Why did I choose this book?

       Why did I choose this book? Well I had chosen this book because a Friend had recommended it to me and she had told me a little bit of the book was about and it sounded very interesting to me. I also liked how the author, Rainbow Rowell, used just a simple title of giving you the main characters names, Eleanor and Park. The cover of the book was also very interesting. It showed a picture of two people sitting down and they have head phones connected to each other. It kind of made me think that they somehow knew each other or they were going to meet.

       But it kind of left me wondering. I don't have any personal connections, but I can relate it to another book. Since this book has two people who love each other but can't really be together, I can relate it to Warm Bodies. That book has the same concept except the man, R, is a zombie and the girl that he loves is still living. :) I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a drama/ romance. I like the book a lot! I would give the book a 4.5 out of 5 star rating. I really enjoyed it and I hope the next person that reads Eleanor & Park will love it just as much as I did!

"Hooking" the Reader

       "He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it, in dreams and lies and broken-down déjà vu. Like, he'd be driving to work, and he'd see a girl with red hair standing on the corner--and he'd swear, for half a choking moment, that it was her. Then he'd see that the girl's hair was more blond then red (Rowell, 1)." Park, one of the main characters, is telling the reader how he misses Eleanor, another main character. Eleanor had to leave town to go stay with her Uncle Geoff. You want to know why? Her stepfather, Richie-- remember him?-- was trying to come after her because she came home very late one night from being out with Park. But Richie and Eleanor's mother didn't know about Park. They didn't even know that Eleanor had a boyfriend.

        So once she had gotten home that night, there was a lot of screaming and yelling coming out of Richie, so Eleanor went up to her room as quickly as possible and took out the picture she had of Park. But then she had realized that the special box filled with all of her prized possessions, was opened and nothing was left inside. Eleanor was devastated, so she left to go to Park's house and she told him everything that had happened. That's when he decided he had to take her to her Uncle's house in Minnesota, where she would be safe. And then he started seeing things when she was gone. Just like in the selection up above. This is showing how much he really wanted to see Eleanor again.

Characters, Theme, Structure

     Eleanor is just moving into a new home and is going to a new school, she wants what anyone in a situation like that would want.... To fit in. She just wants to fit in and to meet new people, if only they would stop looking at her like she has 10 heads and quit judging her. And to possibly make some new friends. Until she meets Park. What Park wants is totally different. He just wants everyone to just let him have his space, go to school, come home and repeat without any interruption. But when he starts falling for Eleanor, everything changes.

      After Eleanor and Park start getting to know each other better, Park starts hearing about all of these people who write nasty, inappropriate sayings on Eleanor's books about her, he tries to find out who it is. He then hears his best friend, Steve, call her Big Red. And boy did Park blow up! He got so angry he kicked Steve right in the jaw! This infuriates Eleanor.  Some themes I am starting to notice is that Park and Eleanor are in love and want to be together but there are some minor setbacks that cause them to drift apart a little. The book has a very good structure. At first is starts with some-what of a conflict then if is resolved, and then another conflict occurs, then another resolution. I think this is going to start to be a developing pattern through out the book.

Major Characters, Setting and Conflict

     There are 2 major characters in the book that I am reading. Their names are Park and Eleanor. Eleanor has just moved into the neighborhood and had just been admitted into a new school. But the first time she gets on the bus, everything changes. Park, who was already living in the neighborhood, isn't very thrilled with her being there. He kind of makes fun of her, but not out loud of course. He thinks she looks weird because she is wearing a tie around her waist and dresses differently. When Eleanor gets on the bus that one nerve racking morning, everyone scoots to the edge of their seat as if to say "this seat is taken."
    
     She thinks that everyone has their seat, almost like its "their territory," until this displeased guy (Park) tells her to sit down. And she sits with him every day, and he reads comic books and Eleanor looks over to read them, kind of reading over him. Until he brings her some comic books so she can take them home to read. But Eleanor is scared to bring anything home from Park, let alone anyone, Because of her horrifying step-father Richie, who constantly comes home drunk. Bu

t she reads them anyway.
   
