Blog Response #11
When an author writes a book, he or she has a purpose as to why he/she is sharing this story. This lesson or theme plays out throughout the book. Share what you believe the author's purpose was for writing this book. What lesson do you feel he/she wanted you to learn. (In response to other's blog posts, try to connect your theme with those of other books.
I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, and I think Mitch chose to write this book in Morrie's memory. Morrie was Mitches old college professor. One day Mitch was watching Nightline and saw Morrie on TV and realized he was dying from ALS. Mitch immediately went to Morrie's home. For the next 14 Tuesdays, they met up and talked about life. Things like forgiveness, culture, money. The lesson this book taught me was to not take things for granted and its never to late to start something. Mitch didn't talk to Morrie for 20 years after he graduated and he promised to stay in touch. He never did stay in touch and soon found out he only had 14 more weeks left of Morrie. But he knew it was never to late to start seeing Morrie and he did just that.
ReplyDeleteHi Jayden!
DeleteI totally agree with you! I thought the same thing about Tuesdays with Morrie. I think Mitch really wanted to write this book about Morrie so his memory would never be forgotten. I think Morrie stated a few times that not being remembered or not making an impact on people after he died was one of his biggest fears. I think Mitch did an awesome job of relaying on his message and he certainly will not be forgotten anytime soon.
Cade Messer
I read the book Night, and I think our themes can connect in the "never taking things for granted" aspect. Throughout my book, the main character forgot what a full stomach felt like, or a hot shower. Even the little things that we take for granted on the daily.
DeleteSawyer Nauman
Hey Jayden
DeleteI think a theme that i can connect with your book to mine is to never give up. Morrie fought everyday for his life and never gave up and the character in my book never gave up on his dream of playing basketball.
Hi Jayden,
DeleteThe theme that I connect with our books would be never taking things for granted just like the book Night. One day the Jews were living normal and then the Germans took there lives from them and made them suffer.
Hi Jayden,
DeleteI also read Tuesdays with Morrie and i agree with why mitch wrote the book so every one can get to know morrie
hi Jayden I read extremely loud and incredibly close in my book the kid is morning the death of his father and its hard to hear some of it and the stories probably just like your book
DeleteHi Jayden
DeleteI read the book night and the theme i took was never take anything for granted because the Jews were living a good life and had everything taken from them
I read the book "Three Good Things", by Lois Peterson. I believe the theme of this book would be friendship. The author puts Leni in a rough situation with her mom and they both have struggles throughout the book. Then Jake comes into in the picture and steps up to be a friend to Leni. He invites her over for supper with his family and hangs out with him throughout the book. Leni also opened up to him about her situation and how they do not really have a home and keep moving. Jake offers to help by asking of she wants to come to school with him. When Jake and Leni had to go their sperate ways they were both very sad. They gave each others hugs and I could tell they were going to miss each other. This book did a great job of showing friendship and how friendship should be. I think the lesson the author wanted the reader to learn would be count your blessings with your loved ones. I think this because Leni and Jake really did love each other and when they had to separate it was horrible. So never take your friends for granted.
ReplyDeleteKaylee Schueller
Hi Kaylee, I am reading the book "Forever and Always Lara Jean" and there are many important friendships the author creates for the main character. The friendships help the main character Lara Jean come out of her shell and become the person she should truly be.
DeleteIn my book Ghost boys jeromes grandmothers lucky number is three and she alway tells jerome to say 3 things good about that day. jerome learns friendship and learns never to take that or his friends for granted. jerome also departed from alot of his freinds and is sad but makes way more who he calls family.
DeleteHey Kaylee
DeleteI can relate to friendship in my book as well and i like the idea of count your blessing.
Hi Kaylee!
DeleteI think our books have a very similar theme. I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and friendship is definitely one of the major themes. The relationship between Jake and Leni reminds me a lot of Mitch and Morrie. I hope you enjoyed your book as much as I did, have a great summer :))
Hey Kaylee,
DeleteMy book has a minor theme of friendship. Sam and Ian become friends at the end of the book when Sam's stalker is after her. Ian throughout the book gives Sam hints that there is someone after her and when he is coming for her, Ian does everything in his power to save Sam.
In the book "Night" there could be many takeaways that the readers might pull from the story. However, the main one that stuck out to me was to be thankful for what our world has become. Even though sometimes our world is still portrayed as being bad, we have come along way since the holocaust. None of us truly know what hunger is, and certainly don't know what it feels like to be treated like you don't exist. I think the author wrote this to get his story out there, maybe even get it off of his chest. I also believe that he did this so that history never repeats itself. Something like the holocaust should never happen again, and those that are able to voice their experiences help ensure that. The overall lesson that the author intended to get across was that someone always has it worse than you, which is quite obvious in the book.
