Tone:
The tone of my independent novel is strong-willed. And the mood is empowered. Text to support this is "' Kasta your the most powerful person I know," Po whispered."(Kashore 70).
A part in my book where a character swayed the belifes of others is when Kasta is telling Po what her uncle has her do on her little 'missions' for him. And how she very much dislikes its, so Po tells her that she has the power to defiy him and not do what he says and in soon in the book she does quite doing what her uncle says and breaks away from him. A quote is, "'Isnt it in your power to refuse?' Po asked. 'How can anyone force you to do anything?" The fire burst into her throat and choked her. "He is the king. And you're a fool, too, if you think I have a choice in the matter." "But you do have a choice. He's not the one who makes you savage. You make yourself savage, when you bend yourself to his will."
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The new book I'm reading is called Thungs Not Seen. It's about a boy that becomes invisible and needs the help of his blind friend and their scientist dads. So far in the book they haven't found how to turn him back and the child services are looking for him. If he doesn't turn up in 5 days then his parents could face criminal charges.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Theme and Summary
The theme of Graceling is 'Don't let others run your life for you, be who you are and live your life'.
This theme develops through out the story because in the beging Kasta does what ever her uncle tells her to and she lives by his rules. He runs her life for her and she has no choice in anything she does. And she's miserable because of it. But as the book goes on and Po comes in to Kasta's life, he starts to tell her that she is the only one who can run her life and she doesn't have to take orders from her uncle. So by the end of the book Kasta has broken away from her uncles grasp and she takes control of her own life. And she is very happy and can live without grief or guilt. A quote to support the theme statement is "'Isn't it in your power to refuse?' Po asked. 'How can anyone force you to do anything?' The fire burst into her throat and choked her. 'He is the king. And you're a fool, too, if you think I have a choice in the matter.' 'But you do have choice. He's not the one who makes you savage, when you bend yourself to his will,'" (Cashore 85). Chapter 12 is about Kasta and Po at one of their training sessions when Kastas uncle, King Randa, walks in and she get super mad. Randa made one comment and it almost set Kasta over the edge. Po tries to calm her down. Then at dinner, with just the two of them, Po tries to tell Kasta that she doesn't have to let her uncle control her and she gets angry and strikes Po on the jaw. After that she relizes what he said is true and then her and Po start getting a new idea on the kidnapping of his grandfather. This is a summary of chapter 12.
The theme of Graceling is 'Don't let others run your life for you, be who you are and live your life'.
This theme develops through out the story because in the beging Kasta does what ever her uncle tells her to and she lives by his rules. He runs her life for her and she has no choice in anything she does. And she's miserable because of it. But as the book goes on and Po comes in to Kasta's life, he starts to tell her that she is the only one who can run her life and she doesn't have to take orders from her uncle. So by the end of the book Kasta has broken away from her uncles grasp and she takes control of her own life. And she is very happy and can live without grief or guilt. A quote to support the theme statement is "'Isn't it in your power to refuse?' Po asked. 'How can anyone force you to do anything?' The fire burst into her throat and choked her. 'He is the king. And you're a fool, too, if you think I have a choice in the matter.' 'But you do have choice. He's not the one who makes you savage, when you bend yourself to his will,'" (Cashore 85). Chapter 12 is about Kasta and Po at one of their training sessions when Kastas uncle, King Randa, walks in and she get super mad. Randa made one comment and it almost set Kasta over the edge. Po tries to calm her down. Then at dinner, with just the two of them, Po tries to tell Kasta that she doesn't have to let her uncle control her and she gets angry and strikes Po on the jaw. After that she relizes what he said is true and then her and Po start getting a new idea on the kidnapping of his grandfather. This is a summary of chapter 12.
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