Book Review of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Significance: This work matters because it is teaching you to live to the fullest. And it is possible to be different and it is not a bad thing. Even if people don’t accept you for being different ignore them. I chose this piece because I wanted to keep reading about life and what it is about and how to change it. I also chose this piece because it speaks to you and wants you to be different, and that does not mean that you are weird.
Perspective: I would explain this to a 3rd grader by saying, if you want to be different and not be the same then go ahead and do your fullest. And be the one to stand out. And if people think you are weird, OH WELL. It is okay. And that is a good thing. The perspective of this of this author’s work is a seagull and he wants to fly but his tribe has banned him from flying and has no choice but to leave, so he can do what he does best, fly.
Evidence: A fact in this book is that Jonathan loves to fly and nothing will keep him from doing it and another fact is that he is different and to him that is okay. But to the tribe it is not. An opinion is that the tribe thinks it is bad to be different, another one is that they think people should be banned from a family because he/she is different. The difference between those two things are that a fact is something that is true and that is what it is and an opinion is someone’s belief and an opinion can change. For better or for worse. I support the opinion that it is okay to be different and that nothing horrible will come out of that. I support that because if everyone was the some our world would be a boring place. But if some people are different the world can be magical.
Connection: My opinion can affect people today. It might for some people and others not. It can affect people by making them want to change so they can be different and then that person can go on and change another person’s opinion. So then eventually everyone can be different in their own way! This connects to the last SPEC’S I did because it is about life and how the world acts and the good and bad things about our world. And that life can be different in so many ways. Even if people disagree with you.
Supposition: I think that if I changed this piece I would make it longer, so that it can tell about how Jonathan learns to be a master and travel super fast anywhere. I would also change it so that the whole tribe can see him be a master and that he actually learned something from all of that flying. And that nothing bad came out of it. A prediction I made from this book is that change is good and that is not bad and that you can be who you want to be even if it means you have to leave your friends behind because they won’t accept you the way you are.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Book review-The Illustrated Alchemist
This authors work is important because. He talks about the world and the soul of it and it teaches you to have a loving for the world and to cherish life. He also wants you to be able to know how the world work and what you should fulfill in life. He refers to this as a personal legend. The authors theme of the book is in the old times when there where Shepard’s and small villages. There are also no cars just carriages. Also the theme is that each person has a personal legend and some do it and some just dream about it. Also that the villages have very many wise men who help people.
In this book there is a tribal war going on and he explains that know body likes it that it should end. He also refers to the blood in the air and the smell of it. But two of the main characters have to go travel through the war and he explains and believes that you should not give up and just keep believing. He also thinks that if people have problems people should help them. I would explain the purpose of this book to a 3rd grader by saying, each individual has something he or she needs to accomplish even if they need to travel across the world just to find out it was where they started. Then I would say that you cant give up you need to keep going and don’t let anything get in your way. Even if you need to try something new.
The argument that the author is making is that you should enjoy the journey and find the happiness in you and not to just think about the end and the destination. I support this because in real life if you don’t live life and enjoy everyday you will miss out on the world and the happiness. I also agree with it because, if you only focused on the future you would have know idea what is going on around you.
I think that this book would inspire me to read more books about the world and about how it acts. I also think that it would make me to read about thing that will get accomplished and that journey it took them to get there. This book connects to my life because in the book a boy is trying to do the thing in life he is destined to do and to accomplish that he needs to travel through the desert and across the seas. And in my life I want to become an architect, but before I can just become one I need to go through school and study and learn math and graphic design.
I think that the world would be different if we did not each have something that we want to accomplish. For example since we do, people go to work and construction sites, court and travel all over. And if we did not do that everybody would just sit around doing nothing, just watching TV. And nothing in the world would get accomplished. I think that I would change some paragraphs and add some because in the book they keep having breaks where it is a good place to stop and then when you read on it skips 3 days. And I don’t think it should do that very much, it can get confusing.
In this book there is a tribal war going on and he explains that know body likes it that it should end. He also refers to the blood in the air and the smell of it. But two of the main characters have to go travel through the war and he explains and believes that you should not give up and just keep believing. He also thinks that if people have problems people should help them. I would explain the purpose of this book to a 3rd grader by saying, each individual has something he or she needs to accomplish even if they need to travel across the world just to find out it was where they started. Then I would say that you cant give up you need to keep going and don’t let anything get in your way. Even if you need to try something new.
The argument that the author is making is that you should enjoy the journey and find the happiness in you and not to just think about the end and the destination. I support this because in real life if you don’t live life and enjoy everyday you will miss out on the world and the happiness. I also agree with it because, if you only focused on the future you would have know idea what is going on around you.
I think that this book would inspire me to read more books about the world and about how it acts. I also think that it would make me to read about thing that will get accomplished and that journey it took them to get there. This book connects to my life because in the book a boy is trying to do the thing in life he is destined to do and to accomplish that he needs to travel through the desert and across the seas. And in my life I want to become an architect, but before I can just become one I need to go through school and study and learn math and graphic design.
I think that the world would be different if we did not each have something that we want to accomplish. For example since we do, people go to work and construction sites, court and travel all over. And if we did not do that everybody would just sit around doing nothing, just watching TV. And nothing in the world would get accomplished. I think that I would change some paragraphs and add some because in the book they keep having breaks where it is a good place to stop and then when you read on it skips 3 days. And I don’t think it should do that very much, it can get confusing.
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