Page 3: Ishmael and his friends.
"Did you witness some of the fighting?"
"Everyone in the country did."
"You mean you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?"
"Yes, all the time. "
"Cool"
Ishmael's friends already knew there were things about his past he hadn't told them. But they pressed to know more about him anyway. They asked about something they thought was "cool" therefore acceptable to bring up. Still to Ishmael, it's probably the thing he wanted to talk about the least. But still Ishmael says it with no emotion, because it's no longer a big deal.
This personally connects to me because I play video games where we shoot at each other, I'm about the same aged as Ishmael. Like him I've shot guns at random people and played on teams with my friends. But where I do it for points. Ishmael had to do it in real life, for his life. He didn't get a respawn, and neither did the people he killed. People now are proud of their kill/death scores in games, they love having double the amount of kills as deaths. But for Ishmael, every kill was forced, and he only had one life he had to kill to keep.
Why do you think Ishmael wouldn't want to talk about his past?
Page 38, Line 9: Chief of a small town and Ishmael.
"Are you rebels or spies?"
"No."
"...Drown the rebels."
There is no more trust in the lives of the people in Sierra Leone. There are only two types of people the tribes see, they see rebels/killers, and spies of rebels. There is no room for Ishmael to be a boy. No one would believe Ishmael anyway, not him or his friends. There are only two roles, the rebels, and the people living in their own towns. Anyone else is dead, or absorbed by one of the groups. Ishmael wanders looking for a place to belong, but is neither, and not trusted.
Ishmael's journey is not an easy one. He tried as hard as could to get to safety but other people had their safety to think about too. He's just a little boy, younger than me. But already he's seen so much blood and death. Been forced to leave his home and run. Then gotten thrown out of towns scared to face the same fate. It saddens me that he's gone through so much and the hardest is not behind him.
Do you think the lack of trust within the country is justifiable?
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Independent Reading: The End
Brianne Nguyen - 2/5/10
The Name of the Windby Patrick Rothfuss
3 1/2 Hours
Pages: 517-662(145 pages this Week)
Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?
I'm defiantly going to read more books by Patrick Rothfuss. First of all, I love his style, and really enjoyed this book. Second, though this book is over, the story of Kvothe is far from over. Rothfuss, ended the story with Kvothe saying that was enough of that part of the story, that he could move on with the story now that he'd said that base. But it's yet known how he's expelled from the University, or why. We don't yet know what happens to Denna, or why Kvothe is an innkeeper waiting to die.
What was one of your favorite lines in what you read today?
"The man had true-red hair, red as flame. His eyes were dark and distant, and he moved with the weary calm that comes from knowing many things.
The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn's ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man waiting to die."
These are the last two paragraphs in the book, written in the Epilogue. They describe Kvothe, sitting in chair by his room, thinking. They explain at the same time that though Bast has said the story telling has made his master more lively brought his old self back, too much remains the same. Though you've heard at least 5 years of Kvothes life, in the book, only days have past. I like it because it's the exact same paragraph that is at the end of the Prologue, but the meaning is so different. Well, the meaning actually stays the same, but the way you interpret it is different. It makes you think. Maybe no matter what, your future stays the same.
The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn's ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man waiting to die."
These are the last two paragraphs in the book, written in the Epilogue. They describe Kvothe, sitting in chair by his room, thinking. They explain at the same time that though Bast has said the story telling has made his master more lively brought his old self back, too much remains the same. Though you've heard at least 5 years of Kvothes life, in the book, only days have past. I like it because it's the exact same paragraph that is at the end of the Prologue, but the meaning is so different. Well, the meaning actually stays the same, but the way you interpret it is different. It makes you think. Maybe no matter what, your future stays the same.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
In Class Reading Response: Journal Entry
The Chandrian finally made their mistake. The one that would help me kill them. Their mistake was they came close to where I live. Their first mistake was actually to let me live. They should never have done that to begin with. But I'm glad they did, because now I could get justice for my parents murder.