ReplyDeleteSawyer Nauman
Hey Sawyer
DeleteI think that being thankful for things is a good theme. As you get older you start to care more about little things and think about them more. I hope you liked your book.
Hi Sawyer,
DeleteThe theme of your book and my book are very similar. Morrie is dying from ALS in my book and the jews in the holocaust are struggling to survive as well. The fight for survival is going on in both books.
Being thankful seems to be a common theme. From what I've heard, a lot of books people read have this in common.
DeleteHi Sawyer, I think that many times in life we take things for granted and we don't realize how good we have it. For me this book really opened up my eyes and exposes how lucky and thankful we need to be.
DeleteHi Sawyer,
DeleteI also learned from my book that you should appreciate things you have in life.
Sawyer
DeleteMy book makes me thankful for the military. I think this is part of Chris Kyle's reason for writing the book. To make people realize the cost of joining the military and fighting terrorism. Chris Kyle definitely appreciated life and and fought to protect liberty.
Hey Sawyer,
DeleteThanks for sharing your view point on the story. I read the same book but I did not really think about that one of the messages is to be thankful for the freedoms that we have. That is major point that Elie was trying to get across to us and not to take anything for granted.
Hey Sawyer,
DeleteI think being grateful for things is one best theme you can find in a book and not too many people aren't grateful for things and I thought it was great Elie was able to write Night and let people know to be grateful for what you have
Hi Sawyer
DeleteI read the same book as you and i do agree with your theme and that's why i felt like this book was really good because of that it did a really good job going with the theme throughout the book
I read the book "The Game of Life" and i believe possible themes or reasons why he wrote this book is to have patience and determination. I believe that these are possible ones because my book is about a boy is has autism but loves the game of basketball and will do anything for his team to win. Throughout this book, the theme patience is seen as you have to give things time in order for them to work out. For my character his was waiting to get into a high school game and play in a real game and he did it. The Determination comes from having obstacles in your way but never giving up when others say you cannot do something. His was that he continued to push himself for basketball even though he had autism and the coach did not know if he would be able to play but that did not stop him.
ReplyDeleteHi Dylan,
DeleteYour book sounds very inspirational. In my book Morrie is dying from ALS and that does not stop him from Making an impact on others. Your book is a great example of this because the player has autism and that is holding him back. But he works hard and ends up getting in the game.
Having autism is truly a challenge. You've gotta give it your all when trying to find a place. This kinda relates to my empathy for others. I wish to do my best when it comes to what I love.
DeleteHey Dylan,
DeleteYour book does sound very inspiring. I agree with what Jayden said, in how your book could relate to Morrie. Morrie in the end was just fighting for one more tuesday. In your case the main character was fighting for a chance in the real game.
Hey Dylan,
DeleteThe theme that connects our books would be to never quit fighting, your character stays fighting for a chance to get in the basketball game. While ours is fighting for his own life everyday in the Holocaust.
Hey Dylan,
DeleteOur themes are very relatable due to the fact that many of the story revolves around how mental health can affect someone's well being. It is a really interesting perspective to hear about.
Hey Dylan,
DeleteI think our books can kind of relate because in my book, Cooper has very powerful information and he's waiting for the right time to come out with the truth and he is just going through things just keeping that information in.
A possible theme of my book could also be determination. In my book Nerve, the main character is determined to do something people don't expect from her.
DeleteI am reading the book "This Is How I Lied" and there are many themes that are shown throughout the book, and i think there are many reasons for the purpose of this book. I think the main theme though is acceptance. In the book it flashes from the years 1995 and 2020. In these times it shows 15 year old and them today and how the whole time they are wanted to be accepted. The character that faces this the most is Eve... the one who was murdered. She struggles with acceptance because of her mom, boyfriend, and the whole town which ultimately leads to her murder. I think the author wrote this book to share that even in a small town like Iowa murders do happen more than what people think. Also you need to trust yourself before you trust others.
ReplyDeleteThe trust yourself before others hits home, and way too close for me.
DeleteThat is another huge theme of my book too. The main character struggled with accepting she does not have to go to college with her boyfriend and that she should go to the school that she loves no matter the distance.
DeleteHi Vada!
DeleteI think acceptance is a very important theme for any book because usually that means there is going to be a lesson. It is important to accept everyone because you do not want others to feel left out. I also think you should always trust yourself before others, because you want to take care of yourself first before anyone else. You always want to make sure you are okay.
