S. E. Hinton's Taming The Star Runner

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.

This story has a lot of issues that are going to be talked about in this paper such as the realism, the conflicts, the characters, Hintons style, the themes, etc. This book is pretty interesting and brings up a lot of good issues. There are a lot of reasons for reading this book, and also a lot to not read this book. Its just your own opinion, and there are a lot of opinions in this paper.

The plot is great, it has a lot of action, and suspense. I also like the way Hinton describes the characters in detail, and makes you feel like you can actually see the character when she describes them. I would definitely recommend the teachers to keep teaching it because the novel has a good moral to it. It teaches you to not judge anyone immediately, how violence only makes things worse, and how to solve your problems. My favorite character is Johnny because he reminds me of myself. He sacrificed his life to save the children trapped in the church, and he stood up for Ponyboy and himself when he stabbed Bob. The symbols and allusions in the book are meaningful like when Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay gold right before he dies. It’s a reference to Robert Frost’s Nothing Gold Can

1. Discuss your views on this book. Did you enjoy this book or would you have wanted to read another book? Give at least 3 reasons why or why not.

Have you ever read S.E. Hinton’s book? Hinton is a famous author who wrote about teens and inspires them all over the world. HInton’s books are based on her point of view when she was growing up as a child. She mostly concentrated on theme and character .S.E Hinton is a popular author who writes about how it was to be a teen and teenagers all over the world have read her books. She also sold 4 million books all over the U.S. and is known mostly for her body of work.

This book is a very good book. It is not one of my favorite books, but it is in, or somewhat close to, the top ten list. It has an intriguing story and has some humor in it to make sure that it isn’t all mellow.

I wouldn’t recommend this book to the average reader. It is a bit hard to read because the author goes into so much depth that the reader could very often forget the main idea. It is a good, informative book but a bit drawn out.

The part of the book that I found the least desirable was when George went out of his way to help out his two friends and older brother Garland. All three were staying there rent free until George received a $300.00 bill from long distance phone calls. He had confronted all three no one wanted to admit it. Although George had his suspicions, he asked everyone to move out. He needed his apartment back anyway to focus on his graduation from dental school. I felt that what they had done was not a nice thing for someone who has been a great friend to

For the most part, the novel was very enjoyable. One aspect of it that I loved was that the storyline was extremely intense, which always compelled me to find out what would happen next. For example,

It captured my attention from the beginning. I like how the Rand was descriptive words to help me have an image of what was happening in the novel. I like the story line. I like the idea of someone breaking way from everyone else and being different from others. That they are able to think for themselves and that it is ok to be different from others. I also liked how the novel had some romance because I do enjoy romance novels. The Language Police written by Diane Ravitch, I did not quit enjoy the book. I do not really like books like that. I do not recommend this book if you are not interested in how the bias panel chooses stories for children. I do recommend the novel, Anthem. It gives the reader a sense of individualism, there is a story behind

I, personally, loved the author's writing, although I did not really understand why she structured the book like so. With each chapter changing different perspectives and stories, it was kind of hard to remember which chapter went with another considering the chapters where out of order. With each story, I was a little annoyed that they just suddenly ended at the end of the chapter. It made me want to read more and more trying to find the next chapter that went with that person's story. It was also kind of difficult to connect the stories. Other than that, she did a marvelous job grabbing my attention. I loved the analogies that she included in the stories. For example, on page 216- 217, one of the mothers told her daughter about a turtle that eats her tears and then creates birds that laugh

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 characters bring a riveting story to life when reading. Throughout the book, I felt emotions left and right for the characters and what they were going through. There is a lot of mystery and questioning that will be answered later in the book, but once its done, there are still many questions being asked. when I look for a book, that is something that stands out to me because I really want to read more, and when you have that reaction to a book, that means it was worth reading. I found this book remarkable because of the behaviors, characteristics, and decisions that the characters make, and I recommend this book to everyone, even if they don’t like to

First, I like the thoroughness of detail in some parts of the book. For example when reading about the circus acts it is like being there seeing it with my own eyes. I also, like how it gives you an off the stage or behind the scene view of some of the circus characters and how the interact with each other being more like a big family rather than just some random people that came together just to put on a show. I believe this sheds a new light on the fact that just because someone or something may appear different it's so easy just to look at a person and cast judgement without actually knowing the person for whom he or she is inside.

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