In our AP Senior english class today we had a interesting bellringer, "If you were to make everyone in the world read one book, what would it be?" I came up with several books while writing my journal so I thought I would share it here.
1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
This is the book that I wrote about today in my journal. I believe the theme for this book is universal and can benefit everyone, teaching the reader multiple lessons. This book teaches that everyone needs to go on a conquest to find himself and also the effect that terroism has on a society. Along with its appliable theme the book is a good read in general. The plot is well developed, and the printing of this book is appleaing. There are Oscar's photobook and his drawings, giving the reader a visualization of Oscar's works.
2. The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
This book is considered commercial fiction but I believe this book should be read by everyone in the world. Multiple themes are present in this book which can be applied to many people. The one theme that I want to focus on is the theme with Scipio and his identitiy. He hides that he is from a loyal background to the gang, being afraid that the gang might not respect him if he tells the truth. The theme presented here is ones fear of presenting his real identity to others. This can be seen in multiple situations in society today, affecting many people. This book also has a appealing plot along with the multiple themes, making the book an enjoyable read.
There were some other books I wanted to share about, but I didn't want this blog to be too long so I will write about the other books in some other blog.
Hayato, I don't think your theme of 'ones fear of presenting his real identity to others' fits all of the criteria that we learned in class. It's not even a complete sentence (haha). I've read 'The Thief Lord' too and I thought that it was a fantastic book! I question whether or not it should be read by the whole world, though. Are people really going to gain much from reading a book like that? I would much rather give the reader a book that would shape their views or would give the reader something practical to take away (refer to Aaron's post). I'm sorry if I came out as harsh, but I was merely trying to understand your justification.
ReplyDeleteAbout the mechanical error, I guess i just forgot to proofread. Thieflord is a great book and personally, I learned alot from it. Maybe the whole world was going a bit too far, I would say all teenagers around 10-13 years old.
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