Weekly Blog 10-14-15: A Child Called "It"

Contrast

When contrasting things, look closely to find all thing that are different between

them.

• How does what you are reading contrast with a novel you were assigned to read

in school and didn’t like reading.

• Contrast the theme of what you are reading with something you read last

month.

• What would be a good contrast to the setting of what you are reading?

            

            A Child called "It" is a great book which I overall was one of the best books I've read. When I contrast it to a book I didn't enjoy reading like Touching Spirit Bear. I don't really like the content of that book. When I contrast it with A Child Called "It" I look at the genres which is a huge difference. For instance, A Child Called "It" is a memoir. Then in Touching Spirit Bear the book is fiction. These are two seperetate and different genres. One is real (based on a true story) then the other is fake (not real). A child called "It" also has a purpose in the writing it send out a message and shows how a nobody becomes a somebody and overcomes the abuse.

            The theme isn't significantly different in a child called it in contrast to a Of Beetles and Angels. However, the contrast is there because they are not exactly the same. For instance, the theme of A Child Called "It" was a kid who got abused. Then for a Of Beetles and Angels the theme is that it is rough now but it'll all get better type of theme. Both of these books I really enjoyed. For different reasons of course. I really liked A Child Called "It" because of the theme because it made me feel really sad and like I was there in the book. Then for Of Beetles and Angels I liked everything about it the story line, the conflict and the way it is written. Whcih are two different themes to it.

             What would be a good contrast for this book would probably be some kind of fantasy world in another book like basically anything fiction. This book takes place in the US. Not really anything would apply but anything tat doesn't have school, homes and so on and so forth. Lets say that there is a place withourt schools and other places in the US. like third world countries. In A Child Called "It" it is a memoir which is a true story and is a actual place in the real world which makes a harder to contrast. However, you can make some minor differences in it towards another setting.