by Chuck Palahniuk
published in 1996
So I have gotten bored with a book once again, not because the book itself is boring, but because that the book tends to repeat a lot of information about the same thing in the beginning. I am sure however that “Crossing Hitler” will reach a point in which it becomes very interesting. “Fight Club”, by Chuck Palahniuk, is interesting because of the complexity of it. It is complex because it is a first person story of a guy. This guy doesn't seem to have name, helping me personally because that is one less name I have to remember while reading the book. Names aren't really a problem in this book either, there is Tyler and Marla, the two main people that the guy mentions. This guy doesn't really have friends. Hes the type of person that keeps to himself. The thing is though, he wants to be heard, not ignored by people on the streets, but actually given full attention to. That explains why he goes to support groups. I question why support groups help him the way they do. He can live with getting close to people that he knows will die. Most people would die at the thought of that. It isn't that comfort should not be given to those people that is terrifying, it is the act of losing a dear friend that people would be scared of. The main character just seems so set apart from society that he has almost no feelings for the lives of other people.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Crossing Hitler
by Benjamin Carter Hett
published in 2008
Hans Litten had a very interesting outlook of respect to people. Litten “was too friendly to with the street sweepers and addressed beggars as “sir”-a deference he never showed to aristocratic guests at the Litten Court.” He respects the poor class of society more highly than the rich. That says a lot even for a kid. He understands to some degree their role in society and sees they can be respected more than the rich. What makes a kid believe this? I question what causes Litten to become so attached to the underdog because most kids don't tend to think this way. It used to be that in the United States, kids, raised with nanny slaves, grew up thinking of the nannies as trash. Litten came from a dominant family in Germany, so why would he regard beggars with respect. The books describes Litten as “emotionally drawn to the underdog”. The book just doesn't describe why Litten has this interesting mindset as a child.
published in 2008
Hans Litten had a very interesting outlook of respect to people. Litten “was too friendly to with the street sweepers and addressed beggars as “sir”-a deference he never showed to aristocratic guests at the Litten Court.” He respects the poor class of society more highly than the rich. That says a lot even for a kid. He understands to some degree their role in society and sees they can be respected more than the rich. What makes a kid believe this? I question what causes Litten to become so attached to the underdog because most kids don't tend to think this way. It used to be that in the United States, kids, raised with nanny slaves, grew up thinking of the nannies as trash. Litten came from a dominant family in Germany, so why would he regard beggars with respect. The books describes Litten as “emotionally drawn to the underdog”. The book just doesn't describe why Litten has this interesting mindset as a child.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Crossing Hitler
by Benjamin Carter Hett
published in 2008
I'm pretty much the average guy walking down the street. My childhood has been pretty much the same as the average guy. Hans Litten is the not the average man, he wasn't even the average kid. He was a child prodigy one could say. Litten as a child, had an amazing memory and “could hold in his memory everything he had ever read in his memory, and he could recite hour on hour of the works of favorite authors, such as Rainer Maria Rilke. That is incredible. Litten could very much well be an actor at his age because of his memory alone. If I could memorize things as easily as he could, I'm sure life would be much easier for me. I could memorize all the formulas I would ever have to know just by looking at a piece of paper a few times. Why stop there? I could also memorize all the steps to writing a good essay. I lack skill in the art of essay writing and my memory of the key elements to essays could make me understand how good essays are made. There is no question that Hans Litten was extraordinary, but there were consequences from his choice in the course of his actions. Those actions caused him to get hated my a dictator and then sent to a concentration camp.
