SETTING

THE SETTING OF THE BOOK IS IN VENICE , ITALY .THE AUTHOR GIVES A VERY DETAILED DISRCIPTION ABOUT THE SURROUNDINGS IN THE CITY. IT GIVES YOU A FEEL OF A FANTASY WORLD DISCRIBING STATUES OF WINGED LIONS AND MERMAID SCULPTURES AMONG THE GONDOLA RIDES .THE STORY IS ALSO SET IN A MORE HISTORIC INE PERIOD WICH GIVES THE BOOK EVEN MORE OF AN EDGE TO ME . THE BOOK KEEPS PULLING ME DEEPER INTO THE CITY WITH EACH CHAPTER . THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK PROSPER AND BO ACTUALLY ONLY VISIT VENICE BECAUSE OF THE STORIES THERE MOTHER TELLS THEM WHEN THEY ARE YOUNGER

The Right Decision

the five characters in the this book made a bad decision.The night they all got drunk,and burn down the old hunting cabin with some one in.the they decided too not tell anybody,and hope this would just pass by.Fortuallay he was not dead.he is taking revenage in his own hands.one character has already been shot in his garage.the decision they make are catching up too them fast.I would have not made there decisions,i would had too tell somebody. the police would be my first choice.in this case the right decisions are matter of life or death. I always make the right choice.

Gerry .B

The plot of the story made me keep reading. It kept me inerested in what was going to happen next in the story. The plot is a thriller. It keeps me thinking about the next events that occured in the story. each chapter in the story grabs a hold of you and makes you keep going until you become satified with what you wanted to read, and so far i cant put my book down.

Terrell leslie chris crutcher by chinese handcuffs

These book is very interesting because it kind of relate to real life. It talks about how people become super stars and every body think there life is all gud until they understand whats go on behind laugh and smile . for example dillon have problems at home with his parents. and that real some people have problem with there family and they are superstar in other people eyes . so i hope by the end of these book everything come out gud because its realer as the book goes on .

Fifth Response By: Rodney Rainey

In the story so far,things get more serious and dramatic.Everybody starts to settle down and live their new lives.If their was a chance that I had I would make teir lives more better and acceptable.The characters would live rich with little financial problems and sometimes things would go wrong at home.It would be better if I was the author of the story because the story would have much humor and detail.There would also be sad and romantic moments that would lead to good futures for the characters in the story.

terrell book chris crutcher by chinese handcuffs

right now iam on the part when the star besketball player jennifer had got injured and she had just played her first game she trying to left her head up from the piollw and she cant so it look like she is not going to be playing beketball for long its look like she is going to have these problem adding on the problem she have at home which goign to lead to her meating dillon and them having to comfront there problem it get interesting i tell more later ,

terrell book chris crutcher by chinese handcuffs

basically these book is about a boy name dillon who live in a painful memory of his brother dying and how he played in it. to eep his mind of his brother death he trains intensly for the ironman triathon . dillon met a girl name jennifer who he find confidante in who is also a star player in besketball but have sum secret of her own . but together they got to find someway to to have courage to face there fairs before it to late and that what i am trying to find out what they to late to find for .

terrell book chris crutcher by chinese handcuffs

so far the book is talkin a girl now who had switch to a different school and she is one of the best beketball player in the state and senth the city they come is very small prese is all over it and they ask the coach waz she going to be the key player to the game and the coach said no there are more than just one player on the team so if she focused her team around one person then the other team will notice that and that wouldnt be right and fare for the others players . the prese said more than likely she going to have to work her she is the best in the state .

So far the book has been very good. the characters are very believable the thing that happens is the group of teenage kids get drunk and burn a kid alive in a old hunting cabin. This could happen any where too any boddy.You probably can predict there next move, i will tell you what happens next . The groups of kids decide not to tell anyone, they even threaten the one girl who trying too stop the madness.she was not from around there ,she was a cousin of the one girl in the group .I will make a list of characters later on a different post.This book would never relate too me, because i would never get drunk in the woods and burn some one alive.this book could relate to someone else crazy enought too this.I dont know how long these kids are gonna keep this thing a secret, because this book is named "back from the dead".


by gerry bucino

The Allure of the West

<i>Into the Wild</i>, Jon Krakauer, pgs 144-207 (end)

<i>Death of a Salesman</i>, Arthur Miller, pgs 1-97

So, I finished <i>Into the Wild</i> and started rereading a book that I'm studying with my AP Literature class.  As I read the first act of the play I was struck by the similarity between Chris McCandless and many of the characters from <i>Death of a Salesman</i>.  The main character of this story, Willy Loman frets over a missed opportunity to accompany his older brother to Alaska to make money. Instead he is 60 and stuck in a dead end sales job.  Interestingly enough, Willy's father abandoned <i>him</i> as a child to also seek fortune in Alaska.  In a weird twist, Willy is disappointed in his son Biff because he is constantly seeking work outside of the norm of the day.  He's worked on cattle farms and other jobs that Willy does not respect.  Biff explains that he likes these jobs because he's not stuck inside at a desk and can be out in the open air.

In American culture the west has always been symbolic of the open frontier, a vast unexplored wilderness where a man could make his living outside of the realm of laws and societal constraints.  It's interesting that these two books, written 50 years apart, have such similar themes.

Does anyone else know of any characters who seek a life outside of society?  Anyone have a friend or family member who constantly wants to go out on the open road?  What do you think drives a person to feel like this?

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<b>Dear Blogger:</b>  This is not a spam post.  I am mailing to publish this on all of my student's blogs in order to provide a sample and to engage in discussions.  Please call off the spambots.