Kaylee Schueller
Hi Vada,
DeleteI also think one of the themes in my book is acceptance. Oskar's dad died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and he is trying to cope with it. Acceptance is something that Oskar did throughout the book to cope with the loss of his dad. I think that acceptance is a big thing that children our age need to learn and read about, and I am happy that both of our authors chose this as their theme.
I read the book The Combination by Elias Carr. There doesn't really seem to be a theme about the book. It just starts out as your average beginning to a school year. Then spirals out of control... FAST. There are bats all over the place, kids getting locked in their lockers, it's a mess. You'd have to read it for yourself to find a theme. What I could at least take away is bravery. Persevere through the tough times, even when all hope is lost.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book "Dead Lake" by Darcy Coates. I think the biggest theme of this book is to trust your instincts. When Sam first gets to her uncle's cabin she gets a weird feeling that someone is watching her even though the nearest house is miles away. The next day she sees a strange figure on the dock and then she starts panting pictures of a man she has never seen before in her sleep. Later in the book she finds out that she is being stalked by the man that she has been painting in her sleep. There are many other times when Sam feels like something is off and it saves her. I think the author wrote the book to say that if something feels wrong or off then more than likely, something is off.
ReplyDeletein my book Ghost boys jerome always felt people could see him always watch him, and when jerome feels like someone or something is wrong he will go there and make it better for that certain person.
Deletefrom what you have told us about your book in our group discussions I can agree with you when you say the theme is trust your instincts. I think if she didn't trust them she probably wouldn't have made it out alive even with the help of ghosts.
Deleteour books are the kind of similar in a way that someone has been looking for Michael( the main character in my book) for a very long time and when he does finally find him he takes his mom and girlfriend and basically says come and get some.
DeleteIn the book "Forever and Always Lara Jean, I think the author Jenny Han's purpose for writing the book was to target younger readers and portray what love feels like. There were so many times in the book where the author's text made me feel like I was in the story not only because I can relate being a senior in high school but because of the family moments. Yes this is mostly a story about to teenagers who are in love and are soon having to face long distance, but it also has many special family moments. Because I am extremely close to my family I was able to take away that family is forever. In this book the mother had passed away many years ago and the father of the story is remarrying. The daughters have a hard time with excepting someone new into there homes but they know that it will help build a strong relationship within the family.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a really good book and is similar to mine. My book targets younger readers as well.
DeleteMy book is again, similar to yours. it is all about young love. My book was mainly about drama in relations vs yours sounds more about romantic relationships and the struggles they come across. Those things set aside i think we can relate to each others books.
DeleteHi Sara. I can also agree that these series books portray what love feels like. Lara Jean always thought love would be perfect, but that's nearly impossible. There's going to be heartbreak, arguments, drama, etc., but it grows the relationship stronger.
DeleteHi Sara, this seemed like a very good book and is one a lot of people could find something to relate too!
DeleteI would say the lesson in this book is to not wait forever to do the things you to do in life. because the one of main characters in the book spent most of his time inside his house and not going to explore or do any of the things he wanted to do. so during his last day he spent it doing all the things his normal self wouldn't, and towards the end he tells his friends all the things he wish he could still do and how he wanted to be able to spend more time with him.
ReplyDeleteHi Mackenzy!
DeleteOur themes in our books are kind of similar. In my book, the main character is trapped living in his moms life and I wish she would just do her own thing. Sometimes, we are too busy stuck living in others lives, we forget to live our own.
Kaylee Schueller
My books purpose is similar to yours also. Mine is about a young girl struggling with her relationships with people but finding this podcast that gets her to do different challenges and face her fears and in the end she did not regret it. it kind of is rubbing off on me and making me want to get out of my comfort zone, how about you?
DeleteHello Mackenzy, Your book seemed very interesting to me in our discussions. I would one hundred percent agree with you that your author does share the lesson to not wait forever to do the things you want to do in life with everything you have shared.
DeleteI am reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel. There could be many possible themes you can get from the novel but the one that sticks out to me is enjoying the little things in life. Over the course of the novel the main character forgets what a home cooked meal is and even a warm shower. Most of us will never have to deal with being hungry or having just the basic necessities covered. It makes me learn the lesson of enjoying things in my life that I took for granted because the people in the holocaust suffered horribly. It always shows that our world has come a long way and I hope another Holocaust happens again.
ReplyDeleteHi Tyler, this book really helped me see the bigger picture in life and really see how lucky we are to not have to live like him and his father did.
