NAME: Jonathan B DATE: 2/18/10
BOOK: Echo Park
AUTHOR: Michael Connely PAGES: 229-330
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 101 pages.
QUESTION 1: 7. How did what you read today make you feel? Why?
RESPONSE 1: Today when I was reading I had a sense that is hard to describe. It sort of felt like a sense that, well...felt like the story was over. Detective Bosch finally killed the man behind the many killings and abductions. The ending was so sudden and short. It felt to me like the story had a little more to it than that. I still have around seventy five more pages to read but the main plot of the story seems to have ended. Bosch still has to find the real killer of Marie Gesto though so hopefully that will also be exciting as well. Today I just fell like the killer that I read about should still be in the story.
QUESTION 2: 15. Make up a motto that one of the characters seems to live by. How and why does this fit the character?
RESPONSE 2: A motto I think would fit Detective Harry Bosch would be, “Don't tell me what to do! That's my job!” The reason being that Harry is disobedient as much as he can obey an order. In the book, Bosch spends a lot of time disobeying orders regulations that are for his own safety. In one part of the book Bosch is ordered to not work on the case he has, and to stay away from the crime scene as much as possible. Of course Bosch works his way around his boss's orders and he starts investigating almost right away.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Weekly Reading Response
NAME: Jonathan B DATE: 2/11/10
BOOK: Echo Park
AUTHOR: Michel Connely PAGES: 104-229
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 125
QUESTION 1: 18. What has surprised you in the book? Why?
RESPONSE 1:
One major thing that surprised me while reading this week was the escape of the Serial killer Raynard Waits, if that's even his real name. While in the woods where Waits said he buried Marie Gesto, he managed to escape the police officers, detectives, and forensics team, getting away. It all happened so suddenly. There are only a few sentences that tell you what's about to happen, then Waits grabbed a gun and shot three officers. Two were dead, one was severely injured. This all surprised me because Waits seemed to cooperate fully until that last moment where he grabs the gun, shoots, and runs away.
QUESTION 2: 6. Explain how the author creates suspense in this book.
RESPONSE 2:
The topic of suspense in a realistic fiction book is difficult. You can't just have a Dragon fly out and capture the person you're going after. You need to have a plot line that goes with the facts of real life, especially in murder mystery novels. So the way that Michel Connely creates suspense is he takes the facts and the pieces of the story to give you an understanding of the main idea of what might happen. This allows you to think of many different up coming plots and solutions for the issues you're currently reading about. In the end you may have a basic idea of what's going to happen by the subtle hints the author gives you in the book. The element of suspense comes in when you're waiting to find out if you're right or not.
BOOK: Echo Park
AUTHOR: Michel Connely PAGES: 104-229
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 125
QUESTION 1: 18. What has surprised you in the book? Why?
RESPONSE 1:
One major thing that surprised me while reading this week was the escape of the Serial killer Raynard Waits, if that's even his real name. While in the woods where Waits said he buried Marie Gesto, he managed to escape the police officers, detectives, and forensics team, getting away. It all happened so suddenly. There are only a few sentences that tell you what's about to happen, then Waits grabbed a gun and shot three officers. Two were dead, one was severely injured. This all surprised me because Waits seemed to cooperate fully until that last moment where he grabs the gun, shoots, and runs away.
QUESTION 2: 6. Explain how the author creates suspense in this book.
RESPONSE 2:
The topic of suspense in a realistic fiction book is difficult. You can't just have a Dragon fly out and capture the person you're going after. You need to have a plot line that goes with the facts of real life, especially in murder mystery novels. So the way that Michel Connely creates suspense is he takes the facts and the pieces of the story to give you an understanding of the main idea of what might happen. This allows you to think of many different up coming plots and solutions for the issues you're currently reading about. In the end you may have a basic idea of what's going to happen by the subtle hints the author gives you in the book. The element of suspense comes in when you're waiting to find out if you're right or not.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Weekly Reading Response
NAME: Jonathan B DATE: 2/4/10
BOOK: Echo Park.
AUTHOR: Michel Connely PAGES: 1-104
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 104
QUESTION 1: 16. Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?
RESPONSE 1: One character I would not like to have is a friend is Olivas. Olivas is a guy who really seems to like watching the main Character, Bosch, get upset. In one part of the book Olivas tells Bosch what he did wrong thirteen years ago that let the killer go free. Olivas doesn't just tell Bosch what he did wrong but he milks the situation. Olivas literally makes fun of Bosch's mistake. People were killed by the man the got away and Olivas is focusing on making Bosch feel bad. Olivas is a really mean guy, and I wouldn't want to make a mistake in front of him because he would probably keep bringing it back up.
QUESTION 2: 4. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
RESPONSE 2: The Character I like the most in the book so far is Detective Harry Bosch. Bosch is a hardened Cop from the things he's experienced. He is a Detective that cares about the people,not the job he has. Bosch has been through many different stages in his crime solving career, but in this book, it starts where he is currently working in the Open Unsolved Cases department. Bosch has been working on a case for thirteen years involving a woman named Marie Gesto. When on a huge evidence scene involving the victim's car, Bosch found folded clothes on the inside of the car. The evidence disturbed Bosch and he has spent a great ordeal on finding future evidence. Bosch has done this out of his own time, showing that he cares about the people, not his job as a Detective. This is one of the main reasons I like Bosch.
BOOK: Echo Park.
AUTHOR: Michel Connely PAGES: 1-104
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 104
QUESTION 1: 16. Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?
RESPONSE 1: One character I would not like to have is a friend is Olivas. Olivas is a guy who really seems to like watching the main Character, Bosch, get upset. In one part of the book Olivas tells Bosch what he did wrong thirteen years ago that let the killer go free. Olivas doesn't just tell Bosch what he did wrong but he milks the situation. Olivas literally makes fun of Bosch's mistake. People were killed by the man the got away and Olivas is focusing on making Bosch feel bad. Olivas is a really mean guy, and I wouldn't want to make a mistake in front of him because he would probably keep bringing it back up.
QUESTION 2: 4. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
RESPONSE 2: The Character I like the most in the book so far is Detective Harry Bosch. Bosch is a hardened Cop from the things he's experienced. He is a Detective that cares about the people,not the job he has. Bosch has been through many different stages in his crime solving career, but in this book, it starts where he is currently working in the Open Unsolved Cases department. Bosch has been working on a case for thirteen years involving a woman named Marie Gesto. When on a huge evidence scene involving the victim's car, Bosch found folded clothes on the inside of the car. The evidence disturbed Bosch and he has spent a great ordeal on finding future evidence. Bosch has done this out of his own time, showing that he cares about the people, not his job as a Detective. This is one of the main reasons I like Bosch.
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