Lucie Pascarosa 705
The Help and What the Heck? Part two: I finished it!
I just finished the amazing book, The Help. It was an amazing book that I could never put down, even when I was doing a project, or homework. I loved it so much, that I read it between classes. Not joking. When math ended, I would pull out my book and read it until I got to science or whatever class I was going to. Not many books are that worthy. Now, you might have noticed that I am not saying what the heck and complaining about the problems in this book. Well you are impatient, and need to learn how to wait a paragraph. There were a couple things I understood, but can't believe happened. Now this post is a complete SPOILER of the end, and if you have not read the help, DO NOT READ IT OR YOU WILL BE SAD! This is what was wrong and right with The Help.
First, I will start about the bad things about The Help. There is one character named Miss Hilly, who will do anything to get the maids, or any person of color in trouble. She sent her maid to jail for stealing a ring that she hated in the first place. She did not treat her maid very nicely in the end. When the book came about maids experiences in Mississippi, she was telling every one is Jackson that it was about that town. Until she got to the last chapter which was about her. That chapter was about when Minny, a maid worked for Miss Hilly's mother. Minny was more infuriated than ever at Minny and she made a pie for Hilly with her feces in it. Yep, Her poop. And she ate it. After she finished the book she yelled at everybody who said it was about Jackson, and got Minny fired. hilly was also friends with Aibeleen's boss. Miss. Lefolt, who read it and fired Aibeleen. That isn't even the most depressing part. Minny has five children and is pregnant again. The only reason she wants to be pregnant is because her husband won't abuse her. When he found out she had a part in writing the book, he threatened and almost licked her in the bathroom and burned the house down. So she took the kids and left. And as the book says, she and Aibeleen were free. That was the biggest "what happens next" moment for me. You don't know. But that is the best part of the book because you don't know what happens next, and it leaves you with questions. But sometimes life is like that, and you just have to deal with it. I thought it was better not knowing what happened. They were free, and anything else would have been too much.
All and all, that is what I think about the Help, the good and the bad. Don't think I did not enjoy every part of this book, I did. But I want to show how wrong and extreme these characters actions and words were. I want to show how big of a deal it was, to write a book about how much black people hated or loved white people or the other way around. That is why I think the Help is such a good book.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Published Revolt of the Evil faries
Revolt of the Evil Fairies Lucie Pascarosa 705
In Ted Poston’s Revolt of the Evil Fairies, the protagonist shows determination in the face of racism and discrimination, even when the odds are against him. He is a black boy living in the 1940’s or 50’s. He is aware that he lives in a prejudiced world because of the racism in his own colored school. He shows his awareness by fighting (literally) to get the part he wants, and to accept the sad fact that he couldn’t be Prince Charming in the school play that year, the year before, the year before that, and all the years that he would (or wouldn’t) be in the play.
First of all, the protagonist tries out for the part of Prince Charming with all his heart even though he knows that he won’t get it because of his dark skin tone. The protagonist has been rejected each season for the school play because he is not as light skinned as some of his school mates. he has always been chosen to play the head Evil Fairy, who was always vanquished by Prince Charming in the end. In the text it says ”The good fairies wore white costumes and the evil fairies black.” also, “The good fairies usually turned out to be light in complexion” and “On a rare occasion, a dark skinned girl might be lucky enough to be a good fairy, but not one with a speaking part.” But even when the protagonist knows he can’t get the part, he still tries, and when he doesn’t, he plays the part of the evil fairy thoroughly, and well. This shows that the protagonist is really eager for the part of Prince Charming, and is willing to go crazy to get that part.
