Prompt:
Choose two
questions from the Discovering Subtext question list (found on the side panel of the blog where all the links are located)
and answer them in-depth. Make sure you answer these questions about your chosen novel - not just any book.
Format:
First and Last Name
Q: question one written out.
A: answer to question one
A: answer to question one
Q: question two written out
A: answer to question two
A: answer to question two
Due: Monday
February 4th by midnight
Notes: Review
grading rubric (my advice to you: edit, edit, edit). Don’t forget to COMMENT on
the prompt and to RESPOND to a peers comment. You might comment on similarities
and/or differences between your answers or comment on some element of their
answer that is unique and interesting to you. These are only suggestions,
though.
Connor Boykin
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My novel, ASHES, takes place in a forest. It is a forest primarily suited for hiking, which is what the main character, Alex, is doing. The time period is modern day. It's probably around our time, because there are cars, mp3 players, and cell phones. These two things affect the reading of the story greatly. It it wasn't modern day, she would possibly be dead. One of the things keeping her alive are these tiny pebble like medicines in her bran that treat her brain tumor. Also, the setting is a good place for her to be when the disaster strikes. To be specific, an EMP goes off nearby and ruins all her electronics. If not for the novel being in modern day, the EMP may or may not have even been there, along with many other important items like the main characters cell phone.
Q: Does the setting help you relate to the story better or worse?
A: The setting helps me understand the story better because the novel takes place in modern day. Modern day is the only time period I can without a doubt relate to. I can also relate to the pressure of having no working electronics. However, I cannot relate to being in a nuclear apocalypse. Then again, not many people can.
Matthew Punnoose
DeleteOur Settings are similar, except mine takes place in the ocean and yours takes place in a forest. Both of our stories are about how disasters strike.
Jimmy Muncy
DeleteI agree that in both of our stories provide a better idea of the story's general mood, and there is also no techonology available.
Our settings are complete opposites, because yours takes place in a forest in the modern day, while mine, for the most part, takes place in the future in a very rich part of town.
DeleteNikhita Prabhakar
DeleteOur settings are complete opposites, because yours takes place in a forest in the modern day, while mine, for the most part, takes place in the future in a very rich part of town.
Daniel Kim
DeleteOur settings are completely different because the setting in your novel is in the forest while the setting in my novel is in the Compound which is an underground house. So while your characters have freedom mine are trapped.
Matthew Punnoose
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: After their plane rashes off the coast of Hawaii. Robie and the co-captain are stranded on a life boat. My novel takes place in present time Hawaii, as Robie spends the week with her Aunt. The time period affects the story because it gives them better supplies that they wouldn't have had if the story took place a decade or two ago.
Q#2: From which point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A#2: The narrator is speaking from Robie's point of view, who is a teenage girl. This affects the story because it shows how Robie's priorities go from things like avoiding trouble from her parents to actually getting rescued. This shapes the story by not only showing how the characters get rescued, but also how Robie matures as a person.
Connor Boykin
ReplyDeleteBoth our novels have some kind of disaster taking place, which our protagonists must face with a few other people. My story does not use 1st person, but 3rd person limited.
Merrick Smith
DeleteOur novels have the same point of view, but instead of present time, mine is set in the future. Also, your novel has a conflict that is greatly different than mine. In my book, the conflict is more based on the government and the time preiod they live in.
Brianna Maravilla
ReplyDeleteQ:Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A:My novel,Looking for Alaska, takes place at Culver Creek Prepatory School in Alabama. In present day Florida, Miles is fed up with always doing nothing, therefore, he sets out to find to find a "Great Perhaps". Miles decides to go to the boarding school that his father went to. The present day time period helps my understanding of the novel because I can relate to some of the things that Miles has gone through like: moving to different schools, feeling like an outcast, and worrying about friends.
Q#2:Does the setting help you relate to the story better or worse?
A#2:the setting of my novel does not help me relate to the story better. Because, for one, I have never been to a boarding school. For two, I have not been to Alabama(in the novel, it is more country-like than I'm used to). Furthermore, there is a lake and woods by the school and I have never been in a lake or in woods. If you have not notices yet, I am a very modern type person but I would love to be out in nature. I don't think I can relate to the setting of my novel, however I do think think I can relate to the story itself.
