Final Blog Reflections

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Final Blog Reflection

              With all of the posts that I had blogged, I thought this one of my strongest and the most depth in understanding. It was about a book I read called Silence by Natasha Preston. This blog post best exemplifies my understanding of the book I read and what happened. This specific blog post was about a book that I had finished, it is almost like a review. I explained good and bad parts about the book, not just only the good. I made real life connections to the book and I talked about the connections in my blog post. I also had put a rating between 1-10 (1 being the worst, 10 being the best). Normally in a review such as a book or movie, they normally rate things using stars. If the movie is really good it would get a rating of 5 stars. I wanted to incorporate this kind of thing to my blog at the end. It overall just says what I thought of the book.  In my blog,  I talked about my personal feeling to this book that I had read. My blog meets the expectations of in-depth analysis. There is depth in my blog, which I included connections to the book, I explained not only just the good parts but the bad parts as well. 

    Silence By: Natasha Preston

 

      I have finished Silence by Natasha Preston. The book was overall okay. It had some good and bad parts. Some good parts include the authors detail in describing things such as the characters reactions. It helped me visualize what was happening. I liked how the book had some relatable things. I could relate to the characters and the situations they faced. I had some connections to the book. Silence takes place in London. The characters are teenagers and the book is very modern. It isn't based on the past or future.  It had some bad parts and the one bad part was the book ended all of a sudden. The main problem was introduced at the end of the book and the problem was solved and fixed all of a sudden. It almost seemed that the book just ended all of a sudden. I felt that the author should have introduced the problem at least in the middle of the book. This way, the story isn't rushed to finish.

     Rating (1-10, 1 being the worst, 10 being the best): 5

                 

                             

Book I am going to Read

               

My Book Choice

                The book that I am about to start is called Silence by Natasha Preston. In the synopsis, it talks about a girl who was silent. She stopped talking at age five and no one seems to know why she stopped. She is being bullied at school and only has one friend. The question they ask in the synopsis is, "Over the years, they have developed their own version of a normal friendship. However, will it still work as they start to grow even closer? When Oakley [the main character] is forced to face someone from her past, can she hold her secret any longer?" This sounds like an interesting book and I cant to read it. With the synopsis it creates suspension and it hooks the readers to read the book. I cant wait to read this and keep you updated on what's happening!

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Satire Example

This is an example of satire. This is a piece of art expressing the sport basketball in a humorous way. This is a horatian satire because the voice is amused not angry. The speaker is producing a smile on the audience not anger like the juvenalian satire. The purpose of this artwork is to make the audience laugh. It is almost like a joke and people can relate to this.

        The column: Boot Camp Teaches School Staff to Cook Healthier

   Link: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/08/02/krista-ramsey-cooking-boot-camp/13534925/

         Summary of the column: Cook for America chefs came to Norwood High School to educate the lunch staff about serving healthier food. The chefs conducted a school- cooking boot camp for a week (eight hours a day) teaching the staff in time management about menu planning, health foods and knife skills.

          "Change was not about challenges. Its amazing the number of kids who cant recognize a hard boiled egg, not kidding," ( Paragraph 17). This impacts me because normally you wont see an option for an hard boiled egg to be served. Kids are used to seeing pizza, fries, burgers and etc.. Kids aren't used to seeing eggs, salads and other healthier meals. They don't recognize these healthier options because they only recognize the unhealthier options. Its sad to see people not recognizing the healthier meals and options. The authors word choice is very powerful and truthful. For an example she says, " Americans just want parts of chicken- legs, breasts, thighs-leaving processors with less desirable parts and carcasses. "What's in here?" she asks rhetorically, waving a dinosaur piece. “Whatever’s left over.”. She uses the words carcasses and rhetorically. The syntax in this column is the sentences are short and long. She doesn't have any two word phrases or anything.

Ramsey's Writing Style
                Ramsey's writing style in the first column that I read (For Better Vision, Kids Need Time Outdoors) her writing style is very clear, on point and its very truthful. The first sentence itself is very true to the world now we live in, " You see it all the time. Your teenager at the dinner table, waiting for his checkup at the orthodontist's office, sauntering to his car- continually hunched over his smartphone or iPod." Its very straightforward and its very truthful. Ramsey's writing style in the second column that I read ( Super Bowl QBs Score Points for Great Style) her writing style is very modern and relatable. "And almost no one dresses up any more for things that were once considered something of an event- dinner at a nice restraint, religious services, plane flights." This is modern to our world currently and very relatable. Ramsey's writing style in the last column that I read ( Boot Camp Teaches School Staff to Cook Healthier) the writing style is very honest and very straightforward. "She tells them that Americans just want parts of chicken – legs, breasts, thighs – leaving processors with less desirable parts and carcasses. "What’s in here?" she asks rhetorically, waving a dinosaur piece. "Whatever’s left over."

         Questions for the Author:
1. Why did this boot camp interest you?    2. Why did you like to write in the first place?


                   

The Hundred-Foot Journey Setting (In the Begining)

The Hundred-Foot Journey Setting (In the Beginning)

          The Hundred-Foot Journey's setting is taken place in Bombay which is in India. In the beginning of the book, it talks about how his family journey started in a kitchen in the plains of India. The author puts great detail talking about the setting in the beginning. " My life in the kitchen, in short, starts way back with my grandfather's great hunger. And that three day ride atop the train, baking in the fierce sun, clinging for dear life as the hot iron chugged across the plains of India, was the unpromising start of my family's journey."

            The author adds more detail about the city of Bombay. It gives almost background information about the city. "To understand the Bombay from where I come, you must go to Victoria Terminus at rush hour. It is the very essence of Indian life. Coaches are split between men and women, and commuters literally hang from the windows... The trains were so crowded there isn't even room..." This information shows how Bombay is a busy place and very highly populated with people. The transportation systems in the city are really important and busy.




   Train station in Bombay       

          



Bombay at night

The Hundred-Foot Journey Word Choice

              

      

   I have started the Hundred- Foot Journey and the first thing that I noticed as I was reading the first several pages that there is a lot of show not tell. What that means is the author isn't really telling what is happening, what it is and etc.. The author is showing by using really good details to describe. An example of this was actually on the first page and the main character Hassan Haij was describing his destiny, "I suspect my destiny was written from the very start, for my first sensation of life was the smell of machi ka salan, a spicy fish curry, rising through the floorboards to the cot in my parents' room above the restaurant," (pg.1). This sentence shows how the smell  of the fish curry went through the floorboards to the cot in his parents room above the restaurant. The author didn't just say that the smell was everywhere.  With a lot of description in this book, I can actually visualize what is happening in the story. It is almost as if I can hear, smell, taste or feel what is being described. The descriptions help the book become more interesting.The Hundred-Foot Journey so far is a very good book. The descriptive details help the book make it more interesting to read and helps me visualize what's happening.