Keepin' it REAL discussion

For this journal post and response, please do the following:
1. Remember that you need to use 3 vocabulary words in this journal post. Please bold.

2. Initially, write the title of the book with link and the number of pages covered for this journal: i.e. pages 1-45.

3. In 100 words, answer the first part of the journal prompt using the sentence stems under “Writing Comments/Questions.” (Paragraph 1) You need to use a different sentence stem than the one you used in either Journal #1 or in Journal #2.

4. In 100 words, answer the second part of the journal prompt using the sentence stems under “Writing Observations about your Reading Process.” (Paragraph 2) You need to use a different sentence stem than the one you used in either Journal #1 or in Journal #2.

1. In 100 words, define the following and then analyze in relation to your text. (Paragraph 3)
Purpose (CRS: 56)
Tone (CRS: 241-267)

2. In 4 to 5 sentences, respond to another group member’s posting.

Buffalo Lockjaw(PGs. 1-30)

At first i did not really understand the reason for why the author started his book the way that it did. throughout my reading i had no interest what so ever, at first it seamed as though it wasn't getting interesting at all. Then the author began to shift the story. HE wrote the story in a very intriguing way a perfect METHODOLOGICAL story and well ORCHESTRATED. I like the way the author at first made it seam as though this story was an ordinary what ever story that was just being told without a purpose, but it was more like a build up of how the characters interact with each other to later compare how much they had both changed.

I got confused when The author showed the main character as a successful person going back to his old town for no particular reason, then as i began to lose the most interest i realized that the reason why it was all written the way that it was was to EXPLICATE to the reader how PEJORATIVE the main character (Jim) was earlier in his life and how much he has changed because of his mother. IT all became clear that Jim was never really one who appreciated his own life and made his own life difficult when there was no need to, he realizes how good a life he now has when he is confronted with a true problem.

The purpose of my book is to Persuade us into believing what he does, to adopt his point of view. the way the he sees life we should see it. i can infer from what i have read so far that the author is wanting the reader to understand the life is valuable and if it is easy and not taken advantage of a good life you should "go to hell". The tone of this Author in this book is Generally positive, the author is not throwing bad things at you to make you see the world the way he sees it by throwing it at you in a negative way. it is amusing and orcein a while funny and makes me chuckle from time to time.

Glass pg 349-499
I didn’t expect for the things that happened recently to happen. When I first picked up this book, I expected to hear about Kristina’s fight to stay away, but I didn’t want to hear what happened. Recently, Kristina's have parent’s found her doing drugs, and there DISSONANCE causes her to move out. In the fight to keep Hunter healthy and in a good environment, Hunter is still living with Kristina parents. She is still doing drugs, and more than ever now. She is now selling also. She also has no PARAMETER, and will ORCHESTRATE, no matter what it takes, to score.
I got confused when the author started writing about Kristina’s boyfriends, and connections. There are so many of them, and they switch so often, that I can never remember who is who. I have now decided that while reading I am not going to worry about names and just read. This way I can just read and get what is going on, and in the end I will write down who is who. If you get confused easy, I would not recommend reading this author. All of her books have multiple people that intertwine and can get really confusing at times.
Purpose: to set as an aim, or goal. The author is trying to tell people about what could happen if you do drugs, and the risks you will take. She is trying to tell everyone that you will ruin your life, and not to do it.
Tone: the mood that the author is trying to set. The tone of the author is informative. She really just wants to get it through people’s heads that they will ruin your lives if they do drugs. She wants people to look at what will happen and not just the fun.

Jessica wrote: "Glass pg 349-499
I didn’t expect for the things that happened recently to happen. When I first picked up this book, I expected to hear about Kristina’s fight to stay away, but I didn’t want to he..." Wow what a book, it sounds like a very dramatic book and a very confusing one as well. It seams to me that the author maybe brings in more characters in this book to make it a lot more interesting but in reality it simply confuses everyone else who's reading it. And even though it sounds like this book would tangle lots of readers up I think I might actually want to read it. From what you have written I'm kind of interrested now in reading what else will happen to the girl or how her life end up, would it have a happy ending when she realizes how bad drugs have ruined her life ? Or will she just end up dying of some type of overdose, I want to read it!

Jessica wrote: "Glass pg 349-499
I didn’t expect for the things that happened recently to happen. When I first picked up this book, I expected to hear about Kristina’s fight to stay away, but I didn’t want to he..."

Jessica wrote: "Glass pg 349-499
I didn’t expect for the things that happened recently to happen. When I first picked up this book, I expected to hear about Kristina’s fight to stay away, but I didn’t want to he..."

Juan wrote: "Buffalo Lockjaw(PGs. 1-30)

At first i did not really understand the reason for why the author started his book the way that it did. throughout my reading i had no interest what so ever, at first i..."

Juan, please proofread.

