Book 2, Review

I think publishes choose to highlight certain colors to set the tone and mood to get a better feeling of what the tone and mood of the book is going t be like. I think certain object are highlighted because it is supposed to realte to somthing in the book.

I think the blurbs on the back of the cover target specific audiences by telling  how the book is going ot be. Its not the blurd that attracts certain audiences, its the book, and the blurb is just a description of the book. However the blurb can twist the story by making it seem more mysterious or more adventurous.

I think the Twilight book cover is a good example of bothe the cover relating to the book and not relating to the book. This is because the cover is a picture if  a man's hands holding an apple. I think this relates to the book because it is a specific scene from the book that makes the character, Edward look suspiciously talented. On the other hand it does not relate to the book because that short scene in the book has no impact on the story, its not a major scene at all.



My book has several covers some of which i like more than others. I like the first book cover below more because it represents more about the book, and the operation which is a major part of the book. I dont like the book cover on the right as much becuase it doesnt really say anything about the book, its just a piture of two people.

           

Final Project

Literary Heroes:

Tally Youngblood

In the Uglies series, and especially in my book 3, Specials, Tally Youngblood is a remarkable protagonist and hero. Tally fits into more than one of the hero archetypes. One of which is the Epic hero, I think Tally fits into this arhetype for several reasons. One of them being that she participates in a cyclical journey throught Specials, and the whole series. Tally gains allies throughout her journey such as her best friend Shay, and many other friends such as Croy, David, and Zane. Theese friends are not only her friends but they help Tally Throughout her Journey. In one scene in the book Fausto, a crim, and Shay are captured because they broke into the city's armory ,and Tally saves Shay. Then later inthe book Tally is put in the hospital and tries to excape but is knocked out by gas, luckily Shay saves Tally last minute. Another reason Tally fits into the Epic Hero Archetype is because she is brave, loyal, and smart, all without having any superpowers.

Not as well as Epic, but I think Tally also fits under the category of Romanic Hero because Tally rejects establihed norms and conventions set by society. Examples of this happen throughtout the series. Such as that she sneakes back and forth between Ugly Town and New Pretty Town which is not allowed, she even crashes a New Pretty party. She goes and participates in The Smoke and the city of Diego, which is specifially for Rebel Uglies who dont know if they want to become Pretties and Specials. Tally is also a Special at one point. She is hospitalized for her actions and tries to esape and sneaks people away from the "government" when she saves her best friend Shay.

Book 2 review 3

               Pretties By Scott Westerfeld is Fiction book. Meaning that it is imaginary. I would also say that is a Utopian Novel. I classified this book the way I did because the book takes place in the future, in a world that is not like our world today. It has futuristic Technology like hover boards and elevators you can talk to.  Also because the world is divided into 4 separate areas, one for the Uglies, one for the Pretties, one for the Specials, and one for the Extras. These areas are so separated they are like different universes. Pretties don’t talk to Uglies or Specials don’t talk to Pretties, and so on. Also The technology is so advanced into the future. An example would be there interface rings. Everyone has one, no matter if you’re an ugly, pretty, special, or extra. These rings let the technology around you know that you’re there. If you aren’t wearing your interface ring and you want an elevator to take you somewhere it won’t know you’re there. Without you’re interface ring, you are invisible to technology. These rings can also get you in trouble, it knows if you’re and ugly and if you are in the wrong place.

Refelection 10

               Villains are interesting because they can be so different. They seem strange compared to the rest of the world.  Because of this they are often one of a kind. When you see a villain you know it’s a villain because of the way they look and the way they act. They have their own way of doing things; some villains sneak up on people, like kidnappers or robbers. Other Villains, like The Joker from Batman make a public appearance.  I think the Villains that make a public appearance are the most famous, such as the Silver Surfer from Fantastic Four, The White Which from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and Ms. Trunchbull from Matilda. Another reason Villains are so interesting is because of how wicked they can be. They have no guilt; they can do any number of terrible acts and not feel a single drop of guilt. I think that when we read about villains it reveals how we could be a villain. It reveals how we justify the villain for being so evil Villains can also reveal important aspects of the culture by the types of acts that are considered prison worthy or death worthy. Such as Adultery, Robbery or Murder.

Reflection 9

Great Moment In Pretties by Scott Westerfeld:

This moment actually takes place at the very begining of the book. Tally is living a life of luxery, being a pretty, she has everything she wants, cool clothes, a hot boyfriend. She is attending another big party when she discovers someone is following her. Her old friend, Croy is stalking her. Croy is not a pretty, his imperfections stand out. He is a Special. He also has somthing for her.

