Final blog

Gollum did it, I knew he was good for something.

im glad that eowyn found faramir, somehow that made the most sence.  I wonder if aragorn will find arwen again.  everythin has turned out so well, but that is the way of these kinds of books.

if feel sorry for bilbo, even though the ring has been destroyed it still is effecting him.  but he will enjoy himself in rivendell, and his stories will be well loved in the shire.

aragorn will be a great king, and a good friend to all the people.  Legolas and Gimli will be the best of friends, and will probabley have some of the best adventures.

i sorry that the story is over, i was enjoying reading it.  but, there is a series of books leading up to the hobbit.  i guess i will have to start reading those.


Well signing off for the last time...
                 
                           Bye! :)

LOTR: ROTK => after the battle

     So, this coldness...is it like the coldness Frodo fell pray to during his ride to Rivendell?  I wonder if they have kings foil. But, at least Gondor has a new leader (Aragorn) if he would be less weary. 
     Aragorn is my favorite character.  He is so afraid to accept that which is rightly his.  And yet he is a strong leader.
     I do hope Eomer gets to see his sister again. 
     Aragorn has to take control of Gondor, or everything will fall into ruin, however, Gandalf  would make a good temorary ruler.
      I will be sad when this part of the story is over, I do very much like these characters and friendships that have come in these parts.  I just hope that it ends well.  It would be awful if Faramir died, and did not make right the wrongs of his father and brother.
     Aragorn knows his medicine better than anyone. Thank god Aragorn knows what to do with these wounds, there is hope yet.  But I think he might have come to late?
     How does Aragorn know so many things?  It must be his relationship with the elves.  He has saved Faramir's life, and he can now take his place. :)
     Eown will not make it there is no way, considering what she fought, nor will pippin's arm ever be the same.

well back to reading.

Return of the king

Ok, so I'm going to go major nerd here for a few minutes so just bear with me.

First of all I haven't seen this movie yet so everything I say is strictly based on what I have read.

Denathor is a total butt. How can he treat his own son like that, and what the heck is he thinking about taking him and his son to their graves.  Thank god for gandolf.

I'm really ticked that I'm almost done with book five cause I really don't want to read about Sam and frodo. I don't know why but I really hate Sam. Gollum on the other hand is probably the most interesting character in the whole story.  

Well back to reading!!!

End of the book

I guess it was okay. She has a pretty messed up family though, and once again I felt like I was invading their privacy and not in a good way. We talk about in theater how you want the audience to feel like they shouldn't be there (in a good way),this wasn't that.  I don't think I will read something like this again.  I see reading as a way to escape from the everyday world.  This kind of forces you into it.  Jeannette is a great writer, it just wasn't my cup of tea.

Th Glass Castle

Ok, for some reason I can't seem to convince myself that I like this book.  Maybe I just don't like non-fiction.

On the topic of the book, I don't know how i would cope with being ashamed of my parents.  I am ashamed of my younger brothers sometimes, but that can't be helped, it's in their contracts to be anoying. 

But, I think that I would be sad to know that I am ashamed of who raised me, cause then, aren't I ashamed of myself in a way?  But I think that i would miss them a lot.  I hated moving once, I would hate to have to do it all the time.  She leads a very rough and not easilly forgetable childhood.

I definately don't like the dad.
It is a very wierd story, but I guess the way that i view it is that it is there buisness and i don't want to be a part of it.

The Book Thief: Death Again

So, originally I was going to try to talk about Liesel  and Rudy and everything  happening on Himmel Street, but Death is just to intriguing. 

Death…

He is not like what people think. 

A thought:   If mother is Nature, than father is Death.

Death cares about those he saves, and feels as Nature does when they are harmed. 

Question—What would the world be like if we thought of Death as a being who is kind and caring, as one with feelings, as one who has compassion for those he takes from us, and pity’s us who keep going? 

He doesn't want us to be sad that they are gone.  He wants to take us with them, so that we to are safe from harm.  But, he knows that we must finish out our lives, so that when he comes to take us we understand and see clearly what life was for us and what it must be for those who follow us. 

Observation:  Death did not live a life, he came into being knowing, understanding, why he had to watch, why he had to do his job.  He does not fully understand the emotion that goes into living, only the emotion of dying, missing those who have died.  But he learns, as children do, the emotional aspect of life, and how important it is to our ability to learn.

Death was the best part of this book, the way he looked at things, the way that he attached himself to something that he had no connection with.  I think I want to read the book again this summer and see how I feel about it once I have chosen a college, and I am preparing to leave the comfort and safety of home. 

I think that I read the book at a good point in my life, because I’m a senior, I’m dealing with the fact that this chapter of my journey is almost over, and I’m going to have to move on into uncharted territory.  Death is right, we must live life so that we learn the lessons that it has to offer, and that is where I am.  

The Book Thief: Death

I've read the first hundred or so pages of this book before, and I put it down so that I could finfish it for this class.  That was a very hard thing for me to do, because I had become attached to the book.  I think one thing that drew me in was the way the book was narrated, from the point of view of Death.  I also like the way that he is personified in the book, as a very simplistic yet detail oriented person, with (at times) the emotion and vision of a child.  The fact that he focuses on all of these colors to distract him from the people and events they go with seems to me the way that a child might approach such a problem.  The way he looks at his job is also very interesting.  He doesn't come off as the Grim Reeper or the Devil, he comes of as Death.  Almost, like Death from the Tale of the Three Brothers from Harry Potter 7, only not as eager to recive those souls that must be taken from the world. But, as a more solom and respectful being of the souls he takes from the Earth, he does not like his job but he doesn't hate it either.  He knows that he is the one who must take care of these people now, and that it is a big responsibility. 

Liesel, on the other hand, understands what life...and Death...can do to someone, for her it means not having someone to go with to a new world.  It means taking something that will be her only reminder of what this world did to her brother. 

Another thing that I found interesting, was that the story is being told with the emotions of one who knows what has to happen next, by one who has seen life been given and taken; but, it is told with a sence of inocence that only a child can have.  The blend of styles is very well done, and it make s the characters more interesting to follow.  I particularly like Papa, he is very much experienced in many ways when it coomes to the world, but when Liesel comes into his life, an inosence is opened up in him, I think, that was very rarely seen or given to anyone. 

Death is an intreging being, and I think that the way he is written is a very interesting way to view Death.

I keep looking over at the book next to the computure as I type and I have to stop, because I want to know what is going to happen to the Jew that is hiding in a black room, and how it is all going to tye together!!!