Shen Zuobi's Book

The author’s purpose for the first two chapters is to connect with people, and help them understand where he comes from. This causes wonder in the minds of the readers, which helps the readers to stay interested in the book through the first two chapters. The author states in the story, “He

The approach to the reading of the novel would be varied. It is anticipated that the class study would begin with a shared reading of the opening chapter to foster students' interest. A prepared reading by the teacher is usually much more involving than a hesitant reading-around-the-class activity (Sykes, n.d.). The aim is to motivate each student to read the

James Dashner didn’t use a ton of cliffhangers, but there were some every few chapters, which in my opinion, it is favorable because I don’t like the story to be full of cliffhangers every chapter, but neither do I want it to have no cliffhangers.

An essay titled “Book War” by Wang Ping tackles about the time where reading is banned, and how dangerous it is to posses any types of books. It didn’t exactly tackles the benefits of reading, but it did portray the essence of finishing a book and the

When we were required to read books for school, other classmates complained about it, but it was one of my favorite parts of class. Even though I didn’t always like the books, I liked to read books that I wouldn’t have picked out to read. I liked being surprised when I enjoyed a book that I didn’t think I would like.

Alexie wrote “I read with equal parts joy and desperation.” (130) This quote had an impact on me because I could relate to it. I like Alexie also read with joy and desperation. I believe some want to read to find and escape and imagine a

Foster keeps the reader interested in reading. He broadened my horizon on the variety of fantastic novels that the world has to offer. He hints that there are millions of other things to discover about novels, secrets hidden in the code of words, and it is up to the readers to crack it. It was a great way to end a great novel.

To start off, some of the chapters were not as interesting to me. When you read an interesting book it tends to move faster, but “Touching Spirit Bear” it moved very slow in my opinion. Another reason that ties onto the first,is when a book moves slower it’s harder to follow along or keep track of what has happened. My last reason is when the chapters ended the left you on the end of your seat and you really wanted to read on.

A book is like a puzzle, it contains many different pieces to make it into a whole. Thomas Foster, in his book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor, discusses the many aspects to decoding a book. There are many aspects included in the book, including the importance of weather and Foster incorporated lots of content in his book, but the two that stand out are irony and symbolism.

He even fought with his teachers, getting into a lot of trouble. But one teacher who caught him reading silently in class at a non-reading time did something unusual. She gave him a frosty look—and a better book to read. Soon he had a secret reading life.

By doing this, the author made the book less enjoyable so I did not want to keep reading like I do with other books. Reading this book became more of a task rather than a

     Without giving away the ending, it is hard to explain what a tremendous job was done in the conclusion of the story. Simply put, the last fifty pages have to be read in one sitting—it is impossible

The book had affected the narrator to a great extent. At first he did not care for the book, until the stranger selling Bibles said “the number of pages in this book is literally infinite. No page is the first page; no page is the last”. This intrigued the narrator’s mind. After he had bought the book, he began investigating. He noted down things in the book. He began losing sleep from the investigation and when he actually got sleep, his dreams were about the book. As it states in the short story, “At night, during the rare intervals spared me by insomnia, I dreamed of the book”. He had grown an obsession with the book, which altered his lifestyle and forced him to hide the book in the library.

However, towards to end of the book, couldn't he have talked about his marriage with America and Maxon instead of staging a dramatic exit, that I will never understand. I also felt that the book ended so abruptly that I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the acknowlegments

This is something that I thought he did wonderfully; as the book continues and he grows older, his perception and understanding of the world change along with his writing. So while he is writing