Great Gatsby

This book definitely had some tough vocabulary with quite a few words that I didn't recognize.

The part that really made an impact was the fact that Tom and Daisy stayed together even though

Tom knew Daisy was going after Gatsby. Following that Gatsby stocked Daisy outside her window.

Then following that he got shot by Wilson, with these three events in a row was a knock out punch

for me because I was so interested. One part that kind of shocked me was the part where Jordan

told Nick she was already engaged to another man.

I wish I could know everything that goes on in Nick's mind because he is so complex, at one part

he kind of remembers how it's his birthday instead of celebrating it or anything, he's just very casual

about it. He has an extremely different mind set than everyone else and is one in a million. He is also

very compliant meaning if one of his friends asks him to do something or suggests something he tries

it, dating Jordan for instance.

I honestly didn't connect with any characters in this novel so I was pretty neutral while reading.

I would definitely recommend this book to older more experienced readers (honors 10 or higher)

because of the difficult vocabulary. But overall a good book with an interesting plot which kept

my attention pretty well.

The Grapes of Wrath

I'm not exactly sure how to describe this book. It is overall pretty sad considering everyone

who dies the dog, the grandpa, the grandpa, the priest, and the baby the list can go on. One thing

that really was in the back of my head was that Tom Joad the main character is a former fugitive.

I think he really learned his lesson in prison and is headed on the right track because of all the

good decisions he made throughout the book. Tom was definitely my favorite character and the

one who I connected with.

There is definitely one part that I would like to dig deeper into and that would be the last

page, where Rose of Sharon breast feeds the dying man and then she looked up and smiled

mysteriously. I don't know if it's just me but I can picture that scene at the end of a scary movie,

a distraught woman who lost her baby who then saves a man by feeding him but when she looks

up and smiles like that it just kind of creeped me out. That ending left me with a few questions

like, did the man get nursed back to health, did Rose of Sharon go insane or have a weird

moment where she liked it? I'm not sure but it's a little too weird for me.

My overall view of the book was that it was pretty slow which was expected, but it wasnt

bad. It was kind of difficult to get through just because it took so long. I would definitely

recommend this book to someone who is capable of reading it. I also liked how Steinbeck

narrated the novel kind of cycling and getting different narrators every once in a while it

definitely kept me awake and alert not just listening to the same person tell a story for 619

pages. Overall I give this book a thumbs up.

huck finn

I honestly hated this book. I had many dislikes but my main ones were what does he accomplish in the story besides he went on an adventure. My other problem was the dialogue, it drove me crazy reading words like; dey ain't, I reckon, git, nuffn else. Those were all directly out of the book. I couldn't even focus the grammar was so bad. The one part I did particularly like was when Tom and Huck were freeing Jim from the shed and Tom made it more difficult than it needed to be. I found the irony in that and it actually kept my attention for once.

I do feel however, that Mark Twain put the book in a good perspective. It didn't feel like I was listening to him tell the story as much as I was listening to Huck telling me a story. It kind of contradicts "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", mostly because the narrator changes and I noticed that at the very beginning. Twain really gave you a feel for the south with the dialogue and how characters acted. The part I didn't really like was how people treated slaves for instance Jim, Mrs. Watson likes him and then decides to sell him, Huck thinks he is his friend but at times doubts him because of his skin color but at the end when Jim puts himself at risk when Tom gets shot Huck decides Jim is white on the inside.

The one character I could somewhat relate to would be Huck, just because I can always expect him to view things to be not as bad as they actually are. He doesn't really care that he has a drunken dad or when he's in danger. These types of things just don't really affect him. He is also a good friend to Tom, they remain good friends through the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and remain friends even after Tom thought he was murdered. That could be one of the only friendships that actually lasts in this book. All in all, I really wasn't a fan of this novel, it didn't hold my attention but don't judge the book by my post, I am very critical because I don't like reading.