Blog Response #11
When an author writes a book, he or she has a purpose as to why he/she is sharing this story. This lesson or theme plays out throughout the book. Share what you believe the author's purpose was for writing this book. What lesson do you feel he/she wanted you to learn? (In responding to other's blog posts, try to connect your theme with other's books.)
the purpose of the book the summer i turned pretty is mostly about Belly the main character and how she only lives in the summer. every summer her and her family go to the beach house and every year is different. this year shes pretty and old enough to start dating. the main lesson of the book is Belly learning self-discovery and learning how to properly balance her feelings with not only herself but with the guys she likes.
ReplyDeleteI think that our books are alike in the way of discovery of new things. My main character learns the ways of the Alchemist, and your character learns how to be herself.
Deletein my book, my character also finds herself and has to learn to trust people around her.
DeleteIn my book Eden also has to figure out how to balance her feelings properly balance her feelings too with her best friend running away with their music teacher and having a boyfriend.
DeleteIn my book, Ridge and Sydney also need to balance their feelings out about each other to figure out what they want to do about their relationship.
Deletein my book the main character Roland is chasing someone we only ever know as the man in black, but on this chase he runs into a kid named jake and forms an almost father-son bond with him and his two goals of chasing the man in black and taking care of jake clash leading to issues in the final act of the story. this relates to your books theme of balancing feeling because roland has to balance between his instincts to care for jake and his hunt for the man in black
Deletewhy is he chasing the man in black
DeleteElie Wiesel is sharing his memories and experiences during his time in the concentration camps and trying to stay with his family through all of it
ReplyDeleteI did not mention sticking with family either, but he displays the importance of this throughout his survival so I think that this could be a theme as well.
DeleteHe also said at the end that people need to stand up when humans are being inhumane and putting lives at risk. He said that sitting back in the shadows is the worst thing to do.
DeleteIn the book The Alchemist, there is a man that followed his dreams of finding treasure near the pyramids of Egypt. I think that the purpose of the book is to live you life to the fullest, to take risks to do what you really want to do, even if you doo lose everything.
ReplyDeletein my book andy had to acheive his goals by taking risks too he escaped prison and did illegal smuggling to achieve his dream of being free and he did
Deletei read the gunslinger and in it the man character makes many personal sacrifices along the way to accomplish his goal of tracking down the man in black and finding the dark tower. so there might be some similar themes
Deletewhat kind of risks does he take
Deleteim reading shoot your shot i think the purpose of this book are ways people can reach their goals and what you can do to reach their goals i feel he wrote this book because he had a goal and he was able to reach it and people are asking him how he did it and want to know how or what to do to get to their goals
ReplyDeleteMy book the main characters goal is to find his treasure from his dreams, these books are the same concept, just the difference of in a dream and in real life.
DeleteIn my book the theme relates in sort of the same way, my main character made a promise to find his sister in the war and to survive the war as well. these were the two main goals in my book and even though he faced challenges he succeeded in the end, the same way you main character reached there goals
DeleteIn my book andy acheives his goals it took 19 years of being in prison wronfully but he still was able to get out and live a happy life proving that anything is possible
DeleteIn night the main goal is to survive every day and night and make it to liberation. and with that goal in mind Elie was able to fight for every day and made it to freedom.
DeleteI read Grenade by Alan Gratz there are multiple themes in my book the three that really stuck out to me was, self growth, change, and survival. I believe that the purpose of the book is to prove to readers that even though Hideki was a shy boy in the beginning through the war he had to do dangerous things he would of never thought to do before. by doing this he survived the war in his home country and was able to become a brave boy for his family. I think the main lessons of the book were to not give up on something just because it is hard.
ReplyDeleteMy book was similar, Kobe never took basketball for granted, because he knew how much of a blessing it was to play and he didn't know how long he would play, so he put every ounce of him into his craft.
DeleteAll in all I feel like the author more was just telling his story instead of trying to show a lesson. I guess a small lesson could possibly be to never take a day for granted because the next day could completely change your life forever. Could be for good, or for bad. But either way you should cherish every moment you have because everything could completely change.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Elie didn't know that he was going to lose his family so it shows you should really cherish everyday.