Fourth Book Response by: Rodney Rainey

Now this book is at a point where things start to twist a little tab bit.I sometimes don't understand the characters in the story.This particullar reason is that they choose the wrong path to life and then they don't change the way they live at the right time.I noticed that this book has a huge impact on my by how all these problems happen at the same time but then the solutions come in many different ways.

Third Book response by: Rodney Rainey

So far this book is getting more interesting by the second.Dr.john lost his wife in despite of constantly working with experiments in his lab.roschouch is still trying to find out who killed Eddie.I think that he deserved to be murdered because Eddie did many bad things like killing children in Vietnam, raping mid-age women, and killed his girlfriend while she was pregnant.I didn't like Eddie because he thought he was unstoppable and would think that him doing bad things to people was good for his country.

beliveable

The characters seem real and believable. When i was reading the book i caught my elf being sympothic for the characters. the charracters remind me of myself and what i would do in that situation.

The Thief Lord

I am reading The Thief Lord by Corneila Funke. My book is about a group of kids with out homes who make a living by stealing thngs.

i like the book becasue its a clever book. It keeps me thinking about whats going to happen next and it keeps my attention

Book Response by Rodney Rainey

So far the book has been interesting and surprising.Eddie Blake was the comedian hat was murdered in the story.

BACK FROM THE DEAD by:gorman,carol.

this book is about a small town with not much entertainment. stars off at night a group of teenage kids go to a hill in the woods they have beer and are partying.1-4

gerry bucino

terrell

hi ma name Terrell and i am reading book that talk about a boy who was very athlete and he use to run in Marathon and swim team and alot of other stuff . at the begin of the story he start of at winning the Marathon in his age group which is 15 to 17 and he was thinking his swimming coach for pushing forward and making him work hard to get what he was at . than it start of to chapter 1 when he was talking to his little brother .in the kitchen and his little brother want to be just like his big brother when he get older and his older brother is telling him he got to strive to get what he want .and they are in the kitchen having that conversation . i think these is a good book because these is some what reality to how life is really is and i think in the future of these book he is going to be just like his brother but his brother is not going to be there to see it .because of gang violence or car crash .

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer Pages: 1-144

So, the book I'm reading is about this early twenty something kid who
is pretty alienated. It's a nonfiction book, and since I haven't
summed it up yet in a previous response, it's about a kid who is
searching for meaning in life and seeks this meaning by exploring.
At the beginning of the book we find out that he ends up dying in the
middle of Alaska to exposure.

Even though I think I'm supposed to, I'm having a really hard time
identifying with the main character, Chris McCandless. I look at
the cover and there's this picture of Emile Hirsch portraying
McCandless. He's a good looking kid, and he's kind of sitting in this
"top of the world" type dominant pose. The author seems to really
identify with the character, and spends a couple of chapters relating
his own similar experiences. And McCandless is seemingly the rugged,
individualistic antihero that Americans celebrate.

But, I can't get into him, and I think it's because I'm a parent
now. I see the way this kid abandoned his parents, went off into the
middle of nowhere, took chances, didn't write home, and espoused his
theories on the way life works to whomever would listen, and I'm
like, "dude...call your mom, dad and sister. They're worried sick."
The kid is kind of portrayed as this spiritual, deep Thoreau quoting
prophetic figure, but he just strikes me as naive and self centered.
I don't know what I'd do if I was his parent. I would be devastated
if my son took off after graduating college and just disappeared.
It's really rather sad.

(By the way, if you're wondering, this response is to the 7th bullet
under character. The total length of this response is 279 words. I
summed up the book to start because I figured you'd need that
information, but then I really tried to stick to talking about
whether or not I identified with the main character and why.)

A Birthday Passion By:Rodney Rainey

A happy day
that we were born on
to live
and learn with
so much joy
beyond the stars
and sky above
we show much love
for birthday boys
and girls
men and women
birthdays are good
and some are bad
withoout a mother
or even a dad
the cake looks goods
all on my face
no time to wste on my birthday
i'm out of time
todays the day
to everyone.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Story Response by:Rodney Rainey

The book that I have been reading is a comic story called "Watchmen".It"s a story about a murder of a comedian who worked for bad political people.

Today is my birthday!!!!!!


jamal campbell

Further Directions

Gentlemen, I know we have had a difficult time setting up the blog, but I feel like I need to clarify my directions. You are to post about your book. Look at the first post on the blog. This will give you directions for blog response #1. Let's get it together.

Wudd if?

Im here to say "wut if"?

Saying Hello

Hi my name is Rodney and i came by to say hello and observe your blog.

MY MOMMA BY:Rodney Rainey

The Lady I Know
Da DayI Was born
A provider
A teacher
A mother
A Mother with pride
No fear in her eyes
My mother no lye
I love her soul
with so much joy
Like a boy
With christmas toys
Im happy she here
Everyday I pray
With Words to say
In many different ways
Im amazed
At her ambition
As a real Mother
Caring for me
And how to learn
My Momma for life
A person I love

terrell

hi these terrell i just for what had to post

Your 1st Post!

Today in class we will be posting to our blogs. To keep things simple, this
first post will be a kind of introductory thing. Here's what I'd like each
of you to write (make sure it is under your own display name):

1. In 2-3 sentences, give us a taste of the book. What is the title? Who
is the author? What is the "gist"? (It's about a girl who...)
2. In a separate paragraph of 2-3 sentences, finish this sentence: One
thing I like (or don't like) about the book so far is...