English II - Period 5A
Mts. J. B. Johnson
September 9, 2014
Summer Reading Responses
Summer Reading Text #1:
Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Genre: Fiction Question #2: If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it? How would you change it? Response: I would change the characters and give more backstory. I would change this because the story felt like it was missing something. The story also felt blank without as much characters like it should’ve had. I would you change this by adding more characters and giving information on how they came to know each other. Question #3:
Choose a character and explain how this character changes throughout the story. What causes the …show more content…
The conflict was resolved by her just getting over it and battling her inner conflicts about him. If this would’ve not been resolved, she would’ve become functionless. She could’ve also not become bold and strong-willed.
Text #2:
Title: Hunger Games- Mockingjay
Author: Suzane Collins
Genre: Fiction Question #1: How is a character in your book similar or different to a character in another book, movie, or someone you know? Explain how the two characters are similar and/or how they are different. Response: Prim is a delicate and kind girl to everybody. Prince reminds me of my cousin, Jasmine, she’s very generous and kind to others. In the book Prim saves a random girl from dying near an exploding bomb. My cousin Jasmine, donates blood to cancer patients in order to help them have more life and blood. Question #2: If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it? How would you change it? Response: I would change the death of Prim. I would change it because after the death of Prim, the death of Prim caused Candice to go under a huge character change. She became a depressed lunatic. I would change it by not letting Prim die, If she was to live, the story could be drastically different and …show more content…
Explain how the two characters are similar and/or how different they are.
Response:
Peeta is a very similar character in Hunger Games as Harry Potter is in Harry Potter. They both are very selfless in their actions. For example, Peeta wants to save Mr. Nice Guy’s life as much as she wants to save Katniss’. With Peeta putting her friends as her top priority, like Harry, she ends up causing herself harm while trying to protect her friends and keep them out of harms way. An example for Harry would be when he insists in saving Draco and it turns out to give nothing but positives.
Question #2:
If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it? How would you change it?
Response:
If I could change anything it would be Mags death. It was pointless and a bad happening for the sake of the book. I would change it because Mags was very vital to the war. She was also very selfless. I would change the death of Mags to the death of someone less relevant in the story. With that change, the book could become thoroughly better and the competitors could have a better chance of