Deletemy book can also relate for not taking anything for granted because he got shot down out of the sky and didn't see it coming
DeleteI would agree that Elie would want to tell his story, but I think he also wanted to show what happened it prison camps.
DeleteI feel the same about my book though there was some lessons i think it was mainly just a story of the war and his survival
DeleteI think that Elie Wiesel wrote the book night to share what happened to his family. Also wanted to teach the lesson on what happened to Jews during world war two and that it should not happen again.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention the part of it never happening again, but I do think believe that this could be a theme as well.
DeleteI agree with that her wanted to share what happened during that time and what happened to his family.
Deletei agree that he wanted people to know the story.
DeleteBoth of our authors wanted to inform people on the bad going on in the world
DeleteI believe the purpose of my book, Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens is to treat everyone with respect no matter who they are or where they come from. Kya is the main character in Where the Crawdad Sings. She has been an outcast her entire life by living in the marsh. Everyone thinks she is stupid and don't know anything when in reality Kya is actually super smart and kind. the people in town just talk bad about her and the guys in town think she will be easy to get, if you know what I mean, but she has been told to not trust people because they will just treat her badly. So, I believe that Where the Crawdad Sings is to treat everyone with respect and nicely because we are all human beings no matter where we come from or how we look and act.
ReplyDeleteI read your book and I watch the movie and I agree with you that it teaches a good lesson to people about respect. No matter where you are from and who you are.
DeleteOur main lessons are similar in the way that Eden believes in the fact that you should treat everyone with respect also with being adopted she never really had that. Untill she got her new forever home. And also Bonnie always had to stand up for Eden when she would always get bullied because Eden was never able to stand up for herself. She would get bullied for how she acted and just the fact she was adopted which was unfair.
DeleteMy book shawshank redemption is a story of redemption which shows that you can overcome any obstacle thrown at you as long as you dont give up on yourself the main character andy is taken advantage of because he is put in prison for life without parole for killing his wife which he didnt do eventually he is able to escape and live a happy life it may not have been in the right way but it happened so the lessson the author teaches us is to never give up and chase your goals.
ReplyDeletemy book can also relate because he had an obstacle thrown at him with getting shot down and he overcame that and survived
DeleteMy book Louie is kicked off football team he still moves forward and stands up for himself.
Deletei feel like our books have the same kind of theme that you can overcome anything thrown your way and reach any goal you want.
DeleteMy book can relate because the main character, Matt, overcomes his leg injury and finds a new life.
DeleteI am reading Goodbye Perfect by Sara Barnard. I believe the authors purpose of writing this book was that like to teach all of the readers some lessons of what can happen in life. It's just a great book about teenage friendships and all the ups and downs that you can deal with. That is kinda just the theme of friendships and what they can do to yourself and everyone around you. Some of the lessons i feel like she wanted us to learn was expect the unexpected what i mean by that was Eden wasn't expecting for Bonnie to just run off and give up her whole life to be with her music teacher. Another is that some friends will go and change, because like Bonnie and Eden were super close and something in Bonnie just changed.
ReplyDeleteHi Heather- The theme of our books are similar in a few ways, they both deal with relationships at the forefront. In my book "It Ends with Us" the main character Lilly is heart broken when she finds out her husband Ryle is not the loving guy she thought he was. He was instead very similar to her father in the sense he was physically abusive. Lilly also rekindles an old friendship/relationship with her first love Atlas. Lilly finds out that their reconnection happened for a reason and that she was meant to be with Atlas all along.
DeleteOur books are kind of alike. I just got done reading Where the Crawdad Sings by Delia Owens. I say that ours are kinds of alike because you said that the theme of your book was friendships and what they can do to yourself and everyone around you. My book Kya (the main character) was always found to be the weird girl, so everyone called her the marsh girl because she always lived alone. Kya did become friends with Tate and then fell in love for him but then he left for college and didn't come back for years but at the end of the book Kya and Tate were living together and deeply in love just about married. So, Kya had Tate as a true friend who actually helped her and didn't treat her like the marsh girl. Tate actually taught her how to read and write since she never went to school.