But now they're gone and I can only ask questions to the people that saw them. The only survivor, like me. I never expected that person to be Denna. I didn't think I would see her again for at least two span, as have our encounters been spaced before. I couldn't her what I've been through, or the reasons for me to travel seventy leagues in a day. She would think me cracked, chasing the Chandrian like a child wrapped in fantasy. She would never believe that I had seen them, that they had slaughtered my whole family years ago. But I had to figure out what happened at the wedding, why the Chandrian had killed those people yesterday, how the people died. So I could kill the killers.
But now they're gone and I can only ask questions to the people that saw them. The only survivor, like me. I never expected that person to be Denna. I didn't think I would see her again for at least two span, as have our encounters been spaced before. I couldn't her what I've been through, or the reasons for me to travel seventy leagues in a day. She would think me cracked, chasing the Chandrian like a child wrapped in fantasy. She would never believe that I had seen them, that they had slaughtered my whole family years ago. But I had to figure out what happened at the wedding, why the Chandrian had killed those people yesterday, how the people died. So I could kill the killers.
Kvothe
Indepented Reading: The Middle
Brianne Nguyen - 2/2/10
The Name of the Windby Patrick Rothfuss
6 1/2 Hours
Pages: 103-517 (414 pages this Week)
The main character, Kvothe is like both Harry Potter an Voldemort. His whole family was ripped away from him. Like Harry Potter, but he grew up on the streets, and orphan. He's not exactly a wizard, he's an anarchist. Which is close, but different, magic is not made by words or magic plants, it's a mix of ancient power and science. In that way the University is like Hogwarts. Though is going for vengeance of his parents deaths, like Harry, and he goes through the same trouble making pattern. Kvothe has intelligence and an ease to pick up material that Harry doesn't have, and is more connected to Harry's nemesis Voldemort. Kvothe, though I wouldn't want to admit it, is an angry child, and I can see him starting to go down darker paths. He's not as blatantly good, protagonist hero type. Because he's gone through hardships in his life that cause him to see the world differently. So he started out Harry Potter like, but he may be turning into a Lord Voldemort.
Pages: 103-517 (414 pages this Week)
Explain how the author creates suspense in this book.
Patrick Rothfuss creates suspense in this novel by writing with extreme foreshadowing. The story is a giant flashback. So we meet the adult character in the beginning, then we hear the story through his words, beginning at childhood. When he's telling the story he already knows what is going to happen. So he gives a short synopsis of what he's about to say, and why it's important to how his life turned out. Then he goes back to say what happened. It might make the book more predicable. But the way the story is told, you want to know what happens, and he never gives you enough information.
How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book, story, or movie?
Patrick Rothfuss creates suspense in this novel by writing with extreme foreshadowing. The story is a giant flashback. So we meet the adult character in the beginning, then we hear the story through his words, beginning at childhood. When he's telling the story he already knows what is going to happen. So he gives a short synopsis of what he's about to say, and why it's important to how his life turned out. Then he goes back to say what happened. It might make the book more predicable. But the way the story is told, you want to know what happens, and he never gives you enough information.
How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book, story, or movie?
The main character, Kvothe is like both Harry Potter an Voldemort. His whole family was ripped away from him. Like Harry Potter, but he grew up on the streets, and orphan. He's not exactly a wizard, he's an anarchist. Which is close, but different, magic is not made by words or magic plants, it's a mix of ancient power and science. In that way the University is like Hogwarts. Though is going for vengeance of his parents deaths, like Harry, and he goes through the same trouble making pattern. Kvothe has intelligence and an ease to pick up material that Harry doesn't have, and is more connected to Harry's nemesis Voldemort. Kvothe, though I wouldn't want to admit it, is an angry child, and I can see him starting to go down darker paths. He's not as blatantly good, protagonist hero type. Because he's gone through hardships in his life that cause him to see the world differently. So he started out Harry Potter like, but he may be turning into a Lord Voldemort.
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