Finnie Walsh

First Period
I think that the impression that Paul gives off is an easy-going kind person. Paul demonstrates during the First Period that he is kind because he helps his one-armed dad and usually does what his dad wishes. I like the part where Paul’s dad explains that Paul got his name from the famous hockey player Paul Henderson, it really gives the book a meaning almost. I dislike the part where Paul doesn’t want to go to Finnie’s hockey game because if Paul wants to play hockey he should really go to a real hockey game, even though he ends up going to the game, it shouldn’t have been something to think about. My favourite line in the First Period is “Sure! Just pretend that it’s your arm; have a goodtime. For the next little while, it is your arm”. I like this quote because it shows that people with disabilities aren’t really that different when they work together, and it shows good teamwork by Mr.Woodward sharing his arm with Mr. Palagopolis which is basically what the book is based off of, teamwork. I wonder if Paul’s dad ever really thinks about weather or not it is Paul and Finnie’s fault that he lost his arm. I also like the part when they turn the slab of cement above the sawmill into an ice rink. I do not like the sentence where it Paul says “I did whatever he told me to do”. Finnie should not boss around Paul, even though they are good friends Paul should be able to do whatever he wants. I would like to ask the author if he ever had any personal experiences that he put into the book, for example the ice rink, has he ever made one?

Second Period
During the Second Period the best part for me was the birth of Sarah Woodward, the newest addition to the Woodward family. This surprise brought the family more together and way more easy-going. I like the part where Louise comes out of her little shell and starts being more social because no one should be so sheltered. I think that Paul is enjoying the way his family is coming together. In the Second Period it talks about a lot of hockey and the history of it, to me hockey isn’t really all that interesting so I found that it could get a little boring for me at times. I think that later on in the book Louise is going to get almost to involved into Paul’s life, since she was so sheltered before she might go overboard and start interfering with Paul’s life. I don’t like the part where it says “Pelle Lindbergh was 26 years old. His blood-alcohol level was 0.24 percent”. I think that is goes to show that things like that can happen to anyone, no matter who it is, and that drinking and driving is not the way to go. Pelle died in a car accident due to drinking and driving. A question I have for the author, Steven Galloway is what he was thinking when he wrote this book, did most of this all come from personal experiences that I menchined before? Or did he make some of it up as he went along.

Breaking Dawn

*****
Breaking Dawn is split up into 3 serparte books. It starts off in Bella's perspective and talks about her honeymoon on a island in Brazil. Bella gets pregnant while on her honeymoon and the baby is growing at a fast rate inside of her. Carisle urges Bella to have an abortion but she insists on keeping the child in her even though it is slowly killing her. The second part of the book it is in Jacob's perspective and he talks about his idea of Bella's recent pregnancy. The werewolve clan decides that Bella's child is a threat to everyone, they want to kill it before it is born, and by doing that they would have to kill Bella. Jacob refuses to help them do so because he is in love with Bella still. Jacob makes his own clan with Leah and Seth Clearwater. They spend the next few weeks protecting Bella against the other werewolves. During this time, Bella gives birth and during the delivery she looses massive amounts of blood and suffers from broken bones, in order ot save her Edward is forced to turn her into a Vampire. The third part of the book goes back to Bella's perspective. Bella is enjoying her new life with her child. But later on in the third section, Irina misidentifies Renesmee (Bella's child)as an "immortal child". Irina tells the Volturi, and they do not allow immortal children. The Volturi plan on killing Renesmee and the Cullen family. In the end the Volturi are proven wrong and The Cullens and Renesmee are safe for now.

Questions:

1. Will Bella ever get to see her dad again?

2. Will Edward and Bella run into any trouble down the road?

PAGES: 768

Eclipse

****

In the follow up to New Moon, Eclipse is filled with many overwhelming adventures. The biggest shock of all in this book is when Edward proposes to Bella. Bella of course says yes and Edward is more then happy. In seattle there are rumors of a plague going through out seattle. The Cullens soon realize that its a young colony of newborn vampires who can't control there thirst for human blood. The Cullens team up with the werewolves and go to fight with the newborns. They defeat the newborns quite easily without any injuries. Meanwhile, Jacob finds out about Edward's proposal to Bella and he runs away in wolf form to take away his pain.

Questions :
1. Should Bella really be with Edward or Jacob?

2. Do you think Jacob will eventually come back?

PAGES : 672

New Moon

*****
New moon is the second book following up to Twilight. In this novel, Edward leaves Bella in Forks for the safety of her and his family. Bella becomes depressed and seeks comfort from Jacob Black. Later on she learns that Jacob is a werewolf and most of the book Jacob and his werewolf friends spend there time trying to protect Bella from the vampires Laurent and Victoria. The Cullens killed there friend James in twiligh so, they seek revenge on Edward and his family by going after Bella. Bella becomes very adventurous and somehow word got to Edward that Bella had killed herself, he becomes suicidle and flys to Italy to try and convince the Volturi to kill him. Bella and Edward's sister Alive save him just in time. The Volturi see Bella as a threat since she is a human and knows about the vampire society. They tell Edward that she is to be killed or transformed into a Vampire when they come to check on The Cullens. The book ends with a vote with the Cullen family on weather or not Bella should be transformed into a vampire after graduation.

Questions:
1. Do you think that Bella should be transformed into a vampire?
2. What will Edward do if she is transformed?

PAGES : 608

Twilight

*****

This book was very exciting to read. This book is based on a Vampire named Edward and an ordinary teenage girl named Bella. Throughout the book they begin to fall in love after setting aside there differences, one of most obvious differences being that he is a Vampire and she is a human. The book is filled with adventure and drama. Since Bella had been hanging out with Edward, other Vampires are getting ancy about the whole thing. Bella's blood smells a extravagant smell to Vampires and this purposes a problem later on when Edward picks up on a full time job keeping an eye out for Bella to make sure she doesn't get killed by another Vampire.

Questions:
1. Do you think that Bella and Edward should be together even though he is a Vampire?
2. What do you think will happen to Bella? Will Edward end up accidentally killing her or will she be hunted down by another Vampire?

PAGES : 498