So, I had time on Wednesday to read the end and then reread it because I had almost no homework. (That was because it was waiting in ambush for Thursday...well not really) Anyway, I read the book over again and looked for 'huckleberrying' and wrote it down for myself.
I am still particularly amazed by this book. Henry has such an interesting spin on everything. But the ending made the play seem more serious. He has that once scene with Edward where they're picking huckleberries, but other than that I felt like there was a complete lack of cheerfulness in the end. Lydian says he should get married, Waldo fights with him and everyone else gets mad when he rings the bell but Waldo doesn't come. Then there's that dream with the war, where they pretty much kill Edward. It didn't leave me feeling very happy. I did like Williams a lot, though. I felt like I could see him popping out of nowhere. (Cañada) When I went back and reread it, it didn't seem as funny as it did the first time. He said all the same things, but it all felt much more serious than it had before. It was like someone had just taken all the "Funny" and drained it out. Henry still had his sense of humor, but it was almost like at the same time he didn't actually think what he was doing was funny. I felt more like what he was saying came from some strong emotion that had gathered up inside him and sounded sort of ridiculous when he said it rather than something that, although is perfectly serious (in Henry's case) seems to have more purpose as a joke.
What I liked about Henry were his peaceful views, even though he wasn't always peaceful himself. It wasn't just he refused to pay taxes for the war, that he was sent to jail because he 'did not murder'. He also questions what good it is to 'flog' students, and resigns soon after he is forced to do so. He acts, in more ways for something he truly cares about. He also genuinely cares for nature. He admires the bird's ability to fly and sing and live off of flowers while sitting in his cell with Bailey. He says to Ellen "Did you know that trees cry out in pain when they're cut?" He also tells her that people are poisoning paradise. He believed that no matter who has bought land, the animals that live there still own it. (Woodchucks)
I think that's why I didn't like Ellen. Thoreau had such ahead-of-everyone ideas that when Ellen disagreed, she seemed unintelligent. When they talk about the railroad, she says it's much smoother and faster, but seems only confused when he points out that it's uglier and dirtier. He sees these terrible things in the future, but she seems only to deny it. She also believes her father too much. You can still love someone and not believe everything that they say! My dad says this. My dad says that. Guess what? Your dad isn't the only person in the world who you can base your opinions on! How could she be so willing to learn (going to school) but at the same time be completely narrow-minded about what she was learning?
I forgot to mention last time that one of my favorite things he says is about how books should have legs. (That would be pretty cool)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
I have no idea why at this very moment, but I LOVE it!! That just about sums it up. If you don't like to read all of what I wrote, it's longer than usual, so you can just stop there because that's all that's important. At first I thought it would be very depressing, considering that it sounds like just the night he spent in jail. (This is before I had even opened it) However, I found it really amazing! If I told you all my favorite parts, I would be listing most of the book. I love how crazy he is, because when he says it, it no longer seems so crazy! And even when he doesn't sound like he makes much sense, I listen anyway He teaches Bailey to write, and then he gets angry that he can write his name and tells him to un-learn it. B-A-Beanpole-Turn the Corner-Comb-Tree! I also really loved the teaching thing with the audience, and the whole conversation with the Deacon.
The weird thing is, I have this really clear image of the set in my head. I can see how it all works, except for the part where he's in the boat with Ellen. That has always been clearer in my mind as in a movie, not sitting on a stage in a boat, which bothers me, because it would seem very pathetic to sit in a boat on the middle of the stage and clunk the oars against the ground every so often, because he obvious isn't going anywhere. So for that part I forgot about the 'play' part of it.
One thing I like about him is, like I sort of mentioned, is that he says and does strange things, and yet it doesn't make you think worse of him. For example, when he has the whole in the shoe, he walks with one shoe on and one shoe in his hand and salutes people with it. Then he takes the order to arrest him and sticks it in his shoe. Everything he does is strange, but at the same time, I accept that as the way he is, and it doesn't bother me at all.
He's brave enough to laugh in even in a bad situation. He can be in trouble, and yet he'll still be calm. That's what makes him better: he defends his opinions well. With the Deacon, he tells him exactly what he thinks, even if the man clearly disagrees. He only gives in to save his job. He even struggles to whip the students in the room! He seems like an almost unreal person. He cares deeply about all people (which gets him in jail), and he stands by that, even when he could get out of it. (I thought that conversation where Bailey asks him why he's in jail was just wonderful, by the way.) He also has these great ideas, and he can say exactly what he means. At the same time, he seems sort of normal. He does things with his brother, he has a sense of humor, he falls in love with Ellen. (Deacon: We've been feeding our souls! Henry: How selfish of you.")
