Final Free Choice Blog :(

     In the chapter, the man explains to Eddie how he was killed. He explains a 'little Eddie' playing with his brother one day when Eddie was eight. Eddie ran into the street and a car swiftly turned the other way. Causing the car to crash, and the man inside to die. The man said he is happy now, and it was meant to happen. Eddie accepts this, and the man disappears. Leaving Eddie to meet the second person in heaven.
     The story is getting so much better. I'm starting to understand the words in the passage, and everything is starting to make sense. I'm interested to see who the next person is that Eddie will meet.
     In the story, the author was describing Eddie's surroundings, (setting hints.) when he left the Ruby Pier. He also described Eddie as an eight year old boy. (Descriptive hint.) Also, when he changed his environment he was comparing the differences, and similarities of where he was.

Chapter 3

     The story continues with Eddie standing in the amusement park with the man. The man claims to be a childhood friend, "I was sent here for a reason" the man said. Eddie cannot speak, but the man can hear Eddie's thoughts. He asks if this is what heaven is like, and the man explains that there are different levels, he is on level two, and Eddie is currently on level one. Eddie asks the man how he ended up ... dead, and the man responds "You killed me."
     I was shocked by the ending of the chapter. Eddie killed the man? What! It was a pretty deep chapter. I want to learn more about this man, and how he got killed.
     The author's intent was to explain to Eddie why he's where he is. There was more than one tone. But the two main tones in the passage were depressing, and confusion. The passage also showed a spatial pattern.

The After Life

     The book I am reading is still, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." Eddie is now dead. He is floating in the sky, watching the colors change from blue, to pink, to orange, and so on. Moments later he shows up in Ruby Pier, the place he used to work in. When he finds out he is capable of walking without struggling, he starts to run. He runs all the way to town where he meets a man who claims to be a childhood friend. This man told Eddie he will encounter 5 other people that have been in his life.
     I thought chapter two was a little slow. It's a very descriptive excerpt. Explaining how Eddie feels, how he looks, what he sees. But, it would have been more entertaining to read if the author went straight to the part where Eddie met his, "childhood friend."
     I didn't really pay attention to organization patterns. I did notice Eddie was comparing how it felt dead, verses how he felt alive. For example, alive, he had stiff limbs. But dead, he was incredibly flexible.

Book Summary

     The beginning of the chapter starts with Eddie, the main character, dying. The author writes about what Eddie did his last thirty minutes on earth. Illustrating his job as maintenance at a theme park called Ruby Pier, how his life was with his deceased wife, Marguerite, and lastly, explaining the cause of his death.  A cart in one of the roller coasters was almost about to fall into the ground, and the people in it were latched on to keep from falling. When Eddie sent one of his workers up there, Dominguez, to rescue the passengers and take the cart he noticed the cart’s cable was unraveling. Eddie called out to him, attempting to inform him, but it was too late the cart was descending into the concrete floor, seconds to falling on top of a blonde-headed little girl. Eddie noticed what was occurring and pushed the little girl out of the way to save her, but was crushed in the process.
     I thought the way the author started the story by giving away the ending was very odd. Most authors usually don't do that. I'm not really into the story yet. Then again, I am only on page 30 so throughout the book I'll probably have a different perspective on it. The story is kind of hard for me to read because it's in Spanish, and I can't read fluently in Spanish so I don't normally notice small details that the author is pointing out. But, by reading the story I can normally figure out what a word/sentence means just by the context.
     Lastly, if I were to use a specific style of notes I would use lists. I know making a list for the book Isn't a very efficient way of taking notes but I find it simple, and resourceful. Each bullet would be in chronological order, and it would be easy to pull out information.

What Kind of Reader Are You?

     In lesson three I took a quiz called, "what kind of reader are you?" I was not happy with my results. The results stated I enjoyed non-fiction novels because "I like to read information that is based on reality." Although that is true, non-fiction is not my favorite genre. I love reading books that I can relate to, or books about teens my age. In other words, realistic fiction is one of my favorite genres.
     The last thing I read that I enjoyed was Burned, by Ellen Hopkins. It's the story of a teenage girl, living in a religious, yet abusive family. It shows all the romance, drama, and struggles that Pattyn Stratten endured. I was literally infatuated by this book's story line. But, other things did interest me about the novel. Primarily, the book's writing style. It's hard to explain, but each page is an individual poem, with an individual story, that ties in with the essence of the whole story. It took me a whole day to finish this 532 paged book. That right there is dedication.