Second of all, he has a huge crush on a girl named Sarah Williams, who, no surprise, was a yaller. One year, Sarah was chosen to be Sleeping Beauty, and the protagonist tried ever so hard to get the part of Prince Charming. As you might have guessed, he did not get the part. A boy named Leonardius Wright got the part, he was also a yaller, and liked Sarah Williams. In the text, the protagonist said, ”They gave the part to Leonardius right. Leonardius, of course, was a yaller” he also said in the text that he “threw his soul into the part” and did indeed play the head evil fairy well. That proves that even though he knew he was “doomed from the start,” he still tried to do well in the play. It also proves that he knew he could be just as good if not better in the play than Leonardius even if he isn’t playing Prince Charming.
Lastly, in “Revolt of the Evil Fairies,” the protagonist shows determination in the face of racism and discrimination in the third act of the play, when Leonardius Wright was chosen for Prince Charming, and when Sarah Williams was chosen for Sleeping Beauty. In the second act, Leonardius brained the protagonist with his sword when he ‘’slunk off into the shadows” for the second to last time. He took this as an insult, or as Leonardius saying that he was better than him, because he was lighter skinned. He was determined to show Leonardius up, and punched him in the jaw. All of a sudden, there was a huge fight happening on stage between the protagonist and leonardius, and . In the text it says ”For the minute I saw that evil gleam in his eye-or was it my own?— I cut loose with a right to the chin,” I think he fought Leonardius because he wanted to prove that he could still do something, even though society said he couldn’t be a star in the play or, have a better life in the community. He proved that he could do something to show that discrimination isn’t right.
All in all, this is why the protagonist in Ted Poston’s “Revolt of the Evil Fairies” shows determination in the face of discrimination, even when the odds are against him. Because he, unlike others, still tried to be prince charming again, and again, and again, and finally found some closure, even if he still thought his racist community and country was unfair ( it was very), and knew that he could never be Prince Charming.
In Ted Poston’s Revolt of the Evil Fairies, the protagonist shows determination in the face of racism and discrimination, even when the odds are against him. He is a black boy living in the 1940’s or 50’s. He is aware that he lives in a prejudiced world because of the racism in his own colored school. He shows his awareness by fighting (literally) to get the part he wants, and to accept the sad fact that he couldn’t be Prince Charming in the school play that year, the year before, the year before that, and all the years that he would (or wouldn’t) be in the play.
First of all, the protagonist tries out for the part of Prince Charming with all his heart even though he knows that he won’t get it because of his dark skin tone. The protagonist has been rejected each season for the school play because he is not as light skinned as some of his school mates. he has always been chosen to play the head Evil Fairy, who was always vanquished by Prince Charming in the end. In the text it says ”The good fairies wore white costumes and the evil fairies black.” also, “The good fairies usually turned out to be light in complexion” and “On a rare occasion, a dark skinned girl might be lucky enough to be a good fairy, but not one with a speaking part.” But even when the protagonist knows he can’t get the part, he still tries, and when he doesn’t, he plays the part of the evil fairy thoroughly, and well. This shows that the protagonist is really eager for the part of Prince Charming, and is willing to go crazy to get that part.
Second of all, he has a huge crush on a girl named Sarah Williams, who, no surprise, was a yaller. One year, Sarah was chosen to be Sleeping Beauty, and the protagonist tried ever so hard to get the part of Prince Charming. As you might have guessed, he did not get the part. A boy named Leonardius Wright got the part, he was also a yaller, and liked Sarah Williams. In the text, the protagonist said, ”They gave the part to Leonardius right. Leonardius, of course, was a yaller” he also said in the text that he “threw his soul into the part” and did indeed play the head evil fairy well. That proves that even though he knew he was “doomed from the start,” he still tried to do well in the play. It also proves that he knew he could be just as good if not better in the play than Leonardius even if he isn’t playing Prince Charming.
