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5 Reasons Why Jacob from Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Is a Hero  

Jacob is a special kind of guy, peculiar to a few people he knows, but just a normal teenager to others who don't know what he is capable of doing.  Jacob is a special breed of human who has a special power that can help save others like himself.  

1-     Jacob found the other Peculiars 

Jacob found others like him throughout these extremely far-fetched stories his Grandpa used to tell him.  Not a single soul believed the stories besides Jacob, and Jacob took them to heart after he saw him get killed viciously by a beast only certain people could see; he was one of them.  In Hollow City Jacob led his friends and fellow peculiars along hoping to find someone who could heal their ymbryne, a shape shifter named Miss Peregrine who was stuck in bird form.  Jacob has the ability to point out HollowGasts which are the beasts who killed his Grandpa; Jacob gets a very harsh pain in his stomach when he sees one or senses that one is nearby.  This helped lead the way to finding someone to help them out.

2-     Jacob arrived right in time to save them

After Jacob found the other peculiars HollowGasts found them unfortunately as well and started to follow and chase them.  They had to get away from their little island in 1940 and travel by a life boat to a different island.  Jacob and his squad ended up on land connected to London and ended up travelling back in time even farther than 1940 to a place with talking animals that were being harassed by a HollowGast and of course he pulled thru and killed it.  Finally, he learned that his power is stronger than he thought and he can tame the HollowGasts.

3-     He got everyone to like him

Not all of the peculiars liked him at first.  Almost all of them except a few were very suspicious of him and how he is peculiar.  At first his ability didn't show, in fact it didn't show until the first hollow found them and Jacob doubled over in pain.  He saved their lives so of course they would have to accept him and begin to like him, that’s the normal thing to do.

4-     Jacob was a leader of some sort

After he saved their lives, himself and another peculiar named Emma became the leaders or something of that nature of the bunch of the kids.  Emma had the ability to make fire with her hands and throw it and make fireballs, it is pretty Gucci if you ask me.  They made the decisions for the crew and led them everywhere, giving out commands and the other kids listened to them.  The duo of Jacob and Emma also saved their butts when they were in London and bombs were falling, they pulled them into a church and saved them from being killed.  They also found three more peculiars when they were there. 

5-     Jacob was an all-around good guy       

Jacob was just a good guy in general.  He always listened and never disobeyed anyone.  He only did one time where they were almost captured but he disobeyed the German Wights, or soldiers out to catch them with the HollowGasts, and he saved their lives doing that as well.  He was a sweetheart to Emma, and cared about every single kid out of the bunch, even the jerk Horace who was always disrespectful.  All in all, he was a good role model for the peculiar children. 

5 reasons why Louis Zamperini is a Legend

5 Reasons Why Louis Zamperini is a Legend

Louis Zamperini is more than your Average Joe kind of dude.  He is an idol to some, a symbol to others, and just another guy to people who haven’t heard of his story and struggles.  Louis is a legend to most in today’s world though. 

1-      He survived out on a life raft for 47 days

After Louis plane crashed when his crew and he were flying it over the Pacific Ocean, only three people survived the crash.  Himself, a pilot named Phil, and another member named Mac were the only living people from the crash and were in dire circumstances.  They had two life rafts between the three and all the food was gone within one day or so.  This forced the men to live off of fish and birds they killed so that they could survive.  They were also tormented with storms, hallucinations, sharks, the fear of death, insanity, and one time Japanese planes came and shot at their rafts, luckily killing none. (i.e. sharks circled them their whole journey across the Pacific.  Sometimes, they imagined no winds and not moving at all, when in reality they were moving fast.)    

2-      Louis made the best out of what he had during his life at all times

While growing up as a kid, he was bullied and wasn’t exactly the perfect child in his hometown of Torrance, California.  He had run his whole life from people for fun and then he started to run because he realized he was better than almost everyone.  When he was on the life raft, he killed anything he could so the men on the raft could have food to eat and not starve to death.  Finally, when he was a Prisoner of War in Japan, all the prisoners there including himself, did whatever they could to survive including: stealing, bribing officers,  and rebelling against the Japanese. (i.e. as a kid he ran so he could finally feel like he was accomplishing something good, also on the bases they would rebel, a sort of victory for themselves.)

3-      He was an Olympic Runner

When Louis was in college at USC setting records on the track, he dreamed of running in the Olympics; it soon had become a reality for him.  He ran in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and placed 8^th, drawing the attention of Hitler himself.  He ran the 5000 meter and his final lap of 56 seconds is the lap which intrigued Hitler about Louis’ speed.  When Louis entered the Olympics no Americans, including himself, were favored to win in the 5000 meter race; none of them did of course but Louis Zamperini a.k.a. the “Torrance Tornado” still had a large impact on the race.

4-      Prisoner of War

When Louis got captured by the Japanese with his pilot Phil, they were taken to a very clean and nice Japanese base off the coast of the Pacific.  They were treated extremely well and interrogated every so often about the United States, their plans for attacking, location of bases, personnel, basically anything about the plans during the war.  Louis and Phil got transferred to a different Prisoner Of War camp that was extraordinarily harsh, dangerous, dirty, unhealthy and unsafe for any living being that was a prisoner of that camp.  Both men got moved camps multiple times each camp seemingly worse than the last camp and somehow by a miracle survived through all of the camps struggles and hardships.