Some of the best things are with his brother, John. He seems to really understand Henry, and accepts his name is backwards, and he sort of shares his sense of humor. They are probably my two favorite people in the play. I actually don't like Ellen that much, she always seems sort of dumb compared to the brothers. (I'm sure she wasn't but she doesn't seem to share his intelligence) And then she turns out to be mean to Henry on their little boat trip. I would have been perfectly happy if John had married her, but I was happier when John comes running in, and you think he's all happy because she said "Yes" and then he say that she really didn't!
One thing I didn't realize, but really appreciate is that it's not fictional. I was reading about how John died of lockjaw, which must have been impossible for Henry, and it was strange because it happened in the book. Henry did get a sympathetic illness (lockjaw) after John's death. I also read that he died in Henrys' arms. That must have been hard for him, but meaningful at the same time. I guess Ellen seems a little more impressive after his death, but I still liked John better.
And finally, the time he spends at the Emerson's. I think it must have been amazing for him, considering Emerson was basically his hero, but I thought it might be a little weird for him to show up at his house and ask to be a handyman. "The weeds are at war with the marigolds..." But I hope it was good for the man.
But I really do love this play. It's mostly just the way Henry is, but it's still amazing. Here's another piece I liked. First of all, it made me laugh. Second of all, he becomes serious in a second, and he wants Ellen to be herself, and he ties it in with the meadow!
Ellen: When you go to school, you're supposed to write things down, so you remember what you've been taught.
Henry: Then it's the notebook that does the remembering, not you.
Ellen: You keep a notebook.
Henry: I also wear a ridiculous straw hat. That doesn't mean that you should wear a ridiculous hat. You'd look ridiculous in it. Nature didn't stuff this meadow full of identical blades of grass, each an imitation of another. They're all different! Follow-the-leader is not the game we're playing here! Young lady, BE YOUR OWN MAN!
The weird thing is, I have this really clear image of the set in my head. I can see how it all works, except for the part where he's in the boat with Ellen. That has always been clearer in my mind as in a movie, not sitting on a stage in a boat, which bothers me, because it would seem very pathetic to sit in a boat on the middle of the stage and clunk the oars against the ground every so often, because he obvious isn't going anywhere. So for that part I forgot about the 'play' part of it.
One thing I like about him is, like I sort of mentioned, is that he says and does strange things, and yet it doesn't make you think worse of him. For example, when he has the whole in the shoe, he walks with one shoe on and one shoe in his hand and salutes people with it. Then he takes the order to arrest him and sticks it in his shoe. Everything he does is strange, but at the same time, I accept that as the way he is, and it doesn't bother me at all.
He's brave enough to laugh in even in a bad situation. He can be in trouble, and yet he'll still be calm. That's what makes him better: he defends his opinions well. With the Deacon, he tells him exactly what he thinks, even if the man clearly disagrees. He only gives in to save his job. He even struggles to whip the students in the room! He seems like an almost unreal person. He cares deeply about all people (which gets him in jail), and he stands by that, even when he could get out of it. (I thought that conversation where Bailey asks him why he's in jail was just wonderful, by the way.) He also has these great ideas, and he can say exactly what he means. At the same time, he seems sort of normal. He does things with his brother, he has a sense of humor, he falls in love with Ellen. (Deacon: We've been feeding our souls! Henry: How selfish of you.")
Some of the best things are with his brother, John. He seems to really understand Henry, and accepts his name is backwards, and he sort of shares his sense of humor. They are probably my two favorite people in the play. I actually don't like Ellen that much, she always seems sort of dumb compared to the brothers. (I'm sure she wasn't but she doesn't seem to share his intelligence) And then she turns out to be mean to Henry on their little boat trip. I would have been perfectly happy if John had married her, but I was happier when John comes running in, and you think he's all happy because she said "Yes" and then he say that she really didn't!
