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I think that in this video Veronica Roth explains her book in a way i would never had thought of. i thihnk she did this very well, because she used words that i would never use. I belive that because she wrote the book, she know what she was thihnking while writing the book, and can explaoin what it is about. Now being finished with the book i completly agree with what she is saying throughout the whole interview. I loved this book, adn cant wait to start the next one, and watch the movie for the second time when it comes out on DVD.

Creative Writing Blog #4

I love this writing; I think I used a lot of strategies very well. I love the way I used very good diction in many places, i like how this adds a more formal feel to the reading. I also like how I used dialogue. I think this causes the reader to add some meaning to the reading. I also liked how I used some foreshadowing in the beginning of the reading too. I really like ths writing for many reasons, do you like it too?

My Writing:

Logan Goldberg

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Creative Writing Character & Plot Writing

04/04/14

The Follower

            “Welcome aboard! Have fun in Bermuda!” I said to every passenger boarding the airplane. 

            “Thanks! You too!” Replied the passengers.

            Today was going to be my first flight to Bermuda. This was a pilot’s dream flight. You get to see the beautiful views and all of the passengers face’s light up as they step on to the beautiful island. I was ready to fly the lengthy flight. My life was perfect; I loved my house, my job, and all my friends. I had dreamed for a long time to fly to Bermuda, today was the day.

            I was heading to the airport just like a regular day, I was the happiest I have ever been. I was so thrilled for the day ahead of me. My flight attendants and I cleaned the air craft and got the plane all set for the next flight. As we phoned the front desk to inform them we are ready for boarding, we hear the crowd cheer, full of delight.  Although we were al eager for the trip, there was one problem- the plane was only half full.

                        I saw two guys walking on together one obese and one very fit. I was not one to judge but I thought this was very odd. I kept going with my routine with greeting passengers and forgot about the two men. Although within the next few hours I would never be able to forget them ever again.

            As the passengers were boarding the airplane they complemented me on my looks. I had a scruffed beard, was tall, with blonde spiked hair, and posture like a man with confidence. This made me a little uncomfortable and feeling out of the sort, but what the heck I was going to fly to Bermuda.

            As we taxied to the runway I double-checked everything so nothing could possibly go wrong. I checked all of it, the brakes, the lights, the traffic navigation, but I forgot to check the dang fuel. It was the worst mistake of my life. I will never forget how it all went down…

            OOH! You want me to tell you the story? Okay.

            Well as I already told you we were on our way to Bermuda with our tank almost half full. This was not enough to get all the way to Bermuda. We were out in the middle of the ocean; I was taking in the marvelous views of the ocean surrounding us. Then my co pilot notices a deserted island and pointed it out to me.

            Me being myself said “Whatever it’s deserted for a reason.”

            Little did I know I was going to need this island to stay alive. This is when everything started to go wrong. The fuel light went off and started beeping; I was freaked out, this had never happened. I called air traffic control and asked what the problem was, and they said that the meter had been stuck for a while and was being fixed when we landed in Bermuda. This was not the problem. The meter wasn’t broken, and we weren’t going to land in Bermuda.

            I could feel the airplane was low on fuel because our speed and altitude were going down a lot. I knew what I had to do. I took a sharp right turn and headed back for the island we saw two minutes ago.

            “We are going to execute a crash landing on a dieserted island and will have to evacuate when we land,” I explained to the frightened passengers.

            It was the worst experience of my life. All I could think about was how could this happen? This is my entire fault! I just ruined these people’s lives! I just ruined my life! Everything is going to change! All I remember is going down into the jungle of the island and calling air traffic control informing them on our location. Then I blacked out.

