In my book, Allegiant, there is lots of simple vocab but there are also examples of elevated diction. When the scientists who live in the Bureau are talking, they use lots of elevated diction. For example, when a scientist, Matthew, is talking to Tris he says, "It'a a better model for having the option to select particula members of a population to opt out-you inoculate them, the virus spreads within twenty-four hours, it has no effect on them." (Roth 279). This is when Matthew is explaining something very scientific. He naturally uses bigger words since he is a scientist but since he is explaining this to Tris, he tries to dumb it down and use simpler diction.
Since that probably wasn't very interesting, here is a link to play Crazy Taxi.
http://coolmath-games.com/0-crazy-taxi-m12/
Monday, April 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Krista Ramsey Introduction Activity
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/22/krista-the-very-poor-case-for-arming-teachers/5744065/
This article that I hyperlinked is a article by Krista Ramsey in which she crtiscizes the idea of arming teachers in schools to help prevent school shootings. She thinks that this is a horrible idea and she lists many reasons why it should be stopped.
"It's unrealistic and, in fact, insulting to think people who entered the profession of education should be turned into teacher-law enforcement hybrids." The way this line affects the reader is it uses a metaphor to show what the teacher would be turned into. They would now be "teacher-law enforcement hybrids." The use of the word hybrid is a great choice in diction. It shows that it would be very hard to conceal the weapon and still teach normally.
The style that Ramsey writes with is a comedic but accusing style of writing. "Why, out of all the things we told them – get good haircuts and keep a half-tank of gas in your car, pay off your credit card every month and get a flu shot – did they lock onto the stuff we said about following their dreams and listening to their heart?"
What kind of responses do your articles usually get?
Why do you write with the comedic accusing style you have?
What is your favorite topic to write about?
This article that I hyperlinked is a article by Krista Ramsey in which she crtiscizes the idea of arming teachers in schools to help prevent school shootings. She thinks that this is a horrible idea and she lists many reasons why it should be stopped.
"It's unrealistic and, in fact, insulting to think people who entered the profession of education should be turned into teacher-law enforcement hybrids." The way this line affects the reader is it uses a metaphor to show what the teacher would be turned into. They would now be "teacher-law enforcement hybrids." The use of the word hybrid is a great choice in diction. It shows that it would be very hard to conceal the weapon and still teach normally.
The style that Ramsey writes with is a comedic but accusing style of writing. "Why, out of all the things we told them – get good haircuts and keep a half-tank of gas in your car, pay off your credit card every month and get a flu shot – did they lock onto the stuff we said about following their dreams and listening to their heart?"
What kind of responses do your articles usually get?
Why do you write with the comedic accusing style you have?
What is your favorite topic to write about?
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Real Life Issues in the Text
In Allegiant, you can really see some of the real life issues that are reflected in the text. The main issue is just human nature in general. How humans can have the tendency to separate people and consider themselves more superior for whatever reason. This is shown in the book by the "genetically pure" group of people who consider themselves superior. They give themselves higher jobs in the government than the "genetically damaged" people. They also blame them for all crimes that occur and are basically racist towards them.
Behavior like this is shown many times throughout history. One example is during Hitler's rise to power in Germany when he blamed the Jews for all of Germany's problems and used them as a scapegoat. Another example is in America before Martin Luther King when blacks and whites were segregated. Also in the Middle Ages with Kings and Nobles thinking that peasants were worth nothing and deserved to be treated like dirt. There are plenty of examples of humans behaving like this throughout history even though we are all created equal. In Allegiant, the only difference is someone's "genetically pure" genes. These genes don't actually cause a change in the person and shouldn't cause that person to be looked down upon.
Behavior like this is shown many times throughout history. One example is during Hitler's rise to power in Germany when he blamed the Jews for all of Germany's problems and used them as a scapegoat. Another example is in America before Martin Luther King when blacks and whites were segregated. Also in the Middle Ages with Kings and Nobles thinking that peasants were worth nothing and deserved to be treated like dirt. There are plenty of examples of humans behaving like this throughout history even though we are all created equal. In Allegiant, the only difference is someone's "genetically pure" genes. These genes don't actually cause a change in the person and shouldn't cause that person to be looked down upon.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
A text-to-text connection
(You may want to stop reading my blog if you haven't read Allegiant and are still planning to, just saying I'm bad at not giving things away.)
I noticed a text-to-text connection while reading Allegiant. The connection I thought of was a connection to The Hunger Games. I connected the game makers in The Hunger Games to the people who had been running the experiment outside the city in Divergent. I believe I made this connection because the game makers run the hunger games from outside the arena and can see everything that the tributes do. This is related to the agency running the experiment in Chicago because they just sit and watch the entire experiment go down. They can see everybody's each and every move but they never do anything to stop the violence just like the game makers. There are also other connections between these books, such as how they are both Dystopian American societies with teenage girls as the protagonists. They are also both great and fun to read books that everyone should check out.
