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.

The "Community"

This entire story takes place in the community, a town where everyone does what they're told to do. Every year, there are ceremonies to celebrate your new age, until you turn twelve. When you become twelve, you are given your assignment, or job, to serve the community until you become of old age. When you're no longer able to work because of old age, you go to the house of the old. After that, you are released.....

Jonas

Jonas is the main character of the story, and the book is entirely told by him. Jonas is eleven years old in the first part of the book, but twelve throughout the rest of the book. Jonas lives in his family unit with his mother, father and younger sister, Lily.

Book Review

Overall, "The Giver" was an amazing book, nine out of ten. I really enjoyed it. I would recommend the book to anyone.

What about this book do you think will challenge you? How will you deal with that challenge?

Well, I wasn't entirely sure how this book would challenge me when I first chose it, and now being halfway through the book, I have realized that this book isn't too challenging for me. I do most enjoy reading more of an action, or adventurous plotted novel, and this book doesn't have that kind of plot.
This makes reading parts of the book a tad more difficult (still a great book). There are also a few words I don't know here and there (like none), but nothing hard. I have already decided that the next novel I read will better challenge me.

What book did you choose, and why did you choose it?

I have decided to read The Giver by Lois Lowry. My original plan was to read Lord of the Flies, recommended by one of my parents. However, since this book was taken before I had the chance to get it, this cannot happen. It's not a bad thing, though, The Giver was recommended to me by one of my siblings. Another good thing is I will still have the chance to read Lord of the flies once I finish The Giver.