This moment doesnt seem like that big of a deal but this moment is what really starts all of the events and Tally's path throughout the book. This moment takes her back to when she was an Ugly. She doesnt remember everything about being an Ugly, during the operation some of her memories are lost. Without this moment Tally could of just kept living her luxerious life a a pretty, going to parties all night, living in the lap of luxery. But Croy brought her back to her old life as an Ugly, which wasn as smooth.

Reflection 8

My Top 5 books that I would re-read:

(not in any specific order)


Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone is about a young boy names Harry that starts out living with his Aunt Uncle Dursley and cousin Dudley. Dudley is spoiled and tortures Harry on a dailey basis. Harry's parents were killed, while was just a baby, by Voldemort, a wizard. after 10 years in the Dursley house Hagrid, a giant, bardges in the the Dursley's home and tells him that he is a wizard, a very special wizard, and he is chosen to go a Hogwarts, a school for wizards. The rest of the book is a fasinating story about Harrys adventures at Hogwarts.
RIYL: Books about magic and wizards. Also books where someone young is chosen to do somthing extrodinary.


The Hunger Games is about a futeristic version of the world. The story focuses on Catniss Everdeen who is one of 24 tributes from 12 districs who were chosen (or volenteered) to compete in the hunger games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death. The 24 tributes are trained and go into an arena that is controlled by the government. The tributes fight untill they are the only one left alive, this could take weeks. I like this book because it takes place in a futuristic version of our world.
RIYL: Books set in the future and books about strategy and fighting, where there is no way out.


Uglies By Scott Westerfeld is about Tally youngblood who lives in a futeristic world where once you turn 16 you get an operation that turns you from an ugly(a normal looking person) to a pretty, who are beutiful and perfect. The Pretties live in a differnt world separate from the Uglies. The book is about Tally and her adventures and her contemplating becoming a Pretty. I really like this book because of how you can relate to Tally a little, i also think is is written really well.
RIYL: Books that take place in a futuristic place also books that are about figuring things out and stratagising.



Wake by Lisa Mcmann is about Janie, a 17 year old girl with a unique ability. She gets pulled into other people dreams. By this I mean that if someone around her is dreaming then she can sucked into their dream, she is placed into their dream. When this happeneds, she faints, well she technically falls asleap but its like shes fainting because she cant control it. She cant tell anyone about her curse, she thinks that they will call her crazy, or worse.
RIYL: Books with supernautural characteristics, and where the is a "chosen one".



Lastly, Wicked, Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. Wicked is about Holly Cathers, in the book her parents are killed and she goes to live with her aunt and cousins. While she is living there she expieriences alot of strange things, like if shhe wispers a wish to her cat, it comes true, and things like that. Holly and her 2 friends, Nicole and Amanda are launched into a dark world of witches, secrets, and alliances. Through this journey the friends will attempt to fulfill their destiny.
RIYL: The series "Series of Unfortunate Events" or books like harry potter, with witches or wizards.

Book Project 2

Pretties By Scott Westerfeld

Theese are some of the official Pretties book covers:

 

I decided to remake the Pretties book cover. This is my version:

 

I decided to make my book cover like this because it uses words, like a book. This lets you imagine everything in your mind. I like this aspect especially because I don’t like when book covers give away pictures of the main character or places in the book because when you’re reading your imaging the person or place on the cover and you don’t get to build the appearance of the character or place in your mind. On the official book covers they focus a lot on showing body parts and how they change or how they are perfect by showing pictures. Mine focuses less on the operation, which is mostly talked about in the first book Uglies and more about the characteristics of pretties which is what Tally gets to experience more in this book. I also think mine is very visually appealing and interesting because of how the words fall.

Book Project 1

Uglies By Scott Westerfield

Uglies by Scott Westerfield is set in the future. In the book once you turn 16 you get an operation that turns you from a normal person (Ugly) to a perfect human, a pretty. Pretties are perfect in every way. They have the body of a supermodel and a beautiful face. Once you have this operation you move away from Ugly town, a quiet normal suburban area, to New Pretty Town, which is a lively city with a wild nightlife.
How Scott Westerfield perceptions of the future:
There will be new technology such as Hover boards that know you’re its owner, floating ice rinks, and everyone has an interface ring that lets you communicate with inanimate objects around you, like elevators or the hover boards.

