Now that you’re almost finished with the book
1. Towards the end of the book did you still have the same views about the characters that you started with?
2. Were all of your questions about the story answered?
3. If you had to choose over would you still have chosen that book? Why?
4. What kept your attention and made you keep reading?
5. Throughout the book would you consider the author to have spoken in his/her own voice? Explain.
6. If you had to choose a character in your book who represents you who would you choose?
7. Would you recommend this book? Explain.
These questions were written by Randy
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I do still have the same views about the characters that I originally started with. All of my questions were answered about the stories, eventually. I would probably have changed the book that I read, so it would be more focused. But, I also liked the different variations in stories. What kept my attention is that the stories were always changing, so there would be a bunch of new stories to read, and they were all based on true stories. The author spoke in his own voice mainly because he was re-telling a story. If I had to represent a character in the book, I would be to the wrestling story because he is athletic and deals with his issues his own way, only because I don’t relate to any of the other stories. I would recommend this book to other people because it was very interesting.
Overall i felt the same about Eustace as i did in the beginning. Towards the beginnign i thought he was just some hermit who lived far away from anyone with no human contact. I have an understanding of who he is, he didnt want to do this just for him but to show others it can be done and should be done to some extent. I would have chosen this book, i enjoy adventure stories. The real reason i felt i should keep reading was just to see how he ends up, what really happens to him. I do belive the other has her own voice and a unique writing style. Almost as if shes having a conversation with you. Her style isnt so much formal as it is fun and sarcastic. If i had to choose a character to represent me in the book, i may choose Eustace, we both dont need a lot of things, i love the outdoors and making others aware of situations they can help with.
As far as survival adventure books i would recommend "Hatchet" or "Into the Wild" before this. But i am enjoying the last chapters.
1.in my book" stranger than fiction" the charaters were always chagning so my views stayed the same.
2. most of my questions were answered but i havent finished the book yet so ill prolly come up with more questions later.
3. i mean the book im reading is very real and intersresting but i prolbably would have choosen "our america".
4. the thing that kept my attention was that fact that the book wasnt only settle on one story it was on mutilpes.
5. i probably would have found it more interesting if the author put his own life story in the book or had a chapter that affected his life in some way.
6.i choose the chapter "the lady" because i can relate to the charater and his died dad.
7. i would recommand this book to anyone who likes books that have alot of stroys and not just one. also to people who like reality not always fiction.
Throughout any book you learn about characters, well main characters for sure. With Our America I felt like I knew LeAlan and Lloyd personally, thats how in depth the book was on characters.
I really never had any questions because I knew what the book was about, I just didnt know what to expect. I am so glad that I chose Our America because I dont think any other books could have changed me like are America did. It brought you into their lives day by day, that aspect alone made it very hard to put down. The whole book was from the Authors voice. Lealan represents me the most because he's very street smart and book smart. Im probaly not as smart as him in both categories, but I too know what I have to do to make it out of my environment and I strive to make myself somthing everyday. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody of any color. It shows you how life is in projects and how many trials you have to go through daily just to survive. Its a very good book I think it should be required for everyone to read,
The characters in the book evolved as we moved deeper into the book. Now that it is almost the end you can see that the kids are sticking to their better mentalities and better lifestyles than the rest of the people around them. I would have still wanted to hear more about Johnny and Tyrone. I never got a real sense of what they looked like or who they really were. The way people talked about their problems and the way that kids opened up and said what they felt was pretty cool. It kept me reading because some people were so honest and the dialogue made me feel like I was talking to my own friends.
While reading this book I thought of many different things. I thought about my own life and how fortunate I am. I thought of my neighborhood and how peaceful it is compared to the Ida B. Wells. I thought of what might have motivated Johnny and Tyrone to do what they did and what goes through the heads of people there when they follow wrong footsteps. I sometimes end up thinking of solutions that might make situations better.
I would really recommend this book to anyone especially if you haven't been exposed to this lifestyle in America. It will open your eyes to a new world, shock you, and make you think.
During the end of the book I still feel the same about the characters as I did earlier in the book. All of the questions were answered. I did like the book and if I had to choose over again I would choose the same book. I liked the book because I could relate to what they were saying. I believe that they wrote in their own voice and said what they had to say. If I had to choose a character to relate to then I would choose Lloyd because even though he was a main character he was still doing his own thing. He seemed like a misunderstood character and that what I can relate to. I would recommend this book to a lot of people because it has touched me in more than one way
No, my views on the characters changed because I saw many changes that they have made. The book I read, Stranger Than Fiction, had different stories throughout the novel, each had characters that changed in some way. It may not have been a significant change, but their outlook is now different. I did not have too many questions about the book. I did have one and it was how do these stories relate to one another? I found out that the author traveled and experienced each of these stories first hand. And the stories all had a certain theme to them, which was an important lesson to know. If I had to choose over I would definitely choose Stranger Than Fiction again. It was a very good novel, because it had many different stories and they were all interesting. What caught my attention was the detail explained in each story. It seemed that none of the stories were related, but they all tied in to each other in some way. I really enjoyed reading about some of the things that people had experienced in their lives. And I was also impressed by Chuck Palahniuk and how he went and heard all of these stories first hand.
