Summary
In this section of the book Fawcett was led into the RGS to see Goldie. Goldie was nearly 60 years of age and had blue eyes. In his pocket he carried a bottle like tube that had poison. Goldie asked Fawcett about Bolivia and if he knew anything about it. Fawcett did not know anything about Bolivia. It did not even matter what Fawcett replied because Goldie still went on to say that he thinks that Bolivia as a country is the roof of the world.
Fawcett went on to Morocco and was participating in Africa. He scribbled words onto scrolls and said that he was chatting to Morocco officials and telling them valuable information.
A group of people called the Guayaki practiced rituals that were cannibalistic. They cut peoples heads off (the people were already dead) with bamboo knives. They also cut the persons body into fourths and cut the legs off.
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"The Guayaki, who practiced ritualistic cannibalism when members of the tribe died, cut the bodies into quarters with a bamboo knife, serving the head and the limbs from the trunk" (Grann 97).
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When I read this I was amazed by the fact that people have cannibalistic rituals and that they served the limbs to people. Also it was interesting because it makes me want to read more about this ritual. Also it was shocking because they did this at all.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (7-65)
Summary
In the beginning of the book it talks about a man who is tall and distinguished. Also it talks about how he was hurrying toward an ocean liner named the SS Vauban which was 511 foot ship with a destination of Rio de Janeiro. the tall distinguished man was 57 years of age and was taller then 6 feet. It talks about his apperance and how he was still very recognisable in a suit because of his customary wild beard. This mans name Percy Harrison Fawcett. His name was known through out the world. He was one of the last people who traveled into the Amazon with barley more then a machete, compass, and a devine sense of purpose. In 1916 the Royal Geographical Society awarded him a Blessing of King George V for the maps he had made of South America.
It says that it was becoming the dry seasons and it was June of 1996 when a group of Brazilian Scientists along with some adventurers went into the Jungle. They went in looking for signs of Percy Fawcett, his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, who vanished more then 70 years ago in 1925. This trip was led by 42 year old Brazilian banker James Lynch. Fawcett's disappearance was a shock to the world. After a couple of months of not hearing from Fawcett was fine but once it became a year and then two people grew even more fascinated.
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"...but even in a suit and a tie, and without his customary wild beard, he could be recognized by the crowds on the pier" (Grann 7).
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My reaction to this was in a way shocked because just imagining this man and him being known world wide was just 'wow'. To think that he was this amazing person and then just vanished into thin air with his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, just amazes me.
In the beginning of the book it talks about a man who is tall and distinguished. Also it talks about how he was hurrying toward an ocean liner named the SS Vauban which was 511 foot ship with a destination of Rio de Janeiro. the tall distinguished man was 57 years of age and was taller then 6 feet. It talks about his apperance and how he was still very recognisable in a suit because of his customary wild beard. This mans name Percy Harrison Fawcett. His name was known through out the world. He was one of the last people who traveled into the Amazon with barley more then a machete, compass, and a devine sense of purpose. In 1916 the Royal Geographical Society awarded him a Blessing of King George V for the maps he had made of South America.
It says that it was becoming the dry seasons and it was June of 1996 when a group of Brazilian Scientists along with some adventurers went into the Jungle. They went in looking for signs of Percy Fawcett, his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, who vanished more then 70 years ago in 1925. This trip was led by 42 year old Brazilian banker James Lynch. Fawcett's disappearance was a shock to the world. After a couple of months of not hearing from Fawcett was fine but once it became a year and then two people grew even more fascinated.
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"...but even in a suit and a tie, and without his customary wild beard, he could be recognized by the crowds on the pier" (Grann 7).
