Snowday Blog Post

     So far in my book Incarceron, Finn has found a crystal that he believes to be a key. they have talked to a wise person in there group of thugs and have discovered were the keyhole might be. they have fought the winglord Jormanric, who is sort of like there evil boss, and defeated him. they then traveled to the keyhole and inserted the key. As for Claudia who lives on the outside, she has snuck into her fathers office where she discovered a control area for Incarceron and a key shaped crystal that lets her see through the key that Finn has obtained. her father is unaware that she has taken the key but he is aware with the fact that she broke into his office. Claudia meets with a man named Lord Evain who appears to be a fat, awkward, noble man but is actually a member of a secret organization plotting to overthrow the queen of the nation because she is believed to have secretly had her stepson killed so her actual son could inherit the throne.

     As for Romeo and Juliet i find that a lot of the language is hard to understand and that they tend to speak an entire paragraph for something as simple as, "Hello. How are you?" this is causing me to need to read the same exchange over and over again. However i do like it when we translate a scene because it is both enjoyable and it helps me understand what is happening in each scene. I hope we continue to do these throughout the unit or at least go over what is happening in modern English. as a whole i think this is an okay unit and i am fine with continuing it.

About the Author

I am currently reading the book Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. Catherine Fisher is an award winning author and poet who has written a New York Times Best Seller. She is originally from Newport, Whales and she graduated from the University of Whales.She is known for her stories about fantasy and mythologybut she has recently started writing futuristic novels that are topping the charts around trhe globe. She currently still lives in Newport and is continuing the best selling series with Saphique, the sequel to Incarceron.

     I personally think she is an outstanding author who uses excelllent diction that makes you feel like you are there and characterization that never seems direct, but more so implied by the actions of a character and the reactions of others. She creates a unique seting for her books, one that is both futuristic and old fashioned all in one. there is the era law in the book Incarceron which makes people dress and use technology from the 1700's. She uses two main characters and two viewpoints to show the life inside the prison and outside the prison. Chapter by chapter the ywo characters get closer to discovering each other's world. all of this demonstrates her ability to create novels that dominate thier field. all in all i highly recommend that you pick up a book by Catherine Fisher because you will be in for one of the best stories of the decade.