Lastly, in “Revolt of the Evil Fairies,” the protagonist shows determination in the face of racism and discrimination in the third act of the play, when Leonardius Wright was chosen for Prince Charming, and when Sarah Williams was chosen for Sleeping Beauty. In the second act, Leonardius brained the protagonist with his sword when he ‘’slunk off into the shadows” for the second to last time. He took this as an insult, or as Leonardius saying that he was better than him, because he was lighter skinned. He was determined to show Leonardius up, and punched him in the jaw. All of a sudden, there was a huge fight happening on stage between the protagonist and leonardius, and . In the text it says ”For the minute I saw that evil gleam in his eye-or was it my own?— I cut loose with a right to the chin,” I think he fought Leonardius because he wanted to prove that he could still do something, even though society said he couldn’t be a star in the play or, have a better life in the community. He proved that he could do something to show that discrimination isn’t right.
All in all, this is why the protagonist in Ted Poston’s “Revolt of the Evil Fairies” shows determination in the face of discrimination, even when the odds are against him. Because he, unlike others, still tried to be prince charming again, and again, and again, and finally found some closure, even if he still thought his racist community and country was unfair ( it was very), and knew that he could never be Prince Charming.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
The help and what the heck?
Lucie Pascarosa 705 2012
I do not understand the book the help. I understand it, but I can't comprehend a time when people were so darn racist! I mean, if i was Abeline, I would of smacked that woman every time Mrs. Leefolt smacked her daughter. It is child abuse, or as I like to put it, ILLEGAL to smack your child that hard when they are that young, or any time period. It is not right! This post is going to be about all the wrong things about the help, that were unfortunately, realistic.
Around the hundredth page of the book, Mrs. Leefolt and Ms. Hilly are the two main women in a group of ladies who get together often and discussed the matters of the colored maids using the bathroom for the white and "clean" ladies. They were going to make the maids use a different bathroom, built for them outside that was most likely dirtier, and definitely not as nice as the ones inside.
In "The Help," there is a character who always bad-mouths the white women if they say or do something racist, and she is constantly getting fired. But she finds a woman who lives in a grand house in the country with her husband. she gets hired from 9-4, and the husband leaves for work at 8, and comes home at 5. See anything weird here? Yes. Yes you do if you have average intelligence. The wife doesn't want the husband to know until the end of the year which is months away. If that is not racist I don't know what is. I mean, the woman doesn't want her to know she hired a maid because the maid is black!
All in all, these are only some of the racist things that pose a problem in the help are. Even when you think you aren't purposely being racist, and you slip up a bit, it could really offend someone. So think before you speak! Or don't say it at all.
I do not understand the book the help. I understand it, but I can't comprehend a time when people were so darn racist! I mean, if i was Abeline, I would of smacked that woman every time Mrs. Leefolt smacked her daughter. It is child abuse, or as I like to put it, ILLEGAL to smack your child that hard when they are that young, or any time period. It is not right! This post is going to be about all the wrong things about the help, that were unfortunately, realistic.
Around the hundredth page of the book, Mrs. Leefolt and Ms. Hilly are the two main women in a group of ladies who get together often and discussed the matters of the colored maids using the bathroom for the white and "clean" ladies. They were going to make the maids use a different bathroom, built for them outside that was most likely dirtier, and definitely not as nice as the ones inside.
In "The Help," there is a character who always bad-mouths the white women if they say or do something racist, and she is constantly getting fired. But she finds a woman who lives in a grand house in the country with her husband. she gets hired from 9-4, and the husband leaves for work at 8, and comes home at 5. See anything weird here? Yes. Yes you do if you have average intelligence. The wife doesn't want the husband to know until the end of the year which is months away. If that is not racist I don't know what is. I mean, the woman doesn't want her to know she hired a maid because the maid is black!
All in all, these are only some of the racist things that pose a problem in the help are. Even when you think you aren't purposely being racist, and you slip up a bit, it could really offend someone. So think before you speak! Or don't say it at all.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
School of Fear: Class is not Dismissed blog
Lucie
Pascarosa
705
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!
After reading the "School of Fear," I decided that is was worthy
enough to buy the second one on my Kindle. Needless to say I finished it in
three days. The second book is about the foursome coming back to school of
fear, saying they have conquered their fears. For example, Garrison is a
surfer, Madison likes spiders, Lulu goes on elevators, and Theo has stopped
checking to see if his family is dead every five minutes. There is just one
problem: They are lying. Exactly what you expected from them isn't it? As much
as they claim they are cured, you will see why they desperately need another
year at school of fear.
