1984 (part 2)

I generally enjoyed this book. It had difficult language but after awhile it got easier.  The story is about a man named Winston. Winston decides to rebel against Big brother. Big brother is basically a group of people who monitor everyone to make sure nobody does anything disapproved of or illegal. The group's ultimate goal is to rid the world of emotion or individuality. If anybody shows any emotion or individuality they will arrested, tortured, and killed. I think the main power of this book is the idea of Big brother. Basically the idea that privacy would be taken away and self expression wouldn't be aloud. It is a very interesting concept and is hard to think about. I liked this book although the ending was unsatisfying. I recommend this to the majority of people in the class.

1984

I like this book. The language is difficult but once you get into the groove of things it becomes easier. It has a clever story, a lot of symbolism, and beautiful language. The story is about a man named Winston. Winston decides to rebel against Big brother. Big brother is a man, but also is somewhat of a system. Big brother (well technically the minions of big brother) watches everyone and everything. Emotions and ideas that stray from the norm are prohibited, punishable by death. Big brother controls you, the world around you, and your thoughts. I think that this book is clever well written and very interesting, even for people who are not interested in science fiction. I would recommend this book to most people in this class but ask that they keep in mind the difficulty of the language.

slice of life 1

I collapse on to my bed. Normal friday routine I guess. Collapse on my bed for 30 minutes, finally get up and go downstairs get on the treadmill until dinner. I cocoon myself in the warmth of my comforter and curl up in a ball. The first snow was a few weeks ago. I wasn't ready for it to get cold yet, my mind was still clinging to the memories of summer even thought we were coming to the end of fall.

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I realized I had my finger had started tapping again. I had learned morse code over the summer and although the alphabet had begun to fade from my memory I could still remember the numbers clearly. I would always find myself tapping thirteen. I find it somewhat fitting. Me and the number thirteen had always seemed to be entangled. My birthday was on the thirteenth, My favorite book was Thirteen Reasons Why, thirteen is my lucky number, the list seems to never stop growing. 

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I hear the piano start to play downstairs. I would often wonder why but right now I am not in the mood to investigate. I start to hear the soft tune of Annie's song by John Denver I know that it is most likely my mom. She has always loved that song and I don't blame her. It is beautiful. 

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I close my eyes and let the soft familiarity of the music lull my to sleep.

rock in the river

I really enjoyed this book. It was clever, gripping and nicely paced. The story takes place in the late 60s and is about a thirteen year old boy named Sam. Sam's father is a civil rights activist, and his brother is discovered by his family to be a member of the Black Panther party. Sam's world is slowly crumbling to pieces and realizes everything is not what is seems. I don't really know the words to describe this book. It is clever and brings up some interesting themes and ideas. I would recommend this book to just about anyone in this class especially if you enjoy historical fiction

If I stay

I really liked this book. It was well written and had nice conflicts. The story is about a girl who gets into a car crash. Her ghost ( spirit, soul, essence I honestly don't know) is witnessing her the commotion at the hospital while contemplating whether or not she should die or wake up from the coma she is currently in, and continue on with her life. It feels dry real and is very easy to get lost in. I would recommend this book to just about anyone in our class.

The Aviary

I honestly didn't really like this book. The plot is clever and the charecters are nice but honestly I didn't like the way it was written. The writers idea of a story with a gothic twist is basically adding badly timed dark moments making it sound desperate. It also has a boring pace and I found it hard to stay interested. The story is about a young girl who lives in a house with her mother an old widow and another servant. The old widow passes away but her husband left a sum of money to keep the house in prime condition in the case that there long lost son will return. I wouldn't reccomend this book to anyone unless the want to be bored out of there mind.

The Aviary

I honestly didn't like this book. Maybe it was to young for me or maybe I don't like the tone it's written in but I don't like it. I think that if I was a little younger I could enjoy it more but at my age I don't enjoy it. The story is about a young girl who lives in a house with her mother an old widow and another servant. The old widow passes away but her husband left a sum of money to keep the house in prime condition in the case that there long lost son will return. Then it turns into a mystery to find what became of the son and by then I have already lost interest. I think I might have enjoyed this better at a younger age and with a more relatable lead but currently I find it exetremly boring.