DeleteHey Tyler,
DeleteOne lesson learned in my book is also to enjoy the little things. When the main character, Sam gets to the cabin she admires the nature and quietness around her. She starts to realize not to take things such as nature for granted and enjoy it.
Hi Tyler,
DeleteIn my book "Woods Runner" it could use the same theme. The main character loses his parents and his house in the blink of an eye. Therefore, I think in my book a lesson being learned is being thankful for everything in your life.
I read the book Ghost Boys and i think the purpose of this book is to show how people feel around chicago and how fast you can make enemys and how fast you can make friends and even when your dead that doesnt stop anyone from making friends or enemys. i think what they wanted me to learn was, you can change and change for the good or bad you have to find the right people to support the change also.
ReplyDeleteI feel like from the discussions that you and me and our group where in together and from what you said in your blog, I can say I agree with you when you say your book is about how people feel around Chicago and how your book is wrapped around that setting with its stereotypes.
DeleteThe book I finished reading was "The Surrender Tree" by Margarita Engle. The purpose I believe why she wrote this book is she wanted to discuss racism that was going on in the past in Cuban history in the 1860's. The lesson I feel she wanted me to learn is to show us how far we have come with society with racism and how much better it has become since those days.
ReplyDeleteHi Thomas,
DeleteIn my book Night, we read about the things that jews had to endure just because they have different beliefs and look different than the Germans, there sounds like there's a bit of correlation between our books in the aspect of something we cant change like religion and race.
My book is Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald, and it was kind of a drama chick book. With that being said, I think the purpose was for younger girls to read and relate to the fake friends/ bad relationships. The author took us along the ride of a girls life and her ups and downs with friendships, relationships, work, and just life in general. leading me to think she was trying to get the point across that even though we all live different lives we all have similar things that we go through and it is completely normal. of course with a little interesting drama twists along the way to spice up the story and make it a lot more interesting and fun to read. I am glad to have chose the book I was recommended in the end.
ReplyDeleteHi Makayla. My book was also a drama chick book since involved a lot of love life drama. Although I think my books themes would be trust and forgiveness, I think that the theme of we all live different lives could also tie in with mine. It is very similar to your book since it talks about Lara Jeans friendships, relationships, and her life in general. You never know what is going on in someone else's life.
DeleteI read the book Night by Elie Wiesel. I believe the theme of this book is to show how good we really have it. The main character in this book is starving and is surrounded by death for years. He also has to give most of his food to his dad even though he is starving. I could not imagine going through this as our biggest inconvenience is waiting in line at a store or not having your favorite drink in the fridge. This book has showed how good we really have it and how lucky we are.
ReplyDeleteHi Max,
DeleteI strongly agree with your viewpoint, the things that the jews went through just simply because they have different religious beliefs shows us how great we really have it.
Hi Max, i would have to agree with you. i Also think the author shows that we have it way better than we would ever know. Also that things that happened during the holocaust were hidden.
DeleteIn my book Night, I believe the theme is to always be thankful for everything you have. I think this because, sometimes I feel like we forget how good we truly have it and how bad some people have and used to have it. I think this lesson is taught throughout the book as we read about the atrocities that were committed during the holocaust.
ReplyDeleteHi Cade, I think with a book like night it makes people open their eyes to the past so history doesn't repeat itself. We should all be thankful that we didn't have to go through anything like that.
DeleteHi Cade,
DeleteI also think the theme/lesson in my book is to always be thankful for everything you have. I think that 9/11 and the Holocaust are two major tragedies that happened in the world that made people realize how good we have thing in life that we take for granted. I read this book for book #2 and I think that the messages in our book are similar. The authors are trying to show readers what it is like to go through a major tragedy.
Hi Cade,
DeleteI think in my book it has close to the same theme. Mine is more to be nice to everybody because you never know what someone is going through but I feel like ours goes hand in hand. Mine could also be to be thankful for everything you have because my main character dropped her best friends because they were mean to her then they all tried to apologize but they did not realize what they had when they had it.
Hey Cade,
DeleteI think my book has a little bit of the being thankful too, because my guys were in the slums just like some real hood stuff in France.
Hi Cade,
DeleteIn my book "Woods Runner" it could use the same theme. The main character loses his parents and his house in the blink of an eye. Therefore, I think in my book a lesson being learned is being thankful.
I read Tuesdays with Morrie, the author Mitch Albom wrote the book in honor of his professor and friend Morrie. While Morrie was dying of ALS Mitch would visit him every Tuesday to talk about life and share experiences. Mitch learned a lot from Morrie with how life pans out, Morries advice to Mitch is the reason he wrote the book. Morrie wanted to help people as much as he could so Mitch wrote the book for the people that never got to know Morrie.