The author did not speak in his own voice, because he listened to other people's stories and wrote them down. He might have added more detail to them to grab the attention of the readers. In a sense he wrote in his own voice, but they were not his stories. The character that most represents me would be one of the writers trying to have their idea heard in front of publishers. They have spent many years writing their ideas all for this one chance to have them heard. And as an inspiring writer, I too have spent a lot of time on my idea, waiting for it to be heard. I would recommend this book because it was a great read and it had me not wanting to put it down. I think that for someone who likes to read about real people and their stories, this is a great book for them to read.
After reading the whole book I have changed some of my views on the character in STF. At the end of the book I was still questioning the author’s ideas and history. It wasn’t very clear to me why he was making all these little short stories, and what possessed him to make these imperticular. I definitely would have picked a normal novel, instead of a book that has a bunch of random short stories that have no connection at all. And considering that the author wrote the book from other people’s stories, it’s not his own words. The author just went to random places and took notes on stories, then quoted the people he interviewed and called his own book. The reason why I disliked the book so much is because I couldn’t make a connection with any of the characters I the book except for the characters in the chapter “Where Meat comes from”. They have a serious passion for what they do, and that’s the only connection I made throughout the whole book. I would not recommend this book to anyone who doesn’t want read about random short stories that most people can’t relate to.
The overall book Stranger than Fiction, was a so different from other books I've read. The author put about twenty storys in one. I feel as if every story and every character was different, from beginning to end. I couldn't keep track of all the different storys because they all were so different. If I could choose another book it would have to be our america, it was based on the streets of chicago and how this bad neihborhood effected these children. The story had a focus through the begininning to end. Plus all the students who read the book went through it by the first week! I would recommend this book to peoople who like to read weird short storys.
When I first started to read “Our America”, it immediately caught my attention. I still see LeAlan and Lloyd as the same people. I thought that they were very bright young men and they are still bright just wiser. My entire questions I had for the book was answered, about Lloyd’s father and Eric Morse family. If I had to choose a different book, I would not because “Our America” stood out to me. It focused on mainly violence and poverty and it took my interest. The murder of Eric Morse kept me focused on continuing to read my book. I thought the Author spoke his voice because he wanted young children in the ghetto to be heard and he did just that. If I had to choose a character in my book, I would be LeAlan and Lloyd just because they are determined to do better with their lives and get out of the ghetto. I feel the exact same way.
Towards the end of my book I did still have the same views about my characters as I started with. They always seemed as if they had adult minds at young ages. What did surprise me about the story is how when they got older they kind of went separate ways. Most of my questions were answered throughout the book except I would have wanted to know more about what happened to Johnny and Tyronne after receiving their sentencing. Yes I would have chosen the same book because as everybody was going around the classroom stating that their book was getting boring, my book stayed consistent and very interesting. The simple fact the book expresses people’s hardships and struggles in life kept my attention also the violence that was in it. The authors in my book expressed themselves in their own voice, literally. Every word that came out of their mouth was written in the book as if they would have said it. They gave their own perspectives of their life and their America. I can say that neither one reminded them of me but if I can say that if I had to chose one it would be LeAlan because he is very out spoken and speaks how he feels. I am just like that. I would recommend this book because it was interesting and It will give you a different way to look at life.
In the book Stranger than Fiction the characters are never in the same story twice (except for the author himself), which adds to the book. However I do think differently about some of the people now then when I first read about them. All my questions have been answered and I’ve thought much about the characters ranging from farmers to a woman who lives in a supposedly haunted house, even Palahniuk himself is a character in it. Looking back I would have chosen Stranger than Fiction even if I knew what kind of stories where in it like I do now. The shock, the stories, and the writing style of Palahniuk held my attention for me to be able to read it. Palahniuk’s style of writing is like that of a conversation almost, with “dirty” words that you wouldn’t use unless you where telling the story to a friend. If I had to choose a character to represent I think I would choose the author himself when he is talking about being a volunteer at the hostbiste. Overall, I would recommend this book for instead of one story contained within the covers, there are over ten. And each of these ten is about a different subject and tells something different, ranging from Testy Festy to a farmer who is working on rockets.
Now that I have finished reading the book my ideas about the characters haven’t changed. All my questions about the characters have been answered in class discussions. If I had a choice I wouldn’t choose Stranger than Fiction again because after reading the book I realized that I would rather read a book that is one story all together instead of reading a group of separate stories that barely tie into one another. The one thing that kept my attention was the fact that the book had different stories. I liked the fact that the stories were all different but I would prefer to read a book with one main story with different subplots. I felt that the author spoke in his own voice because I think that a lot of his stories were told from his perspective, he didn’t try to write the stories to please the people he was writing about he just told it how it happened. If I could chose a character I would have to choose the character from My Life as a Dog, the principals that he had resembled mines. I would recommend this book because it was a book that I think a lot of my friends would like because some of the views represented in the chapters.
Towards the end of the book, i have different views of the book. I think i picked the book for the wrong reason and that is why my view is different.
I Still have questions like why he is like this but that is something i would have to personaly ask him
i would have choosen "Our America" because i can relate more to the book
His style of writing kept my attention
the author is known for speaking in his own words so yes i think so
i would choose the man in the dog suit because i sometimes want attention
i would so people can expand on there thinking
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