I noticed a text-to-text connection while reading Allegiant. The connection I thought of was a connection to The Hunger Games. I connected the game makers in The Hunger Games to the people who had been running the experiment outside the city in Divergent. I believe I made this connection because the game makers run the hunger games from outside the arena and can see everything that the tributes do. This is related to the agency running the experiment in Chicago because they just sit and watch the entire experiment go down. They can see everybody's each and every move but they never do anything to stop the violence just like the game makers. There are also other connections between these books, such as how they are both Dystopian American societies with teenage girls as the protagonists. They are also both great and fun to read books that everyone should check out.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
How the different characters react to the main conflict in the novel
I am currently just passed chapter 18 in Allegiant. Now that they have discovered what is outside the fence, Tris and Tobias are reacting differently and worrying about different things to the same problem.
Tris is more worried about the fact that they have been being watched for their entire lives. People have been observing each and every action that has occurred within the city and it has all been documented as an experiment. I think that she is more bugged by the people watching not intervening when innocent people in the city were being killed.
Tobias was bugged more by the fact that everything he has ever lived for had all been a lie. It was just part of one huge experiment and he doesn't like that. For example, on page 136, Tobias says, "But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters." He is thinking about how his entire life wasn't at all what he thought it was. He is worried that because all he was was an experiment, he didn't truly live for anything and wasn't truly able to do anything that could have changed the world.
Tris is more worried about the fact that they have been being watched for their entire lives. People have been observing each and every action that has occurred within the city and it has all been documented as an experiment. I think that she is more bugged by the people watching not intervening when innocent people in the city were being killed.
Tobias was bugged more by the fact that everything he has ever lived for had all been a lie. It was just part of one huge experiment and he doesn't like that. For example, on page 136, Tobias says, "But there's so much that was a lie, it's hard to figure out what was true, what was real, what matters." He is thinking about how his entire life wasn't at all what he thought it was. He is worried that because all he was was an experiment, he didn't truly live for anything and wasn't truly able to do anything that could have changed the world.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Describe the Setting of the Book
I have just started a book called Allegiant by Veronica Roth which is the third and final book of the Divergent series. So far, the setting of the book is still based in a dystopian Chicago. The entire series is a dystopian society in the future. Currently, Tris and Tobias are deciding whether or not they should leave the city and venture out to see what lies beyond the boundary fence. At the end of the second book, it is revealed there is a whole other world outside the fence and that the people who live in Chicago were placed there on purpose to eventually come back out and save and rebuild the old world which tore itself apart. I believe that sometime soon in the book they will leave to discover what's out there. The leader of the new government, Tobias' Mom, doesn't want anybody to leave. This means that they must leave in secret. Nobody knows what they will find out there but I predict it will be an anarchy with chaos nearly everywhere and a collapsed government. If anyone has any other predictions what they will find please comment them.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Final Blog Reflection
I think that the blog post that best exemplifies my ability to analyze characters is this one where I analyze a minor character's role in the book.
http://mattmsreadingblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/minor-characters-roles-in-insurgent.html
This blog post is the best for analyzing characters because in it, I talked about and analyzed a minor character, Peter, in Insurgent. I explained the way he chooses to live his life and how he goes to whichever side he owes somebody. I also used examples of times in the book when he did this and explained how they made his character appear.
One thing that I struggled with this trimester during our blogging experience was keeping my blog up to date each week. With all the snow days we had on mondays, I rarely got a chance to make a blog post during class like we usually do. I didn't get around to it very often at home so this put me behind for much of the trimester. The way I worked through this struggle was on days we actually did go into the computer lab I would make two blog posts that day instead of the usual one per week. This helped me get caught up and have all 10 posts by the end. Finally, one strength I had while blogging was that I kept up to date with reading weekly. I read at least 50 pages every week and finished the book by the end of the trimester.
http://mattmsreadingblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/minor-characters-roles-in-insurgent.html
This blog post is the best for analyzing characters because in it, I talked about and analyzed a minor character, Peter, in Insurgent. I explained the way he chooses to live his life and how he goes to whichever side he owes somebody. I also used examples of times in the book when he did this and explained how they made his character appear.
One thing that I struggled with this trimester during our blogging experience was keeping my blog up to date each week. With all the snow days we had on mondays, I rarely got a chance to make a blog post during class like we usually do. I didn't get around to it very often at home so this put me behind for much of the trimester. The way I worked through this struggle was on days we actually did go into the computer lab I would make two blog posts that day instead of the usual one per week. This helped me get caught up and have all 10 posts by the end. Finally, one strength I had while blogging was that I kept up to date with reading weekly. I read at least 50 pages every week and finished the book by the end of the trimester.
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