The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Page 226-300

I began to think of the sequence of events that have occurred thus far and how they have taken their toll on Roland. From the town of Tull and the people he has met and killed, form the allies he has made and the epiphanies he has made from them and how the events that have passed progress along with the type of role will they play in the grand scheme of his central focus. From the flashbacks of his past, I realized Roland only travels alone. He doesn’t travel in groups or DYADS. He thinks if no one is there as a burden or responsibility, he will encounter less resistance along the way. I suppose in a way he is right. He has no one to look after or take responsibility for but on the other hand does not have anyone to rely on or have faith in. Social interaction, with Roland, is kept to a bare minimum and only occurs when he needs something or knows he will get something in return for his communication. So from all his revelations and experiences throughout his journey to find The Dark Tower along with The Man in Black, where will his travels turn him to next? So many possibilities exist and so many tangents can be taken. What road will King take to his ultimate final destination?

I first thought that all of the backdrops and all of the flashbacks from Roland’s previous exploits only served as historical background text to fill gaps in the time frames within the book but then realized that it served as more than one purpose. For one, these backdrops and flashbacks of Roland’s past served as justification for Roland. It provided evidence as to why Roland thought the way he did, acted the way he did and why his search was so important for him to complete. Without the EXPLICATIONS of his former travels, we would be confused on Roland’s decision making process throughout the whole book and would be asking ourselves why Roland has this persona of MISANTHROPY and the whole lone wolf aura. I figured out that not everything in the book has significance right away. Something that is emphasized now may not be important until something occurs later in the story. This is something I really enjoyed about the book. It keeps you enticed subconsciously, thinking about it until you need to know and vice versa. So throughout book, your mind is completely engaged in the storyline and even though your mind may wander onto a tangent while reading, it will be well in the realm of the plotline.

Modes of discourse refer to certain kinds of writing in non-fiction prose. These modes are closely related to the author’s purpose, or why the writer is writing and what he or she wants to accomplish by writing it. These modes can vary depending on what type of writing you want to accomplish whether, persuasion, exposition, narration, or description. Depending on your mode of discourse, your purpose for writing will change. In this case, King’s mode of discourse is narration. His purpose is to tell a story. His purpose is to tell a story so different and so outside the box, it makes you second guess his actual intention to his readers. He wanted to create an epic journey so outside the box that it would put his story light years ahead of its logical reasoning. Tone is the feeling or emotional quality a piece of writing conveys to the reader. In conversation, a speaker’s tone is completely different than that of his or her gestures, facial expression and body language. King’s tone throughout out the story varies and adapts to the current environment and situation. What I love about his books, in particular this one, is that his tone adapts to different scenarios whenever it need be changed. No particular page to page or chapter to chapter sequence. Just the sequence the story takes and the tone it need possess to effectively display itself.

Juan, from what I understand from your most recent post, the author does a very good job in using the readers assumptions in his favor to trick the reader into making false inferences about the book and in the end justifying his actions through the actual story line. His style of writing, from what I get is very unorthodox but seems to work very well for him. Rather than try to convince and persuade reader's to adopt his point of view by telling us, he shows us his point of view through story and through the characters experiences.

Graceling pg 250-471
1. So in this reading I started on the second part of the book. I predict that soon Katsa and Po were going to become an official couple. Their main focus of their travels was to find the motive of the kidnapping, I began to wonder why the kidnapping had happen, I could not even think of something, only something was not right with Po’s aunt and her behavior. I start to think that maybe she had her father kidnapped. I didn’t really understand Po, when he was trying to explain his other grace to Katsa. He can only sense other people’s feelings only if they are related to him. I love how Po is so humble, he knows that Katsa is better at things than him and it does not humiliate, most men would not admit this.
2. I got confused with Po’s explanation of his grace because it was not quite mind reading, and it seemed weird that he could only do it when people were thinking about him. I guess I’m just used to regular mind reading powers. I was distracted when Po was telling the story of King Leck of Monsea, after this I began to question this King and his strange raise to power. I started to think about how people believe things and don’t question it at all, which got me thinking that maybe King Leck was behind the kidnapping. After hearing story, and hearing other information, or lack of information about King Leck, I figure out that King Leck was definitely behind the kidnapping; I tried to figure out how he could take over so easily, my conclusion is that he too has a grace.
3. When the author is writing he or she has three reason to why they are writing, and those are: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain. With Graceling, Kristin Cashore, main purpose of writing was to entertain her readers. But hidden in her entertaining story you have a lesson about how you can judge a book by its cover.
Tone is an important element in literary, it tells you what the author thinks and helps to create atmosphere. Being able to identify the writer's tone means that texts can be understood on a deeper level. In Graceling the tone of Katsa is that no one can be trusted ever not matter what, but she learns how to trust people and then lets them become close to her.
Graceling