Post #12: Reading Wishlist

After this Best Sellers course is over, I will continue to read.  There are many books that I want to read, and the book I will read next is The Hunger Games.  I have never read it and everyone else enjoys it so much so I think I should read it.  Other books I plan to read in the future are: The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum and the rest of the Jason Bourne series, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Let Me Off At the Top! by Ron Burgandy, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, and more.

Post #11: Book Talk Presentation

Post #9: Charachter Reflection

The two main characters in The Bourne Identity are Jason Bourne and Marie St. Jacques. Both characters are very likeable.  Although we dont know about Bourne's previous life for most of the book, we can see how he acts after his memory loss and can tell that he is a good person.  Readers of the book really learn to root for Bourne after reading the beginning when he struggled for nineteen weeks to try to regain his memor because you really want him to find out who he is.  Even though he abducted Marie, he made sure she was safe the entire time.  One example of him trrying to protect her is when they were at a restaraunt and a man walked over to the table they were sitting at to speak to Jason.  Jason said to Marie, "A man's coming over here.  A fat man, and he's afraid.  Don't say anything...And dont look at him...For your own good,.  There's no point in him being able to identify you."
Marie is very likeable as well because she cares about Bourne.  She realizes he abducted her because of the situation he is in, and she is greatful that he saved her life.  Many times Bourne tries to tell Marie to leave so that she can stay safe, but she cares to much about him, so she stays with him and helps him figure out what is going on.

Post #7: No Country for Old Men Trailer

Post #8: Truth in Memoir

In order to be considered a non-fiction book, a book must be completely true.  James Frey claims that his book, A Million Little Pieces, is non-fiction, although some of it is untrue.  He claims that 95% of it is true, which makes it non-fiction.  I disagree with this.  If you tell someone that a book is non-fiction, they are going to believe that everything in the book is true.  You can't put fiction in a non-fiction book.  His book might still be a good book, but it is fiction because he made some of it up.  People shouldn't be misled into believing what they are reading if it is labeled as non-fiction, but is really not true.  There does need to be a line between fiction and non-fiction.  It matters so that people know what they are reading.  In order for A Million Little Pieces to be non-fiction, Frey would have to take out the part that is not true.  If he wanted to keep that part of the book, it would have to be labeled as fiction.  I disagree with David Shields when he says there doesn't need to be a distinct line between fiction and non-fiction.  He encourages readers of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto to cut out the pages where he cites all of the quotes he plagiarized in his book.  I think that it is important for people to know what they are reading, so there does need to be a line between fiction and non-fiction, and people should know where the information in his book comes from.

Post #5: Adapting No Country For Old Men

One scene from No Country For Old Men that is important to be in the film adaptation is when Moss returns to his wife and says he is in danger and he might not come back home.  This is important because it introduces his wife and it is when Moss first states that he is going to keep the money and face whatever danger comes at him.  Another important scene is when Chigurh flips the coin at the gas station for the first time.  This is a very important scene because this scene develop's the character a lot so you get to know more about him.  One more important scene is when Moss and Chigurh meet at the hotel, because it is an intense confrontation between the two of them and it helps move the plot along.

One scene that is not important is when Chigurh gets hit by a car.  Although this part of the book is cool, it does not move the plot along at all and it would have to be cut in the movie.  (Although this part is kept in the real movie.)  The scene when Moss goes back to where he found the money is important, because an assailant sees him and shoots at him, but the movie should not include all of the detail from this scene, because there is not that much time in a movie to give a lot of detail and the scene would still make sense without all of the detail.

The best thing about The Bourne Identity

I am still reading The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.  I am enjoying the book very much and I would recommend it to anyone who likes thrillers with a lot of action.  The best thing about my book is the suspense.  Jason Bourne is always in danger.  As soon as you think he is safe from some danger that he was facing, something else comes up.  This example comes from a time in the book when Bourne thinks he has escaped people who were trying to kill him, "His eyes were looking at two thin intersecting lines. Crosshairs!  A scope... an infrared scope of  a rifle."