free blog 508

  For the free blog I read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, chapter one and two. I’ll be completely honest and say that the book is pretty boring at first. Part of the reason why I may feel that is because I just don’t like reading in general but maybe it’s also the way the author writes. Either way I did enjoy it later on. Like most books in my opinion the beginning is always the hardest part to read. The whole book shows the characters personality but the first few chapters in specific are when the author focuses on it the most. Me as the reader is introduce to this “invisible man” who’s name will never be known. From what I read the main character is a very gullible person who thinks that as long as you do what you need to do then you will get far no matter what. I really liked the way he thinks because that’s actually the mind set I’ve personally been having ever since I can remember. The bad thing about that mind set in his position is the time period and the fact that he’s of color. What the main character doesn’t understand is that people of his kind are not treated the same. In this point of the story the invisible man is getting ready to go to college with a full provided scholarship.  To get that scholarship he went to an event where he was mistreated but he still forgives the people who mistreated him because of his personality and believes.

Free Choice Blog 3

  For my third free choice blog I read chapter 1-6 of The Awakening. To be completely honest, I don't like this book. This book was another summer reading book that I had to read. I realized that when a student has two choice of books to read one book is more realistic and the other is more adventurous and had hidden meaningful messages. The worst part about this is that I never like the book that the teacher focuses more on. I feel like fictional books should not be so realistic. There are some books where it's nice that it's realistic because it makes the reader feel closer to the story but the stores that they give us to read are usually just to idiotic for me. I read the summery for the Awakening and I see the message behind it but I really don't like how it's been put out.  The story is really slow, boring and not appealing at all. The main character is an unhappily married wife with kids who tries to find her freedom and ends up killing herself because she finds out that the only guy she really loves wont be with her. Compared to Candid, the book that teachers don't focus on, The Awakening is lacking reader’s compassion .Not for one moment felt bad for her, wanted to understand her, or cared for her in anyway. I feel like that that's one of the main keys to a good book. My type of fictional book is the type that makes you forget about reality and makes you feel nice at the end of it.

Free Blog 2

For my free choice blog I read chapter 2-4 of Candide. Candide meet’s an old guy called Pangloss who tells him that back in the castle where Candide use to live , where his love interest was in,  everyone died from an attack. Candide and Pangloss decide to travel to Portugal. On their way there they got the help on a friendly guy who sadly dies at sea on their way. After battling storms and earthquake they arrive to land. As soon as they arrive they get  convicted to a sentence death. Pangloss got hanged and Candide was meant to be whipped and shot. Lucky for Candide an old women saves Candide after he got whipped and heal his wound. Based on what I read so far I think the writer is trying to teach the main character a lesson. In the beginning of the book the main character kept thinking “everything happens for good” that’s what he literally said.  The pattern that this book is going is pretty chronological. It doesn’t jump from one time period to another. The writing it self is not messy and hard to read. Everything in the book is straight forward. The author does us a little of compare and contrast here and there. He goes back on what the character stated and compares to what really happens instead on what the character thinks will happen. Over all I’m enjoying this book and how it’s written. It’s a bit old but not bad at all.

What is the last thing you read that you enjoyed and why?

So I took a test and the result I got was that I like reading non-fiction and as my second choice I would pick fiction. I very much agree with what it was stated. Most of the time I do read non-fiction but whenever I feel like going out of reality I do read fiction. 

  The last thing that I read and enjoyed recently was actually a "kids" book called "The adventure of Edward Tulane". The main reason I started read the book was because I saw a television show where a guy would read a lot of phrases from it and they would alway be interesting and life reflecting. I really enjoyed how it was a kids book but yet with a really meaningful meaning behind it. It was a type of book that could be enjoyed by both grown ups and kids.