Week 4: Respond to one of the following questions. Be sure to include the name of your independent novel and your name AND homeroom number in the blog post!
1. Choose a "golden line" from your novel and explain. This line should be something important, surprising or meaningful.
2. Was there an action taken by one of the characters with which you disagreed? Why did you disagree and what would you have done differently?
3. Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain the emotion(s) you felt while reading.
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ReplyDelete2.In the second Hunger Games book, "Catching Fire", President Snow takes an action I strongly disagree with. In the book President Snow destroys District 12 by burning until there is nothing left. President Snow does this because he is angry with the main characters, Katniss and Peeta, because he thinks they are trying to over throw the capital. I disagree with this action because President snow was angry with only two people, Katniss and Peeta, and it was unnecessary for him to go and destroy their homes and kill everyone in their district. If I were President snow I would of done something that would of only hurt and affected Katniss and Peeta not everyone in their district because poor innocent people should not be held accountable for someone else's actions, especially if they have no control over it.
ReplyDeleteJulia deVries homeroom 124
The book that i am talking about is a book called gone with the wind. my friend is reading it and he said it is very good. I have actually scene the movie before. I have read a little of the book but I didn't read much. i have heard it is a very well book , it is very long i think it took about a month to make. the movie was 4 hours long. so i suppose that the book is very long as well.
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In the novel Little Girl Gone by Drusilla Campbell Madora lived with Willis. Which he is a criminal. I think that Madora should have tried to escape because he basically imprisoned this girl and her. She could have escaped and never would have gotten into the trouble in the future of the book. This book made me suprised and proud for Madora because two years after she left the Tahoe in the parking lot of a mall, she totally turned her life around. Madora is living in a small apartment and has a job in a small motel. She walked down to her mothers house which she hasn't seen in years, and her father is dead. Her mother left her alone for a while. She walked down to her mothers house and reunited at the end of the book.
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ReplyDeleteIn Gone With the Wind I believe Scarlett should not have married Frank. She never loved him and was being selfish by marrying him. Frank was in love with Scarlett's sister and they were happy together. Scarlett just married Frank to get money. I do not think they will last and I hope he marries Suellen. Scarlett always talks about how evil Suellen is but Scarlett is the one being evil by taking her sister's husband for money. Even if Scarlett was taking Frank because she loved him it would still be wrong, but she's taking him for money and that's ten times worse then love. In addition, if I were Scarlett I would have chosen to marry Rhett not Frank for many reasons. For example, Rhett is in love with Scarlett and she loves him too. Even if she fights with him she always finds a way back to him and he will tell her he loves her again. Rhett also has the money, more money then Frank and she wouldn't even have to work for the money like she does with Frank. Rhett might have a bad reputation but he loves her and if she cares so much about the money, he has that too. Also, if he chose Rhett she wouldn't be hurting anyone. Tara's taxes would be payed, Suellen and Frank would be married, Frank wouldn't be getting mad fun of, everything would be so much better.
ReplyDeleteMiranda Barriero Homeroom: 121
yes my book did do some of these emotions. this book makes me laugh because Edward would say something funny. this book doesn't make me cry at all cause there isn't much to cry about so yeah. i don't really cringe that much mainly because i don't really get scared. yes i do smile because Bella or someone would say something funny. and no i'm not much cheery. this is a great book so far i like it.
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ReplyDeleteCurrently I'm reading With Every Drop Of Blood by Jame's Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. This novel is about the Civil War. In fact, my friend in ILA is reading it and when I figured out that it was about the Civil War I knew I had to read in independently! The main characters, Johnny's, father was hurt very much fighting for the South. So Johnny knew that his family wouldn't be able to get by easily so he promised to take care of his family instead of running away to fight no matter how tempting it was. Although, Johnny got an offer that he couldn't put down. He was offered to go on a bold mission to supply the Rebel troops. But soon enough a run away slave, a Yankee-Cush, captured Johnny. Johnny's now in prison camp and can't escape and he's being haunted by his conscious for breaking his promise to take care of his family so now he's feeling so much guilt imagining what has happened to his family without him.
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1. A "golden line" from my independent reading novel The Hunger Games is when Peeta Mellark said "If I'm gonna die I wanna still be me."The night before he was about to go into The Hunger Games and had a small chance of surviving. This line from my novel was very meaningful to me because it showed that no matter what happened to him even if he was going he was still going to be himself and not change for the Capitol. It also ment he wasn't going change who he was as a person even if it ment dying. This quote stood out to me along with many other quotes in this amazing novel but if I had to choose the quote that I could relate to the most. I would have to say this quote because now a days people are changing who they are so they can be like everyone else. For instance, if everyone jumped off a bridge more then half of the seventh grade would. But if I was in the same situation as Peeta Mellark I would not change who I am for the amusement of the Capitol I would stay who I am, I rather die myself, then die someone else.