Sydney Lundgren
DeleteYou explained it very well! Good job!
Chelsee Washington
DeleteBoth of the protagonists in our novel are experiencing the same issue. Katie and Miles are both located at boarding schools and having a hard time adapting to their new lifestyle as they worry about making friends and trying to get out of being a total outcast.
Jimmy Muncy
ReplyDeleteQ#1:How do they change and how does their change affect the other characters/story line?
A: In my book, NIGHT WATCH, Samuel Vimes is accidently transported back 30 years in time on the eve of a fabled street rebellion in which he participated, along with a psychopath killer named Carcer. He realizes once he arrives that he looks exactly like his own mentor from when Vimes had just joined the force. He becomes his younger self's mentor and trys to save the lives of his friends that would die in the rebellion, but is foiled by Carcer. He changes in that he becomes sadder, and realizes that the lives a few people meawn nothing to the grand scheme of the universe. This makes him better, but he remembers that as long as he remembers them, they did not die in vain.
Q#2:Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: The story takes place in a city state called Ankh-Morpork that appears to be medieval era. This is important because the city is very crime ridden and dark, and all of the fighting is hand-to-hand. This is important because the makes the whole story seem more gritty.
Nikhita Prabhakar
ReplyDeleteQ (#1): Are any themes blatantly obvious? (war, friendship, love, prejudice, change, etc.) How does the author shape this theme? What is the author trying to say about this theme?
A: My book, Switched, focuses on rebellion and love, because the main character, Callie is trying to change the world because of her experiences. At first, she believes that she was meant to live on the streets, that it was penance for what her father had done (her father was a scientist who created a disease that killed everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty). Later, she understood that it was Prime Destinations. This was a place where poor, young people allowed old people to control their body for a week. Callie finally realizes that Prime Destinations was corrupting many innocent teens, and rebels against them, along with her renter.
Q (#2): Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My story takes place somewhere in the United States late into the future. This affects how I read the story, because it's talking about a post-apocalyptic United States. It's basically stating that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
My book, The Six Rules of Maybe, also focuses on love and a little bit of rebellion. My main character is Scarlet and she falls in love with her sister's husband. Its rebellious because thats prohibited since he is married to her sister.
DeleteLogan Layn
DeleteLogan Layn
ReplyDeleteQ:From which point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A: The narrator is Scarlet's point of view. It affects my reading because I understand her feelings towards Hayden, which is who she falls for. It shapes the story because it shows how she falls in love and what happens for her that makes her do it.
Q: Does the setting help you relate to the story better or worse?
A: The setting is in Scarlet's neighborhood and town. It's like my neighborhood, where I know everyone. She has shops little shops in her town too, which my neighborhood has shops also. It better helps me relate to the story because I'm in almost the same environment.
Eugene Shin
DeleteMy Book Iboy is also told in the point of view of the main character. It allows to me to understand my characters thoughts as well and my setting is also in a neighborhood and town.
Asad Sayani
DeleteYour POV is completely different from mine. Mine is a first person which alternates characters by chapter. It is an uncommon style of writing but it is very entertaining.
Sydney Lundgren
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My story is taking place in Britain, and the time period changes because they time travel in my story frequently. They effect the entire plot of my story by adding conflict with the time traveling and going different places.
Q:From which point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A: The narrator is speaking from the point of view of a teenage girl named Gwen. It effects my reading by making it relatable for me, considering I am also a teenage girl. It shapes the story by showing you a point of view most people are familiar with and they can sympathize with the character because they understand them.
The characters in our books are both relatable to us, but in different ways. Your book seems interesting!
DeleteSorry I forgot my name. Brianna Maravilla.
DeleteTia Vergara
DeleteYour book sounds very interesting! I like that the story is based in Britain, and your character sounds like she lives a difficult life with all of that time traveling!
Eugene Shin
ReplyDeleteQ: What is the conflict? Why did the author choose to focus on this conflict?