ReplyDeleteHi Colin, I would have to agree with you that Morrie loved to help people but didn't get enough time to. I think it was Mitch's responsibility to continue his legacy and keep teaching people like how Morrie did.
DeleteHi Colin, I sort of agree with you! I do think that mitch wrote the book for people who have neve met morrie, but i also think that the book is to show that sometimes you can branch off from people but you can always find your way back to someone.
Deletehi colin i kindof agree with you. i think there are multiple life lessons in this book in my opinion i think one life lesson is the life life to the fullest while you are still around and also how you can help people who are not going to be around much longer
DeleteIn tuesdays with morrie the purpose/lesson in the book is to keep Morrie's legacy and share his life and lessons to other people. Mitch wants to keep his lessons alive by still teaching more people morries ways. Also, he wanted to keep families together like how mitch reconnected with his brother.
ReplyDeleteAmelia
DeleteMy book is also about legacy. The book was published because Chris Kyle didn't want his legacy distorted by someone else. He decides to tell his own story the way it happened. After he died, his legacy was one of humility and dedication to the military and his family.
Hey Amelia,
DeleteI Think it is really cool that the author of your book is keeping his old professors memory alive by writing this book and how he was able to share to everyone he was as a person
hi amelia
Deletei agree with you and i also think it is pretty cool the connection Mitch and Morrie have. there are alot of life lessons taught within this book
The theme of my book is persistence. The main reason for writing the book himself is that Chris Kyle wanted it to be as true as possible. He didn't want somebody else falsifying the facts. Even though he was a SEAL, he tried to be humble about his military career. At the beginning of the book, I thought he was going to be cocky the whole book but it soon changed. Chris is persistent while trying to get into the military. He is also persistent about becoming a SEAL and a sniper. He trains all the time and made it through BUD/S and his sniper training class.
ReplyDeleteHey Nick,
DeleteI think my books lesson is kind of the same as yours my guy just had to keep on pushing with his work.
A theme of my book Nerve could also be persistence. The main character Vee is persistent in wanting to complete each dare and proving she's not just a quiet person.
DeleteI am reading the book “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Foer. I believe Foer’s purpose/theme for writing this book is to show how the impact 9/11 has had on people and also how they cope with tragedy. In the book, it shows the main character, Oskar, struggling with terror because his recently deceased dad was the person who made him feel safe and secure. Oskar’s grandma also was struggling to reconnect with her estranged husband after he had left her years prior. I think that Foer chose to put that in his storyline to show readers how the characters dealt with their personal tragedies and that everyone has been affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. When Oskar was searching for people with the last name “Black” he encountered a woman who answers Agnes Black’s door. They learn that Agnes had been a waitress at the windows at the World Restaurant in the World Trade Center, and she died on 9/11. It comes to show that so many people around New York had a connection with the World Trade Center. I think that the author did a very good job at displaying Oskar coping with his father passing by gaining new friends and finding out about his family more. I think the lesson in the book was to strive until you succeed. Oskar never gave up looking for what the key unlocked that he found in his father's closet, and he went through so many struggles along the way to help him achieve this goal. Also, Oskar’s grandma was not going to give up on her ex-husband Thomas. After he came back from leaving her years ago, she kept him a secret and made sure that he was never going to leave her again. After reading this book, it has made me thankful for the things I have and to never take anything for granted.
ReplyDeleteI read the book Ellen Foster and i think the author Kaye was trying to get many different points out there. Most importantly i think Kaye was showing to the readers that not everyone has a normal life. And that there is so much stuff that people can go through and hide from people, Kaye shows the golden rule throughout the whole book. I also think she was showing how awful of a time it was back during slavery and how people acted so much different.
ReplyDeleteHi Ella,
DeleteIn my book it has almost the same theme. The main character has mental illnesses that no body knows about and she manages to hide them and act okay. I think it made a big impact because people should always be nice because you never know what is going on in someone elses head.
hi Ella I think our books are similar in the way that they show that you need to make friends with new people and meet people and help them
DeleteHi Ella, i think our books are similar in a way that the main character in my book definitely doesn't have a normal life but he goes through 15 years of trying to be normal when he just says screw it and basically blow up a building with his powers that no one else has trying to find his mom.
DeleteYour book sounds so interesting. What does the golden rule mean?