DeleteIn the book Wolf Hollow I feel the purpose was for Lew to find out what the truth was behind the death of her brother. She had also wanted to know the truth behind the death of Grace and Noah McDonough. This book showed all the emotional struggles that she went through to get the solution. Lew had found out that her brother's wife was having an affair with Linda which was very strict about money and Stan was the guy that did all her dirty work. Stan had killed Grace Noah and Pete for one Grace was the richest person in the county. Then Pete who was extremely smart and was successful in his business work. He had a lawsuit against a company which made him more likely to become richer. Stans plan was to kill them all and get their money and live the best life. It didn't work in his favor because he had crashed into a tree and died. Linda was shortly arrest for being involved in all of the things he had done. So, the purpose in the book is to show that getting a clue to one things pushes you to move forward.
ReplyDeleteIn my book, the main character found out her ex best friend, Cassie, was found dead and she also wanted to find out what happened.
DeleteIn my book, Where the Crawdad Sings, once Kya (main character) passed away Tate (her best friend and lover) actually found the poems that Kya wrote kind of talking about the death, but Tate also found the necklace that was on Chase Andrews body. Kya was tried for the murder of him but there was no clear evidence that she did it, so Kya was found not guilty. So, the fact that Tate found the evidence after Kya died 40 years later is unreal that she was tried and got away with the murder.
DeleteIn my book, the main character also had to find out about a truth. Whether or not she should try to start a relationship or not and to see him the guy really likes her.
DeleteIn Night, I believe that Elie Wiesels purpose was to give a first hand viewpoint of what it was really like to survive/ experience the haulocaust as a jew. I think he just wanted to share his story as well as show how horrible and traumatic it was.
ReplyDeleteIn the book night, Elie Wiesel states in the preface of the book that he wrote and published his novel to really show what the Nazis did to the Jews and show how horrible it was for the Jews. He wrote this novel to spread light on the fact that mankind didnt know or care that an entire race was put at risk and that is should never happen again. The main lesson would have to be even in the darkest times of humanity you should stand up and fight for as many lives as you can, rather than sit in silence and watch humanity fall apart.
ReplyDeleteThis book shows how hard it was for kids to grow up and how they had to change their life style. These kids had it so rough but they still pushed through.
DeleteIn Running Loose 1 of the main lessons I thought was to stand up for what is right no matter the outcome. If Louie didn't stand up to his coach his life would be different and he would have been a completely new person. I think that both of these books show no matter how difficult it is, you should also stand up for what you believe is right.
DeleteI agree i feel like he wanted to talk about what happened so something like it dosent happen again.
DeleteIn the Impossible Knife of Memory, I think that Laurie Halse Andersons purpose was to teach people that addiction hurts family life.
ReplyDeleteIn Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, I think she wanted to spread awareness about mental health issues like eating disorders. Laurie Halse Anderson usually writes her books about important topics, and I think she does it to help spread awareness and help readers connect to her books.
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth-I believe my book "It Ends with Us", also is spreading awareness, but about abuse. I believe these two themes are vey similar as it reminds us that we never know what someone is going through, or what their home life looks like on the inside.
Deletei feel our books are very alike they both want to show that we may never no what other people go through and to always show kindness.
Deletewith the gunslinger I believe that Stephen king wasn't really trying to deliver some broad message but rather he simply wanted to deliver and engaging and exciting tale for the readers of the books to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI don't I entirely understand Chris Crutcher's reason for writing Chinese Handcuffs. Depending on how the story plays out in the end, this book could teach about learning to speak out on sexual abuse that goes on in your life and also learning to grieve over death and unrequited love. This probably isn't a direct reason Crutcher wrote the book, but I believe readers can relate to the experiences that characters go through and they can find comfort in seeing things turn out well for them. For me personally, I can relate to a lot of the guilt that Jennifer goes through over something that happened in her childhood even though it wasn't her fault. From the 2 stories that I've read from Chris Crutcher and what I have heard, he focuses a lot of adolescents, and I think a reason he does that is because he understands how the brain of a teenager works, at least more so than other adults do, so he writes stories that teens will like and relate to.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Chris Crutcher's stories are easy to relate to as a high school student. I also think the theme in Running Loose is similar to the one in Chinese Handcuffs because they both involve speaking out and standing up for what is right.
Deletei feel my book is also easier for high school students to relate to because its dealing with them more.
