Tuesday, July 31, 2012
All Wrong
It was one of those moments when you're wondering, what is happening? Why is that happening? And how can I make it stop? All at once, the island of San Lorenzo turned into mass chaos. One thing after another. "Papa" Monzano died. A plane crashed into the castle. The castle turned to ruins. Ice-nine killed almost every person on the island. All because of Felix. It all came back to him. The clash of science, religion, and destiny. And "no life" could be seen (269). There "were thousands upon thousands of dead" (272). But why? How could this happen to all the citizens of San Lorenzo? Why are the only surviors the visitors to the island? Oh, the irony. They had given nothing to benefit the desperate island, and they were the only ones alive. I just kept asking myself, why? The end of Kurt Vonnegut's novel left me angry and troubled. The wrong people had lost their lives. And the wrong ones lived.
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You present intriguing ideas in each of these entries, but you do not develop them nearly as much as you should. You must add analysis, depth, and push the implications of your observations.
ReplyDeleteWhen you proofread, use formal conventions (no "you"), avoid simple verbs, and use present tense in your discussions of the novel's events.