Fahrenheit 451 part one.

When I started reading Fahrenheit 451 I was extremely confused. I didn’t understand at all what happened when Montag and Mildred almost died by some sort of explosion or what seemed to me as a sonic boom that was caused by jets that flew overhead.   I’m not really sure of how I feel about this book so far.  All that I know about this book is that people have pretty much lost their sense of free will and don’t question anything in the world any more (reminds me of tamed zombies), but if someone does question, then the firemen will have to eliminate that person.   One more thing that I don’t understand is the Hound.  I don’t understand what the purpose a mechanical spider thing (which sounds awesome) is to the backwards firemen, who instead of putting out fires, they cause fires.  I didn’t like how Clarisse McClellan died so early in the book.  She, so far, is the only somewhat same person in Fahrenheit 451, but I’m glad that Montag is starting to question things.  I have a feeling that his wife is going to turn him in or something else that will hurt either him or his reputation.

Life of Pi Part Three

So Pi keeps going, trying to get to the second most pointless in the world, Canada. (Really, what do they give the world? snow, ice, syrup, and moose, lots of pointless moose.) He seems to have more than one personality now, he feels invulnerable at times, on top of the world, than at times he feels like a pile of.. well, poo. He almost gets to the point of no return, the low of the low. I'd feel invulnerable if I was able to feed me and what? a 450 pound TIGER!? Thats alot of fish. Martell seems to describe everything in a way that doesnt bore me much if at all. Not many writers can do this, even Christopher Paolini, J.K. Rowling, and Stephen King can't do what Martell does so often in this book. Personally I like the way Martell writes his book, the great description of what some people would call "boring" days intrigue to how he does it. I have yet to understand how, but I hope I (or anybody) can enlighten me on this question, "How does Martell keep you interested with such a stupid topic?". I cant wait to finish this book again to renew the greatness of it. ( Oh and by the way, Samoa, that is the most pointless place in the world. )

Life of Pi Part two

Just as I already knew, this part was definatly more interesting than the first part of the book was. It didn't seem as random and now it seems to have a point and the story flows a lot better as well. However there were still a few parts that we're confusing because the way that the author wrote some parts were a bit, well... comfusing.. For example, when Pi first got in the boat and for awhile Richard Parker just disappeared. He wasn't even mentioned for a couple of chapters. One thing I really was how gory some parts were, like when he was discribing the animals killing each other because after reading other, non action books, it is nice to have a bit of death and fight in it. I cant believe how much more interesting the second part is compared to the first part. I do admire Pi for going through everything though. Personally, I dont know if i could have done it, but I can fish and blood and gore doesnt really bother me. I liked this part of the book, but can not wait for the next part.

Life of Pi Part one

 I have to say that, so far, this book is as boring in the beginning as the first time I read it, but I know it gets better in the future. I'm sure that, even though all of this information seems random now, all of the background information will serve a purpose later in the book. One of the most interesting parts to me was when he discussed different religions. The book shows that, at a young age, Pi was interested in many different religions so it's really no suprise that later in life, one of his two majors was religion. Something that really stood out to me in the parts where he was discussing his religious life was when Pi stated that he was not just a Hindu, Christian, or Muslim, but rather all three simultaneously. I suppose it's because we don't hear of that a lot. When you ask someone about their religious views, they usually say just Hindu or Christian, or Muslim or whatever else, not more than one. I have to wonder how Pi was able to practice several, very different religions at the same time. Pi's majors in college were also very interesting. It's really odd that he chose both zoology and religion together. Apart, they both seem like very interesting subjects, but it is hard to see them together, religion seems more of the human as a spiritual being while zoology sees a human as an animal and nothing more.
  Surprisingly, some parts, especially the part about the sloths, I actually find, interesting for a lack of better words. But at some points, I did not think I would be able to get through the book. Thankfully I know this book gets much better.

The Color of Water: Part two

The more I read of this book, the more it is starting to grow on me. I love reading about McBride, but I love reading about his mother even more. Its not typical of what I read, its a bit depressing, but I like it anyways. In my last blog, I said that she was more over protecting of her kids than she should be, but since reading more of her past, I see why she is so, crazy. However, I sometimes have to remind myself that unlike most of the other "similar" books I've read, The Color of Water isn't fiction and that everything in the book happened to James McBride and his mother because what i usually do read is fiction. And being the fiction lover i am, I understand the suffereing and pain but It is not real so I can over look it sometimes. I can't believe that the girl who went through so challanges grew up to become the strong, self-confident mother that McBride describes in his point of view. 

The Color of Water: Part one

The color of water describes both McBride's and his mother's child hood. Both grew up in situations people would not want to be with. McBride lived in a small, crowded house with his mother and ELEVEN other children. His mother tried to raise him to be independent and to never share his business with anybody in the world except his family. I think this idea she had was to try and protect her kids from the dangers in the world that she experienced. She grew up in Europe and was persecuted by Russians and other nations and was constantly fleeing from any and all persecutors. McBride’s mother grew up constantly following her elders’ order and never questioned them. She then expected her children to do the same with her orders, follow, and never ask. His mother not only endured a harsh early life, but some horrors happened to her later on in her life, she lost her first and second husband. I don’t fully understand his mother’s stand on religion. At first he writes that she was raised Jewish but stopped being Jewish because of all the rules. Then later he talks about his mother having a strong connection to God and that they attended church every Sunday. Did she go from being Jewish to go to being Christian or what? Overall I liked the first part of the book. It seems better then King’s On Writing, but I still have much more to read.