Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Book 1 Analysis

This book was pretty suspenseful and surprising.  I liked the ending, how the hunter became the hunted, or just got killed.  Not only did it have a good story line, but it was also well written. I recommend this book to everyone because it is definitely worth reading.

Short Story 1: The Most Dangerous Game Summary

"The Most Dangerous Game" is a famous short story of a hunter named Rainsford, who falls off of a ship in the middle of the ocean, while on a hunting trip.  He swims to the island, known as Ship-Trap Island, and finds a huge house on the shore.  He is greeted by a deaf giant named Ivan and shown into the home of General Zaroff.  After what seemed like a lovely evening, Rainsford is forced, by the General, to be hunted down for three days on the island.  He takes his three day supplies and hides from the General for a whole day.  In the middle of the night, he hears dogs and footsteps and sets a trap, which is set off and kills Ivan the giant.  On the third day he has escaped the General and wins the bet, so Zaroff retreats to his bedroom to rest.  In the curtains hides Rainsford, who satisfyingly kills the General and feeds him to the dogs.  This is implied in the last line,  "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." (29).  

Short Story 1: The

Monday, September 15, 2008

Just in case you actually read these things... welcome

Hello, and a welcome to you. This is an english blog for my school, it is enriched. The next four sentences will make you feel welcome and warm in my blog. Everything on this BLOG is friendly and fun like family. In fact, I consider everyone who uses this blog to be my family, except not really because I don't know you. I've never done this before, and to be honest, I don't think I'll really be doing this after this year. (Unless I have another class that requires it.) Bye.