I read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. I really liked it, it painted beautiful mental pictures, and the story was tragic, but happy. I definitely know that I want to do this author, he writes with fluid words, that keep you reading until you are finished. I like his style, I like his stories, and it is fun to read.
I am reading the Screwtape Letters written by C.S. Lewis. i've like it so far because it definitely makes you consider your choices in life and how they affect your beliefs.
I read Misery by Anton Chekhov and it was a well written short story and I liked it. I liked Misery because it wasn't lengthy and in the end of the short story, the main character finally gets what he wants.
I chose Author Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. It is considerably longer than the other stories, but i found it to be quite interesting due to its practical application of common details being used to deduce information.
I read The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield. It was really interesting but extremely hard to follow. I liked it but i would like it more if i could understand it better. I think i will choose this for junior research because it really goes into the psychology of the character and I could probably find a lot to say and analyze about it.
I selected The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and LOVED it. It was interesting to see how the original Little Mermaid and the Disney version differed. I am such a huge fan of The Little Mermaid that I really enjoyed learning about the more in depth story. Hans Christian Andersen has truly mastered the art of telling classic fairy tales in a more mature way. I would really like to dig deeper into the story and pick out the intriguing and complex aspects for my research paper.
I read The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling. I did not like this story. It was hard to concentrate on reading this. I kept zoning out, and it was hard to understand. This story was not interesting to me, and it was long and dragged out. --Katherine Herbert
I selected 'The Man Who Would Be King' by Rudyard Kippling. I didn't like it that much at first because I didn't understand it at all and it was really slow. I had to go over it a few times to figure out what it was really saying and then when I thought I kind of figured out the meaning I liked it a little more. The moral I think was about how if someone breaks a promise then there will be consequences in the end. I don't know if I'm going to choose it for my Junior Research Project.
I chose "An Ideal Family" by Katherine Mansfield. It was a pretty slow story and at times I would be reading and not know what was going on. However, overall I liked it because it was about a family that seemed perfect but on the inside they weren't so it kept me wanting to read it even though it was slow.
I read A Piece of String by Guy De Maupassant. This story was very interesting, and the ending is melancholy. The story was about two pages, but I think the introduction could have been shortened quite a bit. This story substantiates how the pressures of society affects one's well-being.
I read " The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is about this weird village that finds a dead man's body on their shore, and instead of panicking they clean him up, dress him nicely, and realize he is awesomely beautiful. Even the men love his build and they set him off to sea in hopes his body will come back to their new and improved village. Sarafina OG Onor
Guy de Maupassant, author of "The Necklace" did a great job presenting symbolism and irony in his short story. I liked this story because it was easy to follow. Guy did a great job using a practical and realistic situation to show the ideals of the story. I just really liked it!!
I read The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield and it was very good. The moral of the story was very hard to find, but the overall story was very interesting because you never knew exactly why Laura (the main character) was so different from her family. I recommend this author because her writing is very vivid and it was enjoyable to read because the characters all came to life. lexi
I read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. This story was really funny and the ending was not what I had expected at all. I actually enjoyed reading it. The language was easy to understand. Many literary elements were present in the story, which made the story even more fun to read. I really enjoy this author, but especially this work.
I read "The Door in the Wall" by H.G. Wells. Some parts of it were very wordy and boring, but once I got to the climax of the story, I enjoyed reading it. The ending was satisfactory and left me with some questions unanswered.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez-- A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
I enjoyed this story though it was slow paced because I feel that it shows the fickleness of human nature and how easily things can be forgotten. I feel there is a lot of hidden symbolism within the story and I would love to be able to examine it. Though the story was dark at the beginning, it was lighter and happier towards the end-- who doesn't like a story with a happy ending?
I read the Door in the Wall, by HG Wells. Interesting story with a lot of contrasting ideas. I enjoyed reading the story of this boy finding his imaginary sanctuary that kept me entertained as I read it.
I read "The Treasure-Ship" by Saki. It is one of the stories within his collection "The Happy Cat and other Beasts, Super-Beasts, and Monster". It's not really very exciting but it is engaging and slightly confusing.
I read "The Door in the Wall", written by H.G. Wells, it is a story that explores how childhood experiences can captivate the mind and last a lifetime. The door in Lionel Wallace’s story, as told by his lifelong friend, leads to a garden paradise where he once went as a child.
I read "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells. Some parts of it was confusing and boring but then it got better. It was a good read and for most parts it kept me interested.
I read "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov, and I liked it, but I am still a bit lost about the meaning behind the ending. The story seems to contradict itself, because the Darling, Olenka, is unlucky in love, because all the men she loves either die and leave her widowed, or leave her. However, she is lucky because she is able to find multiple people that she loves and marries, while some people might even have trouble finding one. I like that this is not overly depressing, but it provides multiple different emotions that vary with each change in the story.
I read Adventures of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I really liked this short story. It followed the case of Sherlock Holmes, it was really fun to read about how he figures out the case before anyone else could and how he figured it out.
I read Sredni Vashtar by Sakki. It was really short and was an easy read. The story its self was kind of weird but used alot of symbolism and gave a deeper meaning to the story. Sakkis writing really flowed through out the short story and made it easy to understand what was going on. It was a very interesting short story but I liked it overall.
I am reading Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, and so far it is a very intense book that has a compelling message. So far, Lewis has done an amazing job pointing out the nature of man and their belief in a real Right and Wrong. He does a great job pointing out the simple truths of the Law of Nature and how we as humans react to it. I can tell this book will be very complex and I look forward to reading the rest. - Patrick Bailey
I read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. I really liked it, it painted beautiful mental pictures, and the story was tragic, but happy. I definitely know that I want to do this author, he writes with fluid words, that keep you reading until you are finished. I like his style, I like his stories, and it is fun to read.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the Screwtape Letters written by C.S. Lewis. i've like it so far because it definitely makes you consider your choices in life and how they affect your beliefs.
