What's 812 Reading? discussion

If you could change the life of a character in the story, who would it be? What changes would you make, and why would you make them?

For a “4”: Did I….
• Write a topic sentence that provided the title, author, and genre of my text?
• Provide context of what is happening in the text, so my reader understands what I’m talking about?
• Find a direct quote from the text that proves my idea?
• Thoroughly explain the significance of my quote/how it proves my idea?
• Check for correct punctuation and spelling?

In the fantasy book New Moon written by Stephenie Meyer I would change the character Edward. This is because Edward broke Bella's heart by leaving her with nothing to remember them by but the house and her memories. I would change this because Edward only thought of himself and what was going on in his family. But, he didn't think of her feelings and how Bella would react to Edward leaving her. Thus creating a gap in Bella's life and her waking herself up with nightmares each day. The only period of time Bella doesn't have nightmares is the day she spends with Jacob. But, everything has changed since Jacob got sick.

In the non-fiction book "The Captain" by Ian O' Connor there is nothing that I would change about the main character because everything that Derek Jeter did in his life was good and in his career and I think that Derek Jeter is the perfect role model for kids and even adults all around the world and another reason why i wouldnt change anything about him is because, he is one of the best at what he does and will always be remembered

In the fiction book, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton I would not change Pony Boy. In a part of the book Pony Boy and his friend Johnny saved a couple of kids from a church fire and were called heroes. After the fire it was all over the newspaper and Pony Boy became recognized in his town. Another reason I would not change Pony Boy because his brothers took care of him and protected him and he had a lot of friends. I wouldn't change Pony Boy because by the end of the book he was together with his brothers and a hero.

In the book, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, I would change the character Chuck. I would change this character because he doesn’t deserve to be in the glade nor does he deserve to be punished at all. Chuck always wonders if his mom is sitting in his room on his bed crying holding his pillow and I honestly feel bad for Chuck because overall he is a good person non worthy of the horrible treatment in Glade. Furthermore, whenever Chuck is alone, he just sits and stairs into the clouds wondering how or why he is in the Glade. With no memory and hardly any friends except for Thomas, Chuck is lonely. Chuck could use a better life and this why I choose to change his.

In the fantasy book Marked by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast, a character that I would change in the book is the main character, Zoey Redbird. In the book, Zoey has been Marked and she has to go to a school called, House Of Night. If Zoey doesn't go, she will die. That is why Zoey's grandma, helped her go to the school. I think that Zoey should not hide things from her friends, and family. "... Thinking I might have seen Elizabeth's ghost. Like I wanted Neferet to think I was psycho?" This quote shows that Zoey doesn't want to tell Neferet, Zoey's mentor that she saw Elizabeth the ghost, keeping that a secret from her. Elizabeth, a third former in the House Of Night just passed away because her body rejected the Change, which is when the body rejects that the body is going to change into a vampyre and the person dies. After when Elizabeth died, Zoey was really sad and when she went to the Dark Daughters ritual, she thought that she saw a ghost. Since Zoey thinks that she will be judged by Neferet, so she keeps it a secret from her. I think that Zoey should open up more and just tell Neferet what she saw. The reason that I want to make this change is because Neferet is Zoey's mentor. If Zoey tells what she saw, Neferet will help her solve the problem.

In the fictional book The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima my protagonist is a 16 year old boy named Jack, and Jack lives in a small Ohio town of Trinity. Jack contains a warrior stone inside of him which was placed there by a doctor who saved his life when he was a baby. In this book I would change Jack to be more of a tough warrior like kid who can control his power due to the stone he has inside of him, and the power it contains. Jack does not know the history or the true power of this stone, he learns of it when he skips his daily dose of medicine and instantly becomes stronger, and confident. Jack actually looses control of his strength and nearly kills one of his soccor teammates named Lobeck. I would change the way Jack is because I would like to see Jack use his strength in a positive way to help other, not kill them because he can't control himself.

