Blog Post #18:Sharp Objects

     I'm doing my blog post on the book, Sharp Objects, this week.  There are a lot of strong characters in the book. I think that the author gives enough details on the characters that the readers are able to relate, understand, and read the characters.
   
      I am going to do a character analysis on the mother, Adora.  Adora is a rich woman who lives in a big mansion.  Everyone in the small town knows her very well and she knows everybody.  I can tell that Adora is very popular because people talk highly of her and respect her.  I think that people look up to Adora because they think of her as the most rich and powerful woman in the small town.
   
     Adora has a very strong character.  She is very powerful, people do what she tells them to do.  She is sort of in control.  Also, she is very bossy.  he makes people do what she wants.  She is stubborn, she always thinks that she is right.
   
     Adora is not very loving.  Camille, one of Adora's daughters, talked about how Adora was never really a good mother.  Adora never cared for her.  I believe that Adora isn't really a motherly figure.  She makes the decisions around.  Adora lives in one of the biggest houses and I think that she thinks she is the best and everyone wants to be her.

     I think that Adora is very strange.  Camille talked about how she loves teeth and things she used to see Adora do.  I believe that Adora is the one who killed the young girls in Wind Gap.  I believe that because both girls had their teeth pulled out.  Since Adora loves teeth, maybe she has something to do with the girl's murder.

     I believe that Adora's character is strong.  Adora does what she wants and she doesn't care what people think.  She wants everyone to follow her and she wants to be the leader.  I think that the author includes a lot of details in the book so that we can understand Adora's character more.
   

Blogpost #17: The People of Sparks

     In the book, The People of Sparks, Doon and Lina brought the citizens of Ember out of Ember and up to the town of Sparks.  Ember was located underground and Sparks was located above ground.  The people of Sparks allowed the people of Ember to move into their village.
   
     The setting right now is above ground, in the town of Sparks.  The town of Sparks is a village, it is one of the few villages that are not destroyed and still have people living in it.  The author, Jeanne DuPrau, doesn't really describe the setting.  Since the people of Sparks grow most of their food I picture the town of Sparks to have lots of plants, flowers, trees, etc.
   
     Even though Ember is not the main setting, it is still a setting.  Ember is underground and the light comes from electricity.  I imagine Ember to be really dark, scary, and kind of mysterious.  I picture it is a sad place, where people are different because they grew up underground, never seeing sunlight or the ocean.   I also think that Ember is colorless, underground, there are not many colors, mostly earth toned colors.  

     I think that I would rather live in the town of Sparks.  Even though Sparks is a little bit more dangerous because other people outside of the town. I wouldn't want to live in Ember because the electricity was starting to weaken and soon all of the lights would have turned off forever.  The only pros of living in Ember would be it would be safer and there may still be some food left.  The cons would be no power, stuck underground forever.  The pros of living in Sparks would be people would be able to live with and near others, there is food, water, shelters.  The cons would be it could be dangerous and people could get hurt.

     I think that this is a very interesting book.  It deals a lot with trust and getting to know new people.  I think that it is a great book to read.  I really enjoy reading the series.  This is the second book out of four books.  I think that the city of ember series is very interesting and adventurous.  I really enjoy reading this book.

Blogpost #16: The people of Sparks *Spoiler Alert*

     I finished reading "The City of Ember" this weekend so I decided to start reading the second part to the series, "The people of Sparks".  Lina and Doon got out of Ember and into the world above.  Ember was an underground City made to protect the people many years ago because of something that was happening above ground.  Lina and Doon are friends and together they escaped from Ember to find help because Ember was falling apart and soon all of the lights will shut off forever.  

     The people of Sparks don't seem very friendly.  They don't want to help Lina and Doon.  But then again, if I was part of the people of Sparks I don't think I would help them either.  The people of Sparks have never seen Lina or Doon before and they believe they are foreigners.  There are not many people left on Earth and not much food to live off of.  I believe that the people of Sparks think that Lina and Doon are trying to take their food and that is why they are not being so friendly.

     Doon does not seem too friendly either.  Although he is trying to be nice so that he could get help for Ember it doesn't seem like he is trying hard enough because the people of Sparks think he is unfriendly.  In the book, it says "He thinks he's pretty great, thought Torren, hearing a note of pride in the boy's voice."  Torren, a boy part of the People of Sparks thought that Doon was prideful and his attitude came of like that.  I think that I wouldn't really trust Doon either.  If a boy who seemed mean and prideful that I have never seen before came up to me I would not trust him.

     I am enjoying reading this book.  I like reading the City of Ember Series.  I want to read the other two books too!