5-      “The Bird”

Perhaps Louis’ greatest accomplishment however was living under “The Bird”.  The bird was one of the worst and most abusive officers any prisoner had ever faced.  He hated Louis especially for some reason and treated him horrendously, to the point of death every single time he attacked Louis.  Louis got singled out and attacked every single day by the officer, losing moral but still pushing thru to survive the camps where the bird was. (i.e. The Bird made every single person in the camp punch Louis hard in the face one time.  Another, he beat Louis with a bamboo stick.)

Post #5

For a book to be considered nonfiction, in my opinion at least, the book has to be about 80%-90% true.  Most of the stories or tales in the book would have to be true, and unless the book is amazingly exciting nonfiction stories there has to be some fictional stories or parts as well.  Take for example, the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand; the book is 100% nonfiction and it is very exciting and action packed.  This is 100% nonfiction and one of the only books of its kind out on the market.  But not every nonfiction book is like this, and sometimes those books are boring and not entertaining and could use some spice in the book to make it more appealing. 

I think that half-truths in stories are alright if they are not too far fetched, such as a story like Superman or Spiderman, and should still be considered nonfiction.  I think in Frey’s case, the truth was stretched too far because of the stories he told, some were just crazy and he should be ashamed that he tried putting those in his story.  If a story is a memoir though it should be 95%-100% true because a memoir is a story reflecting on a certain part of someone’s life and or an experience that person has been through.  I personally don’t think Shields is right because in the end, a book is a book and it mostly doesn't affect other people’s lives enough to change their lifestyle or what they do with their life.

   

Post #4: Adapting your book

For the book I am reading,(Shoeless Joe by W.P Kinsella) I think a TV series would make most sense.  I think this because throughout the book different plot changes happen and it would be too hard to capture the whole thing in a movie.  It was in fact made into a movie, but I didn't like it very much.  For the TV series to stay as true as can be to the book, the part in the book where the main character builds the baseball field after hearing an "announcer" say "Build it, and he will come."  would need to be the start of the movie.  Some changes would be that the shows would have to be more interesting and intriguing.  Quite frankly, I personally think the book isn't all that exciting unfortunately.  I think adding a scene of Shoeless Joe playing baseball, and showing the black sox scandal.  It is important that the series shows how the main character build only the left field at first, then expands onto the rest of the field.  If there was a soundtrack to the show, I think that it should be old classical music since the story is set in the 1900's, post 1920.

Book 1 Project

My idea for my project one is a fan experience related to Miss Peregrine's House for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, where you can relive the story.  In the fan experience you are able to "travel" back to September third 1940, where Miss Peregrine and her peculiar children lived.  You would be able to interact with the peculiar children, and you'll be in awe when you see all of their talents.  Well, you will be able to see most of them; you will not be able to see Millard Nullings' special talent because he is invisible.  You might get burned by Emma Bloom's talent because she can hold fire in her hand, and she's feisty and unpredictable.  In the fan experience you will meet Miss Peregrine herself, the one who allowed you to come in to the experience.  The fan experience will be on the island the book's setting is on in Wales.  This will be a week only experience, and the author himself Ransom Riggs will be there signing copies of the book for fans. 

During the fan experience the eager visitors, (hopefully they are eager) will have the opportunity to stay in the peculiar's house itself, or in the town on the island.  If you choose to stay in the town it is free, but it is also on the other side of the island so you'll have to hike across the island every day to get to the house.  To have the opportunity to stay in the house for the week you would have to make it to the house before all the rooms fill up, making it so that the other visitors would have to hike back across the island and find somewhere to stay in one of the houses in the town.  Ransom Riggs would make sure everyone has a place to stay for the week.  On the island the visitors will be unable to use electronics because the story and fan experience are set in 1943.  The house will painted exactly how it is shown in the book trailer and described in the book.  Every morning the fans would wake up and either hike to the house for breakfast, or simply go downstairs for breakfast. Every meal would be served as if it was a feast to the guests.  A ton of food would be served as if the food was endless and unlimited, it seemed like it was like that in the book.  The meal would be served by the children themselves, only eating when everyone else had been served.  After the first meal of the day the children would take the visitors and tour them around the island, show off their talents, or every once in a while when they're bored, they would play "raid the village" Most of the children believed that the game was fun, but some of the better children thought that even though the days reset at the end of every single day, it was a bad game and should be frowned upon.  The kids would reign terror on the townspeople, but the townspeople would not remember it because they do the exact same thing every day; forgetting and everything that comes with it.  Like I had just said the days reset at the end of every day so even though the story and experience is based in World War two; so at the end of every day a bomb drops in the same spot at the same time.  This repeats so every single day is September third 1940 all the time.  No matter what the day would always be September third and the day would be the exact same.                                                  

I think having this fan experience will lead to more book sales.  I think this because the people who were not able to go to the island would want to learn about it and learn the story that Ransom Riggs has written.  Also, even the people who did have the amazing chance to visit the house will most likely buy a copy of the book for the author to sign on the island.  Finally, the fans will be able to keep in touch with Riggs, Miss Peregrine, and the children through letters. 

Such as this one for the Hunger Games, yet the fan experience for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children would be on the island from the book.