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In the amazing book, Radiance, the main character, Riley, made a certain decision that I for one was not pleased with. This decision was when Riley went with Bohidi, her mentor and friend, to catch a woman's soul. Instead of being quiet and staying out of the way, Riley decided to try to help Bohidi. This was not a very smart thing for Riley to do because just then, Riley gets sucked into the woman's eye and fell into a stream of water. Bohidi jumped in after her and told her to stay still, but of coarse, she did not stay still and turned around and saw that Bohidi needed help. She tried but it just made everything worse. If I was Riley, I would of listened to Bohidi and just stayed still. Since Bohidi was Riley's guidance teacher, he probably knew more than she did and would of known how to get out of that mess. This was an action that Riley did that I disagreed with and what I would have done differently.
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Book- Radiance
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Book Title: Dreamland, By Alyson Noel
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My independent reading book, called Dreamland, By Alyson Noel, made me feel bad for the protagonist, Riley. Riley is a soul catcher. She catches the lost souls that haunt the earth by coaxing them to cross the bridge to Here & Now. Now, I will get to the part about how this book made me feel bad for Riley. Well, she and this boy who is her guide for soul catching named Bodhi, they don't really get along well. But, behind all of that Riley seems to have some feelings for Bodhi. Too bad he doesn't feel the same way about her. Poor Riley. At the part of the book where I am now there is another girl. This girl has long, black braids and always has a cheerleader outfit on. She is a teenager. She talks to Bodhi a lot, as Riley said. Both Bodhi and the cheerleader girl (that's what Riley calls her)are both teens. But, Riley is still 12. She isn't going to have a chance with Bodhi as she puts it, she isn't as beautiful as the cheerleader girl. As Bodhi and the cheerleader girl talk, poor Riley just sits there, with her dog, Buttercup. Buttercup doesn't really want to be with her either. That is why I feel bad for Riley, she has to sit there all alone, thinking she will never be a teen since she is a ghost (they are ghosts too, they were already teenagers). She has to stay there, watching the cheerleader flirt with Bodhi. Poor, poor Riley.
In the book Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Scarlett, the main character marries Frank Kennedy. As a reader, you know that Scarlett still "loves" Rhett Butler but she marries Frank for his money. Rhett has a place in her heart and as the reader, you can easily tell that. She's marrying another person for her own benefit instead of her love for them. I think that the time it took Scarlett to marry Frank is the time it took Rhett to get out of jail. If she had believed in Rhett and trusted that he would eventually give her money for taxes, she wouldn't be married to someone old. Scarlett and Rhett have chemistry together and they have a deluge of similarities. Plus, Rhett can "read her mind";he knows when Scarlett's lying, what she'll do next, etc. They both have interest in each other and know a lot about each other; what type of person they are. If I were Scarlett, I would have waited for Rhett to get out of jail but asked Frank for a loan since she wouldn't know when he would be free. Scarlett would have had a richer life if she waited for Rhett. Even if Frank married Suellen, he would be more than kind enough to lend money to his sister-in-law; he's the one whose allowing people to pay him back in no rush from taking supplies from his store. As Scarlett, I would just have to convince Frank to loan me money before he gets married and to postpone the idea of a wedding to Frank and Suellen. If I was Scarlett, I would have wanted to find a way into tricking Frank into loaning her money and then when Rhett was either free or willing to reveal whether he had the Confederate money, I would convince him to give me the money. He has half a million dollars in gold and he obviously has a love for Scarlett. Although he fights and calls her names, he would do anything for her. For example, the first person he goes to see after he's out of jail is Scarlett and he still loans her money to buy a sawmill. Scarlett knows that she's better off with Rhett but can't seem to admit it. Scarlett should have trusted her instincts with going to Rhett, but instead, she thought that the only way to save Tara was to marry Frank.
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This book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins made me cry. There were parts in this book that were really upsetting. For instance, the part when one of my favorite characters, Rue, died I felt like going in the book and doing the same thing to the guy that shot her with an arrow. She was one of the most athletic girls there. But, of course, someone shot her. I feel bad for katniss also. She felt like Rue was a sister to her. She made a peaceful spot to lay Rue down and started putting flowers around her. That was a sad moment for her and me. Katniss and Peeta were meant for each other. Peeta would have died at the end if Katniss didn't help him.She spent all this time getting to know Peeta and he became ill. I loved the part when Katniss was trying to help Peeta and he wouldn't let her so she kissed him. She had gotten one of those parachutes from the sponsors. In that parachute had a note saying "That's what you call a kiss". At that part I was laughing and crying at the same time.