DeleteI have just finished reading "Night" by Elie Wiesel and it had some really interesting messages since it is an autobiography. The major reason for Elie writing this story is to show how bad the concentration and work camps really were and it was not just because of the physical labor. I got to see first hand how all the tragic events affected Elie's mental health and that is not a point of view that is shared very much about the holocaust. The other major reason for Elie sharing his story is to make sure something like this will never happen again. He talked about how at the end of it, he did not even feel like a person anymore because of how he was treated and he was one of the lucky one to come out alive. People fought day in and day out to survive and most of the time they would not have a choice either way.
ReplyDeleteNight talks about some very serious topics that think most people should be educated on. The author does a really good job showing it from his point of view.
DeleteI read the book Dear Evan Hansen and i think the author was trying to bring awareness to some serious topics that people deal with everyday in today's world. The first one being anxiety. Mental health is something that is talked about a lot more today than it ever was before, but there is still a nasty stigma around it. Reading this book really puts you in the shoes of someone with anxiety and helps you see exactly how they see things. It also talks about suicide which is a sad but important topic. I think the author wrote the book to show that everyone is fighting their own battles. You never know what someone is going through, like Evan. He's so socially anxious and no one understands him. And even Connor. No one would have guessed he would get that low. It just goes to show that you never truly know what's going on in someone's head
ReplyDeleteI have just finished reading the book P.S. I Still Love You and I believe 2 possible themes would be to have trust and to forgive. Throughout the entire book there was drama involving Lara Jean and her ex best friend/her boyfriend's ex. She thinks that Gen, the ex, is trying to take Peter from her, but in reality, she is going to Peter for advice about her parents divorce. Peter has told Lara Jean from day 1 that she should trust him because nothing is going on. However, Lara Jean didn't listen and they end up breaking up because of it. This leads to Lara Jean and Gen meeting up so Lara Jean can hear her side of the story and then forgive her and make up. In the end Lara Jean ended up forgiving Peter and Gen, and gaining trust for Peter.
ReplyDeleteHi Erin
DeleteOh my god I have always been fan of romantic books and P.S. I Still Love You is one of them it has the very similar theme to my book too because the Lara Jean's ex comes come she has the guilty and confession to make but her present was stopping her just like my book when Mitch has the confession to make that he will miss him after the graduation and that he should have cried that day or at least give him a hug.
In My book extremely loud and incredibly close I didn't really pick up on a theme that doesn't mean that I didn't learn any lessons from the book though Oskar thought many life lesson that even though your going through a lot like some people in 9/11 that maybe had someone in the hospital he lost his dad that was a role model and not only that his best friend. also what I learned is that even though may feel like you have nobody to help you through a rough time there's plenty of people out there and Oskar may have met people in a weird way by knocking on Radom peoples door he found some people to help him cope with the loss of his dad.
ReplyDeleteHi Trent,
DeleteI read Tuesday with Morrie and at a young age Morrie lost his mother to an unnamed illness. when Morrie was growing up his dad wanted him to work probably to get his mind off things and he grew up teaching lessons and making peace with everyone.
In my book Every Last Word I feel like the lesson was that everyone has their own thing thing they are going through that no one else knows about. In my book the main character Sam had OCD and she fought it in her head but no one else knew about it. She also had anxiety and panic attacks and when she had them no one knew because she hid them and never let anyone see her break down.
ReplyDeleteIn my book public enemy number two, I feel like the lesson of this book was to teach us that you should just keep going because it will all work out in the end. I think the authors purpose was just to entertain anyone who was to read the book.
ReplyDeleteIn Michael Vey i don't think there even was a theme or something to learn from it because at the start of the book someone took his mom and girlfriend and said nothing about it. But if i had to squeeze something out of this book it would probably be something like this. Chase after what you want and if at first you fail, plan it again and start over. because at the end of the book he goes all throughout the building looking for his mom and she isn't there, she never was.
ReplyDeleteHi Cole,
DeleteI read Tuesday with Morrie and the theme is kind of similar. Morrie always said to make peace and try new things and not to worry about life so much. Morrie also taught many more life lessons.
I really enjoyed Moneyball because it shows many different perspectives when it comes to pro baseball and how it’s changing. And it teaches you even more about the sport even if you all ready knew about it. And it has opened my mind up about the game of baseball seeing how difficult it is to be a player but to own a team when you don't have a lot of money to use.
ReplyDeleteThe final book that I chose to read this year for English 4B was Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. In Tuesdays with Morrie there are many different things that the author tries to get across to his readers. One of the biggest/most important is to always be thankful for what you have. Life can take a drastic turn and go downhill like it did for Morrie. Do not take it for granted and be appreciative of it every day. One of the reasons why I think Mitch Albom chose to write this book is to carry on Morrie’s legacy. Throughout the book many times I can recall Morrie stating that one of his biggest fears is people not remembering him after he dies. He wanted to make an impact on people so that his legacy would continue to live on through them even though he was not alive. I think Mitch was able to do just that with how amazing of a book he wrote.
