Vocabulary: An Abundance Of Katherines

Before English 101 I used to read and not analyze what I read. This would make it real hard for me to understand what I just read. And when I would read I would skip many words because of how fast I read the book. I would read the book but would have no clue what I just had read. But once I analyzed the book it helped me enjoy reading.

Neil Gaiman once said “ A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” When I first heard this quote I immediately thought of the unpredictable book An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. This book is about a guy named Colin Singleton who has been a child prodigy since the age of two and only dates girls with name Katherine. After being dumped by the nineteenth Katherine or K-19 he finds himself on a road trip with his lazy, overweight, and sometimes muslim best friend Hassan. On this roadtrip, Colin tries to solve what he calls The Theorem of Katherine Predictability so he can hopefully find his soulmate and have a purpose in life. During their adventure they meet this girl named Lindsey Lee Wells who becomes a close friend with the boys, and little does Colin know there is much more to life than a girl

As I read more and more the more I get confused. It is just the way the author writes, that throws me off track. I did realize that there was little stories throughout the passages that I found interesting, but it just skips around so much. There are many different ways people can write. It all depends on what you like to read. I think that if I started to read these kinds of things on a daily basis I would start to learn how to read them better.

The reading I found interesting was “How teachers make children hate reading” by John Holt. I thought this was interesting because it really shows difference from when he was younger and learning to when he was older, and how the education changed. When he was younger he never used a dictionary while reading. He just kept reading and

The ability to understand hard reading texts for future life necessities and in reality, having better grades. I believe in today’s digital age reading complex texts can help with getting and maintaining a job, even though reading Gilgamesh and reading a job application may not connect well with each other. Reading strategies are used in both contexts in order to understand what we are learning and trying to take away. In addition, the stories as 9th and 10th grader are very interesting stories/ allegory that engages the reader to read more. Understanding the reading texts can improve grades much more than reading a summary off of sparknotes, I personally reread the book I am doing my project on. Such as The Lord of The Flies, where understanding

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton, a seventeen year old prodigy, knows all about them. Furthermore, he has been in nineteen to be, all with girls whose name contain the same nine letters; K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. Colin also knows a thing or two about being dumped, as he has been dumped by each one of the nineteen Katherines. After all of his heartbreak, Colin decides to go on a road trip with his best friend Hassan. They discovered a town that changes everything for them. In An Abundance of Katherines, Colin learns how to cope with the feeling of love and the heartbreak that goes along with it.

Moreover, I have learned from this class that while reading a book to write out the meaning of major events on the side of the book. So, when I need to refer to the book over something, I would not have to reread the whole book or essay, over again. Moreover, I have also learned to use a dictionary while reading in case I don’t understand the meaning of a certain word. In addition, I have learned that while reading a book that have questions, it might help to read the questions first before reading the essay. This will help you read a little bit faster and you will have an idea of the main points in the

The first technique is to “read ten to twenty minutes every day” (citation article 1). The second technique I discovered was “reading material I liked” which would increase my possibilities of improving my reading skills. (citation article 2)

In “An Abundance of Katherines” by John Green, child prodigy, Colin Singleton dates nineteen Katherines and gets dumped by every single one of them. After the latest break up Colin and his best friend Hassan go on a road trip. They end up stopping in Gutshot, Tennessee, there they meet Lindsey Lee Wells, her boyfriend Colin (TOC), her best friend Katrina, and her mom Hollis. Hollis asks Colin and Hassan if they want to have a job for the summer, they would go around interviewing people in the community. They end up moving in with the Wells and staying for the summer.

In 2014, John Green’s second book, An Abundance of Katherines, was banned by the school superintendent at Highland Park, Texas, Independent School District. It is stated that the novel has been banned for its sexual content. According to Amanda from BannedYA, the novel was banned, because the parents “did not think it was appropriate for their children to read in class”. When the book was banned by the superintendent, the action received national attention, causing the superintendent to restate the book. Due to this, in February 2015, the school district trustees approved policy changes on how the district selects books and handles parents’ objections.(Titus) The arguments against the book were that the sexual scenes and curse words are not

Report on An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (215). An Abundance of Katherines is about Colin Singleton, a smart high school graduate from Chicago, as he mourns and tries to get his life figured out after being broken up with by his nineteenth girlfriend named Katherine. In addition to his girlfriend calling off their relationship, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that he is now an adult and no longer the special and prodigious child that he had been all his life. To assist him out of his rut, his best friend, Hassan, decides to accompany him on a summer road trip.

In John Green’s An Abundance of Katherines, teenage prodigy, Colin Singleton, only dates girls named Katherine. In the beginning, Colin is dumped by Katherine number nineteen. Distraught, Colin decides to go on a road trip with his obese, Lebanese friend, Hassan to clear his mind off of Katherine. Meanwhile, the freshly-single Colin creates a theorem of dumpers and dumpees to find out how long a relationship between two people will last.

In An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, the main character Colin Singleton is a child prodigy and a want to be genius. Colin id found consistently dating girls named Katherine. All 19 Katherines have dumped Colin, which makes him heartbroken. To get his mind off of Katherine 19 his best friend Hassan plans a road trip, to show Colin new places and relationships. Colin and Hassan travel around the United States, but they take a wrong turn and end up in Gutshot, a small town in the middle of Tennessee.

In An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Colin Singleton decides to take a road trip with his good friend, Hassan. Colin, a child prodigy, has dated nineteen girls with the name Katherine. His nineteenth girlfriend has recently dumped him, and to get over the pain of being dumped, Colin and Hassan decide to drive away from both of their problems. Colin wants to find his “Eureka moment” on this road trip to prove that he is a genius. He wants to prove a mathematical theorem he hopes will predict the future of any relationship.

The rising action of this novel comes when Colin's best and only friend, Hassan Harbish, convinces him to go on a road trip with him to cure Colin’s recent break up with Katherine, Hassan feels that they should depart on a road trip. After convincing their parents that a road trip is a good idea, Colin and Hassan go south from their home in Chicago. Colin goes along with the idea, hoping to find his "eureka" moment on the way. After driving all the way from Chicago to Tennessee, they come across the alleged resting place of the body of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They arrive in a small town called Gutshot where they meet Lindsey Lee Wells, who has a smile that could “end wars and cure cancer." (pg 57 of the An Abundance of Katherines).