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Is this the end?


2010
10.27

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It is hard for me to determine if this book was good or bad. It was all about surprises and I don’t know if that was really such a good idea. Also it seamed there were too many problems.

Vlad’s problems overwhelm in this last book, his father is alive, the love of his life is out of his reach, and the fact that he will become the Pravus is frightening to him and his uncle Otis.

It was sometimes irritating when the author repeated the same dialog or the same detail over and over again. I could list a few but that’s not what I’m talking about right now. What I want to know is why there is a lack of detail in some parts, while it leaves me clueless in others. It’s difficult to explain but if you’re a fellow reader, you know what I mean.

This book was overall good with what happens but sad when you hear about the familiar characters that end up dead in the end. There are a few things that amazed me and things I FINALLY figured out even when it was in a previous book in this series.

What I love the most out of this book was when Vlad kills his father. That may sound evil to you if you haven’t read the book but trust me, you’d want his father dead too. He lied to Vlad, he used Vlad, and he overall killed Vlad’s mom, and planned to take Vlad’s life for his own sick power. Safe to say, I hate Tomas Tod, and love this series.                      There had better be another book, considering the bizarre end when Snow becomes a vampire and eyes shimmer green like Vlad’s did but purple. There needs to be an explanation!

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Peer Observations


2010
10.24

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My favorite thing about our blogs is that we actually get to put out our opinions, yes it’s mostly an assignment but I think it actually fun at times. I like talking about books I’ve read so that when people read them they think “she reads pretty interesting books”; giving them a better taste of who I really am.

For example, I’ve read adult books before and I relate them to real life, if an adult or a peer didn’t think my reading level was that high, they might ask me a few things. I was told I was good with words (sometimes!!!) but mostly when I’m writing a story or given an essay to write up.

This is my first time doing actual blogs and I think it helps me understand how I should relate to the world, relate to peers, and relate to fellow readers of my class. It’s fascinating to read others posts and see what they think and how they use their word choice. I could relate to many people here and I find that cool.

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The Lessons With ‘The Lottery’


2010
10.19

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I say people should read The Lottery; it’s a very lesson giving short story. I encouraged my father to read it and I have yet to see what he thinks. I thought it gave great lessons; for one, we’re lucky we don’t have sacrifices like the villagers in the story. Also it shows how cruel or how clueless people can get if they are blinded with this type of daily life.

The children who knew their mother would be stoned, were happy and still continued with the stoning, it seemed as if they didn’t care if their own flesh and blood died but that they lived; To me that shows MAJOR selfishly or no morals at all. Their morals are not guided correctly and we are lucky that ours are.

Also we can learn from this that, although their way is savage, our way could be too. Not it all ways but in some like making many different religions instead of one big mass to keep everyone connected. But that’s just what I think, anyone and almost everyone could think differently.

This story should be read, not to children of course, but to people who can understand how our world and their world can be the same and different, of course a drastic change but some changes not that far off. So if you have the time to read this short story, learn the lessons it comes with cause it can keep you thinking about our and their way of life.

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Why I Find Doodle Great


2010
10.18

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The character I most identified was Doodle from The Scarlet Ibis.  He was an innocent, slow developing child that needed a little guidance along the way. He was not stupid, not at all, he was quite smart actually. His mother described him as “not all their” when really he was. He was more than their. The way he thinks and tells “lies” is amazing for his disadvantage. Sure he couldn’t walk but he learned anyway.                     I can understand doodle because he has a great imagination and some people (like his older brother) find it very interesting to know about what goes on in your mind. Also what I like about Doodle is that when you think he’s giving up, he knows that he should at least try. Of course he wants to but when he realizes that he is weak and what the doctor has told him is true, he knows what’s not safe and what he can or can not do. Of course he let his older brother push him around a little bit, but I guess he understand what his brother means by when he does force him to walk or force him to swim. It’s unfortunate that he was pushed to run and left alone. No one EVER likes to be alone and for Doodle he was very sensitive and fragile. Doodle is like a grown up baby, very smart for his age but still not capable of things baby’s still can’t do. I bet if Doodle lived to go to school he would have learned more, he would have adapted more; making him more than he ever was.

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Is Vlad A Monster?


2010
10.18

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in my book, Vlad feels guilty for coming close to killing Joss. Not only that but he’s desperate to find out if his dad is still alive or not. He and his drudge Henry continued to look for him but have found nothing. I do not believe that his father is still alive because why would he hide from his own son? Beats me; but what I can tell is Vlad is going to get a few surprises as he awaits for his trial of vampire crimes. If his father isn’t alive, he dies for his fathers crimes. If his father IS alive his father will die for his own crimes. That’s pretty hard on Vlad because it’s his death or his father’s death again!

From what I can tell, the slayer society is planning to take Vlad’s life as well. Joss couldn’t finish the job so his job will be done for him, one way or another. Also something that concerns Vlad is that he believes his powers are getting out of control. He sees himself as a monster or the prophecy of the Prevus is true.

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Vladimir’s Father


2010
10.05

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Was there anything you didn’t understand in this book? What was it and why didn’t you understand it? What would help you make more sense of it?

 I didn’t understand that if Vladimir’s father was alive or not, he may have gone crazy and delusional from drinking Dorian’s blood but that doesn’t necessarily mean that his father could communicate with him the way he did.

How the book explains it in the past, that theirs memory sharing, but if you drank another vampires blood you didn’t gain anything or loose anything; so the fact that once he drank Dorian’s blood, should it make Vlad delusional/crazy like Dorian was?

Vlad believes he’s gone crazy and that his dad was just a trick from Dorian’s blood, also, his father disappears once he gets back his strength and realizes that his father was still dead.