Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wrinkle In Time readers response #1

This time i read chapter 12 "the foolish and the weak"

     In the beginning they were trying to decide who should go back to Camazots. They narrowed it down to Meg's dad, Calvin, and Meg. Then the 3 mrs appeared and told them that meg had to go. When she got to Camazots she found it and charles wallace

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Katniss from beginning to end

   Katniss is a 16 year old girl from an area of District 12 called the Seam. In the Seam in order to survive you have to either be very rich or you have to break laws. Katniss and her family aren't rich so she goes outside of the gates and hunts for food so she can sell it to the townspeople for money to sustain their family. Katniss doesn't let her sister Primrose do much except go outside and milk her goat. In a place like  district 12 there are a lot of dangers for an 11 year old.

   Throughout the book katniss is widely against the Hunger Games but she never excepted that her own sister would be chosen to be in the Games. Instead of Prim going to the games Katniss volunteered to go instead which proves her sense of bravery. She accepted her fate instead of trying to escape the games because she knew that she would probably die. On her way to the games she stayed relaxed and started making her strategy instead of being sad and grieving over the fact that she had to go to the games and leave her family. She wanted to try as best as she could to win the games instead of just giving up. This is also a sign of her bravery.

     At the start of the games Katniss and Peeta grab weapons and narrowly escape the cornucopia without being killed. Katniss witnesses the boy tribute being killed right in front of her. She must have a very strong stomach to be in the games or else she won't make it far. She made it to a tree before nightfall and managed to make a small camp in it. A day in a half later she almost died of thirst but made it to a small pond before she could. This proved that even in the face of death she managed to survive due to her strength.

Katniss managed to find the other tribute from her district. She and Peeta made a shelter next to a lake, It seemed like a good location until Peeta became sick which forced Katniss to have a strong stomach while taking care of him. When it seemed like all was lost for them, gifts started to come down from the sky. Haymitch their coach for the games finally got enough money from sponsors to start sending gifts to Katniss and Peeta. Before they knew it there was only 2 tributes left. They figured that they would kill each other. And the the worst happened. One of the tributes was killed and they were forced to fight the other. The other tribute was Cato, an extremely good warrior from district 2. They met him at the cornucopia.

     The beginning of the book, Katniss was a quiet, conservative, person who enjoyed being alone besides when she was with Gale. She would rather be in a field alone then with her family at her house. By the end of the book Katniss is a seasoned warrior. She is still conservative and quiet but she is more careful about her actions and she is happy to be alive.