Dear Will Cooper,
I have just started your book and I have to say, I'm a little bit confused. Who's Claire? I understand that you and her were a couple "back then" but what happened? Did she die? Also, I didn't understand the whole phone conversation. May said, "Who is she, Colonel? Claire?"(11). This is the one question that threw me off. Was May just being nice and pretending that someone was there? Did the phone really ring or was it just that you were missing Claire and imagining her speaking to you?
In Thirteen Moons, May also said that they had made a movie about you. You weren't interested in it which I can understand because it's basically a rerun of your life, but aren't you even a little curious about it? I know that if someone made a movie about me, I'd be thrilled about it!
You also talk a lot about age. At first, nothing seemed to fit in the book because I didn't know how old you were but now it's a little more clear. You said that one time a boy asked you when you were born. After he did the math, you said that he seemed really suprised that you were still alive. Also, when you talked about Bear (who is he by the way?), you went on and on about his age too. Does it really matter? Everyone has to be old someday, it's natural. Just, why do you have to make such a big deal out of it? You're alive, right? So use it to your advantage and do something with your life instead of sitting around worrying about the new phone that was installed! I really hope you show more enthusiasum as I keep reading. I'm going to be really disappointed if you keep being so stubborn about everything.
-Anna
November 13, 2007
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Vocab
camphor (9)- An aromatic crystalline compound, C10H16O, obtained naturally from the wood or leaves of the camphor tree or synthesized and used as an insect repellent, in the manufacture of film, plastics, lacquers, and explosives, and in medicine chiefly in external preparations to relieve mild pain and itching.
palmettos (14)- Any of several small, mostly tropical palms having fan-shaped leaves, especially one of the genus Sabal, such as S. palmetto of the southeast United States. Also called sabal.
Figurative Language
1) "I sit silent with pen and paper, rendering the language into Sequoyah's syllabary, the characters forming under my hand like hen- scratch hieroglyphs" (3). This is a simile because it uses the word like to describe something.
2) "The night has become electrified" (4) is an example of imagery because it gives the reader a mental image of the setting.
3) "The telephone rested silent on the wall for days" (10) is an example of personification because it "rested" on the walls which is a human trait.
Quote
When May says, "Who is she, Colonel? Claire?" Will responds by saying, "Someone I lost a long time ago" (11). This quote is significant because this person, Claire, obviously affected Will's life and she stayed with him for forever. I think that later in the book, he will mention Claire more and tell what happened to her.
Theme
One emerging theme that I have noticed so far is that being old doesn't mean your life has ended, it just means that you have more experience in life.
camphor (9)- An aromatic crystalline compound, C10H16O, obtained naturally from the wood or leaves of the camphor tree or synthesized and used as an insect repellent, in the manufacture of film, plastics, lacquers, and explosives, and in medicine chiefly in external preparations to relieve mild pain and itching.
palmettos (14)- Any of several small, mostly tropical palms having fan-shaped leaves, especially one of the genus Sabal, such as S. palmetto of the southeast United States. Also called sabal.
Figurative Language
1) "I sit silent with pen and paper, rendering the language into Sequoyah's syllabary, the characters forming under my hand like hen- scratch hieroglyphs" (3). This is a simile because it uses the word like to describe something.
2) "The night has become electrified" (4) is an example of imagery because it gives the reader a mental image of the setting.
3) "The telephone rested silent on the wall for days" (10) is an example of personification because it "rested" on the walls which is a human trait.
Quote
When May says, "Who is she, Colonel? Claire?" Will responds by saying, "Someone I lost a long time ago" (11). This quote is significant because this person, Claire, obviously affected Will's life and she stayed with him for forever. I think that later in the book, he will mention Claire more and tell what happened to her.
Theme
One emerging theme that I have noticed so far is that being old doesn't mean your life has ended, it just means that you have more experience in life.
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