One thing I didn't realize, but really appreciate is that it's not fictional. I was reading about how John died of lockjaw, which must have been impossible for Henry, and it was strange because it happened in the book. Henry did get a sympathetic illness (lockjaw) after John's death. I also read that he died in Henrys' arms. That must have been hard for him, but meaningful at the same time. I guess Ellen seems a little more impressive after his death, but I still liked John better.
And finally, the time he spends at the Emerson's. I think it must have been amazing for him, considering Emerson was basically his hero, but I thought it might be a little weird for him to show up at his house and ask to be a handyman. "The weeds are at war with the marigolds..." But I hope it was good for the man.
But I really do love this play. It's mostly just the way Henry is, but it's still amazing. Here's another piece I liked. First of all, it made me laugh. Second of all, he becomes serious in a second, and he wants Ellen to be herself, and he ties it in with the meadow!
Ellen: When you go to school, you're supposed to write things down, so you remember what you've been taught.
Henry: Then it's the notebook that does the remembering, not you.
Ellen: You keep a notebook.
Henry: I also wear a ridiculous straw hat. That doesn't mean that you should wear a ridiculous hat. You'd look ridiculous in it. Nature didn't stuff this meadow full of identical blades of grass, each an imitation of another. They're all different! Follow-the-leader is not the game we're playing here! Young lady, BE YOUR OWN MAN!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Reading for 2010 and 2011
The best thing about the new year so far has been the Google Doodle on December 31st. I guess that's not this year. So I don't know what the best thing is. I have been reading a little this week, which is quite interesting. I read a fascinating book called "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm". While it may be sort of classified as a children's book, I found it in the 'Young Adult' section of the library. Those librarians. I picked it up because of the author, Nancy Farmer, who wrote other books that I likes, one of which was 'The Sea of Trolls' that I read a few years ago. Of course (and it hurts to say it) it was part of a series. Why does this happen to me! The strange thing is I had absolutely no idea that there was even a sequel to this book. So I took the sequel, too. Let me catch up with myself.
'The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm' was interesting for me for multiple reasons. One of them happens to be that it takes place in ZIMBABWE! Let me just ask, has anyone else ever read a book that takes place in Zimbabwe? (Not including non-fiction books) It also turned out to be science fiction, which was hardly surprising since it says on the back it's in 2194 and Ear, Eye, and Arm got special powers from pollution. The cool thing about this book was that it took real things that happened in the twentieth century and farther back, and projected what it would be like, along with the author's own ideas. Basically three children, Tendai (13), Rita (11, I think) and Kuda (Maybe about 4) are kidnapped on a trip to the city and are going to be sold to the gang called the Masks. I takes traditional culture from tribes in Zimbabwe and uses words from their languages, which made it more interesting for me. The three siblings are the children of General Matsika, who is a very famous man who has worked to improve life in Zimbabwe (Like breaking up gangs) While the family is well off and able to hire detectives, it also makes them targets in the city. So the mother hires three detectives, Ear, Eye, and Arm to search for them. These men have powers that go with their names. Ear has exceptional hearing, Eye has exceptional eyesight, and Arm has the amazing ability to feel other people's feelings, which makes them ideal detectives. I was really amazed by this book, and it was thoughtfully printed in large print. (I don't know how I ended up with that copy.
I now am reading a book called 'The Land of the Silver Apples' which is also a book by Nancy Farmer. It's about a boy named Jack and it takes place in the past in a magical world where there are giants and elves and magical creatures. This would be the sequel I was talking about. So far he has found out his sister is actually an elf, seen her taken away along with all the water, explored differences between the old gods and Christianity, and with a slave and an ex-slave with him, he journeys to fix the problems of water and elves. Jack is trained in magic, by the Bard, and has experience with magic and magical creatures. He also is joined by a friend from the previous book, but it all makes much more sense if you've already read the first.
