What are your three favorite things about your book?

One of my favorite things about "White Fang" is how the majority of the story is told by White Fang, a wolf who is also part dog. I also like the way Jack London wrote the book. In the story, the first person point of view is occasionally switched so you can really understand each character. The best part of the book is how White Fang changes so much throughout his life. He repeats the cycle of being the angry, vicious wolf who hates everyone and everything, to the kind, happy, obedient wolf who respects the world. In the end, he finds his way and lives with a family. He becomes almost like a normal household dog.

Something to Think About. Another Quote.

“Good literature substitutes for experience which we have not ourselves lived
through.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn


This quote doesn't have as deep of a meaning as the last one I blogged about. Alexander means good literature, that we as individuals enjoy, will have a place in our minds with all our other memories, even though we might have not lived through those experiences. The more you continue to read, the more experiences you will live through.

This quote goes right along with the book I just finished, "White Fang." I may not have lived through a life as White Fang, or dealt with the experiences some of the characters within the story dealt with, but after reading the book, it seems that way. The book, by the way, was fantastic.

Songs I Would Use for Scenes in White Fang

Mike Marshall's Big Trio - Little Bears. This song should be used when White Fang first experiences the outside world. I can not explain it, but it's just the perfect song for that very scene.

Nature forest sounds need to belong in some other scenes. ex. White Fang waking up from sleep.

Mike Marshall's Big Trio - House Camp. This song fits well with one of the first scenes of the book when we first see Bill and Henry venturing through the icy winter land, being pulled by their sled dogs.

The Planet Earth Theme Song, for the battle scene between One Eye and the other wolves when they fight for Kiche (Kiche and One Eye become the parents of White Fang). The dramatic battle music is perfect.

My Next Book

Well, actually, I chose my new book days ago. The title, "White Fang," written by Jack London. I didn't really enjoy the book in the first chapter I recently read, but the book is getting better. Apparently, there is a movie about the book. Interesting.

Well, I'll post more about the book as I continue to read, and at the same time, I need to catch up with my posting on "The Giver."

If you have any questions please comment.

Family Units

In the community, getting married is an option. If you do, you are assigned a husband/wife and can later receive a child from a birth mother. Birth mothers give birth to all of the children in the community (being a birth mother is an assignment option). All family units can receive, at max, one boy and one girl, at different times.

Something to Think About...

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” - C. S. Lewis

These two sentences have a lot of meaning behind them. Whenever we read a story, something strange happens. The things that have happened in the book suddenly become real, and sometimes, we can escape our lives and feel like we are somewhere else. Our reality becomes so much more then our daily life, we feel so many emotions we have never felt before, we meet so many new people, sometimes we are in a paradise, and other times we are suffering.

Even when we stop reading, stop the adventure, the battle, the whatever, the memories stay with us, they irrigate our desert. They affect how we live, how we think about certain topics, ideas, people, or other things. They enrich our lives.

This quote directly relates to "The Giver." Jonas life is dull, and everyday in the community is like the previous. When he is chosen to be the receiver, he receives memories from the giver, and it shines new light on the world Jonas lives in. The memories bring Jonas new feelings, and thoughts about the world around him.

Words

There were very few words I didn't know in the story, "The Giver." They include:

Chastise - To punish or beat.

Annex - A building added on to a larger one.