Summer Assignment entry 4, Revolver

                This book was not my first choice to read but after going to the store and realizing they were out of my top choice I just went with it. After reading it I realize that this should have been my top pick all along. The book was so good I couldn’t put it down(except when I accidently fell asleep reading it at night). I normally do not enjoy reading projects like this because of the books but in this case its just the opposite. The book was the good part. My attention got drawn to this book because of a friends recommendation and the cover picture and title. I mean who wouldn’t enjoy a book with the title of revolver. I did not see really any personal connections in this book except for the fact that I have always been interested in gold and have watched many mining shows placed up where the book is set. I would recommend this book to anyone reading for fun or a project because this was one of the best books I have read. More people should be able to enjoy this book like I have. I started this summer thinking I was going to have to read an awful book but it turns out I was wrong.

Summer Assignment entry 3, Revolver

                Revolver is an action packed thriller that keeps your nose in the book till the end. In Revolver there is never a shortage of action. In the book Wolff says “I’ve nearly frozen to death. Twice. I have starved. I have eaten things no man should eat. I’ve crawled through the snow and the ice and damn near lost my other thumb to frostbite like I lost my first.  And a man without thumbs is nothing. I could have laid down and died a thousand times over the last ten years, but I didn’t. I kept going, because all the time, I knew my gold was waiting for me.”(Sedgewick 107) This quote from the book is said by Wolff as he is trying to get his golf from Sig who happens to nothing about it. Yet Wolff insists he does or he will kill him. Einar had struck a deal with wolff to split the gold but Einar never wanted anything to do with Wolff. When they planned to meet up to split it Einar had evaded him. I choose this quote also because it gives insight as to the violence that Wolff can and will create all for some old he thinks he is owed.

Summer Assignment entry 2, Revolver

              The complexity of the characters in this book vary slightly between characters with some similarities. Einar wants his family to be well and to have success up north in order to provide for his family. Sig only wished for his father to not be dead and to survive Wolffs rath towards him and his sister. Anna wants her mother to be well and to also to not die at the hands of Wolff. Wolff wants his old and he will kill to get it. Nadya and Maria just wish for their family to survive.

                Some themes that begin to develop are faith which is woven into the story throughout the entire plot. The belief in the bible and faith in god keeps them going. Another theme is wealth, this is relevant throughout the story. The whole novel revolves around wealth because of the stolen gold and that is what drives the plot. Lastly another theme is violence, Wolff single handedly drives this theme into the story by confronting the Andersson family. The book is structured into parts with flashbacks. Each part connects to the others by giving bits of information which foreshadow things to come ten years into the future.

Summer Assignment Entry 1, "Revolver"

                 In my book Revolver by Marcus Sedgewick, There are not as many main characters as you would expect. But that doesn’t make them any less important. One main character is Einar Andersson, The father of Sig and Anna and husband to Maria and then Nadya. Einar’s two children are also important main characters named Sigfried and Maria. In this book Sigfrid or also known as Sig is the protagonist while the antagonist is another main character named Gunther Wolff. Einar’s wife is also a main character. She is a god loving woman named Maria. In Revolver there are three different settings, with two being far more important than the other. This book is placed in Nome and Giron, Two cities that lay far up north. This book includes flashback chapters to try to give you clues as to what’s happening now and why it’s happening. The flashbacks, which usually happen every other chapter go back and forth ten years at a time.  The final setting is 57 years into the future with Sig as an old man. It is placed in the Warwick Hotel in New York City.

                The main conflict in the novel is between Sig and Wolff about a deal Wolff struck ten years ago about sharing gold with his Einar, Sigs father. Einer evades Wolff for ten years but finally he catches him, and then it’s no longer Einars problem, now it is Sigs. Revolver reminds me highly of The Outcasts because of its wintery setting and how it shows the conflict between two people and the one who is expected to win doesn’t always. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-outcasts-brotherband-chronicles-book-1

 

Reflection Post

Reading for me is enjoyable only when I am very in to a certain book that I like.  Normally the books that the school has chosen for me are not enjoyable to me.  On a regular basis, I usually do not have much time for reading.  When I have a mandatory goal that's set for reading, I sit down and do it but otherwise I usually don't sit down and read.  The biggest obstacles for me for not reading are soccer and sometimes just not wanting to do it.  This year while reading Fahrenheit 451 I did thoroughly enjoy the book as you had led me to believe I would.  The reading of this book would be what I consider to be the worst reading experience of the year.  I like being able to choose my books for myself because normally I think I can choose the correct topic that I think I would enjoy.  Some future goals I have for reading are that I would like to read 5 books per semester instead of just 3.



Blogging this year has been quite the experience.  Although I feel that I did not get the importance of it.  It was simply no fun for me because it seemed like a lot of extra work but it was a reason for me to read this semester.  The best part about the blogs were getting to share a new book with other classmates, the worst part was actually writing the blog.

By putting my thoughts online, it allows others to see my viewpoint on a book and possibly decide if they want to read it based on what I said.

In the coming years, I think to make blogging more part of our curriculum you would have to put more of an influence on it and make it a bigger aspect otherwise people would ignore it and put it off.


As a student, I personally have grown from last year to incorporate more studies in to my regular habits.  I feel like this year some of my best teachers have had a positive impact on me because they made me want to pay attention in the class.  If I thought the teacher was boring, then I was less eager to learn.

One of the many challenges I faced this year is essay writing because I feel I am not very good at it.  It seems harder for me than most other kids.  I feel like because of English class and Social Studies DBQs that they have helped me grow in my essay writing skills.  As a sophomore, I would like to become even better at English writing and that's why I'm taking AP US History next year.

Flyboys

      The book "Flyboys" by James Bradley is a very good book and keeps me ingaged, While I have not ventured far enough in to the book to get to the main story. At the beginning it gives a back story in the world before the war such as how Japan wanted to be an imperial power and how the Japanese wanted to instill a feeling of death is honor and surrender is unacceptable. This book also shows how Japan decided to take over China, attempt to take over Russia and the phillipines and lower islands.
      The amazing story follows the tale of a crew and a former president, although not the president at the time he will grow to become one of the most powerful people of his time. Unfortunetly i cannot go more in depth on the war part of the story but next post I will be.

Dover Beach

The sun is up, the sky has shone the bright light into our eyes
We rejoice in our morning where the great sky has gave us the light
It shines
The yellow glow touches our faces
it is warm


Waves crash as we rest on the beach
With the sun still on our face
The rocks hitting the sand
crash they go
The only world we have is a beautiful one
where the sun shines and the waves crash.