Final Blog Reflection

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This is my best blog post because i cited strong textual evidence that my book has connections to todays world. I connected the quote ,"...many of the solders still think of us almost as pets. There is no ignoring the way they cluster round us for snapshots and beg us to sign the photographs. But that too, is kind of medicine for them, so I forbid myself from complaining"(Miller 29/30). with todays celebrities. I made sense of this quote, explaining how the princesses were like todays celebrities. i also made the inference that "the soldiers will continue to treat the girls like this, these they are royal so they are famous." I was able to infer this because of the quote and prediction I made while reading my book.

Choice 1:
A reading goal I have for myself next trimester is to read more and try and get at least halfway through my book. A writing goal that I have for myself is to improve the words I use when I'm writing. Like not use use common words and try to use "big" words. I need to improve my reading skills by coming up with a theme that isn't cheesy, since I tend to do that. I need to improve my writing skills by making sure if I write a story that it has everything a good story should have. Like a conflict, figurative language, sight, sound, thought, feel,and the rest of those literary elements.

Characters

Right now I am not far enough into my book for the figure out the type of characters in my book. Since I'm still in the beginnings he parents and brother are round characters. And the four princesses are main characters. I think the point of view is first person. I am not sure about that because you can reads all four of the princesses thoughts in their point of view. 

Links and display

http://muggle-born.net/book-review-the-lost-crown-by-sarah-miller/
this is a website of a blog and they blogged about The Lost Crown. So you can see someone elese point of view about this book. I agreed with what was written on the blog. I think that this is a good resource to use so that if you dont understand anything you can see if this person's blog could help you figure it out.

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http://www.examiner.com/article/book-review-the-lost-crown-by-sarah-miller

This website gives a outline of what happens in The Lost Crown. It tells you about

the sisters and their family. It also tells you and the point of view in the book. And it 

gives you a brief summary.

Tone and mood

1. The tone of my book right now if flirty. And the mood is happy mood right now. The mood is happy because as the book goes through each princesses point of view it's showing a happy time of the book. Even though there is a war between their country and another and the father is commander or tsar and there only brother went to go fight they aren't letting that get them down. They are finding different ways to distract them ,like the soldiers at the hospital.

2. "We tease Mashka, but Tatiana and i both have our favorite, the way we always pick out officers to flirt with on Standart"(Miller 60). This moment in the book showed that there are cute soldiers in the hospital that the older princesses can try to be friends with. The speakers tone influenced this moment because they are trying to be friends with the soldiers so they have to persuade them into keeping a conversation with them.

Theme and summary

So far in my book I'm still in the beginning/middle of my book so it's too early to tell what the theme is. Right now the book is in the rising action. In The Lost Crown the part that I am at the princesses and their  family are still trying to make it through everything that's going on with the war. Some of these events are their mother is from the country that's fighting with so the soldiers are saying bad stuff about her behind her back as much as people do today. Also the princesses have to deal with the injured soldiers since they are working with the Red Cross. Also they are having hard times going out into public with everything going on, not only do the princesses feel uncomfortable but the guards that have to go with them are uncomfortable also. 

reading skills redo

...many of the solders still think of us almost as pets. There is no ignoring the way they cluster round us for snapshots and beg us to sign the photographs. But that too, is kind of medicine for them, so I forbid myself from complaining"(Miller 29/30). In my book the princess are all into nursing the soldiers so they are always helping out in the hospital. Since they are princess people would want to take pictures with. Who wouldn't want to take a picture with royalty? The soldiers don't appreciate them being there. They just think that those girls are the daughters of our king I must take a picture and ask them to sign it. They don't think if them as regular people. It would be like today if you saw your idol. You would go up to them and ask for a picture. I think that the soldiers will continue to treat the girls like this, these they are royal so they are famous. this is like today because today famous people are always asked for pictures, autographs, etc.

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"But with the war dragging on and the newspaper headlines turning grim, I've seen the way some of the men have began looking at Mama. I hear them whisper Nemka, behind her back". This reminded me of the world we live in now. Most people go and gossip behind people's back, call them names, make fun of them, etc. this book takes place in 1915. They probably didn't gossip much or call people a Nemka a lot back then. I remember my grandma telling me that when she was a kind if they didn't like someone they would either tell them or not talk to them. 

This also reminds my of the saying we learned back in kindergarten. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. We have all heard this at least once in our lives hopefully more. It seem like no one listens or remembers that much anymore.

Book Recomendation

I recommend The Lost Crown to someone who's enjoys translating words. Someone who's knows some about the Russian culture would have a better understanding of the book. If you like story's about a royal family that is having war issues between countries and the 4 daughters and their son have to grow up by each other. The parents are stressed out with all the war issues. The children have to find hope that the war will end and everything can go back to the way they were before the war.

In this book you get to see different points of views. You read in the views of all the daughters. I like this because you not just stuck with one point if view the whole book.

"This is your brother , not an officer, you goose..."(Miller 48). You goose. I now love that expression! It's so funny and no one every says it. I plan on saying that to my friends. You just have to laugh when you hear it.  

Right now my book is really confusing. It takes place in a Russia speaking area and I don't speak Russian or know much about Russia. The author did put a Russia dictionary in the front of the book that I can use so that's helpful. I think the book will get easier to read because I would be kind of used to every.

Analysis

...many of the solders still think of us almost as pets. There is no ignoring the way they cluster round us for snapshots and beg us to sign the photographs. But that too, is kind of medicine for them, so I forbid myself from complaining"(Miller 29/30). In my book the princess are all into nursing the soldiers so they are always helping out in the hospital. Since they are princess people would want to take pictures with. Who wouldn't want to take a picture with royalty? The soldiers don't appreciate them being there. They just think that those girls are the daughters of our king I must take a picture and ask them to sign it. They don't think if them as regular people. It would be like today if you saw your idol. You would go up to them and ask for a picture.

I read an article about how Billy Hamilton, a rookie Reds player, was a amazing player. The article talked about how fast he was since he is a pinch-runner. and in this particular game Puig had an amazing arm so no one wanted to dare to steal a base. I thought it was interesting how so many people commented on how fast of a runner he is. For instant the Reds manager thought that the Reds had given up in the ninth inning but decided it wouldn't be worth it to put Hamilton in because there were fast runners on base. But now Hamilton has to try to become more then just a pinch-runner.

"With the blast of brass and drums, the ships band breaks into a march..."(Miller 9). i wonder if the ships band is anything like a marching band. Like our schools or is it just a few people? Would they only have one or two people playing the same instrument? Would they have just some instruments? Then would the type of instruments depend on the time period? Because i don't know when certain instruments were made. Also would the snares control the speed they walk at? i think that they would only allow men to by in this because of the time period or do they let anyone who can play the intrument very well. 

 



Prompt A

The theme of Speechless is even if something is right and everyone is telling you that it’s wrong, don’t be afraid to do it, no matter what the consequences will be. After what happened at Kristen’s New Year’s Eve party incident, Chelsea know who caused it. She was told to not tell anyone, but everyone in school knows that Chelsea doesn’t know how to keep something like this just to herself. “I can play dumb like Kristen said. No one has to hear it from me. I can stay quiet, even if no one else steps forward. Even if it means Warren and Joey get away with this. Even if Noah never wakes up. What if he doesn’t? And what if no one points the finger at Warren and Joey? If that happens, can I really live with myself?”(Harrington, 34). Chelsea had to separate what she knew was right and what her friends wanted her to do.

 

This website shows a interview with the author of Speechless, Hannah Harrington. She talks about why she written the book like she did, the main character, and about bullying.





Speechless

 

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