Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Group Meeting Reading Section 1

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  1. Group meeting one notes.

    Character:
    the Characters are drawn from real people.
    The act how they are supposed to act.
    Mom acts like mom dad acts like dad etc..
    The author makes Carl Ray look ruse because he hardly ever talks and acts kid of rude.
    The author makes Mary Lou look like a positive and normal kid.
    Mary Lou is a three diminutional character because she has many feelings and tells us a lot about her.
    Carl Ray is a flat character because he hardly ever talks and we don't know much about him. We think he will become more complicated later in the book.
    Maggie is a flat character because the only thing she really does is talk on the phone. Maggie is like a regular teenager though.

    Theme:
    some major themes are Carl Ray moving in with them and Mary Lou secret crush on Alex.
    We will find out more about Carl Ray because as soon as he came Mary Lou new nothing about him and slowly she is learning more.
    The theme is pretty much a typical girls life.
    the theme is just entertaining.

    Plot:
    Introduction was good because it introduced us to what is going on and why Mary lou is writing a journal.
    the suspense was good, it made you want to read more and find out what will happen next.
    We want ot find out more about Carl Ray and Alex.
    we think the characters are being built around CArl Ray because he is the thing that is changing the finney's life form normal.
    Mary Lou was aggravated when Dennis hurt his leg because her mom was acting like dennis hurt is whole body and she wasn't paying any attention that Mary Lou was doing extra work.
    main plot Carl Ray
    Sub plot Beth Ann and Alex

    Style: Mary Lou's Point of view is simple. she writes what she feels because it is her journal she doesn't care about grammar.
    She explains things by relating it to things that have happened before to her in her life.
    it is effective but we only see things from her perspective. some times we only here on side of a phone conversation and we would like to here the whole conversation.

    Setting:

    It is summer so it is relaxing.
    right season for what is happening.
    when Carl Ray came it changed the story

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