Sorry for the long ramble, but it was quite exciting for me. I can't believe anyone has the patience to read this, anyway. :)
'The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm' was interesting for me for multiple reasons. One of them happens to be that it takes place in ZIMBABWE! Let me just ask, has anyone else ever read a book that takes place in Zimbabwe? (Not including non-fiction books) It also turned out to be science fiction, which was hardly surprising since it says on the back it's in 2194 and Ear, Eye, and Arm got special powers from pollution. The cool thing about this book was that it took real things that happened in the twentieth century and farther back, and projected what it would be like, along with the author's own ideas. Basically three children, Tendai (13), Rita (11, I think) and Kuda (Maybe about 4) are kidnapped on a trip to the city and are going to be sold to the gang called the Masks. I takes traditional culture from tribes in Zimbabwe and uses words from their languages, which made it more interesting for me. The three siblings are the children of General Matsika, who is a very famous man who has worked to improve life in Zimbabwe (Like breaking up gangs) While the family is well off and able to hire detectives, it also makes them targets in the city. So the mother hires three detectives, Ear, Eye, and Arm to search for them. These men have powers that go with their names. Ear has exceptional hearing, Eye has exceptional eyesight, and Arm has the amazing ability to feel other people's feelings, which makes them ideal detectives. I was really amazed by this book, and it was thoughtfully printed in large print. (I don't know how I ended up with that copy.
I now am reading a book called 'The Land of the Silver Apples' which is also a book by Nancy Farmer. It's about a boy named Jack and it takes place in the past in a magical world where there are giants and elves and magical creatures. This would be the sequel I was talking about. So far he has found out his sister is actually an elf, seen her taken away along with all the water, explored differences between the old gods and Christianity, and with a slave and an ex-slave with him, he journeys to fix the problems of water and elves. Jack is trained in magic, by the Bard, and has experience with magic and magical creatures. He also is joined by a friend from the previous book, but it all makes much more sense if you've already read the first.
Sorry for the long ramble, but it was quite exciting for me. I can't believe anyone has the patience to read this, anyway. :)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Holiday Reading
This week, although it may have been Christmas, I still managed to read! (And not just gift tags, either) I managed to find that Seekers series by 'Erin Hunter'. Somehow or other, at around the end of 5th grade, my friend managed to get me to borrow the first book, which she owned (It was hardcover and very nice, now that I think of it) and so I read it, because it's sort of pointless to borrow someone's book and not read it. So then it left you not knowing basically anything at all, which was extremely frustrating at the time. That probably happens a lot when you take one story and break it into six books. Anyway, I read the next and the next. Then I waited for book #4 came out, because I still didn't know what would happen, and I honestly thought I could be done once I finished book four. Then I, more or less, forgot about it while waiting for this book, Seekers: Fire in the Sky to come out. How do you forget about a book you're waiting for? I don't know. So anyway, I like to scan through the 'New' books at the library and it was there. (This book came out half a year ago) And now I am waiting for what is hopefully the last book so I really can be done!
In this book, Fire in the Sky we find our four heroes, Lusa (black bear), Kallik (white/polar bear), Toklo (grizzly/brown bear) and Ujurak (magical transforming grizzly) in what they hope is 'The Place of Everlasting Ice'. (Aka: somewhere way up in Canada, right around the arctic circle) Anyway, this Ujurak is leading them all to save bear-kind from the 'flat-faces/no-claws/humans' which has pretty much happened since book one. So he leads them all up north and they are currently on some frozen sea. He follows 'signs' to lead them through there, but it turns out to be a very difficult journey. Kallik has to take care and hunt for everyone, Lusa is (uncontrollably) trying to hibernate, and both she and Toklo are struggling to adapt well to the ice. They are encourages by a gigantic bear, who is really a star, who is really, as they find out, Ujurak's mother. Every bear species has their own name and story about the star/bear, but she really is just his mother. Anyway, she visits them in their dreams, and encourages everyone, except Toklo, who believes that one of them will die in the journey. They still split up because Lusa is sick and Toklo is sick of the ice, but Kallik can live and Ujurak believes he should save the bears more than anything. I will not include the ending because that would spoil it, but it is fairly happy and nothing really gets done other than the fact they still aren't done with their journey. It's frustrating.
Hope everyone had a good break so far!
In this book, Fire in the Sky we find our four heroes, Lusa (black bear), Kallik (white/polar bear), Toklo (grizzly/brown bear) and Ujurak (magical transforming grizzly) in what they hope is 'The Place of Everlasting Ice'. (Aka: somewhere way up in Canada, right around the arctic circle) Anyway, this Ujurak is leading them all to save bear-kind from the 'flat-faces/no-claws/humans' which has pretty much happened since book one. So he leads them all up north and they are currently on some frozen sea. He follows 'signs' to lead them through there, but it turns out to be a very difficult journey. Kallik has to take care and hunt for everyone, Lusa is (uncontrollably) trying to hibernate, and both she and Toklo are struggling to adapt well to the ice. They are encourages by a gigantic bear, who is really a star, who is really, as they find out, Ujurak's mother. Every bear species has their own name and story about the star/bear, but she really is just his mother. Anyway, she visits them in their dreams, and encourages everyone, except Toklo, who believes that one of them will die in the journey. They still split up because Lusa is sick and Toklo is sick of the ice, but Kallik can live and Ujurak believes he should save the bears more than anything. I will not include the ending because that would spoil it, but it is fairly happy and nothing really gets done other than the fact they still aren't done with their journey. It's frustrating.