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Delete(2.) In the novel Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, the character Tony Fontaine makes a choice that I don't agree with. I don't believe Tony should have killed Tara's ex-overseer Jonas Wilkerson in front of everyone like he did. Jonas Wilkerson deserved it but Tony only made more trouble for himself and his friends and family. He had to run away and leave behind Mimosa to Alex and the girls, and the plantation could use all the help it could get to get back on it's feet. Also, Tony rides right to Atlanta to Scarlett and Frank at Aunt Pittypat's house, and when the Yankees learn of this, they invade the house and won't leave anybody alone. If something is discovered, Scarlett, Frank and Aunt Pitty could go to jail. I believe Tony should have either had a firm talk with Jonas and told him to stop causing trouble, or at least not killed him in front of many witnesses who would tell Yankee authorities.
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In the novel, The Hunger Games, Katniss makes many wise decisions throughout the book in order to survive. I agree with just about all of her decisions and actions, but I sometimes don't. One of the actions in the book that I think was the wrong one was when Katniss formed an alliance with Rue. Even thought this might have sounded like a good idea at the time, it really was not. Katniss didn't realize that if they both survived until the end, eventually they would have to try to kill each other. I don;t think that Katniss or Rue would want to feel the pain in having to kill a person who has helped them survive all the way to the end. I don't think it was worth it.
ReplyDeleteI can see Katniss's reason for going through with this plan. Rue was quick, good with finding food, surviving over all and plus she reminded Katniss of her little sister, Prim. Forming this alliance was also bad because having to kill a sister figure will be miserable for them both. Just because you are home sick doesn't mean to to form an alliance of someone who remind you of the person you miss most. That is going to cause a bad ending.
Alexandra Bonano
Homeroom 121
In "Gone with the Wind", by Margaret Mitchell I disagreed with Scarlett O'Hara when she married Frank Kennedy. I disagree with this because she had broken her sister Suellen's heart. Scarlett had told Frank Kennedy that Suellen was afraid of becoming an old maid so she married Tony Fontaine. Suellen and Frank Kennedy where planning to get married. However, Frank wanted a nice wedding so he had bought a store so he could make money. Once Scarlett had heard of Frank's plans she knew she had to marry him for his money so she can pay the taxes for Tara; her plantation. So now Scarlett has been married two times and she didn't love either of them. In addition, if she had waited long enough Rhett Butler would have given her the money if she had come clean and told him of her troubles. Now Scarlett has broken the hearts of Suellen and Frank, is married to a guy she doesn't love, and now that she has a business all of Atlanta is talking about her.
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Emma Benesch
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"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
3. The book "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" was extremely touching. One example is when Dumbledore died; I was crying. I was also shocked just then because I couldn't believe Snape had betrayed him! I felt extremely sympathetic for Harry, because Dumbledore had been a second father to him, and now he had lost almost every adult he had been close to: his Mom and Dad, Sirius and now Dumbledore. Another part was when I read that Dumbledore's hand was charred. I could practically feel his pain, but I was also wondering how it got there, because it must have been very strong magic to severely harm Dumbledore.
When Ron starts going out with Lavender Brown, I felt incredibly bad for Hermione, because it has been obvious to reader for quite a few books that she likes him. It was also unfair of Ron to criticize his sister about kissing in abandoned passageways and complaining about it being in "public," because he kisses Lavender at parties and in the hallways! I felt pleased when Hermione got him back by shooting the birds she had summoned at him. However, I was also cringing when I thought about how much that had to hurt.
This book is only for people who want to feel a sundry of different emotions!
Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell is an exceptional novel. The characters and settings are well-developed and every single action is displayed as it's own spectacle. One of the actions completed by Rhett Butler stuck out to me like a blue fish in a sea of red. Mr. Butler decided that killing a slave would be a beneficial action towards his community. The slave had not done anything wrong, yet Rhett still felt the need to murder him.
ReplyDeleteSlaves in the 1860's barely had any rights before the Confederates surrendered in the Civil War. Slaves were treated like a grain of sand on a Hawaiian island; nobody takes the time to care for it, but they know it will always be there to do their chores. I think that Rhett Butler killed the slave because he was upset that some of his slaves left when the Yankees invaded the land. I do not think that this action was a valuable one.