At the beginning of the book you see all of the students happy and cured. But
when you see them go back to the school, you see they are all FAKE! Maddie
still wears her veil to sleep and fumigates her room, Lulu waits for hours for
someone to go on the elevator with her, and Theo stalks his family. Yes you
heard me, stalks them. He follows them so he can keep track of where they are
so that he can ensure that they are alive. Don't worry, I didn't forget about
macho Garrison. You can't rally feign being a surfer, can you? Well, apparently
you can. Garrison would go to the beach with his board and wetsuit, and goes
into the bathroom and gets his hair wet, so people think he was at the
beach. How do we know this? Mrs. Wellington the teacher, stalks them a
bit like Theo and takes videos of their "progress.'' Personally, I thought
it was a good idea to look at what they were doing because otherwise, the honor
system is out the door. Unfortunately, this is not the only obstacle. There is
a new student named Hyacinth, and she is the most obnoxious ten year old you
could ever imagine. She blames all of her problems on her ferret, and her
phobia is being alone, so she is annoyingly clingy. I would HATE a person like
that. Take this for example " OMG! We are going to be besties! We are
going to have sleep overs and OMG, I forgot to bring a camera to document our
memories! Don't you just love making memories!" That wasn't directly out
of the book, but it could have been.
In the middle of the book, we find out the real problem. The first thing
is that Abernathy is living in the forest near the school ( Abernathy is the
stepson of Mrs. Wellington, an the only student she failed to teach, as his
phobia was stepmothers). The biggest problem is that someone had been stealing Mrs.
Wellington’s valuables, which we find out later to be their neighbors who are
dog crazy, and are mad because Mrs. Wellington doesn't have a seat belt
or doggy braces for Mac, her bulldog. When reading this section of the
book I nearly screamed and or punched my Kindle. Who would do such a horrible
thing? But it gets worse! Schmitty, Mrs. Wellington, and the five kids go to
this pageant to look for the thieves. When they find it's their neighbors, they
go home as fast as they can. But they are stopped by the sheriff and are
informed that the student with a ferret leaked the secret about the school of
fear to a reporter, which is always kept secret from the public. For those of
you idiots who haven't figured out who spilled the beans it was Hyacinth, who
blamed it on her rodent. I think she deserved to cry in her room alone. She
didn't care about other people and needs time to get her act together. Hyacinth
does do something that change everything at the end of the book, but I have
already spoiled this book for you so I'm just going to make you read the whole
thing so you can get to the end. Sorry.
This is why I thought "School of Fear: Class
is not Dismissed!" was a very interesting book, and I think it teaches us
you should treat people the way you want to be treated, and you can't always
get what you want.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
School of Fear blog post
I am reading the interesting book, School of Fear. The book is about four neurotic children, about twelve or younger that have insane and unreasonable fears about the most common objects. For example, one girl goes around with a veil over her head and bug repellent, a boy faints if he sees a pond, another boy calls his parents, sister, and three brothers at school every hour to see of they are alive or not. The fourth girl has a reasonable fear, as she is claustrophobic. They all are a problem for their parents and friends so they are sent to a school to get over their fears. I have not finished the book yet and I am only about 100 pages in. However, I think that by the end of the book, they will get over their fears. But right now, they are pretty much scared out of their minds.
