Sunday, October 25, 2015

Reading Blog #2 Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

          Backlash is a story about a girl named Lara who comes across a problem of cyber bullying.  In Backlash, the book has more than one point of view. It shows the point of view of the main character which is Lara. The point of view from Lara's sister, Sydney. The point of view from Lara's former friend, Bree, and Bree's younger brother, Liam. This shapes the story because you are able to see different sides of the story and how they all feel instead of just one character. It goes from what he/she actually said to what was thought to be said. You get a perspective on how everybody sees the situation in the story and if they're dealing with the situation in a positive or negative way. Like Bree saw something as "Lara is taking to Ashley Trapasso, a junior on the team, and she is all giggly and happy. As if she senses my gaze, Lara looks in my direction and laughs." but Lara saw it as "Hey, are you busy on Saturday?" Ashley asks. "A few of us are going to the mall." "Yes! "I exclaimed. And then I realize that came out wrong "I mean, no, I'm not busy, and yes, I'd love to come." We both laugh, and as we do, I glance over and see Bree give me a death glare." You can see that they saw one situation in two different ways. This lead to many conflicts in the book.



Thursday, October 1, 2015

Reading Blog #1 Aftershock

After shock

The main character in my book is Adam. He is seventeen years old and he goes through a rough time. His parents were involved in a car crash killing both of them. He began walking and he felt as if his "legs could barley move. My feet were swollen and blistered in my high tops. I could feel blood flowing down the back of my heel."... He has to deal with this problem all alone flashing back to the past and present. Remembering things of his mom and dad such as the "who do you love more" conversations to the "wanting to have a big family with a bunch of kids eating granola and writing on the walls." He also had to deal with the horrific memories. Remember his father with " a bunch of his teeth, his awesome buck teeth, we're stuck in the steering wheel. It looked like a bad makeup job in a horror flick. I looked at my dads face and I pissed my pants. My kind flashed to the locker room. And I knew I was alive." And his last words being "Dad". The last words he would being saying for two months.