As my new book, I chose to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It contains 332 pages, which would take me about three weeks and a few days, if I read 100 pages a week. It would take me about three weeks and a few more day, but for some books, it might take a little more time. This book was one of many books that were recommended to me by my sister, but she explained how great of a book it was, so I decided to read this book after reading My Sister's Keeper.
So far I read only 30 pages, even though I have spent a lot of time trying to read the book. The assignment states that I have to read 100 pages each week, but I think that it would take a long time to read. Usually, I am a slow reader, but for this book, it takes me forever to read even one or two pages. In my opinion, Jane Austen wrote a great story, but I think that it's on a higher level than what I should read. There is a lot of unfamiliar vocabulary, which make it harder to understand. This leads me to take a longer time to read, because when I read books, I try not to miss anything, so I try to read and understand almost every sentence. I should not do this, but I don't want to get confused later on in the book, just because I didn't understand a few sentences. I read sentences over and over again, and I also try to use the context clues to figure out what the words mean, but that also eats up time. In conclusion, I decided to change my independent reading book, because Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen was on a higher reading level than mine, and it took a long time to read.
While reading Pride and Prejudice, I don't think that I came across a symbol. Even though I read only 30 pages, I think that I can make up a symbol that relates to the book. Throughout my time reading this book, I realized that most of the book so far, was about the Bennet daughers, and their desire to marry rich men. Each daughter liked a certain characteristic in a man, but I think that the symbol of a ring can relate to each person. Since the daughters want to marry a man, or their parents want them to marry, a ring can be a good symbol. It can show something about marriage, which relates to most of the book. When you think of a ring, you think of relationships, although it might not be marriage, so I think that is a great symbol that can be used in the book.
I think that the extra credit assignment that Ms.Faughey gave us was a great way to boost up our grade. It also helped me see what kind of books my classmates like to read. While reading some of the posts that were written by other students, I was convinced to read a few books. I think that from now on, I will try to read a lot on my free time, so that I can read all of the books that have great stories and the books that sound great.
Also, while looking throught the blogs of the students, I found out what happens at the end of the book that I am currently reading My Sister's Keeper. Sharon is a fast reader, so she already finished the book. When I read her blog, she had a warning that said spoiler, but I still decided to read it. I found out that Anna dies at the end of the book, because of a car accident. This is an unexpected event that happens, so when I read what Sharon wrote, I was surpirsed. Reading more and more pages of My Sister's Keeper, I feel that I can put myself in the position of the characters, and also I am learning a little about biology. It still amazes me that even though I am enjoying my book, it takes me forever to read it. I think that I try to understand every word that Jodi Picoult wrote, so I tend to read the sentences over and over again. As I read more and more books, I hope that I will try to read faster, while understanding every word the author has written
The homework assignment for this week was to read "The Joyluck Club," which is the first chapter to The Joyluck Club. When I started reading the book during class, I thought that it would be a boring story, but when I came home to reread it, I found it to be great. My Sister's Keeper is a page turner, but I found The Joy Luck Club to be more of one. The book took me less time to read than when I read my independent reading book. I enjoyed reading both of the books, that I read my independent reading book first and then The JoyLuck Club, which led me to sleep at 3 in the morning. This is the first time I have stayed up so late reading a book that I enjoyed reading so much. I can't wait to finish these books so that I can start reading new ones.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult is an interesting story so far. I felt that I was able to connect with the protagonist, which is Anna. There are three children in her family, and her sister is sick, so her parents pay the most attention to her sister who has leukemia. Annas brother moved to the room which is above the garage, so that he could get his privacy. In the beginning of this book, I got a sense that the parents only focus on the sick child. If I was a parent with three children and one of them had a rare case of leukemia, then I would pay the most attention to them too, but in this book, the parents pay too much attention to one child. That is why Anna gets a lawyer, and decides that she wants to go to court. I think that the parents knew that they were giving the most attention to Kate, but they didn't really know how Anna really felt. Also, at first I thought that there was only one point of view(I thought that Anna was writing in first person), but as I kept on reading, I noticed that the book is written in different point of views.
For my first independent reading book, I decided to read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I chose to read this book, because my friends and family recommended it to me, and by reading the summary of this book on amazon.com, it sounded like an interesting story. I'm a slow reader, so even though My Sister's Keeper is a great book, it will take me some time to read it. I have to read about 100 pages a week, and it contains 448 pages, so it will take me three or four weeks to finish.
A short summary of this book is that in a family of a mom, dad, and three kids, there is a child named Kate who has a rare form of leukemia. The parents try to find a way for their daughter to live, so they decide that their other daughter, Anna will give a kidney to her sister. Anna thinks that it is not her parents decisions to give her kidney to her sister, so she gets a lawyer and goes to court with her parents. This is a chaotic situation, but their brother also causes trouble, making the family become more disastrous.
After reading a short summary of My Sister's Keeper, I think that I will learn about a family with many problems. Also, I think that I will be able to learn a little about Biology, since one of the daughters has leukemia, which requires information about biology or some sort of science. I will also be able to learn about a family who goes to court, and I can see what the laws and rights a family has to each other.
The author of this book, Jodi Picoult, was born on May 19, 1967 in New York. She started writing books as a child, and during her time in college, she met her husband, and also published stories in Seventeen magazine. Now, she lives in Long Island with her husband,Tim Van Leer and her three children. Some surprising facts about Jodi Picoult is that was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction, her first book The Lobster Which Misunderstood was written when she was five years old, and she that she attended Harvard University.