In School of Fear, each of the kids have big problems. In one story, a girl named Madeline is deathly afraid of spiders, and other bugs. Basically anything that moves. She wears a veil on her head at all times, and carries bug repellent. even though besides her phobia she is pretty much sane, with good manners and a normal life in England, she can't get over the fear of bugs. Her night gown has a built in veil, so that when she sleeps at night no bugs will bother her (even though she has a mesh canopy bed). I think she is insane. anyone who is that afraid of bugs and spiders, needs to do some research. If there were no bugs, how would break down the dirt for wildlife? Who would eat those mosquitoes that you hate? I think that she had a bad experience with bugs once and has a hard time forgetting it. A boy named Theo is scared of death, ever since his grandmother died. He would call his family members often to make sure they were alive, or dead. His brothers thought he was neurotic, his sister thought he was annoying, and his parents thought he was just had issues. He was always reading death reports in the news paper, and would never take the train in fear the tracks would light on fire, or he would get pushed into the tracks. Worse, he could barely take the car in fear they would get into an accident. I think when his grandmother died, he became obsessed with death because he didn't want to lose any of his family members, like he lost his grandmother.
There are two other children going to the school. One is Garrison, the most popular and attractive boy in his middle school, with blond hair and blue eyes. He seems normal, he plays sports, gets love notes from girls, and goes to school. But he is hydrophobic. For those of you who haven't guessed what that is yet, it is the fear of water. Not drinking water or showers, but deep water like oceans, ponds, lakes, rivers, and so on. Until the bus ride there, he seems pretty normal to Madeline, until they go over a bridge. He notices, and hopes for dry land. Instead he finds what could be a lake or ocean and freaks out, and faints. I can understand the fear of drowning, to a certain point, but can't understand the fear of water itself. As someone who comes from a wind-surfing dad, and and a former swim-racing mom, this one of the harder things to understand. As a surfer myself, I have had to hold my breath for a while under water while my board goes over my head. Back to the hydrophobe. I think, like Madeline, he had a bad experience with water, or trying to swim that made him scared, and I will most likely find out later in the book. As for the fourth girl, there isn't much too tell. The most insane thing she has ever done so far is hit her principal in the head because she didn't want to go on the elevator, and the stairs were just painted. I can understand the fear of small spaces, I don't like them much either, but I would have sucked it up and went in the elevator.
All in all, this is why I think that the new students of School of Fear are insane and neurotic.
In School of Fear, each of the kids have big problems. In one story, a girl named Madeline is deathly afraid of spiders, and other bugs. Basically anything that moves. She wears a veil on her head at all times, and carries bug repellent. even though besides her phobia she is pretty much sane, with good manners and a normal life in England, she can't get over the fear of bugs. Her night gown has a built in veil, so that when she sleeps at night no bugs will bother her (even though she has a mesh canopy bed). I think she is insane. anyone who is that afraid of bugs and spiders, needs to do some research. If there were no bugs, how would break down the dirt for wildlife? Who would eat those mosquitoes that you hate? I think that she had a bad experience with bugs once and has a hard time forgetting it. A boy named Theo is scared of death, ever since his grandmother died. He would call his family members often to make sure they were alive, or dead. His brothers thought he was neurotic, his sister thought he was annoying, and his parents thought he was just had issues. He was always reading death reports in the news paper, and would never take the train in fear the tracks would light on fire, or he would get pushed into the tracks. Worse, he could barely take the car in fear they would get into an accident. I think when his grandmother died, he became obsessed with death because he didn't want to lose any of his family members, like he lost his grandmother.
There are two other children going to the school. One is Garrison, the most popular and attractive boy in his middle school, with blond hair and blue eyes. He seems normal, he plays sports, gets love notes from girls, and goes to school. But he is hydrophobic. For those of you who haven't guessed what that is yet, it is the fear of water. Not drinking water or showers, but deep water like oceans, ponds, lakes, rivers, and so on. Until the bus ride there, he seems pretty normal to Madeline, until they go over a bridge. He notices, and hopes for dry land. Instead he finds what could be a lake or ocean and freaks out, and faints. I can understand the fear of drowning, to a certain point, but can't understand the fear of water itself. As someone who comes from a wind-surfing dad, and and a former swim-racing mom, this one of the harder things to understand. As a surfer myself, I have had to hold my breath for a while under water while my board goes over my head. Back to the hydrophobe. I think, like Madeline, he had a bad experience with water, or trying to swim that made him scared, and I will most likely find out later in the book. As for the fourth girl, there isn't much too tell. The most insane thing she has ever done so far is hit her principal in the head because she didn't want to go on the elevator, and the stairs were just painted. I can understand the fear of small spaces, I don't like them much either, but I would have sucked it up and went in the elevator.