            I woke up under a canopy of palm trees, it was one of the most beautiful sites I had ever seen. Then I looked to my right. I saw the crashed plane and two survivors walking away. This was the worst feeling I had ever felt, my heart sank to my feet, this was all my fault then realized these were the two men walking on the plane that I had talked about earlier. These two men the skinny and very fit one, whose named I found out to be pat was dressed in a nice suit ready for the day ahead of him, and about to conquer the road. The more obese one, whose name was Arnold, he wore sweat pants and a sweatshirt with food stains on it and wobbled sort of like a penguin. I decided to follow them. But not to talk to them I didn’t know if they would be furious with my decision to crash land.

            I followed them throughout the island for two weeks, which was when the air traffic controllers finally found us, but that is later in the story. I had followed them to food, to water, and even saw how they made their shelter. I was living their life but they didn’t know it. As I followed them over the short period of time, which felt like a whole lifetime. I discovered a lot about them. Arnold was trying to lose weight and Pat was trying to help Arnold. Pat would run every day and Arnold would try his best to keep up the pace. Almost every day they would disagree over the simplest of thing because they were both set in their ways. I also noticed Arnold was very smart, he built the shelter and knew exactly how to find food and water. I also found out that Pat was a very active person and wanted best for others, which is why he was trying to push Arnold to the best of his capability. These are some great guy, I thought.

            Although it was very lonely and at times I just wanted to confront them, I couldn’t because I didn’t know how angry they were with me, or if they were angry at all. When we were rescued, I talked to them and they said they weren’t mad at me at all and would’ve loved to have me with them. On the plane back to the United States, we talked about our lives and our careers back home. They already knew I was the pilot of course, I was in the uniform. I then asked them the dreaded question “Are you mad at me?”

            They replied “Of course not. The plane ran out of fuel, how in the world could you have controlled that?”

            “How did you know the plane ran out of fuel?’ I asked

            “You said it when we first started the descent to the island.” Explained the passengers.

            I had no idea I had explained this to the passengers. I then found out they would have; loved to have me with them on the island because I would have given the resources they desperately needed, whatever that meant.

            We are still friends to this day, and every year we take our annually “Remembrance” trip to Bermuda to remember what brought us all together.

            As we sit on the airplane about to land in Bermuda I still think, “Was it my fault?” 

Dear Veronica Roth

I think Veronica Roth is an awesome writer. I love the way she writes with so much creativity. Divergent like the movie had me on the edge of my seat the whole time I have been reading this book. I loved the book so much because unlike some other books that I have read you can’t possibly predict what is happening next. I loved this because you always wanted to turn the page and keep reading because didn’t already know the next step in the plot line. I loved the way she used the setting of Chicago and the way she uses societies actions such as factions. I have no idea where she came up with these ideas, but all I know is that I wish I had this type of an imagination.

I truly believe that this book s one of the best books I have read, ever! I think this because I never knew what was happening next, which I said before, and I had never even thought of anything like this before. I also had tr4ied to put myself in her shoes in many times of the book. I couldn’t do it because I could never have chosen one of those lifestyles. I would hate it, and I would probably hate leaving my parents too. I would also never want to fight that many people and break through security like she did. I also think this is a great book because nothing is out there like it, such as Hunger Games there are plenty of good books like hunger games just Hunger Games is one of the most famous, but name one book that is like Divergent.

I also have written a letter to Veronica Roth in past blogs:

Dear Veronica Roth,

I am currently reading your famous book Divergent. I love this book; you have captured my emotions while I was reading many times. I love the description you use and the way you describe the characters emotion. Now to the good stuff, throughout my reading of your book I have thought of many questions in which I really want to ask you.

One of my first questions would be where and how did you get started in your career? I have wondered this because I know that most authors have a background story on how they start writing and what inspires them, and these stories always interest me. I was also wondering because I know you are a very young author, did you start writing and all of a sudden your book was a big hit? I think of this because some authors either work very hard and become famous once they are almost ready to retire, I also know some authors can never achieve the fame that you have achieved. So what I was wondering was how fast did your fame come, and how did it feel to be this famous so early in your career? This interests me because you are a very young author but one of the most famous authors too, how did you do it?