ReplyDeleteI read Misery by Anton Chekhov and it was a well written short story and I liked it. I liked Misery because it wasn't lengthy and in the end of the short story, the main character finally gets what he wants.
ReplyDeleteI chose Author Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. It is considerably longer than the other stories, but i found it to be quite interesting due to its practical application of common details being used to deduce information.
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I read The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield. It was really interesting but extremely hard to follow. I liked it but i would like it more if i could understand it better. I think i will choose this for junior research because it really goes into the psychology of the character and I could probably find a lot to say and analyze about it.
ReplyDeleteI selected The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and LOVED it. It was interesting to see how the original Little Mermaid and the Disney version differed. I am such a huge fan of The Little Mermaid that I really enjoyed learning about the more in depth story. Hans Christian Andersen has truly mastered the art of telling classic fairy tales in a more mature way. I would really like to dig deeper into the story and pick out the intriguing and complex aspects for my research paper.
ReplyDeleteI read the door in the wall... it was wicked. Great read and it kept me turing the page. This short story was by H.G. Wells, he's the man.
ReplyDeleteI read The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling. I did not like this story. It was hard to concentrate on reading this. I kept zoning out, and it was hard to understand. This story was not interesting to me, and it was long and dragged out.
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I selected 'The Man Who Would Be King' by Rudyard Kippling. I didn't like it that much at first because I didn't understand it at all and it was really slow. I had to go over it a few times to figure out what it was really saying and then when I thought I kind of figured out the meaning I liked it a little more. The moral I think was about how if someone breaks a promise then there will be consequences in the end. I don't know if I'm going to choose it for my Junior Research Project.
ReplyDeleteI chose "An Ideal Family" by Katherine Mansfield. It was a pretty slow story and at times I would be reading and not know what was going on. However, overall I liked it because it was about a family that seemed perfect but on the inside they weren't so it kept me wanting to read it even though it was slow.
ReplyDeleteI read A Piece of String by Guy De Maupassant. This story was very interesting, and the ending is melancholy. The story was about two pages, but I think the introduction could have been shortened quite a bit. This story substantiates how the pressures of society affects one's well-being.
ReplyDeleteI read " The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is about this weird village that finds a dead man's body on their shore, and instead of panicking they clean him up, dress him nicely, and realize he is awesomely beautiful. Even the men love his build and they set him off to sea in hopes his body will come back to their new and improved village. Sarafina OG Onor
ReplyDeleteGuy de Maupassant, author of "The Necklace" did a great job presenting symbolism and irony in his short story. I liked this story because it was easy to follow. Guy did a great job using a practical and realistic situation to show the ideals of the story. I just really liked it!!
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I read The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield and it was very good. The moral of the story was very hard to find, but the overall story was very interesting because you never knew exactly why Laura (the main character) was so different from her family. I recommend this author because her writing is very vivid and it was enjoyable to read because the characters all came to life.
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I read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. This story was really funny and the ending was not what I had expected at all. I actually enjoyed reading it. The language was easy to understand. Many literary elements were present in the story, which made the story even more fun to read. I really enjoy this author, but especially this work.
ReplyDeleteI read "The Door in the Wall" by H.G. Wells. Some parts of it were very wordy and boring, but once I got to the climax of the story, I enjoyed reading it. The ending was satisfactory and left me with some questions unanswered.
ReplyDeleteGabriel Garcia Marquez-- A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this story though it was slow paced because I feel that it shows the fickleness of human nature and how easily things can be forgotten. I feel there is a lot of hidden symbolism within the story and I would love to be able to examine it. Though the story was dark at the beginning, it was lighter and happier towards the end-- who doesn't like a story with a happy ending?
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I read the Door in the Wall, by HG Wells. Interesting story with a lot of contrasting ideas. I enjoyed reading the story of this boy finding his imaginary sanctuary that kept me entertained as I read it.
ReplyDeleteI read "The Treasure-Ship" by Saki. It is one of the stories within his collection "The Happy Cat and other Beasts, Super-Beasts, and Monster". It's not really very exciting but it is engaging and slightly confusing.
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I read "The Door in the Wall", written by H.G. Wells, it is a story that explores how childhood experiences can captivate the mind and last a lifetime. The door in Lionel Wallace’s story, as told by his lifelong friend, leads to a garden paradise where he once went as a child.
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I read "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells. Some parts of it was confusing and boring but then it got better. It was a good read and for most parts it kept me interested.
ReplyDeleteI read "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov, and I liked it, but I am still a bit lost about the meaning behind the ending. The story seems to contradict itself, because the Darling, Olenka, is unlucky in love, because all the men she loves either die and leave her widowed, or leave her. However, she is lucky because she is able to find multiple people that she loves and marries, while some people might even have trouble finding one. I like that this is not overly depressing, but it provides multiple different emotions that vary with each change in the story.
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I read Adventures of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I really liked this short story. It followed the case of Sherlock Holmes, it was really fun to read about how he figures out the case before anyone else could and how he figured it out.
ReplyDeleteI read Sredni Vashtar by Sakki. It was really short and was an easy read. The story its self was kind of weird but used alot of symbolism and gave a deeper meaning to the story. Sakkis writing really flowed through out the short story and made it easy to understand what was going on. It was a very interesting short story but I liked it overall.
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I am reading Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, and so far it is a very intense book that has a compelling message. So far, Lewis has done an amazing job pointing out the nature of man and their belief in a real Right and Wrong. He does a great job pointing out the simple truths of the Law of Nature and how we as humans react to it. I can tell this book will be very complex and I look forward to reading the rest.
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