reading blog 1984

In George Orwell's 1984, the dystopian set novel focuses on the theme that big brother watches everything.  Every space is seen through telescreens that have microphones and cameras.  Not only are your actions censored, but so are your thoughts.   Thoughtpolice constantly scan people to find any sort of suspicion and will incriminate them with the thoughtcrime.  Winston, the main character, happens to be able to think for himself and isn't quite yet brainwashed by the party.  However, this isn't good for him because thinking as an enemy is a big crime and it only takes time for him to be caught. 

PRTW: 328
PRTQ: 1765

Finished The Power of Six

The Power of Six ended at a climatic point.  Six and John had split up; Six went to help the "unknown" member (who was Marina, number seven), and John went to capture the stolen chests at the Mog cave in West Virginia.  While John went to the cave, it was very nerveracking because he had to battle many Mogs, and beasts to get the chest.  Also, he ended up rescuing number Nine who had been trapped in a cell for over a year.  Six ended up saving Marina in a battle against the Mogs right by the lake where Marina and Ella were.  The book ended with John and Nine safely out of the cave and Marina, Ella, and Six safely from the Mogs.  However, one person knows whats on the other side of the mountain which could be the answer to many things.  The intense climatic point at which the book ends made me frustrated because now I just want the next book to come out!

PRTW: 272
PRTQ: 1437

The Power of Six

Sam, Number Six, and Number Four, known by his fake human name "John", are being chased by the cops and currently are America's Most Wanted.  They are running throughout America, resting whenever it is possible and training whenever they aren't resting.  The suspenseful chapters make you anticipate the Mogs everywhere.  Something different about this book compared to "I Am Number Four" is that there are two different narrators.  The other narrator, other than John, is Marina.  Marina is Number Seven and she has been betrayed by her cepan, so basically she is learning everything on her own.  She keeps getting creepy feelings that the Mogadorians are close, but why haven't they captured her?  She knows she has to find the others, and it will just be a matter of time that the Mogs attack.

I kept my reading goals in mind all week and accomplished them!

PRTW: 190
PRTQ: 1165

The Power of Six

The very first page of The Power of Six starts with "The events in this book are real.  Names and places have been changed to protect the Lorien Six, who remain in hiding.  Other civilizations do exist. Some of them seek to destroy you."  Pittacus Lore, the author, writes with many captivating sentences that pull you in and make you want to read more. The way he makes the fictitious story seem so real makes him a great author.

This past week I didn't so so great with my reading goals.  Next week my goal is to at least accomplish two out of my three goals because this week I failed at all three.  Unfortunately, I just couldn't find time to read.

PRTW: 50
PRTQ: 975

Note #2: The Notebook

The YouTube clip of the scene from The Notebook.

In the romantic movie "The Notebook", based off of a novel by Nicholas Sparks, Noah and Allie spend a wonderful summer together and accidentally fall in love. At one point, Allie and Noah are at the beach spending time with one another and it becomes evident through actions and words that they are experiencing true love. Opening the scene, waves crashing against the shore on the average summer day lead to a blissful mood that sets up for a romantic date.  Allie screams as she gambols into the moving water, scaring a flock of birds away.  Noah quickly follows Allie into the water as if the vast ocean could suck her away at any second and he would be there to save her.  Allie is very goofy and seems to want to explore new things, since she is always stuck to her strict and powerful family.  After running out to the sea, she asks Noah if "in another life [she] could have been a bird."  Noah is very stubborn and will not return the answer she is hoping for.  Allie leaps into Noah's arms and the smiles that each of them wear suggest their passionate and inseparable feelings.  Noah tells Allie "if you're a bird, then I'm a bird." The happiness between the two is fulfilled by their eye contact and constant laughter as the scene is sealed away with a kiss.

Note #3: First Love by Jan Owen

First Love

Jan Owen

It happened in Physics,

reading a Library art book under the desk,

(the lesson was Archimedes in the bath)

I turned a page and fell

for an older man, and anonymous at that,

hardly ideal –

he was four hundred and forty-five,

I was fourteen.

‘Eureka!’ streaked each thought

(I prayed no-one would hear)

and Paradise all term

was page 179

(I prayed no-one would guess).

Of course

my fingers, sticky with toffee and bliss,

failed to entice him from his century;

his cool grey stare

fastened me firmly in mine.

I got six overdues,

suspension of borrowing rights

and a D in Physics.

But had by heart what Archimedes proves.

Ten years later I married:

a European with cool grey eyes,

a moustache,

pigskin gloves.

In the poem "First Love" by Jan Owen, the humorous idea of falling in love with a science subject suggests the uncontrollable and attachable human emotions.  The low and easy diction helps explain the chronological order of the love relationship to the "older man...four hundred and forty-five. And I was fourteen."  The age difference is not the only eye-catching thing; the fact the narrator fell deeply in love with his "cool grey stare" illustrates the beginning of true, innocent love.  First love never fails to be special, and the narrator never forgot how special her first love was because after ten years of falling in love with the cool grey eyes in the book, she married a "European with cool grey eyes, a moustache, [and] pigskin gloves."  The simplicity and considerate diction illustrates the easiness and unforgettable first love. 

First Love: Scene from The Notebook

The Notebook is all about the relationship between Noah and Allie.  This scene of the movie illustrates their crazy, innocent love.