All Quiet On The Western Front
Chapter 2
The narrator is still behind the front but they talk more about the war. Kemmerich, a character who has been amputated, dies from his injuries.

1984 pg 137-156
winston is back in the room above Mr Charrington’s shop, he has rented it long term. winston’s physical desire for julia has turned into deeper affection and he wants to make the place nicer for her. julia brings coffee and other treats with her, she is wearing makeup and perfume, they make love and go to sleep. They wake up to a rat in their room. Julia isn’t phased and throws her shoe at it, but winston is panicking because he hates rats. they remind him of a dreadful dream he once had. Julia asks him about the paperweight and the picture on the wall, winston begins to recite a rhyme about it and to his surprise, she finishes it. Winston gets to work and realises Syme has disappeared. People are frenzying as they prepare for hate week. Rocket bombs kill hundreds, julia wonders if its the party dropping bombs to keep people frightened. They meet several more times in the room above the shop. They talk about the brotherhood and about obrin possibly being part of it. winston talks about his frustration with not being able to remember things, but julia doesn’t really care.

91-103
Alice enters the garden and meets gardeners who are playing cards. They are painting flowers so the queen doesn’t get angry with them. The queen and the court arrive and everyone lays face down to show respect but Alice. The queen was gonna behead Alice and then changed her mind. She invited them to a game of croquet where the rules were very confusing. Then the executioner, queen, and king argued if you can behead someone if they have no body along with a head.

Dracula
pages 103-124
Lucy’s condition is worse. She needs a blood transfusion. Steward volunteers but Van knows Homewoods blood can save Lucy. While the transfusion, Lucy’s choker slides down and Van hisses, then sends Homewood home assuring him that she will be fine. van hen says he has to travel to get supplies. Van comes back ready. Lucy then feels better. Some days later Van and Steward find Lucy in her bed weaker than ever. She wakes but cant recall anything from the night before. The next day Lucy was stronger than ever. She promises to wear a garlic necklace that night from Van.

Lucy records her gratitude for Vans help. Mrs. Westonra says Lucy feels much better without the garlic. Van breaks down. Lucy says in her diary that she feels as if shes emerged from a nightmare. A zookeeper saw a man with red eyes by the wolves and said that the wolf looked upset about something. That night the wolf was gone but returned with a glass cut on its neck. Reinfield escapes and slashes Stewards wrist with a knife then licks the blood off the floor. A telegram from Van warning Steward to guard Lucy has been delayed. Lucy placed garlic in her room, as asked, then wakes to see a large bat at the window. Her mother comes in to stay with her, then a large wolf breaks through the window causing her mother to accidentally pull the garlic off of Lucys neck. Her mother collapsed and died. The maids came and took her body. Lucy then finds the maids downstairs passed out from laudanum being in their wine. Leaving Lucy all alone with her dead mom.

The Metamorphosis pgs.44-48
As Gregor is still injured his family starts to feel bad for him so they start leaving the door open at night so he can watch them.Gregors room became a closet pretty much from the gentlemen that had rented out rooms in the house and they are clean freaks.The gentlemen usally ate in the living room so they had to keep Gregors door closed eventually Gregor just gave up having his door open.I think its interesting that his famiy is getting more comfortable with him but still not fully yet.

Gullivers travels 90-151

His account of his time in the king and queens court continues. Gulliver is given clothes, furniture, and other necessities in his size by the queens request. He talks about how grotesque the giants look because he can see all of their imperfections so clearly. From there he recounts his misadventures with the court jester, who was the smallest man in the kingdom before Gulliver. There are many instances where Gulliver is nearly injured because of the size of everything around him from massive hornets to being abducted by a monkey the size of an elephant. He also witnesses an execution. After some time at the palace the king takes a great interest in Europe and askes many things of Gulliver pertaining to it. After many hours of discussion the king determined that the people of Europe are very vile and have many vices. He attempts to teach the king how to make gunpowder to which he declines because he thinks the description of what it can do is disgusting and sad. He then goes on to discuss their learning and laws which he finds flawed. After roughly two years he joins the king and queen to an ocean side venture and is abducted by a bird in a box made to help transport him safely. He is found a few hours later by a British sailor and taken home nine months later.

The preceding section starts with Gulliver being convinced to go on yet another voyage. He goes with a captain to Japan and is given control of a small cargo ship which is overtaken by pirates. Gulliver is sent out into the ocean on a small rowboat with very few provisions. He fends for his life for a few days until he sees a floating island overhead. This is Laputa which is home to a very odd group of people who see themselves as great thinkers. They spend most of their time talking about music and math and how the sun is going to consume the planet any day. They have people to hit their mouths and ears to gain their attention away from their thoughts.

The most important part of my reading was the king’s reaction to both learning about Europe and his refusal to learn how to make gunpowder.

crime and punishment
140- 197
Alexandrovna and Dunya are grief-stricken at Raskolnikov’s condition, but he becomes annoyed with them and orders them out. He upsets them both by commanding Dunya to break off her engagement. After checking up on Raskolnikov, Razumikhin visits the two women, first by -himself, then accompanied by Zossimov. The next morning, Razumikhin rises from bed overcome with regret at the bold things that he said the previous night. Zossimov greets mother, daughter, and friend and informs them that Raskolnikov’s condition has greatly improved. Dostoevsky reverses the conventional gender roles in nineteenth-century fiction: Dunya, a woman, proves the model of collected rationality and practicality, while Raskolnikov, a man, is lost in abstractions and prone to fainting. Raskolnikov continues to demonstrate his complete self-absorption as the anxiety that his guilt produces gnaws at his ability to maintain his composure. He thought about how he hasn’t seen his mother or sister in years. Sonya timidly enters Raskolnikov’s room, interrupting the conversation among Raskolnikov, Pulcheria Alexandrovna, Dunya, and Razumikhin. She bashfully invites Raskolnikov to Marmeladov’s funeral and the memorial dinner that Katerina has planned to follow it.

Dracula 150-216
Lucy’s mother took all of the garlic away and out of Lucys room, which shockingly did not cause much harm. It was quickly replaced. Arthur and Dr. Van Helsing kept watch over Lucy, taking turns giving her blood. One night Lucy’s mother laid in bed with Lucy because she was fearful and ill. A loose were wolf bursted through the window, shocking the mother to an extent of death. All of the servants in the house were drugged. Van Helsing and Arthur finally make it inside in just enough time to save Lucy. Meanwhile, Mina and Jonathan are living a great life, Jonathan is recovering and he became partner. As time goes on Lucy unfortunately dies. Mina has reason to open Jonathan’s journal because a had a shock when he saw Dracula in town. Mina and Van Helsing meet up and she shares her story of Lucy’s sleep walking and Jonathan’s experience. This causes them to realize what truly happened to Lucy.
The most significant part of todays reading was Lucy’s death and the realization of her neck marks.

Pg 75-90
Nothing really happens in Chapter 5 but Muller asks the men a question, “what would they do if the war suddenly ended”, and no one really had a response to it. Because most of the men joined the military right after school and are still young adults so they don’t have anything in the real world no families or a steady job, “lost generation”. Haie says he cannot imagine himself as anything but a soldier. Many of the men fear the war ending as much as the war itself because they won’t know what to do.