Literature Circle Post 1

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"We should tell Dad what the doctor said," Karl insisted. "He should have been told. He has the right to know. Wouldn't you want to know?"
Of course I'd want to know.

Significance:
I thought that this quote was very important in the story. The reason why is because the docter gives the daughter of the father who is dieing imformation that is illegal. The docter told her that her father is slowly dieing when the father does not realize. That quote touched me because would you like it if someone knew you were slowly dieing and they didnt tell you? Im pretty sure you wouldn't.
Personal Connection:
The personal connection that I have to this is I have been told a secret about somebody when the person who had it didn't even know they did. Someone told me that the kid had Attention Deffisite Dissorder. I had thought that this kid has had it before anybody told me. I handled the situation by not bringing it up to anyone.
Question:
Would you have the same reaction to someone who didnt know that they were going to die and other people knew that he was?

Reading Response

Dale Jones 2/12/10
I read a total of 3 hours this week
I read 352 pages

What surprised me in the book?
What surprised me in the book was that there was a city beneath the earth. Well if you think about it it doesnt seem reasonable that there was a city beneath the earth because that is not possible. But of course the book was fictional becausse it is not possible to have all those things hapen in a book. That is what surprised me in the book.
What in the book upsets me?
What upseted me in the book was Will the main character had a sister that all along he thought was his sister betrayed him by helping the styx(bad guys) catch Will and Chester. Will had lived with his sister all of his life and his fake sister betrayed him. Thats what upsets me in the book.

Weekly Reading Response

This week I read a total pages of 103 and cant wait to read more. My book is very interesting to me and i enjoy it very much. What all I read in the book was that Will and Chester the main two characters in the book are digging in a tunnel and find a find a hidden chamber that leads no where. What happens next is Will's dad Mr. Burrows disappears and Will and Chester are plotting to find out where he went. Later on after trying to find out where his dad went Will and Chester went back to their tunnel and find that the tunnel lead to the hidden chamber was blocked off.

After giving up on trying to find out who blocked off their tunnel he found out where his dad had went and went after him with Chester. His dad had been working on a tunnel when he had came along a city under the ground. That is where Mr. Burrows had went and Will and Chester followed.
Question would I read another book by this author?
Yes i would love to because he makes a feeling inside of me that makes me not want to stop reading. And as a matter a fact I am going to be reading the sequel to this book right after I finish this one.
Question what character would I want to be in this book?
In this book the character that I would want to be is Will because he is very curious just like I am and I think that it would be fun to do all the digging and exploring that he does in this book.
I read a total time of 2 hours on this book this week.

Writing Response

If I had a special power and could go into the book that I am reading i would probably pick super strength. The reason why I would pick that super power is because the book is about people who dig a lot and if I had super strength I could help them dig faster. Where I would put myself in the story is when they are stuck trying to break through a brick wall in the tunnel that they are digging in. Why I would do that is because they would be able to break through the brick wall faster. Me being in the story would change it by speeding up the pace that they are digging and Will would be able to catch up to his dad faster.
If Will could catch up to his dad faster it would change the whole story because most of the book is Will trying to catch up to his dad. And so I do not know how big of a difference it would make to the story because i have not finished the book yet. But what I think would happen is that if Will caught up to his dad faster then they would not face as many hard obstacles together. But if they were not together than they both would probably face hard obstacles. That is what I think what would happen if I could go into the book with super strength.