10th Posting

I read up to chapter 23. As I expected, the words of the white were stronger than the words of the blacks, and there is a very high possibility that Tom Robinson would be sentenced to death. I feel sorry for Atticus. He tried very hard to put justice into action, not a prejudiced mind that all blacks are criminals. However, his efforts were futile, and he lost the trial, with Tom becoming officially  guilty of raping a white woman. Good thing that racism is not as harsh and extreme as this anymore nowadays.

Now that Tom is guilty, I am pretty positive that the Mockingbird is Tom. I think Atticus will somehow relate his hunting story of killing a mockingbird to executing Tom. I got this feeling because even though Atticus was very good at hunting, too good that once even called "one-shot Finch," he never even mentioned about it to his children. I think there must be a deep, long story behind it. I hope I can finish this book soon.

9th Posting

I read till chapter 15. I am currently loving this book. It never gets boring, and it's making me keep want to continue reading. Now the book has moved into a totally new chapter of the novel. Mr. Boo is not in concern for now, but a black person and many whites who still look down on the blacks. The book is now changing from the "fun and intense" part into a somewhat "touching and sad" part. It made me want to finish reading the book right that moment and right in that spot when I finished chapters 9 and 10. Atticus is such a great dad, and Jem is so mature for the age. I was very impressed at all three members of their family. I especially loved the part when Atticus let Scout listen to his conversation with Jack on purpose that night. He's the ideal father.

Feel sorry and bad about Tom Robinson, the black man who was accused of raping a white. According to the way the story is going, unless there is a twist, he is innocent, and he is going to get executed just because the judge is white, and he does not like blacks. Now the whole focus of the novel has moved into Tom from Boo.

Now that I am quite a way with the book, many questions had started to pop up in my head. First of all, I still have no idea why the title is "To Kill a Mockingbird." Is Harper comparing the Mockingbird to Tom? What role does Boo Radley play in this novel? And Jim and other characters? To solve the questions, all I need to do is just read on.

8th Posting

 I read until chapter 9, and more and more things are being revealed about Boo Radley. Scout hears from Miss Maudie that she does not believe Boo is crazy. The surprise presents of the knothole on the oak continues to appear until it gets blocked by Mr. Nathan Radley, brother of Mr. Boo Radley. It is obvious that the presents were placed there for Scout and Jem, becaue once there were little sculptures of Scout and Jem. They assume that it is Mr. Boo who fixed Jem's jeans, and who put on the blanket on Scout when she was outside because there was fire on Miss Maudie's house. I wonder when Mr. Boo will show himself to the kids that he apparently cares so much.

The life is still full of adventure and fun. I started to feel jealous about Scout's life, because even though her life is just a daily routine, she is enjoying that routine. I wish I can get a little positive about my daily routine, and get to live it full of happy thoughts, such as "I wonder what is going to happen next?"

7th Posting

I started on "To Kill a Mocking Bird." I'm on chapter 5 now. So far I like this book. It is a daily life of a kid in the kid's perspective, or narration. When I read this, it makes me think that all kids think of everything so special and adventurous, even the things that we pass by every day in our lives. It is as if in their eyes, everything is an adventure and a fun. I think this is because kids have pure minds that are not corrupted by works or earthly things.

Now the biggest issue is how Scout is going to survive the school, and "Boo" Radley. I am pretty sure that she is going to find a fun, adventurous way to survive through the school and the pressures of Miss Caroline. For "Boo," I am not sure what is going to happen. One thing suspicious is the knothole in the oak tree of Mr. Boo's. Why is there 2 things every time? Why does things always come out when Scout passes it, and not anybody else? Could it be Mr. Radley who is putting the objects in the knothole? If so, then why? There are many questions to be solved throuh this novel.

6th Posting

I finished the book, and OMG. WOW. AMAZING. WONDERFUL. This book is the best!! The murder was more than a couple of people, like I predicted. It was all the passengers on the train. Most of the passengers of Orient Express were victims of some things lost by Rachette's deeds with Mr. Armstrong, and they were planning and training everything together to kill Rachette and avenge the Armstrongs.
I was very touched by the last chapter of this book. When everything was found out and their sentences were obvious, Mrs. Hubbard, who is taking the greatest part in this whole story, asks Mr. Poirot to let the others go and just arrest her alone. Even though it was cruel and wrong to murder a person, I still feel sympathy towards the murderers. While reading about the Armstrongs in the previous chapters, I found out that they just had to kill Ratchett. The feeling of having to do something that they know is wrong because it is tolerating is pretty awful, just from thinking about it.

5th Posting

I finished the Part 2 this time. All the clues that are there are discovered by now. It is time for Mr. Poirot to put them together and solve this case. I can feel it coming to an end because more and more connections between Rachette and the passengers are getting discovered.
I feel really glad because now something more interesting is about to happen. Who is the murderer? What is the importance of the scarf, pipe, etc.? In my opinion, I think there is more than one, probably several, murderer to this crime. I have no clue who those people are yet however.

4th Posting

I read the next four chapters this week. In those four chapters Poirot calls in specific people for more detailed inquiries. He gets more and more details and informations about this murder case, and the case gets deeper and deeper into oblivion.
There is absolutely no clue about the murderer yet. Small things of his doings are getting uncovered, but the clues do not match perfectly. I really wonder what new clues are going to get discovered, and what the identity of the murderer is.

3rd Posting

I read the next 4 chapters last week, until the 1st chapter of PART 2. I am currently loving this book. This is actually the first suspense, murder book that I read in my entire life, and I love it. There is this suspense all the time, and I cannot tell what is going to happen or whether the characters are telling the truth.
In the 4 chapters I read, Poirot is meeting the passengers one by one and asking each of them questions. Then he goes to Ratchett's compartment to look at the crime scene. There he finds some questionable things that leads him to think that there were many people involved in killing Ratchett. Then he hears some background informations about him.

2nd Posting

I read the next three chapters this time. Like I expected, things are getting more and more suspense and interesting. I love this book. Agatha Christie is one of the greatest bookwriter that I have ever known. Her writings, how she describe things, are adding more and more suspense to the story.
The murder that I was looking forward to finally happened in chapter 5. Like I expected, it was Ratchett who got murdered, the guy who came to Poirot the day before, saying that he might get murdered. I wonder about the plots to come. Who killed the guy? Why did the victim get stabbed 10 to 15 times, with different power? This is making me want to finish this book quickly.

1st Posting

I am reading the book "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. I have only read the first 3 chapters last week. Though I just started it, I already started liking it: it's full of suspense from the beginning.
I like the way the author describes the characters and the situations. They are full of suspense and irony. The author already convinced me enough that this is going to be a good suspense, crime book from the first few chapters just by her ways of describing things. Her way of writing is making me want to read more and more. Too bad I have so much homework.
In chapter 2, the main character, Poirot, gets on the Orient Express. I can guess from the title of the book that there is going to be a murder happening on that train, and that he is going to solve the mystery of the incident. I wonder in what chapter the big event, in this case the murder, is going to happen, because I want to get to that chapter real soon.

Indirect Characterization

Okonkwo kills a white man because he was held as captive and was humiliated by them.
He was expecting his people to support him and stand up against the whites, but none of them did. Okonkwo just walks home alone without saying a word.
His sadness, the disappointments towards his people, his weakness, and the fact that he is becoming a failure like his dad made him want to commit suicide as a result.