THE GiVER

THE GIVER IS A BOOK ABOUT A BOY WHO LIVES IN AUTOPIA. AUTOPIA IS ANOTHER NAME FOR PERFECT PLACE. EVERYONE HERE IS THE SAME AND THERE ARE CERTAIN EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN. EVERY FAMILY HAS A MOM A DAD AND 1 DAUGHTER AND SON. IN THIS BOOK A BOY NAMED JONAS SEES HOW HIS TOWN REALLY ISN'T SUCH A PERFECT PLACE. THROUGH SOME TIME JONAS TRIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR HIMSELF AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. "We really have to protect people from wrong choices"(LOIS LOWRY). THIS RELATES TO ME BECAUSE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALWAYS SEEM TO SAY THIS TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I AM HEADED TOWARDS THE WRONG DIRECTION THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE TO STIR ME THE RIGHT WAY . THIS USUALLY UPSETS ME AND THEY EXPLAIN HOW THEY ARE DOING AND SAYING THESE THINGS ONLY TO DO WHATS BEST FOR ME AND TO PROTECT ME FROM WRONG CHOICES. WHERE AS IN THIS COMMUNITY EVERYONE IS LIVING IN A UNREALISTIC WORLD. EVERYONE IS LIVING IN A DIFFERENT DIMENSION. THE TOWNSPEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY CLUELESS TO THE REAL WORLD OTHER THAN THEIR OWN. THIS QUOTE JUST PROVES HOW THE COMMUNITY IS SET UP AND ORGANIZED STRICTLY AND HOW POWER IS WITHHELD OVER EVERYONE. HOWEVER IN THIS QUOTE IT PROVES HOW THE MAIN CHARACTER JONAS HAS UNCOVERED THE NEGATIVE ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITIES DESICION MAKING POLICIES. _ANDREA BORSIC A BLOCK

THE STORY OF A SHIP WRECKED SAILOR

EVERY WRITTER HAS A PURPOSE TO EVERY PIECE OF WRITTING THAT THEY WRITE. GABRIAL MARQUEZ'S PURPOSE IN WRITTING THIS STORY IS TO TELL US OF A SHIP WRECKED SAILOR. "WHO DRIFTED ON A LIFE RAFT FOR TEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, WAS PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL HERO,KISSED BY BEAUTY QUEENS,MADE RICH THROUGH PUBLICITY,AND THEN SPRUNED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND FORGOTTEN FOR ALL TIME"(MARQUEZ 4). WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THIS STORY WAS HOW IT WAS WRITTEN INTO A NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE. THIS STORY IS OF A MAN'S STRUUGLE AGAINST THE SEA. I REALLY THINK I AM GOING TO ENJOY THE REMAINDER OF THE STORY. _andrea borsic 9/22/07 a block