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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