Hope everyone had a good break so far!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds (Overall)
I don't really like the acronym for the title of this book, and it's much more fun to write all the way out, so that's what I did. Let me get this straight, because it seems to be confusing: I really don't think this is a depressing play. I originally thought it looked that way, but once I really read it, I realized it wasn't.
Anyway, the ending seemed really short. I felt like it was just "Oh, I won, she killed the rabbit, and we're finally opening the shop". It was all just sort of weird, especially with the whole 'boil the skin off the cat' and all. Everything just seemed to move really fast. There's the whole frantic thing before the taxi and while it's waiting. I hate that, when the driver honks the horn over and over. It drives me crazy! What is he accomplishing by honking over and over? It annoys everyone, and it only makes them feel really rushed to get there. It's terrible!
Next, Ruth has to make the comment to Beatrice, and she gets all crazy about it, so Ruth goes with her instead to the science fair. Then we listen to this terrible girl talk about how much she (evidently) enjoyed using the cat for her project. Then she suggested that she would use a dog another year! I can't believe she did well with that!
Meanwhile, of course, Beatrice is going crazy back at home, but I thought it was an important and possibly sort of symbolistic when she pulled the paper down off the window or shop window. It just sort of showed everything was going to change, or that it all finally made Beatrice break, if they never did end up having the tea shop.
That's the other thing I'm not sure about - Is it a happy ending? I think the ending is definitely one of my favorite parts of this short play, but I'm not sure whether to be happy or not. It would make me really happy if they did open up the tea shop, and she did just win the science fair, but then Beatrice did kill the rabbit. So I'm still not sure if it's happy. I guess it all goes with that theme of 'growing a flower (Tillie) out of an unhealthy environment (Her mother and sister)' So maybe it is supposed to be a sort of happy ending. It seems like it might really be happy for them after that. I also liked how she brought back again the idea of the atoms. I liked this play a lot, actually, and, I'm not sure yet, but I think better than The Catcher in the Rye.
Anyway, the ending seemed really short. I felt like it was just "Oh, I won, she killed the rabbit, and we're finally opening the shop". It was all just sort of weird, especially with the whole 'boil the skin off the cat' and all. Everything just seemed to move really fast. There's the whole frantic thing before the taxi and while it's waiting. I hate that, when the driver honks the horn over and over. It drives me crazy! What is he accomplishing by honking over and over? It annoys everyone, and it only makes them feel really rushed to get there. It's terrible!
Next, Ruth has to make the comment to Beatrice, and she gets all crazy about it, so Ruth goes with her instead to the science fair. Then we listen to this terrible girl talk about how much she (evidently) enjoyed using the cat for her project. Then she suggested that she would use a dog another year! I can't believe she did well with that!
Meanwhile, of course, Beatrice is going crazy back at home, but I thought it was an important and possibly sort of symbolistic when she pulled the paper down off the window or shop window. It just sort of showed everything was going to change, or that it all finally made Beatrice break, if they never did end up having the tea shop.