I know you have probably had this question asked to you many of times. But how in the world did you come up with this plot line. I love the way you describe the factions and the way the city people interact with each other. I know some people would say “It is like Hunger Games! She wasn’t even original!” and I would definitely disagree. I think this because Hunger Games is more of a wrecked society, where society can’t thrive. Whereas in Divergent the society is doing well until they find the divergent. I love your book and will continue to read the books. Please write back!

Sincerely,

Logan Goldberg

I think that this is a great way to show how young she is and how successful she is too. I love the way she also indirectly says this in her interview. I think this because she says that she felt “excited, but I don’t know, a little nervous. I think that every time something big happens in your life, you think it is going to change your life in a dramatic way” This also shows how she is new to the movie industry and is a very young author trying to figure out what to do next. Adding to the books success Veronica Roth is a very successful young author, I love this book.

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I believe that Wordle is  a great way to show what you feel is great for your book. I think this because you get to show the importance of certain topics in the books. I also like this because it is a creative outlet to show your book in different ways. I chose Divergent to be the biggest word in the Worlde because it is of course the title of the book, and then it is also the main focus of the book too. I also used Aptitude because she takes the aptitude test an this starts the whole movie.I then said the five factions nad what they mean.I then said some other key elements in the book such as trainging and fighting between factions. I love Wordle and suggest it for anyone who likes to show their topics in creative ways.

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Dear Veronica Roth,

                I am currently reading your famous book Divergent. I love this book; you have captured my emotions while I was reading many times. I love the description you use and the way you describe the characters emotion. Now to the good stuff, throughout my reading of your book I have thought of many questions in which I really want to ask you.

One of my first questions would be where and how did you get started in your career? I have wondered this because I know that most authors have a background story on how they start writing and what inspires them, and these stories always interest me. I was also wondering because I know you are a very young author, did you start writing and all of a sudden your book was a big hit? I think of this because some authors either work very hard and become famous once they are almost ready to retire, I also know some authors can never achieve the fame that you have achieved. So what I was wondering was how fast did your fame come, and how did it feel to be this famous so early in your career? This interests me because you are a very young author but one of the most famous authors too, how did you do it?

                I know you have probably had this question asked to you many of times. But how in the world did you come up with this plot line. I love the way you describe the factions and the way the city people interact with each other. I know some people would say “It is like Hunger Games! She wasn’t even original!” and I would definitely disagree. I think this because Hunger Games is more of a wrecked society, where society can’t thrive. Whereas in Divergent the society is doing well until they find the divergent. I love your book and will continue to read the books. Please write back!

 

                                                                                                                                                                Sincerely,

Logan Goldberg

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I think that in the book Divergent, the book I am currently reading. The setting is very abnormal. I think this because of many reasons, such as the houses that the main character lives in and how society functions. I also think society is very advanced in their technology. I think this because of the way they function, although they have some of the same things we have today, such as trains, they also have more high tech homes and drinks that help with the test they take.  I think this is one reason their society is advanced because we today can’t come close to a legal drink that will do this to someone. We also couldn’t think of having the technology they have in our own homes. I also think that one thing that is very interesting is that Triss could only look in the mirror for so long because she was born into the selfishness faction. I think this would be very weird because we have gotten used to looking at ourselves in the mirror and making ourselves look good. So in their faction they wouldn’t know if they look good or not which could be a struggle for some people. I also think it would be very hard for some people to become one faction because this means you have to fit in, and in society today a lot of people don’t perfectly fit in making this adjustment very hard. I think living in this society would have to be a big adjustment, because all of the aspects of life are changed in many un expected ways.

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The author of the book I am currently reading, Veronica Roth is very famous. She wrote the divergent series and many more books. She is an American novelist and short story writer. She is the recipient of the good reads favorite book of 2011 and the best young adult fantasy and science fiction award in 2012. She is best known for the divergent series the series I am reading now. She also has four short stories from Tobias’s Point of view coming out this year. I hope she writes more because she is a great author.