When i read this book at first i thought it wasnt my kind of reading but i really connected to it.
This book is about an adolescent boy who is trapped by himself my doesnt reilize it untill he is exposed to worldly things like violence, drugs, and sex. When he is intoduced to these things he acts out, hanging with the wrong people, getting into trouble, and running away, btu there is one thing that always brings him back. His brother. He protects his brother from the harms of the outside world, but is that really possible, perhapes his brother is just an excuse to keep coming back to his family perhapes his brother is his comfort blanket. Is it possible that his younger brother (Malcolm) of only 6 saves Ares (the older brother) from the outside world, that saves him from himself.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Book 1
The book i have choosen from group A is The God of War by Marisa Silver.
A. Passages:
1."It became a place where there were possibilities instead of consequences. A door opened in my mind and i was in Egypt, discovering a never-before-seen tomb, treasures fully intact. Room after room unfolded off claustrophobic passages, chambers filled with so much gold and so many winkimg jewels that my hired man, Malcome, our Egyptian guide, Richard, and i had to shield our eyes" (Silver 50).
A. This passage shows a young boy taking a common, frequently visited place and turning it into an extrodinary adveture. The authors diction shows the young childs imagination for this is a world he has never and will never see.
2. " He turned the clip over, admiring it, then handed it to Malcolm, who cradled it to his chest. 'He thinks it's something to love,' I said.
'He wouldnt be the first person to love a gun, that's for sure'" (Silver 50)
A. This passage is a foreshadow, the author writes how the younger brother cradels the gun like a little baby and shows compasion for it when it is know that the object is capable of taking a life.
3. "A short distance away at the fence line stood a white gazebo. A single chair, the forth of the wrougth iron set, sat inside the structure as if it were taking some time alone to think" (Silver 84).
A. In this passage the author gives personafication to the chair, while she is also giving great detail of the gazebo. This passage stands out beacause of reality of the stress and confusion that the wourld has given him, noticing the chair took him away from the stress and confusion for just a second.
4. "I felt sorry for the worm not because I had killed it with a razor blade, but because the two halves seemed so witless, each searching for a futile purpose" (Silver 95).
A. In this passage the author is comparing this worm to the main charcters younger brother who is also searching for a futile purpose. Everyone feels sorry not because he can't reach his purpose in life but because of his scattered brain; nothing comes together.
5. "He wanted to connet to the birds even if it meant killing them and burying them, keeping them safe from the incessant harms that came of living" (Silver 254).
A. In this passage the author connects life and death, but adds a twist, saying that for this perticular creature at this peticular time death would be a better solution then to be living with all of the "incessant harms" in this world.
6. "Perhaps they were not words because maybe there were none that could say what needed to be said. There was only the heart expanding with its inability to contain all the joy and sorrow that it had to hold. It was an impossible task for any heart" (Silver 254).
A. This passage connects with readers who have at any time been speachless for some reason or another. There are a few things in this world that take ur breath but when it happens it is the greatest exprience ever.
7. "The sea, once filled with the possibility of something whose farther shores could not be seen, is what it always was: an over-salinated and polluted mistake"(Silver 255).
A. The author used this passage to show that the difference between children and adults is possibility. As a child the main character look at the sea as an endless world of possibilities, but then as an adult he saw the obvious, a polluted lake, or maybe he it was his life that was polluted.
8. "Knowledge cannot change who we are and what we did to each other" (Silver 271).
A. This passage describes how a families connection and love for each other will not be broken by having the knowledge of worldly things.
9. "Are there any words that will tell me what i want to know?" (Silver 271)
A. In this passage the main character wants to have knowledge but is unsure if the answer that will be said is what he wants to hear.
A. Passages:
1."It became a place where there were possibilities instead of consequences. A door opened in my mind and i was in Egypt, discovering a never-before-seen tomb, treasures fully intact. Room after room unfolded off claustrophobic passages, chambers filled with so much gold and so many winkimg jewels that my hired man, Malcome, our Egyptian guide, Richard, and i had to shield our eyes" (Silver 50).
A. This passage shows a young boy taking a common, frequently visited place and turning it into an extrodinary adveture. The authors diction shows the young childs imagination for this is a world he has never and will never see.
2. " He turned the clip over, admiring it, then handed it to Malcolm, who cradled it to his chest. 'He thinks it's something to love,' I said.
'He wouldnt be the first person to love a gun, that's for sure'" (Silver 50)
A. This passage is a foreshadow, the author writes how the younger brother cradels the gun like a little baby and shows compasion for it when it is know that the object is capable of taking a life.
3. "A short distance away at the fence line stood a white gazebo. A single chair, the forth of the wrougth iron set, sat inside the structure as if it were taking some time alone to think" (Silver 84).
A. In this passage the author gives personafication to the chair, while she is also giving great detail of the gazebo. This passage stands out beacause of reality of the stress and confusion that the wourld has given him, noticing the chair took him away from the stress and confusion for just a second.
4. "I felt sorry for the worm not because I had killed it with a razor blade, but because the two halves seemed so witless, each searching for a futile purpose" (Silver 95).
A. In this passage the author is comparing this worm to the main charcters younger brother who is also searching for a futile purpose. Everyone feels sorry not because he can't reach his purpose in life but because of his scattered brain; nothing comes together.
5. "He wanted to connet to the birds even if it meant killing them and burying them, keeping them safe from the incessant harms that came of living" (Silver 254).
A. In this passage the author connects life and death, but adds a twist, saying that for this perticular creature at this peticular time death would be a better solution then to be living with all of the "incessant harms" in this world.
6. "Perhaps they were not words because maybe there were none that could say what needed to be said. There was only the heart expanding with its inability to contain all the joy and sorrow that it had to hold. It was an impossible task for any heart" (Silver 254).
A. This passage connects with readers who have at any time been speachless for some reason or another. There are a few things in this world that take ur breath but when it happens it is the greatest exprience ever.
7. "The sea, once filled with the possibility of something whose farther shores could not be seen, is what it always was: an over-salinated and polluted mistake"(Silver 255).
A. The author used this passage to show that the difference between children and adults is possibility. As a child the main character look at the sea as an endless world of possibilities, but then as an adult he saw the obvious, a polluted lake, or maybe he it was his life that was polluted.
8. "Knowledge cannot change who we are and what we did to each other" (Silver 271).
A. This passage describes how a families connection and love for each other will not be broken by having the knowledge of worldly things.
9. "Are there any words that will tell me what i want to know?" (Silver 271)
A. In this passage the main character wants to have knowledge but is unsure if the answer that will be said is what he wants to hear.
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