medusoid Mycelium was in, the poison was released and all the Islanders, including the Baudelaires and Count Olaf, were poisoned. From past experience, the Baudelaires knew how dangerous the Mycelium was so they went straight to the arboretum to look for horseradish, or wasabi to cure the poison, but their was none. The siblings started looking through their parents' book and after almost dying they found out that wasabi was in the apples on the apple tree. The Baudelaires went to bring apples to the islanders but they wouldn't eat them. They left the island for good. Kit Snicket was about to have her baby. And she couldn't get down from were she was because she was about to give birth and her ankles were broken. Count Olaf, after bitting an apple, helped Kit down and gave her a kiss. The baby was healthy but unfortunately Kit and Count Olaf died. The Baudelaires raised the baby and named her after their mother Beatrice!
I'm very sad that the series is over! There are still so many secrets and there could be thirteen more books explaining all of the secrets alone! I was to know was happened to the four orphans, and the islanders. There is so much left unsaid! I love Lemony Snicket's books and how he name people after himself, and I assume other friends and family.
Neil
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
Pages 0-70 (Chapters 1-4)
Week of 1/5/09 to 1/9/09
"The Namesake" is about a child named Gogol who is born in the US, but his parents were born in Calacutta, India. He doesn't know which culture he belongs to, Bengali, Indian or American. Gogol's father, Ashoke was injured in a train accident early in his life. He had a book written by an author named Nikolai Gogol in his hand. The people who were looking for people alive to bring to the hospital examined the book, and then saw Ashoke alive next to it. The book by Gogol saved his life. This is why he named his son Gogol. However, Ashoke is hiding this from his son. Gogol thinks, "Why did this have to be my name?" Gogol's mother, Ashima also has a story worth telling. She lost both her parents and went through two hard pregnancies. The part that I read so far was mosly about Gogol's parents.
I think this is a well-written book overall. It has pretty long pages, and the chapters are long as well, but it is an interesting story. I can relate to the book really well, being an Indian born in the US. I truly understand "Gogol's" feelings...
Lauren Dwyer
The Giver
A boy named jonas is turnign tweleve in december and he is making the ceremony of the twelves. He was very excited and he get the job of the reciever, and he rides to his tariner every mornung with his crush Fiona.
I was a good book so far.
Alexandra
The Grim Grotto
Pages 1-100
A lot happened in 100 pages!
The siblings found a submarine and are aboard it when they meet three people: Captain Widdershins, Fiona, and Phil (they already know Phil from Lucky Smells Lumbermill).
They see another sub on the radar and sit still for a while to try and make it go away, but another sub comes and fights it away and goes away itself. The siblings and Fiona go into an underwater cave and are stuck there because of a poisonous mushroom.
I like this book. I wish i would finish it so that I can get to the last book, THE END. I want to see what happens!!!
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