All in all, this is why I think that the new students of School of Fear are insane and neurotic.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Catching fire Hunger Games blog post
Lucie Pascarosa 705 10/14/12 HUGE SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!
I am rereading the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire. In the beginning, Katniss is recalling her first hunger games and is trying to forget it. Unfortunately, she has to be made up and go on a tour around the districts that as she put it, "secretly hate her." If you have not read the hunger games series, then you won't know that she has to go up on a podium with Peeta, and make a speech about the honor of being the winner of the 74th hunger games, while the families of the other dead children look up at her and are forced to also be put in the spotlight. I think now, after reading it a second time, and reading The Girl Who Was On Fire it is easier to sympathize with Katniss. I think that Katniss plays a very strong female role, unlike Bella in Twilight. This is why I think Katniss is a strong female character in Catching Fire.
I think Katniss is a strong female character because she endures two hunger games. In the first book, Katniss volunteers as a tribute to save her sister, watches a twelve year old die, and outsmarts the game makers by almost eating the berries. But even if they didn't tell her to stop, she would have sacrificed herself for an audience. Then she is taken away and eventually sent home, only to be interviewed about the thing she wants most to forget. Half a year later, she goes on the Victory tour, and that is when she really sparks the rebellion. She promises to send food and money to Rue from district eleven (rue is the twelve year old that died), and puts her three fingers to her lips which is the sign of her district and what she did when rue died. this was what sparked the rebellion. It started when she was there. she had to hide while three people were shot and killed. I couldn't live through that if my life depended on it (no pun intended). After another half a year, she finds out that she has to be in the games again for the quarter quell, and almost gets killed by killer monkeys, poison fog, and other obstacles the game makers thought up. If someone from our everyday life had to do that, well, they couldn't. They wouldn't have survived the first hour of the 74the hunger games! After, her own ally cuts open her arm an pulls out her tracker. Then all of a sudden, a helicopter comes out of nowhere and picks all of them up an out of the arena. But Peeta is left behind and tortured by the capitol. No one could live through the PSTD of that.
This is why I think that Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay is a very strong character.
I am rereading the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire. In the beginning, Katniss is recalling her first hunger games and is trying to forget it. Unfortunately, she has to be made up and go on a tour around the districts that as she put it, "secretly hate her." If you have not read the hunger games series, then you won't know that she has to go up on a podium with Peeta, and make a speech about the honor of being the winner of the 74th hunger games, while the families of the other dead children look up at her and are forced to also be put in the spotlight. I think now, after reading it a second time, and reading The Girl Who Was On Fire it is easier to sympathize with Katniss. I think that Katniss plays a very strong female role, unlike Bella in Twilight. This is why I think Katniss is a strong female character in Catching Fire.
I think Katniss is a strong female character because she endures two hunger games. In the first book, Katniss volunteers as a tribute to save her sister, watches a twelve year old die, and outsmarts the game makers by almost eating the berries. But even if they didn't tell her to stop, she would have sacrificed herself for an audience. Then she is taken away and eventually sent home, only to be interviewed about the thing she wants most to forget. Half a year later, she goes on the Victory tour, and that is when she really sparks the rebellion. She promises to send food and money to Rue from district eleven (rue is the twelve year old that died), and puts her three fingers to her lips which is the sign of her district and what she did when rue died. this was what sparked the rebellion. It started when she was there. she had to hide while three people were shot and killed. I couldn't live through that if my life depended on it (no pun intended). After another half a year, she finds out that she has to be in the games again for the quarter quell, and almost gets killed by killer monkeys, poison fog, and other obstacles the game makers thought up. If someone from our everyday life had to do that, well, they couldn't. They wouldn't have survived the first hour of the 74the hunger games! After, her own ally cuts open her arm an pulls out her tracker. Then all of a sudden, a helicopter comes out of nowhere and picks all of them up an out of the arena. But Peeta is left behind and tortured by the capitol. No one could live through the PSTD of that.
