QUESTION 1: 

For my 3 books I read "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "The Kite Runner" and "The Bell Jar". I found "The Bell Jar" the most interesting. The reason being is that it was psychological. You were able to get inside her brain during these stressing times. Being able to be inside her head and understand her was interesting for me. It also allowed for good character development. Well to me an interesting book needs an interesting character. Like all of Edgar Allen Poe’s work had a very surprising character which gave stories a shock factor. If a story allows me to connect myself to it, or relays a lot of emotion and surprise I enjoy it. Oh well I'm starting to read "The Road" which was one of the horror and monster stories we could choose from. I'm only on the first chapter. Which isn't a big feat but... from what I read it's really different. It sounds like the future in this story was extremely bad. (With the bad weather driving the father and son out and the ashes.) I think it'll be a favorite. I also read the ACT manual and pretest. I read all the stories in the reading test part. I've read information documents on the computer. I reread the Harry Potter 6 as well.  

~Jordan Fruit~

QUESTION 2:

I read "The Kite Runner" for my book on self-discovery. I really enjoyed this book a lot because of the charachter's development. Something that Amir discovered was that his past never really left him. Even though he tried to forget and tried to push it out of his mind about what happened to Hassan, it always came back. He finally confronts his past and returns to Pakistan. He discovers that him and Hassan are brothers, (another discovery) and that Hassan is dead. And that he died protecting Amir's old house. He learns of Hassan's son Sohrab, and embarks on a journey to find his nephew. In the end he finds Sohrab and brings him to America with him. But a prominent emotion throughout the novel is guilt and shame. Amir burried the day in the alley to hide his guilt. Amir tried to get rid of Hassan to forget about his guilt. But in the end, for Amir to feel any better and to relieve his shame and guilt he needed to confront his past. By rescuing Sohrab from Aseef's clutches and taking the beating he did, he feels kind of better. Like he paid now for what he didnt do then. He also finds that being there for Sohrab the way Hassan was for him also helps ease the pain from the past.

Anyone can relate to this novel's internal conflict. I know I can relate to being ashamed about something to a point where I just want to forget and push it away, just want to hide it. And it feels easier to hide and try to forget something then it is to comfront it. But in the end that confrontation is teh first step to healing. And if Amir hadn't discovered that in the story, it would not have been as emotional or gripping.       

~Jordan Fruit~