Armada

The easiest feature to point out is that the book takes place in an alternate future where everything seems to be okay, but they aren’t. Another feature that I’m less sure on is that the main character seems to be frustrated, but he also seems to be more confused than frustrated by this point.

Zack Lightman is a small town gamer in the book Armada By Ernest Cline. Zack is known around the world for being one of the highest ranking players in a popular video game called Armada. As it turns out Armada is a military simulator used by the government to recruit people to fight in a war against extraterrestrial creatures. Now Zack must overcome the death of his father and anger issues to embark on a journey to save the earth from the alien invaders, and stop the war.

1.) What did you find to be some key themes in this book? (Please list and describe at least 4).

I liked that the book is organized into small little entries. It makes it easier to read and to divvy up the book. I also liked the extended metaphor of a creating a tree that speaks to you; becomes you. In Speak, Melinda’s tree slowly becomes better and better. Along with her tree, she becomes more optimistic rather than pessimistic. By the end of the book, Melinda’s final tree, was given an A+, and her attitude and state of mind were better than ever. I love how relatable the book is to my actual life. The connections between me and Melinda made this book even better. The only thing I disliked about the book is that the incident of Andy Evans raping her was revealed closer to the end of the book. I couldn’t comprehend why Melinda was acting like this until 130 pages in. I wanted to know why Melinda was acting like this in the beginning of the story, so I can understand more clearly why Melinda was acting this specific way. I really don’t have many dislikes for this book, it was pure

The author’s style of writing is straightforward and to the point and the novel is unique because it is written through the different perspectives of the four main characters. The switching of perspectives throughout the book is what made the book so hard to put down. I could see, compare and contrast how the characters themselves feel about the situation. As this goes on, the reader can comprehend the characters’ personalities better and their view on the other characters. If this story was written from just one point of view, one wouldn’t be able to figure out each character’s thoughts and perception of people around them.

I especially enjoyed the usage of colloquial language and slang words. As someone who has family connections to the Appalachian region, I appreciated seeing it used within the text of a novel. I do wish that during the presentation, the images drawn in the book could have been displayed somehow. Especially with the emphasis on the importance of the graphics in the story, I wish that I had could have seen them when paired with the reading to understand what they contributed to Dawn’s narrative. Gipe was a very engaging reader because of the tone that he used to read from Dawn’s perspective. With his sarcasm and emphasis on the parts that were meant to be humorous, I felt like I could better understand Dawn’s character and her perspective on the world. I enjoyed this reading of Trampoline and the opportunity to learn more about Appalachian

For example, when Alexandra finally admitted that she was lonely made me finally realize how strong she was. It takes a lot of guts and bravery to admit your true feelings. Another example is when Emil came back from Mexico and out of nowhere kissed Marie on the lips even though she was married! I never would’ve thought that was gonna happen. I was super happy when it did happen though. Even though they didn’t end up together, i’ve always liked the thought of them being a couple even though she was married. Emil seemed like a better fit for her. Frank seemed like a jerk to Marie. Emil on the other hand, seemed like the man who would take amazing care of Marie and keep her happy. He seemed like the man who would love to have a family with her. He has kept his feelings for her to himself until that very moment where it seemed perfect. He leaned over and kissed her. His love was so very strong that he couldn’t even hold it in anymore. This book is filled with many thrills and ups and downs. It helps you relate and connect with the plot and the characters and makes you understand the whole concept of knowing that being human isn’t all perfect all the time. It shows that you're going to cry sometimes. It shows how there is despair and agony in life. It helps you understand what it truly means to be

With that in mind no matter how I look at it I wish the book would have started in a more interesting manner. It was very hard to start the book simply because it sounded like a regular high school life. Maybe that makes it a more interesting read to put in the realism, and yes I do understand that the book needs to start somewhere; to me it was just a bad start and could have been executed better. Now some people will probably say that it was a better start then how some books start and I definitely agree on that. To me I just wish that the book would have distinguished itself a bit

Foster made few, if any, errors when writing this novel. There are few things I would change, because this novel is great in almost every way. However, one of the things I was not crazy about was the way Foster repeated himself numerous times. While it did somewhat help, hearing things over, it did start to become boring, making it easy to lose attention. For instance, Foster gave endless examples about how no modern work of literature is original; meaning it all is derived from literature that has already been written. These examples could be helpful, however, all of the examples were similar, which was not anymore helpful than merely using one example. Another change Foster could have made would have been referring to a more wide variety of books. The same few books were mentioned numerous times. This was a good and bad thing. First of all, referring to the same books helped identify with them easier. On the other hand, it made me want to learn about something different. It gave the novel a level of

One dislike I had with the book was some of the romance that lasted too long on page 128. It was also mostly awkward the whole time, like when Kyle said weird stuff like, “Your hand is so small.” and other eccentric actions. Another dislike I had was the ending itself. It was extremely predictable that Cammie’s mom would save her in the end. The last thing I disliked in the book was the character of the deputy in the book, ““Kill two birds with one stone. You can be the birds,” she murmured wanting him to fly away. “I’m the stone.”” He was just there in the book and just gets denied by Cammie and really does nothing

Enough of the negative, the best part about the book was how you would picture what was going on in your head and with that came an emotion you would be feeling from anger to happiness. When you would read about the part of her grandfather dying you could see thieves punching and slamming his head into the cold wold floor. Also you could see Mattie at his grave just praying and pouring into tears. Lastly is when Mattie’s mother finally came back home. Mattie burst into her mother’s arm with love, joy and

Many pre-teens would enjoy this book because of the thrilling adventures Nic goes on with General Radulf for his sister. Also, the readers would enjoy the bravery and courage Nic shows while fighting many people. This is highly recommended for independent reading, due to some of the fighting scenes that go on throughout the book. This book would receive a 4.7 out of 5 for its imagery and strong

As the overall book, I actually kind of liked it because it was kind of hard to understand because they couldn’t use “I” and I like challenges. They had to use “We” instead of using “I” to explain they self or the story. The book was okay as a whole but still kind of hard to understand I got kind of irritated after a while, while I was reading the book because of the way it was written.

The outstanding flaw to me was that the book seemed a bit racist. The dialect given to the black characters was continuously incorrect. For example, “Oh, like your Miss Patterson ain’t...Law, that woman crazy,” both showing incorrect dialect from a black character. Now, looking at a white character’s dialect, “Minny cooks fine...I’m just not so hungry like I used to be.” This character’s dialect

The weaknesses of the story are just too long. It was too broad, and it will make you boring on some pages. It makes you upset because there’s a twist and some words that they used is hard to understand. Even though there are weaknesses of the story, it will make you be a critical thinker. For the example, on how’s her parents could be find. It is exciting because your expected will not be the same as you expect at the last part of the story. Although it is a true story, there is a doubt that can possibly form in your mind because for me, some details are not possible. But all in all, it is beautiful to have read.