The main conflict in the book is the operation that turns you into a pretty, this operation makes you beautiful but most of all once you move to new pretty town you are an equal to everyone around you. You are just as beautiful as anyone around you but no more beautiful. This fixes a lot of problems in the world today. No one is competing to be more beautiful, no one is fighting over it, but what types of consequences does it have? Not everyone follows the rules. Such as, Tally Youngblood and her new best friend Shay. When Shay decides she doesn’t want her operation she runs away to The Smoke, a secret reserve where rebel Uglies go to stay away from getting turned into a Pretty. Tally stays behind but once it’s her turn for her operation she gets told there is a problem and is forced to figure out some uudecoded clues left behind for her to solve to find and lead people to The Smoke to find Shay.

 I won’t spoil any more of the book but I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read it. Although I think the main audience will be teenage girls.

Reflection 7

I think for a book to be labeled non-fiction it has to be at least 75% true. I think that the 25% that isn’t true shouldn’t change the overall feeling of the story. If it is 95%-100% true it can be called a memoir. Even though there is a 5% that isn’t true as long as that 5% only slightly bends what happened in reality to better help the reader understand how the author felt than that’s okay. Besides pretty much every book has at least one aspect, as small as it may be, that isn’t true. If a book is any less than 50% true it should be called a realistic fiction because if the story came from something that happened then it is realistic but if up to half of the book is made up or bent than its fiction. I think that even though genres can cause people to pass by a book they help give the reader a better understanding and connection to the story. If the story is labeled as a memoir than it should be a true memoir, not partially true and partially made up to spice up there life. If someone like David Shields doesn’t care about how true or how plagiarized the story is than they don’t have to look at the genre labels.

Reflection 6

Genre Labels

I defiantly think that they genre labels are helpful when the cover of the book doesn’t give much information on the book, especially when you know you’re trying to find a certain genre of book. When I look through books that’s usually one of the first things I look at because I know what I like to read and those labels clearly identify what the book is going to be like. I don’t they’re necessary because if you read the back of the book you can usually tell what kind of book it is. I think that in some ways they help generate readers because most people know what genres they like and will pick up books based on the genre labels instead of taking a lot of time to look at every book cover and read the back of every book to decide if they might like it. I also think that they repel a lot of readers who might otherwise like a book because as people are browsing through the racks if they just look at the labels and don’t read the back of the book they don’t really know what the book is about and might miss out on something they would really enjoy.

Reflection # 5

Book covers that make me want to keep walking:

·         usually i dont like the covers with a just part of or a whole girls face because they arent descriptive but I like this one of how her freckles and how she is laying in a grassy field tell you about the character and setting.

 

 

 

 

     Book covers with “dismantled body parts” like people holding hands or a close up on a girl’s ankles or hands bother me. They're not unique and dont usually tell you anything intresting about the book. Usually when I see a book cover like that I’ll put it back and move on.

·         Book covers that are extremely girly also bother me. They usually don’t say much about the book. I pass those up to.

·         The book covers of a girls back are usually boring and generic but if they are in a unique place or have something unique about them then I might reconsider.

Book cover that I want to stop and look at:

·         I like the book covers with symbols on them, like The Hunger Games.

·         I also like book covers with a lot of detail and different                                               aspects from different parts of the book but that all mold into one                                            picture.

 I usually dont like book covers like the twilight one with just one simple picture but since ive seen the movie I know its a good moment in the story but then again this doesnt say anything about the book itself if you didnt know what it was about.

Reflection #4

Books made into films: best adaptation to worst.

1. Harry Potter
Theese books have an amazing adaptation into film. Theese books were really intresting, amazing, well written and the movies represent every visual aspect perfectly and follow the story;'s every action and event.
2. Hunger Games
The first book is  written with tons of detail and theyre fantastic. The film follows the story almost perfectly. The visual representation is amazing and the scenes are realistic yet like a fantasy.
3. My Sisters Keeper
I liked both the movie and the book because the movie followed the plot and has good visual representaion except for one huge change. The ending to the movie and the ending to the book are completly opposite. This changed the feeling and upset the audience.
4. Series of Unfortunate Events
The story was detailed and fun in the books and was followed okay in the movies. But the movies turned out to be odd, the visual representation was off key and strange.
5. Twilight
Theese books have an intresting and dynamic story. I even think that the adaption has good visual aspects but the acting in the films are horrific and at some points, hard to watch. The films didnt do justice to the books.