Blog Post #15: Crossed Archetypal Journey

While reading the book Crossed by Ally Condie, I noticed that Cassia is on a quest to find her love Ky. Cassia finds out that Ky had escaped the camp he stayed at and followed him, though she was two days late. She goes with her new found friend Indie because Indie also wants to escape the camp. They go on a journey through the canyons of the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky. As Ky runs he leaves little clues for Cassia. He left the clues because he thought maybe one day Cassia would find him.

Cassia slowly continues on her quest of finding Ky with Indie. Indie helped Cassia have company. She helped by many different ways. Cassia could not have gone on the quest without Indie because she was like guidance to her. It would have been very hard to get through the Carving if Indie was not there to show Cassia survival skills. Cassia really wants to see her love Ky and if Indie was not there to encourage Cassia to keep going she would have never continued to look for Ky. I think that if Cassia keeps on going on her journey she will find Ky sooner or later.

Soon Cassia finds out that the Society is in the Carving because she saw that many people were killed. Cassia noticed that the rocks that are in the canyon are so perfect. If things are perfect the Society is there because the Society makes everything perfect. If the Society finds out that Cassia ran away from them she would be in big trouble. Cassia still continues to look for Ky even though she is in danger of being caught. She keeps her eyes on her goal to see him.

It is really hard for Cassia to go on her journey to Ky, but she is slowly progressing to her goal. I think that if Cassia tries really hard she will find a way to get her goal. Cassia meets some good people and some bad people on her way. The quest that Cassia is trying to complete is a hard one because Ky is moving and it is harder for Cassia to catch up with him. Why should Cassia have to wait to see Ky? Ky also wants to see Cassia because he loves her.

Blog Post #14: Rules of Attraction Archetypes

            I have just finished reading the book Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles. I think that the hero in this book is Mr. Westford because he displayed courage and sacrificed himself to save Carlos. He was going to give up a lot of money just to help Carlos out of a gang. Mr. Westford also helped Kiara by telling her that Carlos was a nice guy that can be trusted. If not for this Kiara would have not gotten together with Carlos. Mr. Westford kept a secret that he had a bad childhood. At first everyone thought he was a perfect person because he always did the right things.

            The mentor of Carlos was Alex because Alex helped Carlos whenever he needed it. Carlos always went to Alex to get help with all kinds of problems. Carlos knew that Alex had experience of everything. He went to him to get guidance for love and trouble.  These brothers have been in very similar situations and Alex knows how to get through them. From Kiara to Devlin, Alex knew how to solve it. When Carlos was framed of having drugs Alex came to the rescue and knew that a gang that wants their hands on Carlos did it even though Carlos did not say so.

            The shadow of the book is Devlin because he causes tension throughout the book. He is head of a gang called the Devlin Family. He heard that Carlos is a new guy that just came from Mexico and had connections. Devlin wanted Carlos to join his gang because he needed to get drugs from Mexico. Also Carlos was needed to be a warrior for Devlin because Devlin was taking over all the territories of other gangs. Whenever Devlin is mentions something bad happens. Devlin forced Carlos to join his gang and Carlos had no other choice.

            The shapeshifter of the book is Tuck because he likes Carlos at first then doesn’t. He keeps switching sides and shows uncertainty. He can’t make up his mind if he likes Carlos or he doesn’t. Tuck is a person that thinks Carlos is a bad guy at first because the way he looked. Then Tuck soon sees that Carlos is a good guy because Kiara thinks he is a good guy, but then Carlos runs away from Kiara and Tuck thinks that he is a bad guy. Tuck wants to like Carlos, but Carlos is making him feel another way.

Blog Post #13: Rules of Attraction Protagonist

            There are two protagonists in the book, Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles, they are Carlos Fuentes and Kiara Westford. These two are the protagonist because they are the main characters. Carlos is like a walking ego because he is obnoxious and he knows that he is good looking. Kiara on the other hand is not very popular because she stutters when she talks and she plays sports, and loves a challenge. She is not your run of a mill girl. Later in the book Carlos finds that he starts liking Kiara. Carlos is not usually drawn to girls like Kiara.

            Kiara is the protagonist because she plays a role as a girl that is unpopular and has only one friend. She soon finds love for the bad boy that moves into her house because he couldn’t live with his brother. They are complete opposites though they still fall in love. Kiara does not really fall for a guy like Carlos and Carlos does not fall for a girl like Kiara most of the time, but when they are together they are happier. I think that opposite people can have a great relationship because once they get to know each other they might change their opinion.

            Carlos is an important character in the book because he is the one that all started the love story. Kiara met Carlos by his brother, Alex, suggesting for her to show Carlos around the school. If Kiara did not know Alex she would not have know Carlos. Carlos was the one that got kicked out of his brother’s school apartment and had to find a place to stay. Alex also suggested for Carlos to live in Kiara’s house. When Carlos entered the house he found that everything was so organized and he did not roll like that. He started thinking about Kiara because he thought that she was really interesting. I think that Carlos really liked Kiara from the first time he saw her because he always thought about her.

            In conclusion, the protagonists of Rules of Attraction fall in love. This book is a love story of two opposites. Carlos and Kiara at first thought that they would never be together. As the book progressed they each changed their opinion about each other. Carlos did not want a real relationship with Kiara because the last real relationship he had turned into a disaster. Kiara wanted a relationship she could not have. These two characters are the protagonist of the book because of their wanted love for each other.

Review of Josephine's Post

I just read Josephine's blog post called Blog Post #11: Hatchet. I have read the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen also and I agree that Brian had no confidence in himself, but the actions he did showed that he had some determination in him. I also agree that this part of the book showed that life is an important thing real life. I think that it would be a bad thing if everyone wants to die.

 I like the way that Josephine’s post was written because there were examples and it was organized. I would like to improve on adding examples into my blog posts. For example, Josephine adds things like,"on page....". It is engaging because it is full of information that relates to the book. She puts her opinion into the blog post too.

I have read some of Josephine’s other posts and I think that this post stands out because it is a book that I have read before. Since I read it before I thought that it would be interesting. When I read her post I agreed with many of the things she wrote about. Also when I read the Hatchet I did not really think about what the themes really were.

I think that life is a really important part of human nature because without life there would not be any humans. If there was not life there would not be any trees, flowers, and mostly everything in the world. It would be really hard to live if you did not have life. Life is an important part of the world. If your life was taken away you would wish that it had not been taken.