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Showing posts with label stories and books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stories and books. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 June 2014
MY WORLD: Persuasion
So I read this book, Persuasion, by Jane Austen, and I loved it! I had read Pride and Prejudice before (in spanish) and I also loved it, so I expected this book to be as great as the other.
The story is about Anne Elliot, a woman in her late twenties, unmarried and the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a baronet. Her mother died when she was young and Lady Russell, her mother's friend, treated her like a daughter. When Anne was nineteen a young man, Frederick Wentworth, asked for her hand in marriage. Althought they were in love, she rejected him because Lady Russell adviced her not to marry him, because she couldn't see any future for the couple.
Eight years later, Anne's family moves to Bath, but she goes to visit her sister Mary, who married Charles Musgrove. Then, Frederick (now Captain Wentworth) returns as a rich captain with some ships. He wants to get married, but he's no longer interested in Anne, the one who broke his heart. He focuses on Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove, Charles' sisters, instead. Anne has to suffer for a long time seeing him flirting with the two girls, because she's still in love with him.
After a lot events happening, they end up toghether.
I really like the story because it's tragic and it makes you suffer for Anne, but also for Captain Wentworth. Don't worry, I don't consider myself a masochist, but these kind of stories have something special that makes you remember them. I think it may be that they seem more real, because love is not a path of roses, sometimes it's difficult. Showing their story in this way it seems more familiar and possible. Also, I loved the main character, Anne. I felt pity for her because everyone wanted her to do things for them but no one cared about what she wanted or about her feelings. It was like she was only visible when they needed her but invisible for the rest of the time. She knew how to treat everyone, and what to do in every situation, so I think that she's a brilliant character.
The story is about Anne Elliot, a woman in her late twenties, unmarried and the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a baronet. Her mother died when she was young and Lady Russell, her mother's friend, treated her like a daughter. When Anne was nineteen a young man, Frederick Wentworth, asked for her hand in marriage. Althought they were in love, she rejected him because Lady Russell adviced her not to marry him, because she couldn't see any future for the couple.
Eight years later, Anne's family moves to Bath, but she goes to visit her sister Mary, who married Charles Musgrove. Then, Frederick (now Captain Wentworth) returns as a rich captain with some ships. He wants to get married, but he's no longer interested in Anne, the one who broke his heart. He focuses on Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove, Charles' sisters, instead. Anne has to suffer for a long time seeing him flirting with the two girls, because she's still in love with him.
After a lot events happening, they end up toghether.
I really like the story because it's tragic and it makes you suffer for Anne, but also for Captain Wentworth. Don't worry, I don't consider myself a masochist, but these kind of stories have something special that makes you remember them. I think it may be that they seem more real, because love is not a path of roses, sometimes it's difficult. Showing their story in this way it seems more familiar and possible. Also, I loved the main character, Anne. I felt pity for her because everyone wanted her to do things for them but no one cared about what she wanted or about her feelings. It was like she was only visible when they needed her but invisible for the rest of the time. She knew how to treat everyone, and what to do in every situation, so I think that she's a brilliant character.
Monday, 26 May 2014
MY WORLD: One of my favourite books!
Last summer I read Daughter of smoke and bone. I really really loved it and it has become one of my favourite books. I also read the second part of it: Days of blood and starlight.
Daughter of smoke and bone is about the story of Karou, a girl with blue hair that lives with three chimaeras, strange creatures with parts of different animals. They all live in Prague in a secret workshop where Brimstone, one of the chimaeras, exchanges wishes for teeth of different animals, or even human teeth. One day, in Marrakech, Karou meets Akiva, an angel that tries to kill her.
She discovers then that angels exist, and that they have been in war against the chimaeras for thousands of years. But Akiva sees something in her, she seems familiar to him, and for that he doesn't kill Karou.
Because of this strange meeting, their worlds will change a lot and nothing will ever be the same. Karou and her family are in mortal danger, and she will do anything to save them.
I really really love this book because it's very original and different from any other book I've ever read. At the beggining it seems a little bit strange, but once you get used to the story it's really enjoyable. i love the main character, Karou. She's strong and independent, and she's such a mistery!
I totally recomend this book and, if you read it, I'm sure you'll appreciate it too, even if you don't get to like it!
Here you have some booktrailers that I found on Youtube!
Sunday, 8 December 2013
MY WORLD: The fly
The fly is a story written by George Langelaan. I've read it in English class.
It's the story of a man named François Delambre who lives in Paris and owns a factory. One night, his sister-in-law, Hélène, calls him and tells him she has killed his husband André in the steam hammer of the factory and that he has to warn the police to go there. François and Commisaire Charas go then to the factory where the police has already arrived. André's body is found under the steam hammer, and Hélène insists that she has killed him. Commisaire Charas and François himself ask her a lot of questions but she refuses to reply to the most important ones, about André's death and why she killed him. Hélène is declared mad and sent to an asylum for the criminally insane. Her and André's son, Henri, goes to live with François. In the asylum, Hélène is obsessed on catching flies, examine them and then release them. One day Henri explains to François that he had found a strange fly the day his father died, that his mother made him release it but then asked him to find it again. François goes to the asylum and talks to Hélène, that finally gives him some papers that contain her confession.
