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40 Book Challenge Blog

Define

When defining something, look at it carefully and identify the qualities that make it

meaningful.

• Define what makes an interesting story or poem.

• Define what is needed to make a good setting.

• Define what is needed for a reader to be able to relate to a character.

What is needed to make a good book or poem is the way the plot is built up the plot itself and the resolution. I believe that a good plot makes the book a better and more interesting thing to read. Another key thing is dialogue, if the book doesn't have dialogue it must be boring. Diologue is a key factor because it keeps the readers active throughout the story and more involved. If the reader isn't involved they can't really have a good understanding on the title they are reading. That is something you don't want to experience with a book because you may just abandon that book. 

Imagery is the biggest component on making a good setting because you need to keep the reader involved. Even though the book I'm reading which is Genius it is a picture book. Regardless it still uses great imagery. Even if the imagery isn't the best the book or poem would still be good but it'll be good as the imagery that is used. Another thing to add is how the author explains the setting. Does he use figurative language? What was the tone he was using to really give you an image on the setting? Tone could also be a huge part in setting because the way the authors invoice is set up shows how he/she feels about the setting and it brings in a stronger connection than before.

What is needed for a character to be able to relate to the reader is that the character needs to have regular everyday traits. For example, if the character hates his Language Arts class that is a decently relatable trait because several people can have that trait. A bad example would be loving to collect pen caps which is a trait that someone may have but many few other people will have. This is where the book or poems intended audience come into play. Every book has an intended audience wether it's and age group or a gender thing there will be a targeted audience. That is what also makes an affective book.

Life is Beautiful

The Holocaust inside Night is expressed in a completely different way than in Life is Beautiful. Elie expresses the Holocaust as a horrible event, which it really was. After the hangings in the middle of the book, someone calls out "Where is He? This is where- hanging here from this gallows...'" This is completely different than the movie Life is Beautiful. Athlough, these titles are different they still get out the point that the Holocause was a terrible time. 

          In the book Night the mood was very different from the movie. The mood of the ok was really sad and depressing. It showed every gruesome part of the Halocaust and it really made me feel as I'df I was there. In the book it said,"Their tongues were hanging out, swollen and bluish. But the third rope was still moving:..." This is one of the most horrid thing that was said in this book. The prisoners were practically forced to see people be hung and killed. Elie experienced a lot of this throughout the time he was staying at the concentration camps. He even experienced his own dad dying which was one of the most difficult things to experience. 

The mood of Life is Beautiful is the complete opposite of the book night because of the mood. Even though the whole movie was based on the Holocaust. In this movie it had more of a comedic style. For example, when Guido and his son were in the concentration camp Guido told his son it was a game. The games was whoever gets the most points wins, only if they do what the Germans say. This also was great parenting skills by Guido because he didn't want to scare his kid. The way this whole "game" started was when he pretended to be a translator and translated what they German guard was saying into the game. This got his kid really hyped and into the game because the prize was a tank and he wanted a tank really bad. 

There were many examples of how life is beautiful throughout the film. Most of it was shown before they entered the concentration camps. One example, is in the beginning of the movie Guido "stalked" Dora and surprise her all the time and she liked that he did that. Another demonstration of when life was beautiful was when Dora and Guido ended up having a kid named Joshua. This kid was a huge impact on the mothers life because the kid became Jewish because of Guido but Dora didn't care. It's good to know that there is people who don't care about the other persons religion. The biggest demonstration of life is beautiful was when Dora sacrificed her life just so she can be with her son and Guido. 

Choice Blog

Explain

When explaining something, give reasons why things happened or give reasons for

how you got your answer.

• Explain what kind of reader would like this book most.

• Explain why somebody should or should not read this?

• How would you explain the plot of this story to somebody interested in reading

it?

The kind of reader that would like the book Genius by Marfé Ferguson Delano is someone who is definitely into biography books. Also someone who is into historical figures like Albert Einstein. The reader who have those interests would enjoy all of the qualities that this author has and the writing styles that are used. The best type of writing that the author used was the most commonly used in biography books was the build up in the persons life. Albert Einstien had a rough life in the beginning of his life and how much better it got when he worked hard. Hard work does pay off and that is demonstrated in this interesting book.

The reason why someone should read this book is because it is a great informational text that will motivate you to never give up and keep trying. If Albert Einstein gave up he wouldn't be the public figure he is today and he never would've solved the famous expression"E=MC2". Although this book could get kind of boring if you don't read if all at once because if you read some a day and more another day you forget what you read about and have to read over. This has happen to me many times but after you get out of that habit this book is great. It may have its flaws but this book will give a great experience to everyone. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has the kind of interest that this book provides.

Not only is the plot in the book a real life problem that Albert Einstien faced, but the plot many readers may be able to relate to. The biggest problem that Albert Einstein faced was all throughout his childhood. During elementary school he wasn't excelling like he wanted to and he struggled in his language arts classes. People even misunderstood him and thought he was "slow". Also he was considered "unique" by all of the other students and even teachers. He didn't really enjoy or feel comfortable around any of the other  boys. This all ended up changing as he got older. Once he started studying math he instantly fell in love with it and began to think about it even more than needed. Later all of the plot was resolved and this is where his philosophy began. 

Berlin Memorial

1- What did you learn?

2- Why do you think this monument was built?

3- What did you notice about the number of laws passed in certain years?

4- Which restrictions do you think you would have the most trouble dealing with and why?

           What I learned was that the Jews had a lot of restrictions, like a lot more than I could've thought of. For example, I didn't know that the Jews weren't allowed to purchase eggs or milk in 1942. That is completely outrageous, if the Jews had a farm they weren't even able to have it. There wasn't any chance reallly for the Jews to survive. The Germans made it possible but very difficult to have them live.  The ones that did live were the strongest because they lost many people from their family and it never stopped them from trying. This is the type of things that really open my eyes about struggling because a lot of people on this world claim they are struggling and they are living a hard life but they will never live as bad as the Jews did.

           The reason why the monument was built was to remember how bad the Jews were treated and to represent that we care about them. It also represents that the past is behind us and we are different now, they deserve that respect. Throughout WWII the laws became worse as more and more rights were taken away.  The monument is a small way to pay respect to the cruelty that the Jews had to live through. Even though this isn't really an easy thing to witness and see it is really nice to know that people still care.

           What I noticed about the laws that were passed in the past certainyeats were strictly towards the Jews. Also as the years went on the punishments or laws got worse and worse. It started from all Jews had to do forced labor to as bad as not being able to go to school. The craziest thing was that Jews weren't able to purchase milk. Out of all the many restrictions that the Jews had the one that would be the most difficult for me would be not being able to attend school. Honestly I don't know what I would do with my life. Even though I don't really enjoy school it is essential and apart of my daily life. I can use empathy now and see how difficult it must've been for Jews without education and many other restrictions.