Saturday, March 28, 2015

If I Should Die Before I Wake Summary

As I read more into my book, Chana (Hilary), was in a coma (long story short) after a terrible accident. She begins to have dreams of a Jewish girl named Chana who is fighting for her life in WWII. Her family as brutalized in the ghettos and the death camps in Poland. For those who are capable to survive in the ghettos, were sent to the death camp in Auschwitz. Hilary's father died when  she was 5 when his office burnt down.  That has been really hard on her which caused depression. She lived with her mom who she had nothing in common with. Hilary woke up once after dreaming about Chana and stops hating Jewish people because she now has experienced what they go through.

So far I could really picture the settings in my head and feel whatever Hilary is feeling. The author is using very good describing words. When the author is describing what the camps look like, I actually feel like i'm there. I just don't want to put the book down! I feel like i'm Hilary and having those dreams. If you really like mental pictures, this is the book for you!

If I Should Die Before I Wake Summary

As I start to read my new book "If I Should Die Before I Wake" by Han Nolan, I start to notice something about a character in my book named Hilary. She hates Jews, she has a neo-Nazi gang in her town. In the beginning of the book Hilary seems to be lonely. Like she has no friends, or no one to talk about. Then she discovered the gang. She joins, and now she feels like she fits in and has a new group of friends. Then something terrible happens. She gets into an accident and got sent lying near death in a Jewish hospital. Then, somehow, changed her identity to "Chana"

The reason why I chose this book to read is because it's a holocaust book. Holocaust books grab my attention and I love how every book explains every detail and makes me feel what the Jews have been through. And I feel it bumps up my knowledge about the holocaust and learn new things that I thought I hadn't knew about. I also get to find out more on how the camps are like and how they maintain themselves to survive and pretend everything's alright.

Tolerance

Definition: The ability or willingness to allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.

How can you be more tolerant of others?
I can be more tolerance of others by listening to what they have to say even though I don't agree and sorta make a connection to it or be interested. 

What does tolerance mean to you?
What tolerance means to me is that you want your voice to be heard weather people agree with you or not. You just want to feel like your actually worth talking to and want to be cared of. It's kinda like you just want to fit in and have something to talk about. 


Saturday, March 14, 2015

The Devil and His Boy Summary

So far the name character, Tom Falconer, is working at the "Pig's Head" in Framlingham, England. He doesn't really know much about the outside world and how things work. There are 2 other characters that we introduced. Sebastian and Heinrietta Slope. Who treat Tom like dirt and worthless. But that doesn't stop him. He know's that other people are getting treated waaaayyyyy worse than him. This takes place in the year 1593. Tom believes that it's a rough place to live with at the time but he has to deal with it and his adoptive parent's.

What I liked about the setting was how it makes it look old and worn down. Kind of like a disintegrating look. I feel like I'm in a time machine and traveling to the 1590's and looking at the old houses and old shops. Even knowing how Queen Elizabeth acts/looks. I really like this book so far because I could really picture everything in my head and knowing what's going on. Also picturing where Tom works at.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

The Devil And His Boy Summary

I have recently checked out a book called "The Devil and His Boy" By Anthony Horowitz, and so far the main character's name is Tom Falconer. Tom is described as poor and bony. He lives with  family who owns an Inn and the only way he can spend the night and eat food is to work. His biological parents died. His mom passed by giving birth to him, and his dad passed by falling off a horse. So far Tom has been through enough already. The book is also involving the Queen Elizabeth the first and telling the story behind her.

 The reason why I chose this book is because a friend recommended it to me. And so far I am enjoying the book because It's taking place back then in England. I also rad the first 5 pages in the book and I couldn't put the book down! It's so interesting how people from England talked back then and to see how much has changed. Of course this isn't a non-fiction book, but it actually feels like i'm in the book and experiencing the life of Tom Falconer. The author used great vocabulary and really explains the scenery well.