I just finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and it was very amazing. What i liked most about it was that Suzanne Collins never failed to keep me attached to the book. She added so many epic surprises that I just needed to keep reading. Another thing that I liked a lot about the book was her character's. My favorite character, Peeta Mellark, was greatly represented as he carried out his love for Katniss all throughout the book. It made him seem even more convincing.
Starting with in the beginning, way back before the reaping even began, when Katniss was eleven and it was right after her dad had died, and she needed to search for food for her family, without any luck, she started to search in trash cans outside of different stores. Looking in the trash can outside the bakery, which was owned by Peeta's family, his mother shooed her away. He felt bad, obviously since he was in love with her, and 'accidently' dropped two loafs of bread in the fire. Quickly pulling out, trying to not get into too much trouble by his mom. After, she told him to give it to the pigs outside, but when he pretended to, he actually gave it to Katniss who was still sitting outside in the rain, crying and worried about how she was going to get foor for her family. I thought that was so sweet when I first read it. it made me love Peeta Mellark right formt the very beginning.
But, his love for Katniss is still carried on throughout the book when they are put in the interviews, and Peeta tells all of the Capitol that he has had a crush on her since he can remember. Which is just so cute, I loved it so much. She got all embarrassed thinking that the crowd would see he as weak, but they didn't, they actually started to see her as attractive, if Peeta Mellark, a very handsome, friendly boy would have a crush on her, then maybe she really ins't that bad. She did come of to the crowd as rather stiff, and that did help her lighten things up.
Peeta's love for Katniss followed through to the end when they were in the arena, and Peeta joined up with the Careers, kids who trained all their life to win the games, just so that he could lead them away from her. He protected her from people trying to kill her. All the way up until when he didn't want her to go to the feast and get him medicine that he needed when he had blood poisoning and was almost going to die, because he thought it was too dangerous and he didn't want her to get hurt. to the very end when he got upset because he found out that when in the arena, she only pretended to be in love with Peeta for the crowd so that they would get more sponsors, which would increase their chance of winning.
I honestly adore Peeta Mellark for his love for Katniss. He's so true, and brave, and adorable, it makes be love the book even mroe just because of him, and I think that Suzanne Collins did a wonderful job at selling him to me. Great job Peeta, Suzanne.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Totally Relatable
Reading the book Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker really made me realize that the main character, Ricki Jo, is way more relatable than I thought she would turn out to be. You see, the thing is, all she really wants is to be accepted. At her school, by her friends, her parents, everyone. She wanted the life where you never needed to worry about fitting in, because she already had it, and she would do anything to get it. That's understandable. Me, as a middle schooler can completely relate, especially since I'm in the eighth grade. Next year, I am going to go to a school where nobody knows who I am, except for those few people who knew me from somewhere else. While everybody else has known eachother and gone to school with eachother all their lives, I'm the new girl.
It's the exact same think with Ricki Jo, an I can totally understand how she feels. In the book, the meets a boy, David Wolfenbaker, Wolf, and she likes him, a lot. He tells her props about how to fit in when going to the school, what to do and what not to do. Who to hang out with and who not to hang out with, where to sit during lunch. It all counts, and if i were Ricki Jo, it would count to me too, and it probably will next year when I won't have nobody to talk to except for people who aren't in the same classes as I am.
As I got to the middle of the story, Ricki Jo started going way out of her range, being somebody who she would never be if it weren't for the whole wanting to fit in thing. That part if understandable, I guess, but, not really relatable. It does show me that fitting in means a lot more to Ricki Jo than it would to be. if it means going to a party with David Wolfenbaker and alcohol. I would never do that, and I know that. but, it also really shows me what type of person Ricki Jo is. It shows me that even though she is relatable in most ways, she still isn't, and there are still some elements of her personality that are going to take some analyzing. Ricki Jo is just as confusing as understandable, which is another thing we have in common.
It's the exact same think with Ricki Jo, an I can totally understand how she feels. In the book, the meets a boy, David Wolfenbaker, Wolf, and she likes him, a lot. He tells her props about how to fit in when going to the school, what to do and what not to do. Who to hang out with and who not to hang out with, where to sit during lunch. It all counts, and if i were Ricki Jo, it would count to me too, and it probably will next year when I won't have nobody to talk to except for people who aren't in the same classes as I am.
