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F
is for Friction
In
the book Chasing Redbird Zinny, the main character,
meets up with many unfortunate events in her
life. These events include; her Aunt dying,
being confused and angry with a boy, and having
her sisters make fun of her behind her back.
This book's main conflict is between Zinny and
all of the people that cause her unhappiness.
Zinny also has friction inside of herself with
all of the feelings that occur in her life.
She has to deal with losing a closely loved
aunt, which would take great effect on anyone's
life. There isn't really one main conflict in
this story. It is more about the conflict of
life, and not only the bad, but also the good
events that occur. Zinny has much to deal with
in her life. She has a crazy uncle, many brothers
and sisters, making a noisy surrounding, parents
who sometimes don't know which child is which,
and Jake Boone, who confuses her by not knowing
if he likes her for her, or if he likes her
because he likes May, Zinny's sister. I admire
Zinny for the things she puts up with, and I'm
sure everyone will admire her when they read
this book.
I
is for Ideal
The
ideal of this story is to live life as best
as you can, and try your best to understand
the confusing things. In the beginning of the
book there was a metaphor about spaghetti and
meatballs compared to life, I think the author
is correct. In life you have to struggle through
the turns, but in the end you end up with a
wonderful meatball. This message is a true key
to opening a part of our mind and heart we may
have never used. We have to realize that nothing
and no one is perfect. We also need to realize
that when we try our best to understand, and
we are still confused, it's all right. Not everyone
can understand everything. Zinny didn't understand
what Jake Boone was doing at the beginning of
the story, but then she realized the true answer.
I do not understand why I can't do some things
I want to do while my friends can, but later
in life when I have children, I might understand
the concern my parents have for me. This message
has taught me many things that I'm sure I'll
use later in life, and is a book that I will
never regret reading.
C
is for Characters
In
the book Chasing Redbird the main character
is Zinnia (Zinny) Taylor. Zinny demonstrates
lots of hope and courage in this book. Zinny
is always striving toward one of her courageous
goals. I admire Zinny for this wonderful characteristic.
This is not one of the characteristics that
people have, it takes lots of hope and patience
for this quality. Another main character is
Jake Boone. Zinny, in part of the book, misunderstands
Jake Boone. I admire Jake because he was willing
to express his true feelings for Zinny, which
would be hard for him considering he's three
years older. Zinny gives lots of potential in
this book by her unique personality. She shows
heart for other people in helping them as much
as she can. I admire her patience, which is
what many of us lack. If we do not have patience,
we will always be mean and frustrated. Is being
frustrated all of the time really how we want
to live our life? I think not. Zinnia is a hero
to me and I'm sure to many other people by her
amazing personality. She is adventurous, which
makes a wonderful book; and that is what this
book is; wonderful.
T
is for Title
The
title of this book, Chasing Redbird is what
Zinny's Uncle Nate does after her Aunt Jessie
dies. Uncle Nate's nickname for Aunt Jessie
was "Redbird", and when she dies he
"sees" her, he tries to chase after
her, but she goes away. I think that this title
can relate to the book message by its purpose.
When Uncle Nate chases his "Redbird"
he is chasing his desire, and everyone has desires.
Whether your desire is a dead loved one, an
ice cream cone, an outfit you want to buy, or
anything else; they're all the center of our
attention. We want our center of attention more
than anything else, and I think that goes along
with the message. This message that no one can
have everything they want, but even after all
of the work, we might not get exactly what we
intended to get, but we might get something
better than an object; we will get the feeling
of accomplishment of doing extra chores to earn
money. The good feeling of when someone opens
and loves the present you gave them; and that
feeling is much more important than an object
to me. It is important that we are considerate
and giving to others in our life. If you have
been a good person and if you have done your
best in making other people feel good, then
your life is completed with love.
I
is for Imitate
The
author of this book, Sharon Creech, has written
this book so that you want to keep reading about
the conflicts in the story. This story has been
written about Zinnia's life and all of the events
that happen. One of the main events is with
Jake Boone. You always want to keep reading
to see if Jake is really deceiving Zinny, like
she thinks, or if he really does like her. The
author made the character Jake so that he does
not actually admit that he really likes Zinny
in the beginning of the story, but he always
seems to hint at it. Sharon Creech did well
in writing the style of this story by stretching
on the on-going event with Jake, so that you
never want to put the book down. This book doesn't
have much more conflict other than this, but
there are small events that effect Zinny's life.
For instance: the beagle that Jake stole and
gave to Zinny, she had to have respect and courage
to give back the dog; and that is a wonderful
character that the author made to want you keep
reading about Zinny. Zinny has a very exciting
life, and Sharon Creech made very interesting
characters, making a very interesting plot,
making a very interesting story.
O
is for Organization
This
story always stays in the present, it never
has flashbacks. It is told sequentially. I personally
find it interesting when there are flashbacks,
but I personally loved this book. This book
always talked about Zinny and the next thing
that happened. This book hooked me from page
one by interesting me in Zinny, the main character.
Her personality amazed me so much of how it
was so random and different. She has so many
different sides to her personality. She has
her kind and loving side, then she has her curious
and adventurous side, then she has her hotheaded
side, and finally she has her unique and mysterious
side. I have enjoyed this story because it has
made me interested from the first page to the
last.
N
is for New or Novel
This
book is different because we realize that Zinny
really is kind and loving, though when we first
read about her, she seems stubborn and rude.
It makes us grow to love the character of Zinnia
and it helps us decide what kind of people we
want to be surrounded with. We can find out
who we want to know by hearing about a character
that has different personalities. Different
books can help us realize what the rest of our
life might be like and who we want to be around,
and who we want to know for the rest of our
lives by giving us examples of personalities.
These personalities could help us determine
which personalities we want our future friends
to have. I know that I have taken this into
consideration. I think if more people think
deeper about how a book can help their life,
then we can have a better life, and have better
friends. I believe that reading is a true key
to a better life.
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