That's the other thing I'm not sure about - Is it a happy ending? I think the ending is definitely one of my favorite parts of this short play, but I'm not sure whether to be happy or not. It would make me really happy if they did open up the tea shop, and she did just win the science fair, but then Beatrice did kill the rabbit. So I'm still not sure if it's happy. I guess it all goes with that theme of 'growing a flower (Tillie) out of an unhealthy environment (Her mother and sister)' So maybe it is supposed to be a sort of happy ending. It seems like it might really be happy for them after that. I also liked how she brought back again the idea of the atoms. I liked this play a lot, actually, and, I'm not sure yet, but I think better than The Catcher in the Rye.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Act 1
Well, I have a story to tell. I read the back of the book and thought "Oh, great." Then I read the introductions thing and thought "Oh, great." again. It was exactly the sort of story I really, really, didn't want to hear. It sounded depressing, it looked depressing, it just was saturated in depressing. I guess the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" really follows through, because the cover makes it look much happier than it seems. (This is my thinking after only reading a summary and an introduction). Well, I somehow imagined to myself that I only needed to read this introduction (I don't know why). Anyway, I was bored and thought I'd see what the book was like. So I read a little less than half way through the first act and decided to stop. At this point, I was really sure it was going to be very depressing and something terrible would happen. Then I looked at our assignment sheet again because I forgot the name of the website (figment.com) and I wasn't entirely sure about everything. Then I realized we had to read more than just the introduction. So I started from the beginning and read all the way to Act II. Already in the first three or so pages, I liked it better. I don't know why, but it didn't seem nearly as depressing and I actually think Beatrice is sort of funny. Not when she's trying to be funny, but just the weird things she says. Like when Tillie is trying to tell her about the experiment with radiation and she keeps saying different things about what she's saying. First she says "You better go to school" and then at the end she says "There's no way you're going to school" She just says the strangest things. Ruth is, well I don't know what Ruth is. She seems pretty sneaky, but she doesn't really like her sister. But then there' s the science fair where she comes home super excited about her doing well. I don't really like Ruth. The thing I don't like about this is that it's a play. I keep trying to think of it as a book, but it seems like I would see the whole thing differently if it was just a book. The only nice thing is that you always know who's talking, because the large names before every new speaker.
So my overall opinion is that it actually will turn out to be a better book than I thought. I still think something depressing is going to happen, the sadness ranging from being slightly sad because it happens earlier on, to very sad because it's right at the very end or something. I hope I'm wrong, though, because it seems like a nice story, and Tillie seems so nice.
I really liked the beginning because I can picture it very well. I can see her standing there, talking about atoms and herself. I also like Nanny, although I sort of feel bad for her because she seems so out of everything/why is she still alive. I have this suspicion that Beatrice is really jealous of her, first of all because she's so mean to her, and second of all, she doesn't have to do anything for herself, or others. That's exactly what Beatrice seems to want, to do absolutely nothing and worry about absolutely nothing (even if it means you're blind, deaf, and basically incapable to do anything at all). I also really liked the last few pages of Act I, it makes you think about how they live all the time, and what each person wants most. Although I really didn't want to like this book, I think I do.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Reading (In the Snow)
Well, as we all know, it snowed and is still snowing quite a bit at this very second. It was sort of strange and cool that it snowed (and stuck) on December 1! So this week I have been reading 'in the snow'. I wandered around the school library and randomly (I can't believe it, but it was actually completely random) picked up a book called 'Interface Masque'. I'm not quite sure if I like it yet, but it's okay. Has anyone read it? (It's not really new, it was published in 1997). Anyway, it's about a girl named Cecile who lives in a very modern Venice. She is ready to start her life as a Sept, but she has to graduate to become one, which means passing a test. Sept-Fortune creates security systems, and, for her test, she has to break through them. This is extremely dangerous, because if she's caught, then she can die, but if she passes, then her life is much more secure. There is also a question of morals, is it right to break into something, what would her parents say? Etc, etc. So anyway, that's about the first chapter, and then she decides to go through and take the test and she breaks through really easily (which isn't really a spoiler because it's still at the beginning) and passes. But as she's taking the information back, she runs into David, who you learn is working to take down the Septs. It's really weird to explain, but basically they have weaved music so tightly into everyday life that certain kinds are unacceptable, but not totally illegal. Mozart is played/sung in the morning, and everyone is calmed by music at night, but no one accepts jazz or rock and roll. So this David guy just happens to be in a jazz band, and he wants Cecile to join him in his quest to tear down Septs and to rule the world himself, except he wants Cecile, like I said. The whole plot and everything is sort of interesting, I guess. The weird thing is the science fiction part of it. Because she's in a futuristic Venice, there are weird ways of getting places and information that is hard for me to completely grasp. The cool thing about the future is that they wear costumes to protect their identity, so you never know who anyone else is unless they take off their mask, or if, by their job, they are required, not to wear masks, or they choose not to. So everyone has their own masks and costumes that they wear, that can define where they are in society, or not at all. It's pretty interesting I guess. (I looked up a picture of the author, she's sort of creepy looking) It was nice to choose what book to read, even if I didn't choose very carefully.
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