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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Summer Blog #10: Hook us...
Briefly introduce your independent novel and explain a theme you have noted in book that might intrigue others in your class to read the novel.(The deadline to post a response to this blog is midnight, July 11, 2011.)
My independent novel is Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was written in 1897, and the most prevalent theme I have noted is one of love. There are currently two sets of lovers fighting and sacrificing to be with each other and to save the other's life in an attempt to overcome the evil plaguing them. Blood, money, tears, and time have both been given up all in the name of love.
My novel is Julia Alverez's 'In the Time of the Butterflies'. It is based on the Mirabel sisters before and during the Dominican uprising against the dictator Trujillo. The theme I saw more than anything else was family, supporting one another through any conflict.One sister began to fight for freedom and,to support her, she and the rest of her family became legendary for their struggle for liberation.
My novel is Cormack McCarthy's "The Road". It is about a father and son trying to reach the coast in a post-apocolyptic America. The most prevalent theme in the novel is family sticking together. The father almost always encourages his child to go on and the child does the same for him. Even through the toughest moments when it looks like they both will perish, the two come out safe and continue to push each other to achieve their goal and see the beach.
My novel is Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees. It is about a girl, Lily Owens, who is in search for information of her mother. When Lily flees her home with her nanny, she meets the Boatwright sisters who are able to help Lily find out information about her mother. The theme I noticed was the true meaning of family that Lily discovers when she flees her home and stays with the Boatwright sisters. Lily discovers the true meaning of family through the care and love she receives by the Boatwright sisters and her nanny.
My novel is Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The story revolves around the lives of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The sisters have completely different views on love and are both twisted in a web of messy love triangles. A theme I have picked up is that love is not always what it seems. People have always envisioned love to be a wonderful painless thing, but the truth is that it rarely is painless. Money, status, and connections often hinder love throughout this novel making love a challenge. Marianne finds herself the center of two men's affections while Elinor is secretly in love with a man whom is already engaged. In this novel, love is definitely not what is seems. It is messy and surprising.
My independent novel is Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain". It is based on two people who struggle to survive during the rough times of the Civil War, and the journey that Inman makes to find his way back to Ada. While Iman continues on his odyssey home, Ada is left alone on her dying farm with the challenge to salvage it. The main theme in this novel is knowledge. Inman and Ada are faced with many challenges that require knowledge and intuition on how to survive on their own.
Briefly introduce your independent novel and explain a theme you have noted in book that might intrigue others in your class to read the novel. (The deadline to post a response to this blog is midnight, July 11, 2011.)
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My independent novel is Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was written in 1897, and the most prevalent theme I have noted is one of love. There are currently two sets of lovers fighting and sacrificing to be with each other and to save the other's life in an attempt to overcome the evil plaguing them. Blood, money, tears, and time have both been given up all in the name of love.
My novel is Julia Alverez's 'In the Time of the Butterflies'. It is based on the Mirabel sisters before and during the Dominican uprising against the dictator Trujillo. The theme I saw more than anything else was family, supporting one another through any conflict.One sister began to fight for freedom and,to support her, she and the rest of her family became legendary for their struggle for liberation.
My novel is Cormack McCarthy's "The Road". It is about a father and son trying to reach the coast in a post-apocolyptic America. The most prevalent theme in the novel is family sticking together. The father almost always encourages his child to go on and the child does the same for him. Even through the toughest moments when it looks like they both will perish, the two come out safe and continue to push each other to achieve their goal and see the beach.
My novel is Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees. It is about a girl, Lily Owens, who is in search for information of her mother. When Lily flees her home with her nanny, she meets the Boatwright sisters who are able to help Lily find out information about her mother. The theme I noticed was the true meaning of family that Lily discovers when she flees her home and stays with the Boatwright sisters. Lily discovers the true meaning of family through the care and love she receives by the Boatwright sisters and her nanny.
My novel is Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The story revolves around the lives of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The sisters have completely different views on love and are both twisted in a web of messy love triangles. A theme I have picked up is that love is not always what it seems. People have always envisioned love to be a wonderful painless thing, but the truth is that it rarely is painless. Money, status, and connections often hinder love throughout this novel making love a challenge. Marianne finds herself the center of two men's affections while Elinor is secretly in love with a man whom is already engaged. In this novel, love is definitely not what is seems. It is messy and surprising.
My independent novel is Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain". It is based on two people who struggle to survive during the rough times of the Civil War, and the journey that Inman makes to find his way back to Ada. While Iman continues on his odyssey home, Ada is left alone on her dying farm with the challenge to salvage it. The main theme in this novel is knowledge. Inman and Ada are faced with many challenges that require knowledge and intuition on how to survive on their own.
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