Reading Log 10/28

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10/22- The Book Thief Markus Zusak 60 mins Pages 1-78
10/24- The Book Thief  Markus Zusak 20 mins Pages 79-102
10/27- The Extra Short Stories (Araby, Sucker, The Sniper) 60 mins

Halloween

When I was little, Halloween was one of my favorite holidays. I loved going and shopping for my costume. I would spend at least an hour in the costume store searching through each and every costume. Eventually after a long journey of shopping, I would finally find the perfect costume. I would try on my costume multiple times before Halloween night would come.

When Halloween night would finally come, all of our neighbors would come to our house before we would set out to trick or treat. All of the kids would beg the parents until 7:00 when we finally got to set out. We would all run out of the door, going to each house and asking for candy. Our bags would fill up quick because our neighbors were very generous. After we went the whole route, we would all go back home, and feast on our candy.

Reading Response 10/28

This weekend, I read the three short stories I was assigned. However, one of thing stood out to me. "Sucker" by Carson McCullers, "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty, and "Araby" by James Joyce was very interesting. One thing that I have noticed with many of the short stories, and particularly this one, is that at the end of the story, there are not happy endings. Most books and movies end happily, but lots of the shorts stories that I have read do not. I think it may be because books and movies take a long time to read/watch, so the author probably wants to please the viewer for spending so much time on their work. However, with short stories you don't spend so much time with them and you don't get as attached to the characters. In "Sucker", "The Sniper, and "Araby" the endings leave you sad.

Another thing that I noticed is that the stories are about very strange things that books would not be about. For example, "Araby" was about a guy who went to a bazaar and ended up going crazy. Other stories such as "The Waltz of the Fat Man" and "Harrison Bergeron" also had very strange plots.

Reading Times and Personal Questions

10/9      Ready Player One-  Ernest Cline      35 mins pages 344-370

10/10     Rereading Short Stories for test          55 mins

10/12  Ready Player One- Ernest Cline        50 mins     pages 371-425


Personal Questions:

How does a person's personality form and change over time? What causes it to do this?
What would happen to the world if all electricity suddenly went out?
What compels people to do terrible and tragic things?
What would happen if we lived in a world with no rules or laws?

Reading Log

Date	Book	Time
9/30	And of Clay Are We Created	25 mins
9/31	Ready Player One- Ernest Cline The Girls in their Summer Dresses	45 mins 20 mins
10/2	Waltz of the Fat Man	40 mins
10/3	Ready Player One – Ernest Cline	30 mins
10/6	Short Story Draft	40 mins