5. Questions on my Character

Catching Fire, By Suzanne Collins

1. The main character of my novel is Katniss Everdeen.

2. We know that she is a tough, courageous girl who volunteered to fight to the death in a annual "Hunger Games", and is courageous enough to start an uprising in District 12 against the Capitol.

3. We need to know that she has stood up to the Capitol in the games by almost killing herself instead of killing her friend Peeta. That has caused many problems because the other districts saw it as a act of rebellion which the Capitol does not want.

4. One of Katniss's strengths is her influence. After she won the hunger games people of all districts respect her including some peacekeepers. This stopped Gale getting whipped to death. She also is very loving. She will do almost anything to save her family and friends from the capitol.

5. Her weakness is she is not comfortable with cameras like Peeta is. This is a problem because she relies on the cameras to prove her and Peeta really are in love and stop uprisings.

6. I would trust not trust Katniss because she changes her mind too much on too many key situations.

4. Poetic Devices in Narrative Texts

                                Poetic Devices in Narrative Texts

               

               In my book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian the poetic device that was used was a simile. When Arnold was playing basketball against Roger the book says Arnold "Didn't even dribble, just ran like a fullback" (Alexie Sherman, The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian 141). The simile in that sentence is "ran like a fullback", this is a simile because it compares Arnold running to a fullback and uses like to do so. The purpose of using a simile is it helps you picture how hard and fast Arnold was running. It helps the scene because it makes you feel the game between Arnold and Roger was very emotional and intense for Arnold to be running that hard. If the author chose to just say Arnold ran it wouldn't of been as meaningful. 

Alexie, Sherman, and Ellen Forney. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print.

2. Elements Of A Short Story

1. The five elements of my story are plot, character, setting, atmosphere, and style.

2. The most important element to me is the plot. I think this because this element creates all the suspense in the story and without this element all the other elements would be meaningless. The second most important is the characters because it would be a pretty boring book without characters. The third most important is the setting because many things wouldn't make sense without it. The fourth most important is the style because if the reader doesn't like the style they are not going to read the book. The last element is atmosphere i think a book doesn't need this element as much as the other that's why it is last.

3. The element plot is being used in my book well. The crises is a boy is under trial for murder. It is clear and you know what the story is going to be about. The rising actions happen often in this book with the trial going one way then suddenly the other and with new characters testifying always bring some suspense. The plot is always twisting and throughout the story you are always learning important parts to the plot.

4. “Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER” (Myers Dean Walter). This quote happens near the beginning and it really gives you an idea of what the character is going through.

Myers, Walter Dean, and Christopher Myers. Monster. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Print.

1. Book Qualities

1. Three qualities I expect in a good book are interesting characters, compelling plot, and exciting events.

2. The books i have read so far are American Born Chinese and Safe Area Gorazde. The characters in Safe Area Gorazde are very fascinating . The characters back story's and different personalities make the story better and more gripping. It is a non fiction book but the way the tell the story of the Bosnian war makes it hard to put down. The insight it gives makes you fell the pain of the victims of the war and makes you have anger towards the chetnicks. There isn't much excitement but the story's of the survivors and the insight the book gives alone makes it a great book. In American Born Chinese the characters are very realistic and relate-able. The characters were also very humourous which makes it a fun read. The plot takes many twists and turn and never really knows whats going on until the end. I like that because it makes me try to guess and think about whats going to happen next. Many exciting things happened, also they all had a meaning. This was a great book because of those things.


Sacco, Joe. Safe area Goražde. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Book

Yang, Gene Luen, and Lark Pien. American born Chinese. New York: First Second, 2006. Prints, 2000.