In the fantasy book, Untamed, by P.C Cast and Kristen Cast, my protagonist, Zoey, a 14 year old that has spent her whole life in the House Of Night when she was marked at a very young age, has been told that her cherokee grandmother got killed in a car accident. The car accident, people had seen a big black bird flew into Zoey's grandmother's car window and killed grandma. Zoey was distraught, her grandmother was both her mother and father and now she had gotten killed! Neferet is behind all this, Zoey had thought. She is listening to the spirit of Kalona and are listening to his servants, the raven mockers. "The raven mocker knew your grandma was going to the chalkboard." This quote shows that the raven mockers, or whom Neferet listens to has invaded every past of Zoey's plans. If I had to change one part in this book, I would have not let grandmother die. The grandmother is in a very important position at the moment, she's the one who figured out Aphrodite's vision, and figured out the meaning of it. Without her, Zoey will be lost forever. Grandmother is the person who reasurres Zoey and her friends so they can feel better about themselves. Now, Neferet can easily probe their minds so she can she what Zoey and her friends are up to.

In the realistic fiction book Yellow Flag by Robert Lipsyte, the protagonists are Kris and Kyle who are both teen brothers. They are both racecar drivers that race in Nascar. Lately, Kris is the main driver, but got injured so he is trying to recover as soon as possible. Kyle is now taking his spot to keep the team alive. Kyle was a good replacement due to him helping the team get up to the top winning spots. Kris and Kyle has a family of car racing. Their father started it and then it lead to them. Kris wasn't doing so good lately with racing. On page 109 (Pages Different on Nook) , " The doctors were pretty sure he could drive in another week." This shows Kris will be racing soon, but still was long for a long time. If I could change a character's life in this book, I would change Kris's. I would stop Kris from so much injures. If Kris was not hurt, he would have been racing on the track making the team win. Also, Kyle would have had more time into music if he didn't have to fill Kris's spot. My wish for character change in the book is for Kris to not be injured, but after all, it is the author's book so his choices first.

In the Autobiography novel A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer, The protagonist Dave is startng to have struggles trying to improve his life and carriers. I would change Dave. One of the reasons why I would change dave is because since he's been through alot, his mind is still stuck on the past. So I would change the part of him that's still depressed and then let him continue in to working on his lifestyle. Also, then having a family and working things out from there. That would be the best result because then if something happens in his life that starts wrong it would be easy to pick himself up again and just begin another step of his life. Which is making things better then they are.

In the realistic fiction book, Winter girls by Laurie Halse Anderson main character, Lia is trying to suffer from her best friend's death that she had no gulit of. She try's to keep herself from eating, to be as skinny as she can be. She doesn't want to take advice from other people that are trying to help her. I would of made her move to her moms house since she's good at talking out problems and then i would make sure her eating habits would be healthier than now. I would make those challenges because first off, she doesn't get along with her mom that try's hard enough to keep her safe. And also, because she never liked to eat and now since her best friend died she eats less than before.

In the realistic fiction book, Homeboyz, by Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Teddy is the protagonist. Where Teddy basically lives in is a world of gangs. The first line "Everybody who's anybody in the 'hood has got a street name. Some of the A.K.A's threaten danger like, Monster or Li'l Killa." This line is telling me Teddy's life is just filled with gangsters and murderers. Also another line said "Someone passed Meeksha a hit of weed." The word weed is also telling me they do drugs. However, if I were to change something in this book, I would change Teddy's life style. He has life of gang and maybe he wanted something different of his life. I am personally thinking out for teddy here

In the realistic fiction book "Shine" by Lauren Myracle, Patrick one of the main characters was sexually abused. "Patrick Truman is found beaten, bound, and half dead" This quote shows me that Patrick was sexually abused. If i had the ability to change that I would because Patrick didn't deserve it. "Patrick was a rule player." This quote shows me that Patrick always did what he was told to and never deserved what had come to him. This really makes me want to change the fact that something bad happened to Patrick. Patrick didn't deserve it.