war blog #2

I am now towards the middle of the book and it started to get pretty good and upsetting. Saidu was one of the boys that ishmeal met on his journey alone. He walked in to six people, Musa, Alhaji, Kanei, Jumah, Moriba, and Saidu. They became extremely close on their journey. The author adds some pretty good foreshadowing of what was going to happen to Saidu and it came up pretty fast. After eating the meat from a dead crow the boys think they are going to receive bad luck. You can conclude that they think it is Friday the 13th. It gets really dark outside to the point that they can not even see there own hands. They have to hold each other as they walk so that they do not get lost. They come up towards a bridge and hear whispers walking towards them they all get scared thinking that it is the rebels. They find the closest bush to hide in until they walk by. They figures walk by them and for some reason they can not understand what they are saying. After they walk by everyone regroups by calling each other names everyone answers but Saidu. Saidu is found sitting in a bush not saying a word at all. He is just sitting there in complete silence. When they finally get him to talk again he says they were not people... They have just saw ghosts. Saidu says something that really made ishmeal think. Every time that they come close to death a piece of Saidu dies. He explains soon he will be nothing but a walking body. It seems that the author is trying to give you a heads up that Saidu might not have much time left. When they finally reach the village and nightfall approaches them they find a place outside of someones house to sleep. During the night dogs start to bark and everyone tries to wake up before they are noticed by the homeowner. Everyone wakes, but Saidu the homeowner explains that he knew that they were out there. He tried to do everything he could to wake up Saidu, but they conclusion has came that he had left them. If makes me think about how much longer the rest of the characters in the story have left. They are all scared and have to be losing hope. I wonder how many of the friends Saidu's explanation about a part of him dies every time that he looks death in the eyes effected the rest of the them.

War blog #1

A long way gone is a book about a boy name Ishmael it takes off when he is 10 years old. 2 years after the story starts his village is over ran by the rebels. His brother and friends have run trying not to get captured by the rebels. They try to get as far away as possible but it is hard due to the lack of food and money. They go from village and village looking for a place to spend the night and good to eat. There are a lot of close in counters with the rebels, but they mange to lose them. They end up staying at a village called Kamator. The boys spend boys spend a lot of time there and one night with out any warning they are attacked. Ishmael loses his brother and runs as far as he can. His goal is to get near the sea, but he is completely by himself with out any direction or food and all he can think about is the dead bodies that he has passed so far walking through the villages.

I have no clue how these kids could go through this. I know if I was in Ishmael place I would be lost. I would have no clue what to do at all. Now since he lost his brother and friends I would be even more devastated. I hate being alone.  Also after seeing all of the dead and guts splattered all of the place I wouldn't be able to close my eyes. I can't wait to read on and find out what else happens to him.  I believe he will eventually meet up with his brother again! 

My 3rd Dog n Blog

I recently finished my book and I would say that I am a bit disappointed in the ending. So my blog this time will be about alternate endings.

I think a better ending for this book would have been if they got the Scanner back. I hate cliffhangers and this one was no exception. Maybe if they could have made this book a complete story in itself and then added onto it with the next one that would have been better. I dislike how Tate and his girlfriend's relationship is still in shambles and his mom's fate is left hanging in the balance. Nothing is resolved. Something should have been resolved.

If you dislike cliffhangers I think that you will dislike this book because the entire novel leads up to nothing essentially. Honestly I have not been this disappointed in a book for a long time. Not that I read a lot or anything but still. This book falls in to the science fiction category. I think that overall the book could have been a lot better, mainly in the ending. But there were still some strong points.I do not know whether or not I want to read the sequel.  I guess time will tell. Thanks for reading my blog.

SSR Blog #1

In my book Scan, there are many different conflicts going on within the story. Here are a few.

Man vs. Society

In this book Tate is on the run from an evil alien race. They seem to be in control of everything, even the government. It seems like Tate is actually a minority. Tate has to use the strange things he knows to help him survive. He builds weapons out of ordinary objects and also uses his martial arts skills to escape his enemy on various occasions. This alien race looks hard to beat.

Man vs Man (Or woman I guess)

Tate has been having problems with his girlfriend because he finds out that she is actually an alien and he is not. It was unknown to both of them just a few days before, so she is upset that it matters to him, and he is just confused because he is one of the last humans alive. Their relationship becomes very tense throughout the book, however it is still clear that they like each other because both of them go out of their ways to help the other ones in tough situations, and Tate gets jealous. To solve his problem Tate tries to talk things out, wait things out, and just show affection in general. For the most part it does not seem to be working.

SSR Blog #2

If I could insert myself as a character in this book, I would probably be an alien. I would not want to be a part of one of the crazy human families. I can see myself maybe being friends with Tate but he is kind of weird so I don't know. I would probably have an insignificant part in the story. Maybe I would die off quickly to serve a minor purpose. There are not many characters in the book that stay around very long. Most of them come and go, so that is probably the kind of character I would be.

If I predict what happens in this book, I would say that at least one of the main characters gets hurt or killed. The book seems to be building towards something sad, and I believe that killing off Tate's mom or just injuring his girlfriend would be good. The alien race will probably win in the end because this book does not look like it is going to have a happy ending. I believe that Tate will do something heroic and bring his character arc closer to being like his dad. I also believe that Tate and his girlfriend will fix their relationship by the end. This book will probably end on a cliffhanger.