published in 2008
I'm pretty much the average guy walking down the street. My childhood has been pretty much the same as the average guy. Hans Litten is the not the average man, he wasn't even the average kid. He was a child prodigy one could say. Litten as a child, had an amazing memory and “could hold in his memory everything he had ever read in his memory, and he could recite hour on hour of the works of favorite authors, such as Rainer Maria Rilke. That is incredible. Litten could very much well be an actor at his age because of his memory alone. If I could memorize things as easily as he could, I'm sure life would be much easier for me. I could memorize all the formulas I would ever have to know just by looking at a piece of paper a few times. Why stop there? I could also memorize all the steps to writing a good essay. I lack skill in the art of essay writing and my memory of the key elements to essays could make me understand how good essays are made. There is no question that Hans Litten was extraordinary, but there were consequences from his choice in the course of his actions. Those actions caused him to get hated my a dictator and then sent to a concentration camp.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Crossing Hitler
by Benjamin Carter Hett
published in 2008
I read the prologue. As easy as that sounds, for this book, the prologue was slightly repetitive. In fact, I feel as if I already know what this book will be about, Hans Litten and all of his accomplishments. Not to say his accomplishments aren't worthy of recognition, because they are. Litten managed to be to be harmful to one of the most powerfully despicable people in history, Hitler. "Crossing Hitler" is about exactly what the title says, crossing Hitler in the courtroom. As a witness, Hitler was bound to tell the truth, and Litten took advantage of that while crossing him. Litten did such a good job at crossing Hitler in the court room. In fact, when Hitler rose to power, Litten was one of the first people he sent to concentration camps. I have never heard of Hans Litten, yet streets and buildings in Germany are named for him. What makes him not a part of the history we learn in class? This book makes him such an important person that I really question why we haven't been taught about Littens for his involvement against Hitler.
published in 2008
I read the prologue. As easy as that sounds, for this book, the prologue was slightly repetitive. In fact, I feel as if I already know what this book will be about, Hans Litten and all of his accomplishments. Not to say his accomplishments aren't worthy of recognition, because they are. Litten managed to be to be harmful to one of the most powerfully despicable people in history, Hitler. "Crossing Hitler" is about exactly what the title says, crossing Hitler in the courtroom. As a witness, Hitler was bound to tell the truth, and Litten took advantage of that while crossing him. Litten did such a good job at crossing Hitler in the court room. In fact, when Hitler rose to power, Litten was one of the first people he sent to concentration camps. I have never heard of Hans Litten, yet streets and buildings in Germany are named for him. What makes him not a part of the history we learn in class? This book makes him such an important person that I really question why we haven't been taught about Littens for his involvement against Hitler.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
published in 2007
At no time in this book are "clappers" described in this book, if I read this book correctly. As I am reading this book the mention a fear of clappers, a cult of some sort. People will actually freak out if someone starts clapping. I know this because an entire school starts freaking out and evacuating when the main characters start clapping to escape. Makes no sense whatsoever. Like I said before, everything makes sense at the end of the book. Clappers are the equivilance to our suicide bombers. Clappers have their bombs infused into their blood that ignite upon stress, so clapping is one method to ignite the bomb. Clappers intend to bring about chaos and change. That is about the extent of what the book describes clappers to be. I'd be scared of people like that too because they have no defined motive. They just have a sense that something has to happen and because of that no one has any idea what kinds of things are running through their heads. Even though I would be scared of people like this, in this book, clappers were described to be against the unwinding of people and the way Shusterman used them to help reach his conclusion was well done and the clappers can't be hated as our terrorists are.
