The book I am reading for the culminating project is The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. To begin, The Alchemist tells the story of a boy named Santiago. When he begins to have dreams about a great treasure buried near the Pyramids of Giza, he sets off on a long, difficult journey to find this treasure. Along the way, he meets many new, interesting characters and learns many different lessons about the world and human nature.
So now that we're getting into the Elizabethan Era and Shakespeare in English class, I thought that it would only be appropriate if I wrote a blog post about a book involving Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era. Cue for Treason is a book that was first published in 1940 (it's now out of print I think), written by Geoffrey Trease. Set in England during Queen Elizabeth the First's reign (the Elizabethan Era, although that was pretty obvious), and tells the story of Peter, a simple village boy and his adventures once he accidentally gets tangled up in a sinister plot to assassinate the Queen. So I'm sure that many of you have heard of Frankenstein, you know, that big green monster with the bolts sticking out of his neck, and he lumbers around moaning gibberish? Yeah, that Frankenstein. Nowadays, Frankenstein is constantly portrayed as big, dumb and bloodthirsty, and his poor, defenseless creator Victor Frankenstein is the victim. Yeah, not really. The last book! I am actually really excited to to write about Son, because it really, truly wraps up everyone's stories in all four books (The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger). So, in the summary of Son, (which you can read here if you like) it talks about a girl named Claire and the search for her son. As promised in my last post, this blog post is going to be about Messenger. To begin, Messenger is a novel about Matty, a boy living in the Village with a wise, blind man named Seer (that's his 'title', technically, but it's his name as well, Just to clarify. It's the name he took on after becoming part of the village) The Village is surrounded by a large forest that has always seemed dark and looming, and somehow alive. Has anyone read the Giver? Or perhaps you've seen the movie? Just in case you haven't here's a summary of the book (it's a really great book). Well, the author of the Giver, Lois Lowry, also wrote three more books in the Giver series; Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. To start things off, I'm going to clarify that these sequels aren't just a continuation of the Giver, they're more like really awesome companion books. |
AuthorHi, my name's Orion, and I'm in grade nine. I like books, I like cats, and I like cherries. |