Hélène's confession explains that her husband was doing strange experiments. He could transfer objects and animals from one booth to another (in the next room), allowing him to teleport things. One day he did an experiment trying to transfer himself, but a fly got intoe booth and the result is that he ends up having an arm and the head of a fly, and that there's a fly with a white head and a strange leg. The only way to reverse the experiment wasgetting him and the fly again in the booth, and that's why Hélène wants to find the strange fly. Hélène helped André but another experiment went wrong and André said that Hélène had to kill him with the steam hammer because he was a monster. She did it.
After reading the confession, François shows it to Commisaire Charas. Hélène has commit suicide in the asylum, but the proof is the confession. Althought the Commisaire and François burn the papers. François says then that in the cementery he killed a fly with a white head.
I really like this story. It's mysterious and impactant. I think that the writer has a great imagination by reading this. It's a sad story too, but I don't understand why the strange fly was so important if André was already dead.
It's the story of a man named François Delambre who lives in Paris and owns a factory. One night, his sister-in-law, Hélène, calls him and tells him she has killed his husband André in the steam hammer of the factory and that he has to warn the police to go there. François and Commisaire Charas go then to the factory where the police has already arrived. André's body is found under the steam hammer, and Hélène insists that she has killed him. Commisaire Charas and François himself ask her a lot of questions but she refuses to reply to the most important ones, about André's death and why she killed him. Hélène is declared mad and sent to an asylum for the criminally insane. Her and André's son, Henri, goes to live with François. In the asylum, Hélène is obsessed on catching flies, examine them and then release them. One day Henri explains to François that he had found a strange fly the day his father died, that his mother made him release it but then asked him to find it again. François goes to the asylum and talks to Hélène, that finally gives him some papers that contain her confession.
Hélène's confession explains that her husband was doing strange experiments. He could transfer objects and animals from one booth to another (in the next room), allowing him to teleport things. One day he did an experiment trying to transfer himself, but a fly got intoe booth and the result is that he ends up having an arm and the head of a fly, and that there's a fly with a white head and a strange leg. The only way to reverse the experiment wasgetting him and the fly again in the booth, and that's why Hélène wants to find the strange fly. Hélène helped André but another experiment went wrong and André said that Hélène had to kill him with the steam hammer because he was a monster. She did it.
After reading the confession, François shows it to Commisaire Charas. Hélène has commit suicide in the asylum, but the proof is the confession. Althought the Commisaire and François burn the papers. François says then that in the cementery he killed a fly with a white head.
I really like this story. It's mysterious and impactant. I think that the writer has a great imagination by reading this. It's a sad story too, but I don't understand why the strange fly was so important if André was already dead.
MY WORLD: The Landlady
The Landlady is a story written by Roald Dahl. I've read this story in English class.
It's the story of a seventeen years old boy named Billy Weaver who has to go to Bath for work issues. It's late night when he arrives to the city, so he starts to search for a cheap hotel. Then he sees a house with a big sign on the window that offers bed and breakfast. He is welcomed into the house by an old lady, the owner of the hotel. She says that Billy is the only guest she has had in years. She's a bit strange and is all the time saying how handsome Billy is, which is a bit annoying for the young man. Billy discovers that, in the hotel, there have only been two other guests: Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple. Those names are familiar to Billy, but he can't remember why. When he asks the old lady, she doesn't answer. He also discovers that there are a parrot and a dog that have passed a taxidermy process. The old lady offers tea to Billy all the time and says that Mr. Temple and Mr. Mulholland never left, that they're still in the house.
Althought Billy doesn't realize what's the problem in the story, I do. If I was him I would have run away from the house. It's obvious that the old woman has two stuffed humans in the house, Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple. It's obvious too that she wants to do the same with Billy. She's going to kill him and he doesn't notice! I'm sorry but I think Billy is not very clever. I find that this is a very sinister story, but I liked it. Now I know that it's not good staying at a house where you're the only guest and where there are stuffed animals and a creepy old lady. I'm never going to do that after reading this story. Never ever.
It's the story of a seventeen years old boy named Billy Weaver who has to go to Bath for work issues. It's late night when he arrives to the city, so he starts to search for a cheap hotel. Then he sees a house with a big sign on the window that offers bed and breakfast. He is welcomed into the house by an old lady, the owner of the hotel. She says that Billy is the only guest she has had in years. She's a bit strange and is all the time saying how handsome Billy is, which is a bit annoying for the young man. Billy discovers that, in the hotel, there have only been two other guests: Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple. Those names are familiar to Billy, but he can't remember why. When he asks the old lady, she doesn't answer. He also discovers that there are a parrot and a dog that have passed a taxidermy process. The old lady offers tea to Billy all the time and says that Mr. Temple and Mr. Mulholland never left, that they're still in the house.
Althought Billy doesn't realize what's the problem in the story, I do. If I was him I would have run away from the house. It's obvious that the old woman has two stuffed humans in the house, Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple. It's obvious too that she wants to do the same with Billy. She's going to kill him and he doesn't notice! I'm sorry but I think Billy is not very clever. I find that this is a very sinister story, but I liked it. Now I know that it's not good staying at a house where you're the only guest and where there are stuffed animals and a creepy old lady. I'm never going to do that after reading this story. Never ever.
The Landlady
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