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If I could talk with someone in this book I'm going to choose to talk with Darren Shan. Darren, he got blooded by vampire to save his best friend Steve when he was young so he had to leave hisfamily. So if I could talk with him I.m going to say that son't get depressed. And I'm going to act like a brother of his. Also I.m goingto say cheer up and I.m going to give him a hope.

TRJ writer's craft

Characterization

The writer name Cynthia Violet wrote this book, "Solitary Blue", and we could apparently know the personality and uniqueness of the charaters, and especially main characters. Main characters are Jeff, Professor, Melody, Brother Thomas, Dicey, James, Maybeth, Sammy, and Max. First Jeff is the most main charector. He experiences many difficulties when he was young and because of these experiences, we could know his personalities. After Melody left he looked blank. He didn't care about his grades, school work, and friends. then when the letter came from Melody, he only thinks about Melody. However when he notices she is a liar he became calm and he begins to get closer with his dad, Professor. Also his habbit is playing guitar and sailing. Secondly Professor is little bit shy. He is so introverted that he didn't tell his problem to others. However he's smart and has worm heart. Melody, Jeff's Mom, is very extroverted. She's beutiful and looks kind. However she is a liar. She always tells lies without changing her expression and we don't know her mind. Brother Thomas is very kind. He always encourage his friend Borrace who is Professor. Also he likes children. Next Dicey stubborn. She does what she wants. However she's smart and she likes to sing, and her siblings James whois smart, Maybeth who is very introverted, and Sammy who is also stubborn threat her likes leader. Max who is the boy friend of Melody, acts likes a kid because he envies Jeff.

Q: Why did Melody the mother of Jeff and wife of Professor lied to people and make people stressful? And why did professor and Jeff gets too mad?
A: In my opinion she lied because she is selfish. She wants to be free and live comfortably. Also because of Max, her new boy friend. However lying to people like Melody is too stressful, because the inner mind and outter mind is so different. Between families I think we shouldn't lie. But Melody lies to every one, even her son, her grandmother and to her husband. I think Jeff and Prfessor will get very mad and angry because they both believed in Melody, and she always changes her mind, and having many secrets to them, those will make them angry. Also abandoning them is so bad, espcially to Jeff, because he was only secind grade and in that age he needs more love. Anyway Melody makes many ridiculous acts and makes their family angry, so she deserves to get blame.
Q: Why did Jeff begins to like the nature?
A: Jeff begins to like the nature because after he fight with his mother he gets so depressed, and the thing he found out was a boat. Then that was the only thing that make him feel good. With a boat he voyaged. This make him interested in boat and traveling. After voyaging he begins to see many animals and nature. Then he gets interested in birds and animals. Anyway because she made him so desperate the thing that he did made him happy, voyaging.

TRJ pesonal connection

Jeff VS Me

There are many common things and different things between Jeff and me. Jeff is a main charector and he's a teenager like me. The common things about us is first we both didn't talk much with our father, but when the time passes we get more closer and we became comfortasble with father. Also we both are introverted, but later Jeff gets extroverted. In addition he two best friends who are really close to Jeff and I also have two best friend in Seoul but we meet once in 6mounths. Lastly he don't cares about his grade but later he little bit cares now because of his father and I also didn't cared about my grade until 8th grade but after I became high school student my parents cared too much so I became careful about my grade. However the different thing is he miss his mother too much when he was young but when he gets older he hates his mom. But my situation is oppisite.. I fought many times with my mother when I was young but these day my mother and I get closer. Also he likes nature, boats and animals. However I don't like nature because I'm not interested in nature. Instead of nature I like computer and TV. In addition he lives only with his father and I don't. Lastly he is smart and genious. However I'm not. Although we have many things in common and different things but I want to be like him and I really really respect him.

TRJ 5stars quote

There were many good quotes in this book and the best one that I liked was on page 160. The quote is ".......Because I didn't know I could hate any body that much... its like she'd stuck a sword into me, one of those Japanese samuri sword.......I couldn't get free from the feelings.......-and I wanted to hit her.....I finally realized that she had always lied to me... I hated her........ I was scared," which is from Professor. This was my favorite quote, because this quote reveals the secret and the reason why professor was so expressionless. Also because of this quote, readers could get to know more about Professor, and it also tells Melody is a liar. I think this quote is the twisted part. After I read this I felt wierd. Before this I thought Profesor wasn't interested in his son, and he only liked himself. However after reading this it made me shocked and I begin to hate Melody like Jeff. I thought Melody loved Jeff and cared Jeff more than Max, her boy friend but she love Max than anyone even her Gambo her greandmother. Also after reading this I noticed that people who lie more believable and if other people knows its a lie, they will really get disappointed. Anyway because this quote tells many secrets and I think this was a climax part, this quote is my favorite quote.