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In my book "Code of Silence " its about three kids witnessing a burglar and the owner of a diner getting beaten to death. i think the reason why he is sharing this story is he probably went through this as a kid or probably knew someone that went through this situation. The lesson he is teaching me is talking about telling the truth or keeping the truth because the three characters in my book know information that is powerful but they can't tell someone because they have been threaten by they think a Police officer. i feel like these kind of truths are the kind that gets people killed because if they tell someone, they are dead, if they don't tell anyone, their dead and I think the lesson he is teaching me is that find someone that you can trust or someone that can protect you when you a information that is powerful.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Night I feel like the theme that stuck out to me the most was never take anything for granted. I pulled this out because all the Jews were living a simple life like the rest of us until within weeks everything got taken away by the Germans. None of us will know how bad they had to go through things and I'm thankful we don't have that anymore because its awful to not be treated like a person. I think the author wrote this story to talk about his experiences in the Holocaust and help us envision it more. The overall lesson in the book is be grateful for what you have because someone always has it worse.
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew, that seemed like a very good book and that was one of my options I was going to read. I am glad you are liking your book and I am glad you learned something good from the book.- Maci Steffen
DeleteHi Andrew,
DeleteI hope you have enjoyed reading the rest of your book. I also am reading about Jewish people during the Holocaust, and a theme I also saw was not taking things for granted. I enjoyed reading what you have written here.
That sounds like a great life lesson that everyone should know because we are in such a stimulated world. Then when anything happens like war it makes people appreciate the little things in life.
DeleteYou're book is really highlighting the harsh environment that the Jews had to be in when they were in the concentration camp.
DeleteI am reading the book Nerve by Jeanne Ryan. I think the theme throughout this book is confidence. Each character has to have confidence to do dares that are dangerous or risky. Vee steps out of her comfort zone by joining the game and ends up loving it. I think the author's purpose was to prove that stepping out of your comfort zone is a good thing and you should be confident in everything you do.
ReplyDeleteHi Abbie, that sounds like a very good book. And it seemed like the authors purpose was to keep you hooked!
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DeleteHey Abbie,
DeleteI can completely relate to the theme you chose as well. In my book, it must have taken a lot of confidence for the characters to do some of the things they did. I hope you have enjoyed your book while reading!
That sounds like a great life lesson and a great name for the book which is called Nerve. It sounds like they talk a lot about stuff in they are being risky and confident.
Deletehi abbie,
DeleteI can relate to the same theme as in my book, in my book they make some risky decision and at the end it all works out for them
Hi Abbie,
DeleteI think my book can relate to your book because you said that the characters step out of their comfort zone. In my book Mia and Adam reunite after 3 years, and they must step out of their comfort zone to talk to each other about why they had lost connection over the years.
I read the book Tuesdays With Morrie. In my opinion, Mitch had a few different purposes in writing Tuesdays With Morrie. First, he wished to reconnect with a man he admired and respected. Second, he and Morrie both wished to share Morrie's thoughts, experiences, and the lessons he'd learned.- Maci Steffen
ReplyDeleteHi Maci, This book was the perfect example of "dont take life for granted" this entire book was filled with valuable life lessons and i think everyone should read this book!
DeleteI am reading the book Sarah's Key. In this book, I think one of the main themes is overcoming guilt and grief. There are many key points in the book that show this, such as when Sarah felt guilty for her brothers death and the reason her friend Lucy who she met in the camp may have also died. She was unfortunately the one who found her brother dead locked in the cupboard, so seeing that he was truly dead and not just a mystery of what may have happened to him did not help alleviate her grief. In the other parts of the story with Julia, she had to overcome many struggles with her and Bertrand, and the abortion she was planning on having but didn't.
ReplyDeleteHi Eve,
DeleteI feel like Sarah and Mitch they both had that guilty inside of them when they lose there loved ones its like they both have try to forget about the guilty but the bond that they had kept it with them.
Hi Eve,
DeleteI read a sequel to a book that had the death of the main characters parents. I think our books are similar because you said in your book Sarah felt guilty for her brothers death, and Mia in my book feels a lot of guilt for her families death.
This is a very good theme! Hope you enjoyed your book.