This is why I think that Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay is a very strong character.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
the Hunger Games: the girl who was on fire 705
Lucie Pascarosa 705 10/7/12 SPOILER ALERT!
I am reading an interesting book, The Girl Who Was On Fire. The book is a collection of opinionated essays about the authors' opinion of The Hunger Games. There are multiple authors, and they all share their experiences with The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. They compare the trilogy to real life, and show how different yet similar the books are to real life. So far I think The Girl Who Was On Fire is a really good book.
In The Girl Who Was On Fire, the most common topic with all of the authors is the rebellion. They try to decipher the meaning of the rebellion, by finding the symbols in the three books. One of the biggest topics in The Hunger Games is how the berries sparked the rebellion. Katniss holds out the berries and forces the game makers to let her and Peeta win, or as one author put it, the engineers gave in to the watched. In Catching Fire, she gets rescued from her second games and is brought her to district thirteen, or as I like to call it, the rebel district. This really gets the rebellion going and finally, in Mockingjay, Katniss kills Coin, her little sister is shelled, and Snow goes down. The authors show symbols that only authors can find, and show you the true meaning of The Hunger Games.
In The Girl Who Was On Fire, I noticed that one author categorized people into sections. There were the watchers, or the people from the districts, they watch the games. there was the watched, or the tributes, who fight to the death. Then there were the engineers, as I said before, they were the game makers. The author explains that it is a cycle, or a food chain. The engineers make the games for the watchers, and the engineers have to keep the watchers entertained or they will go against the engineers, and the watched. The engineers help the watched to entertain the watchers. And the watched try to entertain the the watchers to get sponsors to save their life. See what I mean? It's a cycle.
That is why I think The Girl Who Was On Fire is an excellent book so far, and I am glad that even though the authors write about the same things, it is interesting every time because each author has her own way of writing.
I am reading an interesting book, The Girl Who Was On Fire. The book is a collection of opinionated essays about the authors' opinion of The Hunger Games. There are multiple authors, and they all share their experiences with The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. They compare the trilogy to real life, and show how different yet similar the books are to real life. So far I think The Girl Who Was On Fire is a really good book.
In The Girl Who Was On Fire, the most common topic with all of the authors is the rebellion. They try to decipher the meaning of the rebellion, by finding the symbols in the three books. One of the biggest topics in The Hunger Games is how the berries sparked the rebellion. Katniss holds out the berries and forces the game makers to let her and Peeta win, or as one author put it, the engineers gave in to the watched. In Catching Fire, she gets rescued from her second games and is brought her to district thirteen, or as I like to call it, the rebel district. This really gets the rebellion going and finally, in Mockingjay, Katniss kills Coin, her little sister is shelled, and Snow goes down. The authors show symbols that only authors can find, and show you the true meaning of The Hunger Games.
In The Girl Who Was On Fire, I noticed that one author categorized people into sections. There were the watchers, or the people from the districts, they watch the games. there was the watched, or the tributes, who fight to the death. Then there were the engineers, as I said before, they were the game makers. The author explains that it is a cycle, or a food chain. The engineers make the games for the watchers, and the engineers have to keep the watchers entertained or they will go against the engineers, and the watched. The engineers help the watched to entertain the watchers. And the watched try to entertain the the watchers to get sponsors to save their life. See what I mean? It's a cycle.
That is why I think The Girl Who Was On Fire is an excellent book so far, and I am glad that even though the authors write about the same things, it is interesting every time because each author has her own way of writing.
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