Blog Reflection

I chose my post titled Best thing about Divergent, I like this post because I think my voice really shows throughout the post.  I show my opinion by using adjectives that I think describe whatever I’m talking about at that moment.  I said, “If the characters were boring you'd probably stop reading it or read it and hate it because it would be boring without complex characters.” I think this shows how I feel well because I’m stating that the book would be boing if the characters weren’t the way they are. It showcases how I feel books and their characters should be.

I use elevated diction by describing things with higher vocabulary instead of casual words like nice and cool. I describe things with more detail instead of barely describing things and giving them a simple description. I said, “The author also makes a lot of the characters very complex and interesting, by having the characters like that it helps you stay interested in the book and what is happening in the book.” I use words like complex and interesting to give you a better understanding of the characters not just they’re nice, I tell you that there is a lot to them in as a person.  I use longer sentences to explain how I fell and explain what is happening. By doing so I think everything makes since more.  I said, “Another great thing about the book is how much detail the author gives you on what is happening, you know what is happening at every precise moment.” This is a longer sentence to show how the detail does affect your reading and how it helps you.  

Predictions Continued....

              I predicted that Beatrice was not going to pick erudite and she didn't but her brother actually ended up switching factions and going there. I thought if she got over the guilt of leaving her family she would pick dauntless and if she couldn't get over the guilt then she would stay in abnegation. The choosing ceremony came around and you really thought she was going to stay in abnegation because of her family. Especially after her brother switched she really was struggling with leaving because then her parents would loose two kids in one day. Beatrice was called up to choose and she cut her hand, she held her hand over the abnegation bowl and at the last moment she switched her hand above dauntless and let the blood drip onto the coals. She had decided dauntless.

            Once she got to the dauntless headquarters they said to jump off the roof and she went first, being as brave as she possibly could she jumped. Landed on a net and a boy helped her down his name was Four. Beatrice changed her name to Tris once she got there for a new beginning. Currently they are doing initiation and I'm curious to see if she makes if through initiation or if she becomes factionless.

Best thing about Divergent

The best part about Divergent is how much it makes you think. It makes you think about what it would like to live like that and really gets you to think about if these types of things could happen in our world. It also makes you think about decisions and what you would do when faced with a extremely hard decision like Beatrice is in the book. The book makes you wonder if things like what is happening in their society is happening somewhere in our world just in a different way. Another great thing about the book is how much detail the author gives you on what is happening, you know what is happening at every precise moment. By knowing what is happening at the moments you get a better understanding of the book.

The author also makes a lot of the characters very complex and interesting, by having the characters like that it helps you stay interested in the book and what is happening in the book. Also by having the characters like that it helps you relate to them and compare yourself to them, and then you can put yourself in their shoes more than you could if the author just made the characters boring. If the characters were boring you'd probably stop reading it or read it and hate it because it would be boring without good characters.

Krista Ramsey

              I read the column titled Coach stands by kid charged in DeSales Market crime. The column was about a basketball coach whose player had put on Halloween masks with friends and robbed a store with a fake gun. the coach had taken the kid in as his own in a way and stood by the kids team during the whole thing, Krista wrote to the kid in jail form her and the coaches perspective. I thought the line that says, "And the guys who always takes your calls." This line has an impact because it really shows how much the Coach cares for the kid and shows how much he wants to be there for him, most coaches wouldn't be there as much as he is. The line has informal diction but it has so much meaning behind it that it works as a line. It also is a fragment and starts with the word "and", which adds some cool syntax to it.

            Ramsey uses a lot of spacing in her writing and strong vocabulary. She also doesn't always do her columns just from her specific and her audience isn't always multiple people sometimes it's directed to one or a few specific people. She also adds a lot of opinion to her writing to get her point across and makes you actively read like you're talking to her not juts reading it. For example she says, "The result?", it is almost in a way directed towards you. When she's talking to a specific person she makes it sound like she's talking to you but she's not like, "That probably doesn't surprise you." Overall her writing is very interesting and she makes you get hooked to continue reading by having good lines and flow throughout her columns.

3 Questions I would ask her:

1. What made you become a writer and have you always liked writing?
2. How long have you been writing columns?
3. How do you decide what to write about and then how to go upon writing it?

Krista Ramsey Column

Predictions

     So far I'm on chapter 4 of Divergent which isn't to far but there's been a lot of detail so far. Right now she just had her aptitude test and she found out she was Divergent which means you are more than one faction. The problem is you're not supposed to be more than one faction, it's considered bad in there world since everyone is supposed to have their own role and be in basically one category of types of people. She is struggling with which faction to choose. There's dauntless which is the fearless group and she's always looked up to them. Then there's erudite which is the "smart" people and she's never been bad in school but she worries she won't fit in. Then there's her home abnegation, she loves how kind and caring they all are but she doesn't feel like she fits in, she thinks she's not genuine enough, the only  problem is that's where her family is.

     Beatrice is struggling to decide where to go. There's pros and cons at every single faction she is "fit" to go in. My predictions are that she is not going to go to erudite. I think she feels like she won't fit in enough there and she doesn't always like how they act and treat others. I think she is really stuck between abnegation and dauntless. I have seen the movie so I know what she picks but the book is really leading me to no where like if i had not seen the movie I would have no clue. The book is making you think that if she can get over leaving her family then she'll pick dauntless but if she doesn't think about herself then she'll stay in abnegation. I'm excited to see how the book plays it out and shows how she decides where to go.

Why I Chose Divergent

A few weeks ago I went and saw Divergent with some friends. It was by far one of the best movies I've seen lately. I'm a Hunger Gmaes fanatic which is a big reason why I chose to see the movie and read the book. They both are a different type of society and make you think in a completely different way. You have to think more about survival and making big decisions which sometimes are life and death.

What makes me have the motivation to read and finish the book is how much the movie made me think, just makes me imagine how much I'll have to think with more details from the book. Also I don't nomally read long books and Divergent is a longer book than what I usually read. It being a longer book makes me want to get through it faster and it would be an accomplishment for me to not lose attention and read a longer book. I've only read one chapter at this point but so far it is as good or even better than I expected. I hope the more and more I read the better it gets.