Wednesday, September 3, 2014

The Neverending Story Book Report

   Setting and Theme

   This book takes place in a land called Fantastica. It is in a book that is read by Bastian Balthazar Bux, who is a main character. The part where Bastian is reading the book could happen in the present, but the part in Fantastica is fantasy times.There is a very strange effect on the plot from Fantastica. Because it is in a fantasy world, most readers would think it was a happy place. However, sad things still happen. For example, Grograman, the Many-Colored Death. Every night he dies, but in the morning he is born again. When Bastian was with him, and he saw that Grograman had died, he was sad for him and cried. I was interested at the way that in Fantastica things should be happy, but some things aren't. Some of the themes that I noticed in this book were as follows: happiness, helping, and unlawfulness. Happiness is a theme because of the way that some of the places in this book were happy. However, sadness is also a theme because of the sad places in Fantastica. Helping is a theme because when Bastian was using AURYN, he was also losing his memories, so Atreyu helped him find the Water of Life to get his memory back, which also returned him to reality. Unlawfulness is a theme because Bastian had stolen The Neverending Story from a bookstore, and was hiding from everyone else to read it.

   Character Traits


   Bastian Balthazar Bux is the protagonist in The Neverending Story. He is a nice kid who is always picked on by other kids at his school, which is really mean. Some of his traits are: perseverance, friendliness, and perplexity. Perseverance, because he persevered through the story until near the end, when he was given the Water of Life. Friendliness, because he was friendly to the creatures that he had created in Fantastica. Perplexity, because his story, inside The Neverending Story, is full of wonder and mystery. The trait of perseverance affected the resolution of the story the most. This is true because he was able to last many days and nights in Fantastica with AURYN without having his memories slip away. He also persevered the time that Grograman had died and he had wept for him. The third and final example of why the trait helped to affect the plot is that he was able to persevere the night in the attic that he was reading in, as he had to endure hunger and cold to survive. Some minor characters that helped him were Atreyu, the boy warrior, and Falkor, the luckdragon, who helped them fly places.

Conflict & Resolution


   The main conflict actually switches midway through the story. The first part of the conflict is that the Childlike Empress needs a new name. Bastian resolves that by giving her the name of Moon Child. However, after that there was a second conflict. The second conflict was trying to get Bastian back to the real world. This conflict was resolved after Atreyu and Falkor helped him get the Water of Life, also returning him to reality. An important part of the story is the conversation with the bookstore owner and Bastian. Bastian is telling the book store owner that he had lost his mother and that he and his dad didn't really have a relationship. That changed after Bastian had returned to reality. He and his dad were starting to talk to each other again and started their relationship again.

Conclusion


In conclusion for this book report, I was amazed at how interesting this novel was. I am now interested in seeing if there is a sequel to this book! I recommend reading this book, as it might interest you as much as it did to me!

   The End

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Meet the Fruit

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Nukes

  


Nukes JFF


    

Hilarious Cats!



That's a big one, all right. Big as a trucker, or a tankard.



 

No, I am your father.





YouTube cat sets up Logitech webcam for playing Minecraft using face cam


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Holes 6th Grade Book Report

Book: Holes by Louis Sachar

SETTING AND THEME

    The setting is at a camp called Camp Green Lake, where bad kids go to dig holes in the ground. Precisely why this book is named Holes! This book takes place between the months of May and June. I don't know what year, but it seems like it could happen in the present. The setting of Camp Green Lake affects the plot of the story by making it seem like it was a lake in the past, but a barren lake bed in the story. This also makes me wonder: Why is the lake bed soft enough to dig, but the sun beats down really hot on the characters? Anyway...The themes of this story are as follows: dishonesty, friendship, loyalty, and
perseverance. Dishonesty is a theme because the camp is scamming the parents, because they think it is a lake with fun activities but is really a prison-like camp for bad kids. Friendship is a theme because the protagonist and Zero are friends, and the protagonist is teaching Zero to write. Loyalty is a theme because when Zero ran away, the protagonist went after him. Perseverance is a theme because the protagonist persevered as he was digging holes and wouldn't quit. The moral of this story is: don't judge a book by its cover. The camp is not what you think it is, and the kids aren't bad like the camp says they are.

CHARACTER TRAITS

    The protagonist of this story is Stanley Yelnats. He was sent to Camp Green Lake because of stealing shoes(?). Stanley has some very interesting traits and has some less interesting traits. One trait is that he has a good heart. He didn't mean to steal the shoes; they just kinda...fell on him. Another trait is that he is a good liar(:D). He writes to his mom about swimming, but he is just digging holes. The trait that most affected the resolution of this story is that he has perseverance, as he stuck to digging those holes, and persevered as he was wandering around with the minor character who ran away, and he never gave up. He didn't give up as he was digging those holes even with the blisters and the blood on his hands. He didn't give up as he was wandering around with his friend, trying to find their way back to Camp Green Lake. Stanley's perseverance led to him finding the trunk with Zero! Two of the minor characters who helped Stanley Yelnats were a kid nicknamed Zero, who ran away from Camp Green Lake,and a kid nicknamed Squid, who has a great sense of humor, and also stuck up for him when he tripped over another kid who was angry.

CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION

    The main conflict in this story is between Stanley and the curse that he believes he has. He thinks this because of his great-great-grandfather, who apparently might have stolen a pig for a wife. It sounds weird, but he had to take a pig up a mountain and letting it drink from a stream while the great-great-grandfather sung to it. The problem was resolved when Stanley, named Caveman at the time, dug the last hole at Camp Green Lake and found the chest and later realized it was his family's. At that point in time Stanley found out that he didn't have a curse. There probably wasn't even a curse in the first place. He learned about himself that his loyalty, friendship, and perseverance is more important than an imaginary curse.

CONCLUSION

     I hope that you have enjoyed this book report on Holes. It is an interesting read and I highly suggest it to you!

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