Blog #10

          I find this blog site extremely interesting, and unique. I like this blog site because I can easily relate about the post. For instance when you posted about meeting the mentor, I could relate to meeting my own mentor and how lucky I am that I did. I also like how you talk about the different stages of the journey and how important they are for the whole journey. If somebody didn't have an ordinary world then the world they go on the adventure it wouldn't be very interesting because they deal with that stuff everyday. I also really like you making connection to books you have read, I find it easier to make connections to books and my own life. In all I think it is a very well rounded blog site.
          Harry Potter

Harry Potter - The Mentor

In all of the Harry Potter books, I think the best mentor in the book would be Dumbledore. He teaches Harry magic and other helpful things to fight the dark lord and his evil minions, called Death Eaters. There are other teachers that teach Harry magic but they don't go deeper then the curriculum. Dumbledore also inspires Harry to become a better wizard and become just as good as Dumbledore. He is also memorable because of how he teaches Harry. He doesn't sit down with a book and paper, he actually goes around the world and shows him first hand.

Harry Potter Refusal of Call

In the first Harry Potter book " The Sorcerer's Stone," Harry's aunt and uncle don't want to be mixed into the world of magic, so when Harry is summoned to go the Hogwarts they try and escape by going to an island to hide from the magic. Haggrid, the small giant, stills finds Harry and he takes him shopping for school supplise in Diagon Alley. If Haggrid was not in the book Harry wouldn't have goten to go the Hogwarts and he never would have learned how to cast spells and make potions.

Ordinary World

In the book "Ashes, Ashes," written by Jo Treggiari the main character Lucy has to survive from a deadly virus that wiped out 99% of the entire world's population. What I think Lucy's ordinary world is where she lived before the virus destroyed the world. Before the virus she lived with her mother, father, brother, and sister. They lived a happy life until her whole family died from the plague except for Lucy, hence her nickname Lucky Lucy.

        In the new book I'm reading called "Tweaked" written by Katherine Holubitsky, I think the main character Gordie Jessup is a good example for a hero becasue her brother, Chase Jessup, is addicted to crystal meth for two years. He would steal from his family to be able to buy his drugs.
          Why I think Gordie's a hero is becasue she is trying to help her brother by guiving Chase money so he could pay his drug dealers the money he ows them so he wouldn't get hurt.
           She is also strong and not breaking down a crying about how hard her life is when her brother would steal anything she had that could be sold for a few dollars.
          She is also persistent by telling her brother he has to stop doing drugs or its going to kill him and she's not going to stop helping him until he is cured of his addiction of crystal meth.

http://readingkidsbooks-teenreads.blogspot.ca/2008/05/tweked-by-katherine-holubitsky.html

Blog Post #5

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Effie_Trinket

          In the book "Hunger Games" written by Suzanne Collins, the character Effie Trinket is a perfect example of the Herald. The reason why I think Effie Trinket is a perfect example of a herald is because she is the one who announces the hunger games to all of the twelve districts. She also tells Katniss and Peta what is going on and what they should expect in the big city called the capitol.
          One of her famous lines from the book and the movie makes you think of an announcer directly from when she says it. That line is "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor". 

          "Inside, the tent was dark and smelled of mildew. A bench heaped wit clothing stood in the middle of the packed dirt floor along with a table, two chairs, and some milk crates stuffed with wads of material. Treggiari, Ashes, Ashes 100.
          In the story a girl, who is sixteen, is escorted into a tent were she has to get tested if she has the disease that killed almost all of the world's population. The girl, who's name is Lucy, does not have the disease but the camp has to test everybody just to make sure that they don't infect everybody else.
          The description of the tent reminds me of when I go camping because everything smells earthy just like the tent in the book. It also reminds me of camping because everything is crowded when my family goes camping our trailer is always crowded with cloths and other materials.

          As a text to text connection, this part of the book reminds me of "Holes" because I always imagined their cabin being crowded with dirty cloths and smelled like dirt.
       

My New Book I'am Currently Reading "Perfect Cut" written by Julie Burtinshaw

http://notyourfaerytale.blogspot.ca/2011/08/perfect-cut.html

"The Two Towers" Review

          A book that I'm reading right know is "The Two Towers" written by J.R.R Tolkien.
          This book is the second in the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings". "The Two Towers" is about six adventurers who try and destroy the ring of power but the dark lord's servants trying to stop them from succeeding. They have gone a long way were two of the adventurers split from the group and try and destroy the ring themselves. Another one of the members of the group perished in battle and know only five remain.
         My thoughts on this book is at some points it can be sort of slow because there is a lot of description. There is also a lot of information to remember and a lot of made up names of towns and cities so you have to have pretty good memory to read this book. I think that you should read the first book and if you can understand it you should try reading the second one.  


http://worthwhilebooks.blogspot.ca/2011/12/two-towers-by-jrr-tolkien.html

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” -Mason Cooley

I agree completely with this quote. When reading it can take to a far off land were you control what happens. It can take you back in time, when the world was simpler. It will can bring you to far off land were only you can go. Reading lets our imagination fly free when your bored and stuck at home.