Catching Fire Symbolism

A symbol in my book Catching Fire is a Mocking Jay. A Mocking Jay symbolism how Peeta and Katniss mocked the Capitol in the first hunger games. It symbolizes the revolts in Catching Fire. Some of the distracts have started to try to revolt against the Capitol. The distracts that are revolting feel like the Capitol is taking unfair advantage of them with the Hunger Gams every year and how they are treated so poorly. I feel like a Mocking Jay is a symbol in Catching Fire because not only did Katniss and Peeta mock the capitol but the capitol also mocks the distracts. When Katniss and Peeta both won the hunger games the Capitol put more peace keepers in the distracts and made the laws harsher. I feel like this is the reason many distracts have decided to revolt against the capitol.

Catching Fire

I picked to read Catching Fire this trimester because I read the first one right before i went to see the movie. I haven't seen the movie Catching Fire yet so I want to read the book before. I loved the first movie of rthe Hunger Games triliogy. But I thought the book was better then the movie. I like Peeta the most because he is a really smart guy when it comes to survival. Like in the first book when he made himself blend in with those rocks after getting injured. I am hoping that this book is as good as everyone says the movie is because I have heard many good things about the movie. I will try to avoid spoilers when posting about Catching Fire!

Fahrenheit 451 Connections

I have a text to text connection with the Giver. In the giver it is a "perfect society" where the government controls the amount of knowledge you have. Like in Fahrenheit 451 where nobody is allowed to have or read books. The government doesn't want people to have more knowledge then anyone else. This is similar to the Giver because the government controlled a lot of things like the weather and what people can see, like specific colors. But certain people didn't follow the government's rules. Like the woman in Fahrenheit 451 who had books and Montag was suppose to burn them but the women wouldn't let them, so she was burned with the books. In the Giver the main character, Jonah was his name i think, ran away from the society because he knew things that many people in the society didn't know and it made him sad but also mad. Both books, the Giver and Fahrenheit 451, both had "perfect societies" where characters knew more stuff then they should and suffered consequences.

Final Blogger Reflection

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This post meets the expectations of theme because I gave my opinion of what I thought the theme was which was apart of the rubric. Also i used evidence to support my theme by finding a quote from the book about how the theme was expect the unexpected. Also I told you what has happened in the book by saying that all the kids were messing around on the plane and then all the sudden one of the kids saw the plane was on fire and everyone panicked. My quote, "But now that Nathan was looking out the window at the two burning engines as they flew somewhere over the endless oceans" (Machale/Rogow 16). That shows that the theme is expect the unexpected because they never expected there plane to be crashing on there trip. 

One thing I Struggled with from Blogging was making good comments on other peoples blog. I overcame this struggle by trying to comment connections I had with there books and other books I have read. One strength I had with Blogging was my Reading skills category because I'm very good at making predictions and asking questions when I first start books and I always tried to do a reading skills category when I started a new Book.  

White Fang Theme

The theme so far in White Fang is that even when you think their is no nopr you should never give up. This is the theme because White Fang was the only cub out of 5 to survivor and he coyld have just given up but he didn't and he survived. 

White Fang

I just started reading a book called white fang by jack london and so far it is a pretty good book but i havent read that much into in. Its about a dog/wolf mix. Its half dog and half wolf. White famg is the only one of 5 cubs to survive. Thats all i have read so far.

Plane Crashes

In many books their are plane crashes like in the book i read Flight 29 Down. a plane crash in a book makes bthe story exciting because usually the book will be about survivors and how the characters change while they are stranded somewhere after a plane crash. I like plane crash books because they are very fun to read.

Book Recomedation

In Flight 29 Down, their is a group of kids going on a trip and are flying, when suddenling their plane crashes and they get deserted on an island with no comunication what so ever. Can any of them survive? Can they find help? I really liked this book because I really like books full of adventure and surprises. It is a great book to read because it is't boring, If you like these type of books, I suggest Flight 29 Down to you!

Flight 29 Down Reading Skills

I predict that Nathan will be the leader and tell eveybody what they need to do because he seems like that charcter to me. Some connections in Flight 29 Down are text to self when it says, "But it was too late. The clasp came free and the raft immediately started falling off its mount on the bulkhead. Daley triend to grab it, but the weight of the raft was too much for her. They fell backward into a heap smashing against the rearmost seat f the plane" (Machale/Rogow 20). This relates to me because I feel like I would be the one to break the raft during a plan crash. Another connection is text to text with Hatchet. In both texts there was a plane crash and the characters had to survive with no help. A text to world connection would be every year there are plane crashes where people are stranded and have to survive and that is exactky what happens in Flight 29 Down.

Flight 29 Down Plot

The plot type in Flight 29 Down is a moutain plot because at first they are all happy and having fun on the plane. But then the plane crashes and they all think they are going to die. But they crash right next to an island and they are happy they are alive. But they relize they have no idea where they are and have no communication with anybody to get rescued. This is just the beginning stages of the book so im sure their is more conflict still to come.

Theme of Flight 29 Down

So far, after three chapters that i have read of Flight 29 Down, the theme has been, expect the unexpected,because all the kids were having fun on the plane and messing around. Not thinking anything could happen but then the engine blew out and all the kids were freaking out. "But now that Nathan was looking out the window at the two burning engines as they flew somewhere over the endless ocean" (Machale/ Rogow 16).

Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 by D.J. Machale and Stan Rogow is about a plan that crashes on an island but have no idea where they are at. When the plane crashed, seven people survived. food and water are scarce. The seven survivors are Nathan, Daley, Taylor, Lex, Eric, Jackson, and Melissa.

The theme of Robopocalypse is that technology is dangerous. It emerges throughout the chapter's in the book because each chapter in the book is a different story about a new character and how it was attacked by some piece of technology. On page 52, "And the AK-47 is firing again, one shot at a time. I peek under the chassis  of the APC to visually  locate the SAP unit. The bastard is still standing in the middle of the dusty street, Western- Style, Chunks of plastic and cloth and Kevlar are scattered around."

In this article it talks alot about how in 2014 Stephan Spielburg is directing the movie Robopocalypse.
Robopocalypse, The Movie