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My reaction to this was in a way shocked because just imagining this man and him being known world wide was just 'wow'. To think that he was this amazing person and then just vanished into thin air with his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, just amazes me.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Lovely Bones: Book and Movie Comparison
I thought the book was amazing. There is no doubt in my mind that would say otherwise. Especially compared to the movie which I thought was no so good. the movie completely cut out some of the more graphic parts of the book. I mean it cut out the first important event and then they cut out another big part when she came back into Ruth's body. That just kind of messes up the whole story line I think. Once they cut those parts out the movie was, to me, missing something. I was on the other hand very good at keeping it interesting though. The whole thing with Mr. Harvey watching Lindsey and her maybe becoming his next victim. I think other then that it was not even a good book to movie film. It turned in to a good murder, thriller, suspense film though. But that's just my opinion.
The Lovely Bones movie review
The review of the movie I read was written by Ty Burr from the Boston Globe. I have to agree with what Ty Burr is saying about Susie's heaven and how it did look like landscape pictures from a calander. I would have to say that this was not such a good book to movie adaptation either. Ty Burr says "Maybe you have to be delusional, though, to try to create a tasteful movie out of a book narrated from limbo by a girl raped and murdered in the opening scenes." I would have to agree with that statment because I would asume that having a dead girl narrarate the movie was kinda of confusing because it keeps jumping back and fourth between the 'in between' and earth. I would mostly say that i agree with Ty Burr's movie review.
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/01/15/peter_jackson_gets_the_small_fragile_story_of_the_lovely_bones_all_wrong/?page=1
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/01/15/peter_jackson_gets_the_small_fragile_story_of_the_lovely_bones_all_wrong/?page=1
The Lovely Bones (212-328:end)
Summary
In this section of the book Susie talks about the camera her parents gave her for her birthday. She talks about how she had a certain amount of film and she used it all. Her parents told her that it would cost to much to get them all developed at once so her mother told her to think about which ones to send and which ones to hold back. Her mother had left so she could clear her head but her leave, that was aid to be temporary, felt more like permanent. Her grandmother Lynn had called and told her father Jack that she was going to come and stay with them for awhile. It seemed to her that Jack could use some assistance with Buckley and Lindsey.
Ruth, a girl that Susie had brushed hands with before she went to the in between (a place between heaven and earth), had gotten hit and passed out. Susie temporarily had gone into Ruth's body and was able to talk to Ray again. Ray is the boy she likes. She was able to get the kiss she wanted and ended up making love to him too. The her time was up and she had to go back to heaven.
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"I wish you all a long and happy life" (Sebold 328).
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When I read this line in the book it kind of caught me off gaurd. I was amazed that Susie would say this. This was the list line in the book and it made me feel complete. Also it made the book to me feel like it ended and there was nothing left unanswered.
In this section of the book Susie talks about the camera her parents gave her for her birthday. She talks about how she had a certain amount of film and she used it all. Her parents told her that it would cost to much to get them all developed at once so her mother told her to think about which ones to send and which ones to hold back. Her mother had left so she could clear her head but her leave, that was aid to be temporary, felt more like permanent. Her grandmother Lynn had called and told her father Jack that she was going to come and stay with them for awhile. It seemed to her that Jack could use some assistance with Buckley and Lindsey.
Ruth, a girl that Susie had brushed hands with before she went to the in between (a place between heaven and earth), had gotten hit and passed out. Susie temporarily had gone into Ruth's body and was able to talk to Ray again. Ray is the boy she likes. She was able to get the kiss she wanted and ended up making love to him too. The her time was up and she had to go back to heaven.
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"I wish you all a long and happy life" (Sebold 328).
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When I read this line in the book it kind of caught me off gaurd. I was amazed that Susie would say this. This was the list line in the book and it made me feel complete. Also it made the book to me feel like it ended and there was nothing left unanswered.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Lovely Bones (113-210)
Summary
In this section Susie talks about how the police think her father is crazy because of persistent phone calls. Also how he has an obsession with his neighbor. After a while she was talking about how her sister was becoming more responsible and how her father was nowhere to be found. They assumed that he was going after her killer, Mr. Harvey, all by himself. Her mother told Lindsey that she was not able to go and look for her father. Lindsey told their brother, Buckley, that he could sleep in her bed with her that night. When the police finally called they said that he was hit with his own baseball bat. Then they went to the hospital. Lindsey returned to junior high in the fall of 1974. She was known as the murdered girls sister, and the child of a crackpot, nutcase, and the looney-tunes. This hurt her even more later on.
