Final Blog Reflections

One blog post that stood out to me was the summer reading book blog. This blog was very well detailed and gave you a glimpse of the book without revealing the end. The book itself showed the many struggles of living in that time and how you were lucky just to be alive. The blog emphasizes these struggles and many other obstacles that were in the character's way but not how and if they overcame these, to not give away the ending. This blog also shows strong textual analysis. It has many different examples of what they had to go through and possibilities that could happen that stretches the the amount of danger they are in, making people who are reading the blog even more interested and worried about the characters.

For the next trimester, I have new and different goals for reading. One of my goals for reading is to read more often and more for fun rather than looking at it as work. Another goal for the next trimester I have set for myself is to read more difficult books that I still enjoy and so I can write lengthier blogs about the book that interests people reading my blog. I also have a new goal for writing next trimester. My goal for writing is to incorporate more figurative language into my pieces. This will make my writing better and make my stories more interesting to read. An area of improvement I want to work towards for reading is being able to translate difficult texts like Romeo and Juliet more easily. An area of improvement for me in writing is that I can try to write more using quotes from the text and use that to make my evidence stronger.

Characterization

A main character in the book is named Jenni. I would describe Jenni as faithful and determined. Jenni is faithful because even though she is in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, she has faith that her stepson Jason is still alive and goes to try to save him from an infected campground. The fact that she does this also shows her determination. Jenni is also determined because as she is slaughtering zombies, even some who she previously knew, she still has a reason in her to keep going and not to give up.

Another main character in the book is Katie. From the start, you can tell that Katie is an outstanding friend. As soon as Jenni tells her that they need to go save Jason, Katie agrees to risk her life and help Jenni without any hesitation. Katie also has Jenni's back at all times. She has saved her from many near death zombie encounters several times.