If I were Rhett Butler, I would have never even thought of killing the slave. Just because a few slaves decided to ditch Rhett does not mean that others should have to suffer. If I was in his position, I would have asked the slave why he thought the other slaves left. I would then take his statement to consideration and begin treating my slaves with respect. Most people who owned slaves did not look at slaves as people; they looked at slaves as dogs.
In the twenty-first century, people are treated equally, despite the person's skin color, height or weight. I wish there was a Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1800's who could tell the slave owners that Africans are people too. When people owned slaves, they never cared about the slave's family; they just wanted them for the work. In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Tom was lucky enough to have his brother working with him. Although a slave's life was not a happy one, being able to do it with family made the thought a bit happier.
Rhett's action was not a logical one, and I feel that he should have simply spoken to the slave and asked what he was doing wrong. Because Rhett was put into jail after his actions, I hoped he learned the lesson that slaves are people too, despite their skin color. They have feelings, and emotions. They have families and friends. Just like any human, slaves needed affection.
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DeleteIn Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini, I laughed, Cried, Smiled, cringed, and cheered. This book made all of my innermost feelings come out. I cried at parts and at others I almost died of laughter. Christopher Paolini did a very good job of making the reader get hooked and almost feel the emotions of the main character, Eragon. When Eragons teacher died I cried along with Eragon even though it wasn't me who was reading the story. Everything in this book is a blur of emotions. When Eragon and his cousin Roran went into war i felt a pure feeling of excitement but a tinge of fright to see if anyone is going to die. At one part of the book, Eragon walked right into a trap and was hurt badly. I was so angry at the character and i almost threw the book out the window. I got very involved in this book and it was impossible to stop reading. For a week I was sick with pneumonia and in those five days read the first two books and on the weekends I read the third book. Be warned this book is not just something you would like it will become a addiction.
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Homeroom 225
The book Rules, it made me feel happy for the little boy with Autism. Catherine was so nice to him. She made him cards for talking, because he couldn't talk. This book should bring a the sensitive part out of anyone who reads it. James, the boy with Autism, loves Catherine. Catherine's little brother has a disability and that is how she met James. James and Catherine's little brother go to the same therapist on the same day and at the same time. This book also made me sad because at one point in the book James was upset because Catherine wasn't at her little brothers therapist appointment. James was mad at Catherine in the middle of the book because one of the cards she made him, she made him feet. She wanted him to learn how to say feet and walk. I felt bad for James because he took it personally and he really liked Catherine but after she made him the feet he was so upset! She apologized though which made everything better. She also then went to his birthday party and danced with him. They were best friends!
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In The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan Jason woke up in the backseat of a bus holding hands with a girl he didn't know.The girl claims to be his girlfriend but Jason doesn't remember her.As a reader you know that he was struck by lighting.you can conclude that Jason lost his memory when he was stuck by lighting.Leo is Jason best friend but u can tell that he is mischievous when he messed with the teachers megaphone so it made the teacher talk like darth vader.piper jasons girlfriend explained that he was in a boarding shcool for bad kids.
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In the book, The City Of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau, There was an action by one of the characters in the book. The character was, the mayor of ember, who decided to steal food, from a secret door down in the pipe works, knowing that The city of Ember is low on food, water, and supplies. The mayor took the food for himself. I strongly disagree with his actions. If i was the mayor, i wouldn't have been so selfish. I would have considered and realized that the people of ember were seriously low on ALL their supplies and things, and made sure everyone got an equal amount. That is why i strongly disagree. Afterwards, when the people of ember are finding their way out of the underground city, the mayor dies, in the process. Therefore, he got what he deserved for stealing what was not even his.
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In the Novel "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan. Percy Finally gets to meet the evil Titan named Kronos who came back to life by using Luke's body. My favorite part of the novel is when Kronos is finally defeated. Sadly, Luke was killed right along with Kronos. If i were Percy i would've accepted the immortality from the gods. I enjoyed also how this book was very adventurous. The only way Percy could ever defeat Kronos was bathing in the River Stx. Even though the Affect of the River stx also makes you tired easily. I also enjoyed how Kronos put every single person in new york to sleep. If i had to rate this book from 1-5. It would be a 4.
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I am currently reading the novel "Rules." I really am enjoying this book because it is so interesting. I get really sad while reading about how the disabled brother should be equal to everyone else because he is a person too. This relates to how people judge you and exclude you because you look or act different. What is wrong with being different? The part where her brother started laughing and enjoying his time with his sister made me grin and giggle a little. My mother works with autistic children in a preschool and I no what they do and how they act and look. The book has a lot of dialogue in it between many people which can be confusing at times but I like it because I mostly know their conversation or even an argument.
