812 Reading Responses discussion

Think about the ADVERSITY a character in your text faces. What is his/her most important conflict?

Find evidence that shows:
-How the problem affects the character

Please consult your rubric and models to ensure that you are doing your best work!

For a “4”: Did I….
• Write a topic sentence that provided the claim and important text information, such as the title, author, and genre of my text?
• Provide background of what is happening in the text so my reader understands what I’m talking about? Did I say what was happening at the time of the quote/evidence?
• Find evidence from the text that proves that the change was important?
• Paraphrase (This shows....) and then analyze how my quote proves my claim ("This proves that ____________________was an important moment because.../This interested me because..../I disliked this because..../This changed my point of view because.....)?
• Write a conclusion sentence that restates your claim in a different way?

In the book Red Scarf Girl by Ji li Jiang a realistic fiction novel. The adversity in the book is that her father is in jail and that her family past was that they were landlords and that her family and dad friends are getting beaten up. For example in the text is said that "I stopped and sow his face. It was swollen, bruised, and bloody. Standing in the dark doorway he looked like a monster."(173) This shows that Ji Li Jiang was facing Adversity in her life when she was at a young age. It also shows that she was facing a big obstacle. This proves that this was a important moment because it was showing how the character handled the situation and how she reacted when the character was seeing a bloody face. Therefor, the adversity was that Ji Li Jiang was having to deal with the pain that her family and friends are getting and that she has to see it and see the pain they are facing.

In the sci-fi/fantasy book, Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead, the adversity in the book is that Rose was in a very serious relationship with a guardian until someone turned him into a strigoi but to get over that she moved on to a boy that really likes her which is Adrian. Rose is a teenage dhampir which is a guardian for vampires and in the last book, she realizes that her and Dimitri can be together because he's a dangerous vampire and you cant be in a relationship with someone like that unless they were both strigoi. In this book, she has a boyfriend named Adrian, even though he isn't like Dimitri, Rose doesn't see a future for her and Adrian like she did for her and Dimitri. Rose states, " I don't plan on your marrying him or having a real future with him," (89) This shows that Rose isn't as happy as she was when she was with Dimitri. This proves that Rose isn't fully over Dimitri and even though Adrian is her boyfriend, all that really matters to her is that she's happy. Therefore, Rose faced adversity in her life.

In the fictional book, The Haddix The Missing Book 3 by Margaret Peterson, the adversity that the group of famous children of history is that they need to go back to the correct time they were from after being taken from that time. These group of famous children in time were stolen by time travelers, the group of people are finding a way to go back to their time but they are having a hard time. The group of people are having a hard time and are stressed for what they are going through, a time they were stressed was when they were stuck in a hut with rain pounding on them and Katherine and Jonah were talking and Andrea told them to stop making things worse by talking about things they didn't have, "Make it a nice warm robe for me. Katherine and Jonah were saying. Stop it! Andrea said fiercely, that just makes it worse."(114) This shows that the group of people from history are struggling and going through rough times right now from being pulled into this from the time travelers. This proves that there are problems and issues that they are facing, and it's making them wish they can have things that they can't have at that time. Thus, the group of famous children from the past are facing adversity for whats happening.

In the sci-fi book, "The 11 Plague" by Jeff Hirsch the adversity that my character faces is that there is a worldwide plague. Stephen is a 15 year old boy who lives in the United States. Stephen and his father don't believe that there is anyone alive to help them to find a new home. Stephen is currently mad at his dad because what he said about his mother. But right after he sees two dead kids and thinks of his friends Jonathan and Max. Right then he screams, "there is no one left god kill me now" (93). This shows that Stephen believes that there is no one to save them for the plague.This proves that Stephen deals with adversity because rather than having a easy time dealing with a plague he has to be a pessimist and deal with the truth. Therefore Stephen deals with adversity.

In the realistic fiction novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, the adversity that Brian, the protagonist, faced was that he was about to jump out of plane that ran out of gas. He was not ready to jump out. He was scared. He thought something was going to happen to him. He tried to get ready to jump off. Therefore, the text states, "The plane running out of gas, flying the plane onto the water, the crash-from pictures he'd seen on television. He tried to visualize it. He tried to be ready." (24). This shows that Brian was scared and he tried his best to believe in himself. This proves that even though Brian was putting his life in danger, he still took a chance and tried it. Overall, the adversity the my protagonist faced was jumping out of a plane.