Analysis: Light

The book I am currently reading is called Light by Michael Grant, which I have written about in my previous posts. Analyzing the text further, I can see the relationships of different characters better. Brothers Sam and Caine used to be enemies in the earlier books in the series, having many epic showdowns. In this edition of the Gone series, Sam and Caine have started to work together more to search for the enemy, Gaia. Sharing a common enemy helped them to get to know each other, and become greater friends and extend their brotherhood. I infer that in the end, the brothers will find Gaia, defeat her, and get out of the FAYZ and become even closer together.

Reading Skills: Light

I am once again writing about the book Light by Michael Grant. Currently in the book Sam and his brother Caine are out in the desert, looking for the enemy, Gaia. the way things ussually go in situations like this, are that the heroes find the enemy, slay them with great dificulty, but come out victorious. I predict the same thing will happen in this situation. They will find Gaia, but Caine will have a hard time fighting against her, because she is his daughter. I can infer this because this situation relates to another book many people have read, Harry Potter.  A text to text connection is in the last book of the Harry Potter Series, The Deathly Hallows, Harry and Voldemort have a final showdown but struggle to defeat eachother because they are connected. However, after the struggle, the hero comes out victorious. A text to self connection is that i also always seem to come out victorious, or at least be satisfied with the outcome of any situation. A text to world connection is that ussually in the world situations seem to resolve themselves. of course there arwe some instances when evil does prevail, but fortunately, for a majority of the time, good things happen.-

Theme and Summary: Waterfall

The Poem, Waterfall, is about the true beauty and serenity of nature, and the unexpected goodness in life. A group of people embarks on a short journey to see a waterfall. While they are there, the author meets up with a strange woman. They say they have seen each other in town before and have caught one another's eye. They stay a while longer to admire the beauty of the immaculate falls. This strongly supports the idea that you should never go planning everything out, because you never know what's going to happen. The character that thought they would take a short trip to the falls and back, but ended up spending quite some time appreciating the complexion of nature. I have added a link to the poem below so that you, too, may read it.

http://allpoetry.com/poem/10975917-Waterfall-by-HungryJack

Characters: Light

 

The book I am currently reading, Light, which I wrote about in my last post, is about kids struggling to make it through a tough time. In this tough time, leaders must be formed to help the kids feel some safety. One of the key character that the book focuses a lot of its time on is Sam. Before the FAYZ, (Fallout Aley Youth Zone) Sam was just a regular guy. He loved to surf and hang out with his best friend, Quinn. One of the most important things about Sam being a leader is that Sam was one of the first kids in the FAYZ to develop powers. Sam's power is that he can create light with his hands; he can shoot beams of light that will vaporize anything they touch, or he can create little balls of light that float in the air, which was very imortant, especially when the power went out in the city. Sam's role as a leader develops throught the Gone Series, from being the leader of his small 5 person group, to the entire town. At first he feels like he doesnmt really know what he is doing, but becomes a better leader and a better person.

New Plot Structure for Interlopers

To change the plot in The Interlopers, we decided to start the story by first flashing forward to when the tree fell on Ulrich and Georg, and then we told the reader that the wolves came. We then flashed back and introduced the story and told it in a fairly normal order, but we had conflict again before the became friends so that the end of the story was when they became friends, and it had a better, more telling ending. This benefits the plot structure in a huge way because the ending is more definite and it doesn't just leave the reader guessing what happened. Also, the new structure provides an element of mystery and tension in the beginning when the wolves come and make the reader want to read more about how that happened. We made the story easier to read by giving the reader more information than originally intended by the author.

Book Reccomendation: Gone Series

The book Light By Michael Grant is a book I have been waiting to read for a while. It is the last book in a six part series about a terrible catastrophe in a small town in California. All adults over the age of 14 has disappeared and a giant 10 mile high dome has been created to cover the entire area. At first, kids are confused as to what is happening, and anarchy sweeps across the FAYZ, as they call it, the Fallout Alley Youth Zone. The town in which the live is described as fallout alley because of the nuclear power plant on the far side of town. The kids soon discover that the power plant is the center of the dome, with a radius of 10  miles, and a terrible creature called The Gaiaphage that created the dome. The kids have to make key, life decisions at a very young age and young leaders must step up to help everyone through the struggle, which is really what this book is about maturity. Only in a terrible disaster should kids have to step up and fend for themsleves. Adults ought to help kids out before they mature themselves.