A: The main conflict in my story is a fight between the main character Tom Harvey and his inner self. He obtains supernatural powers and becomes nearly unstoppable, but struggles making his decisions. He begins to have vengeance on the people who attacked him and his friends, but he sometimes wonders if what he is doing is right. I believe the author chose to focus on this conflict in order to show that even if we become irate or upset, we should think a little deeper about our actions and see what the corollaries would be, instead of acting from our momentary emotions.
Q: What is the protagonist good at? What does he or she like to do? How is he or she challenged? How does he or she grow/is he or she challenged?
A: My protagonist Tom Harvey is good at saving people from thugs and gangs and obtaining information very quickly from his web based brain. He enjoys spending time with a girl named Lucy, who he likes, and helping his grandma. He is challenged the most when he knows the actions he is making are wrong, and he grows when he begins to think about the effects of his actions and becomes more careful.
Tia Vergara
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My story takes place in present day Bedford, Maine. These things affect my reader because she has a fear of the cold. My character Zara live where it isn't cold so moving to Maine is a big adjustment. Being that its the present day time period, this doesn't realy affect my character.
Q: From which point of view is the character speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A: My stories point of view is from a teenage girl named Zara. She is speaking in first person. This affects my reading in a positive way because I am a teenager just like Zara. This point of view shapes my story because most people are familiar with first person narratives in stories.
Bryant Lee
DeleteOur main characters are both female and also both speak in first person. Although your character isn't greatly effected by their settings, mine is.
Your book sounds interesting and totally different from mine. My book is also written in first person, but your character's conflicts are different from mine.
DeleteBryant Lee
ReplyDeleteQ:What is the protagonist good at? What does he or she like to do? How is he or she challenged? How does he or she grow/is he or she challenged?
A:The main character in my book is Eon/Eona. While Eon is good at "clear mind sight" which lets her see the 12 zodiac dragons clearly as well as other peoples auras, Eona is good at everything she is the ideal martial artist. Eon likes to take long warm baths and make new friends. Eon/Eona is faced with not knowing her dragon name and is a cripple. To use a dragons power you need to know it's name and the mirror dragon (Eon/Eona's dragon) but because the mirror dragon was missing in action for over hundreds of years his name was whispered by the dragon instead of proudly said. So Eon has to live crippled, disguised as a guy and not able to use dragon powers and there has been no noticeable growth yet.
Q:Does the setting help you relate to the story better or worse?
A:The setting helps me relate to the story. My story takes place in ancient Chinese times where martial arts were openly practiced and they believed in supernatural beings. It explains most of the omens and talismans and other interesting things they do in my book.
Ishani Sharma
DeleteThe setting of your book and my characters's background and personality are similar. The main character,San, is Asian and claims to be a Buddhist with great powers at his new school. He created a new identity for himself as he started to adapt to his new environment.
Kathy Qi
ReplyDeleteQ: What is the conflict? Why did the author choose to focus on this conflict?
A: In my book, Accomplice, the main character is Finn Jacobs. She is actually not a bad person, but her desperation to get into a good college has caused her to do extreme things. Finn and Chloe [her best friend] worked together to come up with a "foolproof" plan and fake the kidnapping of Chloe. It was supposed to be victim-less, and Finn would "rescue" her after a while when the media was focused on them. Now, everything is spiraling out of control and even people who weren't involved are getting sucked into their mess. The author chose to focus on this because as the story goes along, their situation gets worse as some people get blamed, news reporters come in, and the town's confidence for their security is weakened.
Q: Look at what the characters do. Then, ask yourself this: what would make YOU act the way they did?
A: I would never do something like this, but I might to something irrational if I wanted something as much as they wanted to get into a college.
Ishani Sharma
ReplyDeleteQ:From which point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A:The narrator of my book,Zen and the Art of Faking it, is speaking for the main character, San Lee. By the narrator's voice being the point of view of San, I can visualize things from his perspective, as if it were me. This allows me to understand his feelings and the reason why he took some actions. San's point of view really shaped the story and plot really well, knowing his interesting personality.
Q:Who is the antagonist? Why are they in the novel? Why are they portrayed the way they are? How do they act as a foil character?