TRJ

Foreshadow

In this book the author, Cynthia Violet writes many fore shadows and I will tell some prominent fore shadows. The first thing is that when Jeff visit to Melody she had a boy friend named Max. Then she spends more time with her bofriend, Max than her son, Jeff and also lied to her grandmother, Gambo that she is going to work by alone, but the fact is she was going to the party with his boy friend, Max. In here we could predict that Jeff will fight with Melody, and Melody is treated as a liar. Jeff really fights with her seriouslly, and when Melody runs away from the house Proffesor didn't feel sad because Melody was a liar. Other foreshdow is when Jeff fight with her mother, we could know that he will never visit his mom, Melody and won't love her.The third fore shadow is when Proffesor, Jeff's father, buys a Matin which is a guitar to Jeff, we could predict that Jeff and his father, Proffesor will get closer, and Jeff will play his guitar, Matin, many many time. The last fore shadow is when Dicey comes to Jeff while playing his guitar, Martin, and ask what song is he playing, they will get more closer. After few pages later they get closer and they introduce themselves to their familys and they really gets closer. Because author, Cynthia Violet, wrote many fore shadows the book became more interesting and more fun. So she is one of my favorite autor.

TBJ letter

Letter

Dear Professor,
How are you doing? I’m doing okay. I’m appreciating that you tell the truth about Melody and I think we are getting closer. After Melody left I was so sad and desperate.
I thought you didn’t care about me and Melody. I’m also thank you about the guitar you bought. I’m practicing a lot. One day I’ll sing with you with my guitar. These days I’m so happy and after we moved to the new house I feel much better. I’m so sorry when I ruined my grade in University School. But this time I’ll do my best. I want to say congratulation that you will publish the book soon, and I wish many people enjoy. But I want you to rest some. I think you are working too hard. Let’s ride a boat that you have bought, and catch many crabs. Anyway I’m so happy that we are getting closer and I’m sad about Melody but let’s cheer up together. Thank you for everything and let’s have a good time forever, and be healthy. I love you very much.

Your only son
Jeff.


Dear my son.
I'm happy that you wrote a letter for me. First I want to say your'e welcome. I'm glad that you are doing well in school. I'm sorry that I'm so busy, but wait, soon as I'm possible I'll send my time with you. As I said before I wish you read my book at 15years old and I wish you'd like it. I'm sorry about Melody problem, but cheer up. Anyway thank you and lets have fun.


Your father
Borrace.

#8

This book is similar to Unfortune Event Series. The reasons are first the children are suffering. In the first book it was very similar to Unfortune Event Series. Also the children get their guardians. Lastly they lost their parents. So this book is very similar to The Unfortune Event Series.

#7

If I could talk to some one in this book, I will choose Gram. I will say to her cheer up, because she had a miserable lfe and she would be lonely when her children leave her. Also her husband died and her 2 children died. So I will say cheer up.

#5

If I wrote this I would change one thing. In this Thillermans's sibling's mom dies but I won't do that. Because I don't like sad ending and if parents dies it is sad. So I will change only this part.

#4

My least favroite character is Mina. The reasons are first she is so arrogont, because there was a essay homework and it was writing about person. However, she wrote herself down and made her good person. Also she thinks she is the smartest person in her class. In addition I just don't like her aditude.

#3

Dicey who is the main character is little bit similar with me. First she take good cares of her siblings and me too. Secondly we bothe are introverted.However, there are many different things. She is a girl and I'm a boy. Also she is almost the head of her family but I'm the youngest. In addition, she likes to be alone. So there are many similar things and different hings.

H.W#2

The beginning of this book waasn't that interesting. However, it was fun. People who read the first series, "Homecoming", including me will be interseted, because we could know how Thillermans live with their grandmother and it very attracted me. So I think it was good to me.

Reading for pleasure Homework

Dicey's Song
by Cynthia Voigt

First Dicey's Song is a second book of Thllermen series. The first book was about the Thillermens family were abandoned by their mom and traveling to their grand mother's house.
So, I think Dicey's Song about during the Thillermens family lives with their grandmother many problems will happen but eventually they will live happily with their familt.