Thursday, January 31, 2008

Easy Read
The book that we are reading now in class is much easier than any of the other pieces. I actually found myself reading more than was required because it was so relaxing to reading something that did not take too much thought. I will admit that at some instances I wish the language were a little more difficult because at one or two instances I felt as though I was reading a middle school book.
The one aspect of the book that I love in any authors writing style is when they have scenes that do not seem to be related at all but later you find that the whole story is one big, messy web. Also in this style I have found that some author change chapters with a dramatic change in characters and plot. I have always found that intriguing but what I feel is even more interesting is that this book does not feel as choppy as some others I have read.
In I think the third chapter I was a little confused because it had said that the escape artist had died I thought when he did the escape from underground. But then the boy sees him and he is alive doing shows and escaping from prisons. I have a feeling I missed something or I was just reading it wrong. All I know is, I perceived it as he had died and then was alive. I tried rereading it 4 times and I still could not find what I missed.

1 comment:

bvalletta3 said...

This book is definitely one of the easier reads we've had this year. You're right, it is a very relaxing read and does not take much thought, especially when comparing to the Twain text, which was much more difficult to get through than this. In response to your confusion about the escape artist, I am in the same boat; I am not completely sure what happened, but maybe the announcement that he died made his escape look even more impressive, but I am not really sure.