DeleteI think the purpose in Running Loose is to do what is right and ask for help when you need it. The main character Louie stood up for what he believed was right and he had to ask for help several times when he encountered tough situations. Louie had to find support to help him through a death of a someone that was close to him. I believe that Chris Crutcher wanted to teach the lesson of always doing what is right no matter the outcome and that it is okay to ask for help when you need it. I also think that Chris Crutcher might have had similar experiences to Louie in his own life and that is why he wrote this story that way.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading night and I feel like the authors purpose was to show that everyone is equal, and you shouldn't think differently of someone because of their beliefs. I also think he was trying to show to never take what you have for granted because it can all be taken away at any time.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, never assume your life plans because it could all change in an instant. Like my book or even my own life. The week after Thanksgiving I had to completely change some things about my life because of a diagnosis.
Deletei also believe the author wants to teach you don't take anything for granted.
DeleteMy book also has a part about taking the little for granted, at one point the main character wishes he had a simple tooth brush, something so small, but yet over looked by many.
DeleteI'm reading the book Basher-five two and i feel like the purpose of the author writing this book was to tell his unimaginable story about getting shot down when he was in his plane by an army and surviving the landing and in the woods for 6 days the i also believe he wrote it because he wanted to show us what is was like to be in the US sir force. The lesson i feel that Scott wanted us to learn that even though when things go bad and times are tough there is always a way out of it.
ReplyDeletein night the nazis had the Jews in concentration camps and I agree with what you said even if things are bad there's still always a way out.
DeleteIn my book also stuff went downhill Louie got up.
DeleteI think Night is kind of the same thing, that even when Elie felt like giving up he knew that one day he would be set free and that was the motivation to keep him going, even through all of the rough times and things he faced.
Deletein the book night I feel that the purpose of the book was to share Elies Wiesel's time when he was growing up in the concentration camps with his family even though it was a horrible time, but he was one of the people that survived and wanted to tell people about what it was like and I feel like Elies wanted us to learn that even when you're going through tuff times there's always a way out of it.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that Elie wanted to show that you should always persevere and you will always get through bad times.
DeleteI also agree that he wanted us to learn the hardships of the camps.
DeleteIn my book i feel the author purpose of the book was that sometimes you have to stand up for yourself. In the book running loose when Louie played football their team was going up against Washington and they had a good player. Louie coach told the team to take him out and someone on the team did and Louie got up in the refs and his own coach's face. It was a dirty play and that's not how you should play football.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to that when my books characters were scared to go in the woods just because of what someone told them.
DeleteCan you relate to the lesson she was trying to prove. Did this book catch your attention at the start and is the lesson changing from the start until the end. i can relate to the lesson in your book aswell
DeleteI believe the theme of "It Ends with Us" by Collen Hoover has a theme to do with love. I think the theme is that sometimes we may mistake love for pain and it's hard to let something go when. it once was a good thing. Another theme of this book could be that the love that we long for could have been right infront of our face the entire time.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to my book because Amy knew that Nick had been going behind her back and lying but she continued to stay hoping maybe one day he would change and she would feel as loved as she did before.
DeleteIn the book night i believe the purpose of the book is to share the cruelty of the of the concentration camps. Also how hard it is to grow up in this time because of people getting separated from there family. the Autor of the book is a survivor of the holocaust and he wanted to share the hardships of it.
ReplyDeleteMy book also showed the cruelty of living in the camps. Also how hard people had things compared to how we have them now a days, the camps would never happen now. The book also showed how hard people that survived the camps had a hard time returning to normal life, and that we should be greatful for what we have.
DeleteIn the book Prisoner B- 3087 the theme is that not matter how bad things are you just have to keep going. The main chracacter has bad things keep happening like being sent to concentration camps, and learning that the rest of his family has died. He has to keep going. He has to perserver and survive, and just keep fighting to survive even though things seem horrible.
ReplyDeleteMy book can connect with that because Persilla and Silla both lost their parents and had to go live with their aunt.
DeleteIn my book and the trees crept in I feel the authors purpose is to be adventurous. In the book persilla and Silla go to stay with their aunt Catherine and their aunt believed that the woods that surrounded their house had monsters in them. Silla took a chance on day while her aunt or sister wasn't watching and followed the boy to his house in town and she realized that there wasn't a monster in the woods.
ReplyDeletein my book there is adventure but its less about fun and more about survival.