A:In this book there are many people who the main character,San, dislikes. Currently the one that is bothering him is Peter. Peter is his classmate who always seems to by threatening or challenging San. Peter is probably in the novel to reveal a little bit more about San's character and his problems. At first, he was portrayed as an "evil" jerk, but now San is starting to realize why Peter was acting in such a way starting from their first meeting. Peter acts as a foil character in a way I can figure out and really understand the conflict that is going on.
Asad Sayani
ReplyDeleteQ: Who are the main characters in your book and what is their function? Why are they the main characters?
A: The two main characters in my book are Marcus (Black) and Eddie (White). Their roles in the book are the two protagonists. They play the two largest roles and the story alternates in a first person point of view of them.
Q: What is the conflict? Why did the author choose to focus on this conflict?
A: The conflict is that Black accidentally shot someone and they are unsure what to do about it. As shooting someone is a very big deal I feel that the author used this as a hook to keep the readers entertained and interested in the rest of the book.
Chelsee Washington
ReplyDeleteQ: What does the conflict tell us about our lives?
A: The conflict in my novel, Breathless, is that the main character in my book, Katie, has been sent to boarding school by her non-supportive parents. The main reason for this was because her brother attempted suicide due to mental illness and drug addiction. The conflict in my novel tells the readers to cherish your family members and reminds them to be thankful for the lives they have. The story of the protagonist's family is very tragic and it's best to be thankful for the way your life is.
Q: From what point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
A: My chosen novel's point of view is in first person. As stated before, Katie has a very difficult life and having the novel in her perspective helps show the internal feelings she has and her outlooks on the new people she encounters. When she arrives at boarding school and tries to settle in a new environment, she meets new friends, and a couple of foes, but the story relies on the way her mind works. The first person point of view allows the reader to feel the sympathy for Katie as she begins her new life at a new school.
Daniel Kim
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My chosen novel takes place in the Compound. It is also in the aftermath of a nuclear war. These two things affect my reading by showing me a vivid visual of what the future might turn out to be.
Q: Look at what the characters do. Then, ask yourself this: what would make YOU act the way they did?
A: I would most likely act just like the main character in my novel if my brother died like his did.
Su Park
DeleteYour setting compared to my setting is complete opposite. Like, how your novel is in the aftermath of a nuclear war. My novel doesn't have to do with any kind of war, but my novel did have a death of a close friend like how you explained the death of a brother.
Su Park
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
My novel takes place at Patrick's house. Patrick is a friend of Cat that passed away while he was working at his gas station. These things can affect the things in my story because it helps me understand little by little how things are going for Cat and her relatives.
Question: From what point of view is the narrator speaking? How does this affect your reading? How does this point of view shape the story?
The narrator is speaking in first person point of view (Cat's point of view). This affects reading because it only talks about Cat's point of view and only expresses her feelings and not very much explaining on the other characters in my novel. It shapes the point of view of the story by showing and expressing Cat's perspective of the whole story.
Merrick Smith
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
My story is taking place in Manhattan, New York during a time period far in the future. The time period is so far ahead that they learn about the 20th century history. Also, in my novel, caffeine is illegal as well as paper and choclate. This affects the reading of the story because it helps the reader get a clearer image of what it is like for the characters and what it might be like in the future.
Q: What is their flaw? What does that flaw say about the human condition?
A: The characters' flaws are that they are all criminals or they come from a criminal family. This shows that the human condition in the novel is harsh and no one is safe. Also, it shows that no one can be trusted, and that the characters have a harsh and unruly life.
Kacie Chong (Late)
ReplyDeleteQ: Where is your story taking place? What is the time period? How do these two things affect your reading of the story?
A: My story is taking place in Aligonby and it is seems to be in the modern times because they have BMW's, cell phones, and digital recorders. This helps the reader in my story because my story is sort of supernatural like, and their digital recording makes them hear voices that cannot be seen or heard by the naked eye.
Q: What is their flaw? What does that flaw say about the human condition?
A: My main character, Blue, has a flaw where she cannot see the ghosts, but her family can. So she cannot see the ghosts, and that is her flaw. Blue's flaw doesn't effect her human condition, but it can effect the way she lives now.