As I got to the middle of the story, Ricki Jo started going way out of her range, being somebody who she would never be if it weren't for the whole wanting to fit in thing. That part if understandable, I guess, but, not really relatable. It does show me that fitting in means a lot more to Ricki Jo than it would to be. if it means going to a party with David Wolfenbaker and alcohol. I would never do that, and I know that. but, it also really shows me what type of person Ricki Jo is. It shows me that even though she is relatable in most ways, she still isn't, and there are still some elements of her personality that are going to take some analyzing. Ricki Jo is just as confusing as understandable, which is another thing we have in common.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Farming in Kentucky
The book that I am currently reading is called Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker. This book is about a girl named Ricki Jo, and she lives in Kentucky, obviously. Her whole story is about her transitioning into a new school and trying to figure out her the right friends for her. You see, in the small town that she lives in, there is only one of everything. One movie theater, one shopping mall, one elementary one middle and one high school, and one church. Ricki Jo when to the very little Catholic school all her life up until high school. in the Catholic school that she went to, there was only one class per grade, so basically everybody knew everybody. Which is no fun, and super boring. Well, things are pretty different in her new high school, being the only one in the town, all of the high school kids are going to go there, which makes it pretty hard to know everybody, and also hard to chose just who would be a good fit friend for you. Ricki Jo does know some people though, like her friend since she was born, Luke. The live just a block away from each other, and before they were both born, their parents were friends to in high school. I think that it's nice to have a friend like that, that you've known all of you life. Luke and his dad have a tobacco farm, that hasn't been doing so well and could really use some extra help, and since after Ricki o's dad took a factory job, there's nothing for them to do in the summer during the day, since he has night shifts, so they help them out on their farm. I think that the geological location of this book really helps the character decide who her real friends are because it gives her time to spend with certain people she isn't sure about.
Ricki Jo living in Kentucky, which is a state where some people can still live off of agriculture and selling their crops to companies, helps her with her problem as a character. Since her and her family is helping her friend Luke out on his farm, she is getting to spend more time with him, and really see his true intensions. You see, Ricki Jo, when she goes to school is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. She has to choose between hanging out with the popular kids at school, or hanging out with the people that she knows to be her true friends. I think that by helping Luke out on he farm is a great way to spend time together, also allowing them to talk things out it they're having any type of problem.
Also, in Kentucky, since there are so many kids, they do just about everything in alphabetical order. They divide homerooms, lockers, desks all in alphabetical order. This changes the way that Ricki Jo can even get to new people because at school, she'll just be around all the same people all day long. Which might not be so bad in some ways, like then she'll end up getting to know whoever's next to her really, really well. Which is such a coincidence, that David Wolfenbaker sits right next to her in every class, has a locker next to her, and all the same classes with her. That gives her an advantage, especially since he is the boy of her dreams, she'll then be able to get to know him a lot beter.
So basically, all in all, the geological location of this story really helps Ricki Jo, as a character, solve her problem in choosing which friends to side with, and helps her realize who actually holds true intensions.
Ricki Jo living in Kentucky, which is a state where some people can still live off of agriculture and selling their crops to companies, helps her with her problem as a character. Since her and her family is helping her friend Luke out on his farm, she is getting to spend more time with him, and really see his true intensions. You see, Ricki Jo, when she goes to school is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. She has to choose between hanging out with the popular kids at school, or hanging out with the people that she knows to be her true friends. I think that by helping Luke out on he farm is a great way to spend time together, also allowing them to talk things out it they're having any type of problem.
Also, in Kentucky, since there are so many kids, they do just about everything in alphabetical order. They divide homerooms, lockers, desks all in alphabetical order. This changes the way that Ricki Jo can even get to new people because at school, she'll just be around all the same people all day long. Which might not be so bad in some ways, like then she'll end up getting to know whoever's next to her really, really well. Which is such a coincidence, that David Wolfenbaker sits right next to her in every class, has a locker next to her, and all the same classes with her. That gives her an advantage, especially since he is the boy of her dreams, she'll then be able to get to know him a lot beter.
So basically, all in all, the geological location of this story really helps Ricki Jo, as a character, solve her problem in choosing which friends to side with, and helps her realize who actually holds true intensions.
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