DeleteI read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, this book has really good life lessons that will make you think about your own day to day schedule and yes this lessons while leave you good impact on life and what life has to offer. Mitch the author of my book, he has try to portrayed his old college professor's expect on his life, by living in the moment with no regrets behind. Their are so many takeaways like Morrie's sharing lessons about life or talking things out. The purpose that Mitch might have through while writing this book in the memory of Morrie and his takeaways also last but not least to tell us that it never a bad idea to visit your love ones ones in while.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Tuesdays with Morrie mitch was a student of Morrie's in college and they wanted to keep in touch after school but never for about 20 years. mitch saw Morrie on the Nightline show and he saw that Morrie was dying from ALS. So, mitch went to Morrie's home and wanted to talk to him, little did he know that he only had 14 Tuesdays to talk about the last 20 years and life lessons. I feel that mitch wrote this book for a memory of Morrie, but also to share with other people how great of a person Morrie really was.
ReplyDeleteMy book is The Sea of Monsters. I feel like the purpose of this book was to tell you do the right thing even if you break the law in the process and never give up on anything even if it looks horrible. I say this because Percy went on a quest that was not assigned to him which would have gotten him in a lot of trouble and never be able to go into any half blood camp ever again another words will die from a monster in his sleep. But if he did not go on this quest Kronos would have come back and killed everything in his true form. In the end it all worked out and camp half blood was saved once again.
ReplyDeletein my book the glass castle, i feel like the purpose of this book was to see have good things come for people who wait. in my book the family went through many struggles and eventually come out and alot of good things happened to them in the end.
ReplyDeleteI read the book Where She Went. I think that the authors purpose to this book was to answer any questions from the first book. Not only does she answer questions from the first book she gives more background about Adam. In the first book the readers learn more about Mia and her background. During the crash in the first book she describes the crash and relates it to her life before. Now in the second book it being from Adam's point of view the readers learn what was going through his head during the crash.
ReplyDeleteI think that is really cool how the author has multiple books that tie together the only difference is they are told from different perspectives.
DeleteI hope you enjoyed your book. The theme is a very good one!
DeleteI read the book The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I think the authors purpose of this book was to inform readers that not everyone's life is going to be perfect and they are going to face struggles at some point in their life. He did a good job explaining the challenges that kids and parents are going to face. This book is dealing with teenagers and that's good because most parent-child stuggles start happen.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good purpose to get across because everyone thinks the other way, like they have to be the best of all.
Deletemy book has a similar theme, but it focused more on how we react to being imperfect.
DeleteI read the book, When You See Me By Lisa Gardner. I think the purpose the author is trying to get across is the awareness of human trafficking, and how that most people do not get lucky like the main character in my book. She was able to escape but her kidnapper had many other he killed. Overall the book was told well and i really liked it.
ReplyDeleteI feel like your book is really trying to highlight the issue are world actually has that most people dont even know happen.
DeleteI read the book "Flint" and i feel like the author wrote this just because most of his novels are based as old westerns. I feel like the purpose of the book was to show that one decision can change your whole life so be careful on what you do because they cant come back to haunt you.
ReplyDeleteI read the book tuesdays with morrie and i think the purpose of the book it to teach people to live life to the fullest while you are still alive. i think morrie did a good job of tell that because he talks about it alot
ReplyDeleteI read the book "Woods Runner" by Gary Paulson. I believe the main purpose of this book was to inform readers about the revolutionary war. I think he wanted the readers to know that you can't take everything for granted. Samuel got home and his parents were gone just like that before he could ever say goodbye.
ReplyDeleteMy books theme relates heavily to yours Sam. Enola Gay is a book to inform others of why, and how the Atomic bombs were dropped. Much like your theme is telling readers information about the revolutionary war.
DeleteEnola Gay is a biography of various people who were affected by the Atomic bombs. The Authors purpose for writing this book isnt always known. to me, it seems like the Authors want to bring light to the dropping of the bombs, and why it had to happen. the authors purpose for writing the book is to bring light and release more info on the topic of the atomic bombs, and just how much work and secrecy was put into the mission.
ReplyDeleteI read the Book "The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle" by Rick RIordian. In this book the authors purpose is shown in his theme. The theme of the book is that you are not invincible and it is okay to be human. The author shows this by showing Apollos weaknesses and having characters remind him it's okay to make mistakes, hes human.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines, the story was very purpose/message driven. I think the main theme was we are judged based on how we react to situations. the character Jefferson in my book was falsely accused of murder and sentenced to death. when Jefferson walked to the electric chair he stood very tall, defying the way everyone thought of him previously. now obviously this situation is pretty extreme but it was a good way to get the pointy across.
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