     After she reads them, they start talking, and its kind of awkward at first, but they get used to it after a while. Then one sun-shiny, going home from school, Park gains the courage to grab Eleanor's hand and holds it! Literally holds it! And that's how it all starts... I think Park will continue to hold Eleanor's hand and they will fall deeper in love. But I wonder if Eleanor will get in trouble by Richie for, in the future, seeing Park? Or will they stop holding hands and get rid of the love all together?

Final Post :)

Original Post:                                                                                                                 Destiny Miller

 

So far I am on page 38 (I think) and I have found out that Pressia is helping people with medical disabilities. Like she had helped this little boy with making a fake arm. She is being very helpful in the community and tries the best she can to keep everyone safe and healthy, even with her disability. Then in a whole different setting, Partridge (Pressia's half-brother), is being kept safe by the Mothers. They are keeping him in a seller and he has been give a pencil, paper, and a piece of wood to make maps for the Mothers.

Partridge's, Mother's Vials

Then Partridge lifts up a jar from off of an old shelf and beetles scatter and he pulls out 4 vials from underneath the jar. His mother had said, before she died, they can be very dangerous but yet life saving. So Partridge takes one of the beetles that was found underneath the jar, and cups it in his hand. Partridge wants to experiment on the beetle to see what would happen to it.

So he tries to put the needle of the vial into the beetle and the beetle sticks him/ stabs him with the spikes on his legs. And Partridge then lets go of it but not before a tiny drop drops onto the beetle. And then after like 10 minutes Partridge sees the beetle trying to get away but it has a huge over grow leg. He sees it try to fly but it can't because of the legs weight, it digs a hole and buries itself.

Works cited: http://southtampaimmediatecare.com/flu-shots-tampa.html

Questions:

1. What specific words/phrases demonstrate your writer's voice? How do these words/phrases showcase your personality as a writer?

At the beginning of this post I put what page I was on and then if I was unsure, I would put "(I think)." I also had used the word "so" a lot. How they showcase my personality as a writer is by allowing me to say something and be unsure about it and it would be ok. Why I think this is ok is because I had told my viewers that I was unsure and they would except it. Also for the word "so," it allows the people viewing my page to get what I'm saying without using a bigger vocabulary and it makes it simple. :)

2. What purposeful diction and syntax choices did you make to enhance your writer's voice?

What I have done to enhance my writers voice is I used Low/informal diction so it makes my posts and voice sound simple. Just like when I said, "So far I am on page 38..." But at the same time very descriptive. Also I had used what we call a "Punctuation Trademark." And in my syntax, I had used a lot of comas. Also a lot of periods too. Also, just like I said, "His mother had said, before she died, they can be very dangerous but yet life saving."

New Book: The Last Song

I had to return my book to the library and I couldn't re-check it out. So I started a new book. And this book is called The Last Song. I have found this book to be very intriguing. I have found that there is a girl named Ronnie and she has to go with her brother to go see their father. He has been out of their life for who knows how long, and Ronnie does not want to go and see him. But unfortunately, he mother, Kim, is making her go and see him. But on the other hand their father can't  wait to see them both.

They take a trip down to see their dad and on the way Ronnie and her mother are talking about things and Ronnie is just making everything her mother says sound mean and cruel. And on the way her brother sees a Farris wheel behind some trees and he asks his mother if and when they get there, to his dad's house if they could go.  But then Ronnie cuts in and says something negative again. Then they finally get there and Ronnie then leave to take a walk to try to get away from her "so-called dad" as she calls it. That's as far as I have gotten. :)

Fuse

Now I am on a Chapter with El Capitan. I wonder what will happen? Well El Capitan is thinking to himself about what the Special Forces. He starts thinking about the word that he carved into the tree. And what was the meaning of the word? Why did he carve it into that tree and would it have something to do with Partridge or Pressia? But then he starts think of what Pressia would say if she saw him. Would she think he looked horrable and gross or just think he looked like that all the time?

Then El Capitan started thinking of how Pressia would talk to him and how she would think of each person and include them into the conversation. El Capitan even says that he sees her even look at Helmid like he was never attached to him. Like he was just a normal person. Never to be fused to another. And how she would always make eye contact to everyone that was included in the conversation. That's as far as I got to.