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- Identify the Title of your book
- Identify the pages read today.
- Write a short summary of the reading.
- Discuss at least one significant event from the day’s reading.
All Quiet On The Western Front
Chapter 1
Many of the characters are introduced and the narrator shows what life is like behind the front. It is boring.
The Divine Comedy
62-82
A lot happened in these twenty pages we got to witness the rest of Hell which was horrible, we got to see Lucifer and he has more than one head having the worst sinners in the world which is Judas he turned on Jesus Christ then we have Brutus and Cassius. Those were the guys who plotted and killed Julius Caesar. We got to see Muhammad the profit in the eighth circle of hell as well.
The most important thing to me is having Muhammad in Hell it feels like now this would make a lot of Muslims mad and it feels like this book would be banned now a days. Another important fact is this was the 1400s and I don´t believe many Muslims would have read it during that period in time.
The Metamorphosis
pg 89-94
Gregor Samsa, commercial salesman, wakes up as a giant insect. After realizing he is an insect, he tries to get use to his new body. Since Gregor is a bug, he misses both of the trains that he needed to get on so that he could get back to his work. His family notices that he is late so they go to check to see if he is awake. Gregor tells them that he is fine then continues to learn how his new body works.
A significant event in the story is when Gregor didn’t tell anyone that he was turned into an insect.
A Clockwork Orange
85-103
Part 2 starts in the future, with Alex being sentenced to 14 years in state jail, and is now known as “6655321”. He grows more comfortable in prison, getting a job playing the stereo for church services. Alex snitches on things in the prison to the Chaplain, and in return, he gets to listen to music while he reads. Alex hears about an experimental program called Ludovico’s Technique that is supposed to shorten a prison sentence, but the Chaplain does not approve of it. A new prisoner gets added to Alex’s cell, and by night he makes enemies with everyone else. Alex wakes up to the prisoner sleeping on his bed, so Alex and his cellmates beat him up. In the morning, they find the prisoner to be dead, and Alex is responsible. He is taken away by the governor and agrees and signs a paper saying he will participate in a 2-week long treatment.
One significant event is that Alex agrees to partake in the treatment.
Dracula
pages 102-140
Mina writes from Buda-Pest, telling Lucy that Jonathan has changed greatly. He is “a wreck of himself” and remembers nothing of his time in Transylvania. The nun tending to Jonathan confides in Mina that he often raves deliriously about unspeakable things. Jonathan is still in possession of his diary and knows that the cause of his brain fever is recorded in it. He turns the diary over to Mina, making her promise that she will never mention what is written there unless some “solemn duty” requires it. The couple decides to marry immediately, and Mina seals the diary shut with wax, promising never to open it except in a dire emergency. Lucy sends Mina a letter of congratulation.
This part is definitely showing somewhat of a climax as Jonathan changes into a vampire and how they are keeping logs of it and now I believe we are going to see more change as the book progresses
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
30-45
Arthur and Ford go to the pub as Poser takes Arthur’s place in the mud in front of the bulldozer. Ford buys 3 pints of beers and tells the bar tender that the world is about to end. Arthur and FOrd talk about the apocalypse and then Arthur hears his house being torn down and leaves the bar. The vogon are in the sky with their yellow office building looking UFOs. They inform everyone on the planet that its about to be destroyed. Zaphod is introduced as the president of the universe, its revealed that the president is just a figure head.
Title- Jane Eyre
Pages 141-181
Summary: Jane is getting close with Mr. Rochester. They have discussed many things such as angels, after life, and his past. Jane finds it uncomfortable, but is happy she has someone she can open up to. I find that Jane gaining a friend is significant to the story. She is developing a friendship with Mr. Rochester who is changing her ways on how she speaks to people. She would rarely talk about things like this, besides with Helen. Now she has someone she can freely talk about her feelings and thoughts with.
1984
pg 20-82
So far Winsiton is going through a lot mentally, his suppressed everything and what he can remember. While that’s going on we learn just what Big Brother has done to England, to say its not england is an understatement. He is scared to death of being caught by the thought police for writing in his dairy. As they say everywhere big brother is watching.
Significant event. The fact that Big Brother altered all records, history, and basic facts like 2+2=5 is horrifying
All quite on the western front
Chapter 7
The second company is sent to a depot to reorganize. Himmelstose befriend all them men with food. Paul, Leer and Kropp meet 3 women and take them food across the canal, which is illegal to cross. They go at night and talk to them in broken French. Paul receives 17 days of leave and to return 6 months on the front. He returns home to find his mom with cancer. His mom asks of the front but he won’t talk about it.
One important thing is when Paul won’t talk about his story to his mom. He hides it inside instead of letting it out
Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
pages: 70-77 (chapter VI)
Summary: Dorian Gray, Lord Henry and Basil Hallward are having dinner in a little private room at the Bristol, before going to the theatre to watch Sibyl act. When Lord Henry tells Basil that Dorian is engaged to Sibyl, Basil doesn’t believe him, he thinks it’s a simple infatuation, because they are too young; but listening to Dorian speak so passionately, he approves the marriage. They go out and while Dorian and Lord Henry get into a brougham, Basil follows them in another car, he feels that life has now definitely separated him from Dorian.
Significant event: Lord Henry and Dorian tell Basil that Dorian is engaged to Sibyl.