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The novel, "With Every Drop of Blood", by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, the main character, Johnny, witnessed a death in his family, a death that he should never have to watch happen. This death was of his father. Johnny's father was in the army in the Civil War fighting for the South against the Yankees when he got hurt. Before his father died Johnny promised that he would take care of the family and not run off to fight for the county. Which is exactly what he tried to do. At this point Johnny's family was completely out of food and money without his father there to help out. However, Johnny got an offer to take his mules and wagon on a bold mission to supply the Rebel troops. This action I disagree with because shortly into his journey, he was captured by a Yankee named Cush who was also a runaway slave! Johnny does not like taking orders from a slave but now he doesn't have a choice. Now he's bound for prison, tormented by his broken promise with his father and wondering what will become of his family and even worse, himself.
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Scarlett O'Hara has made many mistakes in her life while trying to protect Tara. The biggest mistake that I think she made was lying to Rhett in prison. Rhett could see through Scarlett like glass. Scarlett went to visit Rhett in prison to get money from him by flattering him. She thought that if she convinced him that she loved him, then he would marry her and his half-a-million dollars would be hers. This was a big mistake. Scarlett had little feelings for Rhett and she completely lied to him just for money. Like I said before, Rhett knows all about Scarlett and he can easily tell if she's lying or not. He could tell by her appearance. She had a very large hoop dress and he knew that large hoops were out of style, and Scarlett O'Hara was always in style. Also, he knew that she was lying because of her hands. Scarlett O'Hara always had soft hands, but these hands were calloused. Rhett then knew that Scarlett was lying and he was appalled that she actually convinced him that she loved him, when she wanted none of him but his fortune. If I were Scarlett, I would've been honest to Rhett because he would've helped her. Rhett can stand any tantrum from Scarlett, but he can't stand lying. Scarlett should have known better than to lie to him.
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In Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, there were various points that made me laugh. One was the fact that Scarlett always has the tendency to slap people when she gets agrivated. Another thing that I think is hilarious is the relationship between Scarlett and Ashley. Ashley Wilkes is a man who Scarlett had a crush on; but he is already married to a woman named Melanie. Several times, Scarlett got involved in a fracas with him trying to prove that he loves her too. After the third time, however, Scarlett said that she would not push herself at him anymore. But knowing Scarlett, I think she will eventually give in to herself and go at Ashley again.
One of my most favorite scenes that cracked me up, was one with Rhett Butler, a famous blockader who is thought of well from some people, but not from others. Whenever Scarlett and Rhett have a conversation, Rhett often teases her and tries to see how she reacts. In this particular scene, Scarlett is going to see Rhett in jail to try to persuade him for money for her plantation, Tara, which is in terrible condition for paying taxes. The comical part was when Scarlett asked for the money: Rhett said he didn’t have any with him and the Yankees would take it if he did. At that moment, the image that popped into my head was hilarious. I imagined Scarlett as a cartoon character with giant eyes and a gasping mouth that sank to the floor! As you can see, I find various parts in Gone With the Wind very amusing.
Jessica Doyle
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Gone With the Wind
In Gone with the Wind by Margret Mitchell, there are a myriad amount of emotions that you will feel while reading. One section that shocked me and made me laugh, was Rhett’s proposal to Scarlett. Scarlett’s second husband, Frank Kennedy, had just died during this scene; his coffin was still in the parlor! Rhett and Scarlett were sitting in the library. Scarlett was confiding to Rhett her burdens on how she believes she is the reason Frank was shot in the head. After Scarlett got everything ff her chest, Rhett swooped in with something I hadn’t anticipated. Rhett recited his love for Scarlett and explained he has loved her ever since he saw her fling a vase into a wall and watched it shatter. Rhett loves how passionate Scarlett is about what she is devoted to. She doesn’t care what other people say about her and Rhett admires that about her. Rhett is the same way as Scarlett.
The thing that really threw me into shock was the fact that Rhett has said to Scarlett numerous times “I am not a marrying man.” My mouth literally dropped during this section of the book. Something really peculiar is the fact that Scarlett doesn’t answer right away. Most women agree instantaneously when they are proposed to. Scarlett is different; she thinks about what the marriage would be like. However, Rhett is too anxious and interrupts her thinking. He grabs Scarlett and begins osculating her vigorously and fervently. Most people would be extremely engrossed and read rapidly through the section; I also did but for some reason, I started laughing. I find moments like these in books and movies to be humorous. I am ten chapters ahead of my language arts class because I have become so immersed in this novel.