Final Blogging Assesment

     1) The specific words and phrases that demonstrated my voice is when I say: " Can he maintain being the hero for the sake of his best friends who have now become his family, or will his insecurities take a turn for the worst?"  I think this shows my personality as a writer because it shows what kind of ways I like to usemy voice and not only that but I think it helps engage the readers to read more.

     2) I use diction in syntax in my blog post as well. An example of diction is when i say the word "insecurities". This is an example of informal diction, which incororated evidence. The example of syntax that I used in my blog post is, "He doesn't think he has it in him to do it." I used this piece showing how I use short sentences. I think these both help enhance my voice because it engages the reader as well as incorpoating better "voice".

Important Chapter Line

I think a very memorable line from the book Hollow City is, "We Rowed until our arms ached and our shoulders knotted." (Chapter 1, Page 20) I see this line as very important for various reasons. These peculiars have come such a far way. They have overcome many obstacles, which there are many more to come, and I think each and every one of them have become stronger individuals. This line shows that how much it hurts and how much they want to stop, they aren't going to until they achieved what they went on this journey for. The plot develops from this line in many different ways. One I think it makes them stronger, and two It helps them reach destinations that they need to be at. So in my opinion this line was very significant to me.

Symbolizing The Characters

In my story Hollow City, There are a total of 12 Peculiars. Including the newest addition, Jacob Portman. Each peculiar has a secret talent. A symbol for Jacob Portman(main character/peculiar), would be binoculars because he can see/sense hollowgast from very far away. Emma Bloom's Symbol (Peculiar), would be fire because she can make fire between her bare hands Bronwyn Bruntley (peculiar),would symbolize a muscle because she can lift very strong objects. Millard Nullings(peculiar), would sybolize air because you can not see him (unless he is wearing clothes, or you want him to). Olive (peculiar), would resemble an airplane because she flies in the air unless you hold her down with a rope. Horrace Somnusson (peculiar), would resemble sleeping, because he suffers from premonitory visions/dreams. Enoch O'Connor (peculiar), would resemble a heart, because he brings dead things back to life with other things hearts. Hugh Apiston (peculiar), would resemble a bee, because he commands and protects the many bees that live in his stomach. Claire Densmore (peculiar), would resemble a mouth, because she has an extra one on the back of her head. Fiona Frauenfeld (peculiar), would resemble a garden because she has a talent for making plants grow. Alma LeFay Peregrine (peculiar/head mistress), would resemble a bird because she can shape shift from a human to a peregrine(bird).

Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs is A very interesting person in my opinion. I found out that he was born and lived on a 200 year farm. He mainly got the idea from his books by the collection of photographs. In his first story which is called, Miss . Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children, Riggs got his photographs from  vernacular photographs. Closely related to vernacular photography is found photography, which in one sense refers to the recovery of a lost, unclaimed, or discarded vernacular photograph or snapshot. Found photos are often found at flea markets, thrift and secondhand stores, yard sales, estate and tag sales, in dumpsters and trash cans, between the pages of books, or on streets and sidewalks when you are walking. I think that this is very interesting and cool! His second story Hollow city came about by the photography by Harper Collins. I think that Ransom Riggs is an amazing writer who should write more stories.

Character Change

The main character in the second story out of two book by Ransom Riggs named  Hollow City, is Jacob Portman. He started off as a 16 year old teen who was very insecure and not quote on quote "popular" Back home that is . In the first book Miss. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, Jacob overcomes many obstacles and learns who he is as a person with the help of his peculiar friends. Now Jacob in the second story (Hollow City) still brings insecurities with him because of the fear that he can not save his friends. He thinks they expect him to be the hero.  He doesn't think he has it in him to do it. A very strong courageous thing that Jacob did was use his peculiar powers to fight off the Hollowgast (an evil creature trying to kill peculiars). This in the end saved him and all of his friends. Jacob has become a stronger, more mature, and courageous person in my opinion. Can he maintain being the hero for the sake of his best friends who have now become his family, or will his insecurities take a turn for the worst?

Why I Chose My Book

I chose Hollow City for many reasons. I have a lot of interest in mysteries and mysterious books in general, I love feeling like I am in the book experiencing what they are.  I picked this book and the second I did that I knew it consisted of all the things I love in a book. I flipped through the pages and just by the pictures I knew I would love it. I also knew it had these kind of pictures because of the first book. Within just a couple chapters of Hollow City i was hooked, i couldn't put the book down. I have to know what is going to happen to the main character Jacob Portman! I love books that hook me and I felt as if i was Jacob Portman on his remarkable journey with his peculiar friends!

Text-to-Self

In my book Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, I can make a text-to-self connection of being unsure and very scared. My main character in the story is Jacob Portman, he is a teenage boy who has left his family for a group of peculiar children. He thought  that leaving his parents was the best choice for his well being. But was his choice wrong or right? I can relate to this because i have gotten the feeling many times of being unsure about a decision and being worried or scared it it was right or wrong. The only difference between me and Jacob Portman is that his dilemma is to a whole different extent than mine. He has alot more to be frightened and unsure about. If you would like to know whether or not Jacob Portman made the the right choice for his destiny, then I would suggest reading Hollow City.