published in 2007
At no time in this book are "clappers" described in this book, if I read this book correctly. As I am reading this book the mention a fear of clappers, a cult of some sort. People will actually freak out if someone starts clapping. I know this because an entire school starts freaking out and evacuating when the main characters start clapping to escape. Makes no sense whatsoever. Like I said before, everything makes sense at the end of the book. Clappers are the equivilance to our suicide bombers. Clappers have their bombs infused into their blood that ignite upon stress, so clapping is one method to ignite the bomb. Clappers intend to bring about chaos and change. That is about the extent of what the book describes clappers to be. I'd be scared of people like that too because they have no defined motive. They just have a sense that something has to happen and because of that no one has any idea what kinds of things are running through their heads. Even though I would be scared of people like this, in this book, clappers were described to be against the unwinding of people and the way Shusterman used them to help reach his conclusion was well done and the clappers can't be hated as our terrorists are.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Unwind
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
published in 2007
Another interesting thing about this book is a scary story told about one of the first unwinds, Humphrey Dunfee. The sounds an awful lot like someone else we've all heard of, Humpty Dumpty. Well like Humpty, Humphrey got split into a bunch a pieces, part of being one of the first unwounds. But his parents regretted their choice and tried to gather up all his parts to make him whole again. Would that person think the same way as the original? That's only if the procedure for a reconstruction plan of a person actually worked, because errors exist. But it is just a story in a book. Or is it? This book is full of twists so Humphrey Dunfree's parents are one of the biggest. They reveal themselves at the end of the book by bringing together all of Humphrey's parts so they can have one big reunion, and I bet it is not the kind of reunion you readers are thinking of. The end of this book nicely brought everything to a close and even gave people a little heart for the unwounds.
published in 2007
Another interesting thing about this book is a scary story told about one of the first unwinds, Humphrey Dunfee. The sounds an awful lot like someone else we've all heard of, Humpty Dumpty. Well like Humpty, Humphrey got split into a bunch a pieces, part of being one of the first unwounds. But his parents regretted their choice and tried to gather up all his parts to make him whole again. Would that person think the same way as the original? That's only if the procedure for a reconstruction plan of a person actually worked, because errors exist. But it is just a story in a book. Or is it? This book is full of twists so Humphrey Dunfree's parents are one of the biggest. They reveal themselves at the end of the book by bringing together all of Humphrey's parts so they can have one big reunion, and I bet it is not the kind of reunion you readers are thinking of. The end of this book nicely brought everything to a close and even gave people a little heart for the unwounds.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Unwind
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
published in 2007
First thought when looking at this book is ghastly. The cover shows a faded shape of a person. Presumably this book is about ghosts just from that. This book, in fact, is about how some kids just never die. In “Unwind”, kids, under eighteen, who are not promising are a problem. The solution is to have these kids unwound, thereby giving them the title of unwounds. To be unwound is to have one's body completely torn apart so that the parts may be used for other people. While reading this book, this was the hardest concept to grasp. Imagine if it happened to you, knowing your life was not really meant anything and all you had to look forward to was knowing your body parts did something. Obviously, the unwounds don't like being unwound, so they tend to run away if given the chance. This book is about how three kids escape their status of unwounds by running away. Eventually, when they are eighteen, they are no longer unwounds because the law say that eighteen is the age limit for adults which nulls the unwound status. Think about what kind of world these people were living in to allow the unwinding of kids. People can live decent lives without certain organs. But the society of “Unwind” values human efficiency over quantity. In comparison to our own government, unwinding would be an ethical issue, such as abortion. They both raise a look into the pros and cons of each issue.
published in 2007
First thought when looking at this book is ghastly. The cover shows a faded shape of a person. Presumably this book is about ghosts just from that. This book, in fact, is about how some kids just never die. In “Unwind”, kids, under eighteen, who are not promising are a problem. The solution is to have these kids unwound, thereby giving them the title of unwounds. To be unwound is to have one's body completely torn apart so that the parts may be used for other people. While reading this book, this was the hardest concept to grasp. Imagine if it happened to you, knowing your life was not really meant anything and all you had to look forward to was knowing your body parts did something. Obviously, the unwounds don't like being unwound, so they tend to run away if given the chance. This book is about how three kids escape their status of unwounds by running away. Eventually, when they are eighteen, they are no longer unwounds because the law say that eighteen is the age limit for adults which nulls the unwound status. Think about what kind of world these people were living in to allow the unwinding of kids. People can live decent lives without certain organs. But the society of “Unwind” values human efficiency over quantity. In comparison to our own government, unwinding would be an ethical issue, such as abortion. They both raise a look into the pros and cons of each issue.
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