DeleteIn my book Maybe Someday, the authors purpose to writing this book is to show people about true feelings and make sure you do what is right for you. Colleen Hoover does a great job describing the theme and what she wants the readers to learn.
ReplyDeleteIn the book night Elie more tells his story than trying to write about a theme. If I would have to pick a theme I would say to take things for granted. From being spilt up at the concentration camp and hoping for another day.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to my book also because my two characters never realized how good they had it they just took everything they had together for granted.
DeleteI am reading gone girl i feel a good theme for this book would be honesty. Amy and Nick were never honest and open with one another causing them to both try and ruin the other person emotionally or physically. I feel like the author wanted us to feel some sort of lesson based on keeping your friends close but your enemies closer. Amy and Nick in a way were more of enemies than friends and they were always going behind each others back causing both of them to try to hurt one another.
ReplyDeletei believe honesty is implemented into every one as kids, and as i grow up i begin to realize that it is very important, especially in the relationships and connections we have with people, like in this case you mention that Amy and Nick weren't honest with each other, but things would have been different if they were
Deleteim reading the girl who was supposed to die i feel the purpose for the author to write this book is to show people that there are scary things that can happen but if you always keep fighting better things can happen. i feel this because bad things happened to Candice and she kept fighting strong and good things happened.
ReplyDeleteI got the same feeling from my book with the only people that survive are those that fought tooth and nail to live.
DeleteMy book had some similarities, Kobe never stopped fighting even if things got a little bad or rough, he always fought back against anybody he played
DeleteI think the lesson or the theme of The Girl who was Supposed to Die is learning who you can and cannot trust. Cady was faced with many people claiming to be family, police officers, and other authority figures and she has to learn who is telling the truth and who has ulterior motives.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about your book but in mine the characters realize that they can't trust the police because they aren't helpful. I feel like in life many older figures will say that you can trust them but they don't actually mean it and it's a whole process to try to figure out who you can and cannot trust
DeleteI believe that the theme in my book, the enemy, is that The book takes place in London, United Kingdom, after a worldwide sickness has infected adults, turning them into something akin to zombie. I believe that the purpose of the book is to either show that people will do anything to survive, or that despite the young age and terrible horrors people will always seek power.
ReplyDeletein every social ladder there is a top and i believe the book enemy can show exactly that even without adults it can still have people with a leadership. (Hunter Fosdal)
DeleteI think the lesson of The Justice Project is to show how many people have been wrongfully convicted in the United States. Matt and his classmate Sonya help get evidence to help people fight to get out of prison.
ReplyDeleteDid this book show the lesson at the start of the book or did it take a while to figure out what she wanted the readers to learn. Did this book catch your attention right away and what lessons did you learn at the end.
DeleteI am reading Terror At the Zoo and i think that the author wrote this book to entertain people about something that could possibly happen but it is very unlikely. The lesson and theme that plays throughout the book is teamwork and how they can work together to escape the theif inside the zoo with them. I think that she wanted the readers to learn that they should always work together with your family and friends. I think most of her books are fiction like this one.
ReplyDeletein my book as well people valued family like spence and his beliefs for his families ideology. and Dieter although loved the German army more onc3e he got home he broke down Infront of his mother and was very sorry for being rude to her. (Hunter Fosdal)
DeleteHunter Fosdal I believe the theme of my book Soldier Boys is even in time of war there are times that peace and friendliness happens. like at the end of the book dieter is shot and spence remembering what his dad asked of him to be good runs down the hill to pull Dieter up the hill and help him even though he is an enemy he does it because he is wounded.
ReplyDeleteThe Mamba mentality was not only meant for basketball it was meant for every aspect of life, job, interview, sports, parenting, Kobe’s purpose was not to make us the next Kobe Bryant but to make us, have a Mamba mentality of our own.
ReplyDeleteThe author of my book actually said that she wrote this book to honor the girls who have gone through prostitution and who speak out against it. Along with that I think this book is written to spread awareness of sex trafficking. I think reading about what Lakshmi went through and seeing her describe the men who rape her and how she felt before during and after of being raped is very disturbing and it becomes more creepy when you realize that there's actual people who have gone through this. It's quite sickening when you really think about it but being knowing these little details really makes you become aware of the victims.
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