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"We haven't talked about your sister in awhile" (Sebold 163).
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My reaction to this quote was mixed. I always thought that people would want to talk about those types of things instead of bottling up those feelings. But I realized that people have different ways of coping with things. I thought that the father would want to talk to the daughter about the sisters death and him to tell her it's okay to talk about those things if it makes her feel better.
In this section Susie talks about how the police think her father is crazy because of persistent phone calls. Also how he has an obsession with his neighbor. After a while she was talking about how her sister was becoming more responsible and how her father was nowhere to be found. They assumed that he was going after her killer, Mr. Harvey, all by himself. Her mother told Lindsey that she was not able to go and look for her father. Lindsey told their brother, Buckley, that he could sleep in her bed with her that night. When the police finally called they said that he was hit with his own baseball bat. Then they went to the hospital. Lindsey returned to junior high in the fall of 1974. She was known as the murdered girls sister, and the child of a crackpot, nutcase, and the looney-tunes. This hurt her even more later on.
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"We haven't talked about your sister in awhile" (Sebold 163).
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My reaction to this quote was mixed. I always thought that people would want to talk about those types of things instead of bottling up those feelings. But I realized that people have different ways of coping with things. I thought that the father would want to talk to the daughter about the sisters death and him to tell her it's okay to talk about those things if it makes her feel better.
The Lovely Bones (5-112)
Summary
In the first section of theis book there is a girl named Susie. She was murdered on December 6, 1973. She white had mousy brown hair. She was part of the Chem and Chess club. Susie then goes on to tell us how it was snowing on the day she was murdered, and how she was taking a short cut through the cornfields to get home. she remembers how it was harder to walk because of the broke corn stalks and how it was dark out because the days are shorter in the winter. Mr. Harvey did not want her to leave, and she was starting to worry that she would not be able to leave. Then he fought her to the ground and raped her. All she remembered was yelling please stop or stop please. She remembers him pressing his lips up against hers and how he was reaching up underneath her shirt. Then how he ripped her pants off and how he gagged ehr with her hat. Then she could not remember anything other then crying. When he was done he told her to tell her that she loved him and he then murdered her.
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"The end came anyway" (Sebold 15).
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My reaction to this was scared. This is because if you knew that your life was coming to an end you would be scared too probably. I just wonder why she did not keep fighting. I wonder what would happen if she kept fighting and got away if he would go to jail for what he did or kill her the same anyways. It scared me because if I knew my life was going to end very soon I would fight till the end.
In the first section of theis book there is a girl named Susie. She was murdered on December 6, 1973. She white had mousy brown hair. She was part of the Chem and Chess club. Susie then goes on to tell us how it was snowing on the day she was murdered, and how she was taking a short cut through the cornfields to get home. she remembers how it was harder to walk because of the broke corn stalks and how it was dark out because the days are shorter in the winter. Mr. Harvey did not want her to leave, and she was starting to worry that she would not be able to leave. Then he fought her to the ground and raped her. All she remembered was yelling please stop or stop please. She remembers him pressing his lips up against hers and how he was reaching up underneath her shirt. Then how he ripped her pants off and how he gagged ehr with her hat. Then she could not remember anything other then crying. When he was done he told her to tell her that she loved him and he then murdered her.
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"The end came anyway" (Sebold 15).
Reaction
My reaction to this was scared. This is because if you knew that your life was coming to an end you would be scared too probably. I just wonder why she did not keep fighting. I wonder what would happen if she kept fighting and got away if he would go to jail for what he did or kill her the same anyways. It scared me because if I knew my life was going to end very soon I would fight till the end.
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