Final Draft of Reading Response

The Lovely Bones is a great book. I like how Alice Sebold puts detail into all of the commotion in the book. She is a great writer, and has artistic skill, because it is like when reading the book, you can almost visualize it as a movie, while reading it. I like the Lovely Bones because it is a mixture of genres. It is a mixture of suspense, horror, (has a poetic touch), romance, etc. This book expresses how one life, can affect everyone around something, that used to be.

When reading the book The Lovely Bones, just from the first page you can feel the suspense come in as the beginning sentences state, “My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6^th, 1973” I like how the author structured this because she just came right out with the point, instead of the reader having to wait for what the topic of the book was.

This book is very descriptive on the feelings of all of the characters. On how the mother cracks and leave’s her kids on their own, how Buckley, once a cheerful little boy who hid to become a rock, hard as stone and Susie’s father who hangs on to her, as if she is still there, knowing, deep down that she is gone. In the book I think that the strongest connection that Susie has to earth is with her father. This is because when she is alone with him, or she is standing there, he says things out loud because he can sense her, and he talks to her (the most out of some of the other characters in the book).

The Lovely Bones also has a mood of mystery throughout the whole book, since Susie’s death has affected everybody, her father being most affected by it. The mystery lingers with every page wondering when Mr. Harvey will be caught, how her mother’s love will turn into rage, when her father will come to realization that she is gone, and nothing can bring her back, when Buckley will crack, when Len Fernerman will solve the gruesome murder, and when Susie will give up on hoping to be alive once again.

Shakespeare Extra Credit

           The play that I went to see (with the classes) was As You Like It. This play is about a girl named Rosland. Rosland father was banished form the land by his evil brother Duke Fedrerick. Duke Fedreick was an evil man or cared about being king. Later in the play, Rosland falls in love with a man named Oliver. (Oliver won a wrestling match, and Rosland witnessed his strengh and devotion to win). Rosland gave Oliver her necklace, to show her appreciation, of courage.
          Then Rosland is banished from the land (just like her dad), by Duke Fedrerick, who daughter Celia, beggs to keep Rosland with her, and claims that they are im-seperable. But, Duke Fedrerick doesn't change his mind, and tells Rosland that if she does not leave the next day, she will be killed. Soon, Rosland and Celia make a plan to leave, into the woods as different people, in new identities (Rosland turn into Gurtimude ???, and Celia turned into Aileen). They set off their journey into the woods where sparks are flying everywhere. A sheperdist named Audrey falls in love with Touchstone. Aileen (Celia) falls in love with Oliver's brother. And a man is in love with Fibi who is in love with Gurtimude (Rosland), who is in love with Oliver, who is in love with Rosland.
         In the woods, Oliver posts love notes all over the trunks of tree's for Rosland, hoping that he will soon find her. Rosland soon finds one of these letters and swears that her heart is swooning with love for Oliver. Soon Oliver meets Gurtimude (Rosland), and tells him (her) about his love and devotion for Rosaland. Gurtimude tells him that he should not worry, Rosland will be ready tommorrow to get married with Oliver, and along will be Fibi and (????forgot the name), Audrey and Touchstone, and Aileen and Oliver's brother.
        At the wedding, Fibi waits to be married with Gurtimude (Rosland) who soon shows up with a surprise for everyone. He is a WOMAN!!! This woman turned out to be Rosland, Oliver's one true love. After Rosland is unmasked, everyone gets married, and Federick, ( Duke Fedrerick's borther) iz given back his crown. (Happily Ever After). The End.
       When i went to go see this play (with the classes) i was kind of shocked with the actor's becausde they took things very literally. They acted as if they were these people in real life, and did things that disgusted me, and are shocking to do to another person (spit in another person's face.......). But i liked it because it showed (almost) like the actors had true emotion. Each of the actor's showed that they were enjoying what they did too.
       I also liked this play because it shows the story of love in a different way (besides the Hapilly Ever After part). It shows that for love, you would do things that you would have never thought of doing before, and never regret a thing.

           The three blog's that I liked were Fatima's blog, Kate's blog, and Kayla's blog. I liked Fatima's blog because when she write's her responses, she is very open-minded, making her writing very interesting to her reader's. I also liked her blog because she shows emotion in everything that she writes. It is almost like experiencing what happening firsthand.

           I liked Kate's blog because when she write's she sort of commits to it, because all of her responses have length. I also liked her blog because when she write's, she explain's everything in sheer detail, making sure that while reading her response, you are able to understand what she is talking about, all while just writing.

           I also liked Kayla's blog. I liked her blog because it shows emotion. For example, her poem. In her peom she describes a girl in pain, hurting, after she broke up with her boyfriend. She describes her memories of how she felt calm, and then scared of what may happen next. In her blog she describes the emotion that people go through in life.

Darft of Reading Response

The Lovely Bones is a great book. I like how Alice Sebold puts detail into all of the commotion in the book. She is a great writer, and has artistic skill, because it is like when reading the book, you can almost visualize it as a movie, while reading it. I like the Lovely Bones because it is a mixture of genres. It is a mixture of suspense, horror, (has a poetic touch), romance, etc. This book expresses how one life, can affect everyone around something, that used to be.

When reading the book The Lovely Bones, just from the first page you can feel the suspense come in as the beginning sentences state, “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was 14 when I was murdered on December 6^th, 1971.” I like how the author structured this because she just came right out with the point, instead of the reader having to wait for what the topic of the book was.

The Lovely Bones also has a mood of mystery throughout the whole book, since Susie’s death has affected everybody, her father being most affected by it. The mystery lingers with every page wondering when Mr. Harvey will be caught, how her mother’s love will turn into rage, when her father will come to realization that she is gone, and nothing can bring her back, when Buckley will crack, when Len Fernerman will solve the gruesome murder, and when Susie will give up on hoping to be alive once again.

Reading Response to The Lovely Bones

         The Lovely Bones is a great book. I like how Alice Sebold puts detail into all of the commotion in the book. She is a great writer, and has artistic skill, because it is like when reading the book,you can almost visualize it as a movie, while reading it. I like the Lovely Bones because it is a mixture of genres. It is a mixture of suspense, horror, (has a poetic touch), romance, etc. This book expresses how one life, can effect everyone around something, that used to be. That's why I like the book, The Lovely Bones.