Jamie

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I am half way through and I think Rose is going to have a splendid wedding and every thing going to turn upside down bit every thing will be ok because they love ech other so mutch. There father will start writing agian. Neil will stay in England. Topaz will get in touch with nature and get a job.Cassandra will carry on writing.

Topaz is very beautiful, with masses of hairso fair thatit is almost white and quite extraordinary pallor.

 -Author: Dodie smith ||  Modern – Title:  -Author: || Mr Mortain is Cassandra's farther she loves him and his books that he forced him to start wrighting again by locking him in a tower for three days. Stepen is great friends with Cassandra and deaply in love with her as the book gose on it becomes more and more awkard between them. || Max and his father are very close relasioncloser than most. ||  a) Find examples of; colourful adjectives, similes, metaphor, dramatic irony, etc..  b) Find a quote (with page number) for each example. || the language is very old! with words like bank instead of hill and trunk instead of suitcase || dramatic irony knowing where his father is. it was like being high. ||  Describe **//your feelings//** towards the novel.  Did you **//enjoy//** it, why or why not?  Did you find it easy to get into? Did you like it the more that you read it?  Would you read more books by the same author, or of a similar genre? || This book is about a very pour family who have sold evrey thing but one day a life line is given to them in the form of two rich men.this book is set in the 1930's in the English country side in a Castle.The genre of this book is senior fiction.The difficulty level is 7.
 *  Questions: ||  Classic – Title: I Capture the Castle
 *  1. Describe the **time and place** in which your novel is set. What clues within the book tell us this? || My novel is set in an old English castle in the English country side in the 1930's. I can tell that it is set in the 1930's because the Gramophone was very popular but there is no talk of the world wars. || My modern book is set in 2009. I can telll because they have bowing 747's, AK47's ||
 *  2. Who are the main **characters** in your book? List the names and a short description of their personality traits. ||  Topaz is very beautiful, with masses of hairso fair thatit is almost white and quite extraordinary pallor. Rose is beautiful,vainand bored.Stepen is dazzlingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Cassandra.Cassandra is funny, pritty and in love with simon.  || Max is a scruffy boy who is very brave fit and is very good at survive ||
 *  3. Describe the **significant relationships** between the main characters. || Topaz is Rose's mother they love any other but do not have time to exespres that love.
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> 4. Who is your favourite character and why? **Or** - Who is the character that you can most closely relate to and why? || My favourite character is Cassandra because she is funny, clever, dose not hold any thing back and she is very proper || Max because he is a English school boy witch I can reat to ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> 5. Describe the **style of language** and **literary devices** that the author uses.
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> 6. Is your book an example of ‘**classic’ or ‘modern’ literature**? You must use evidence to back up your stance. For example; has your book stood the ‘test of time’? Are there theme’s that will transcend time? || My book is a Classic. It has stood the test of time because people will allways have feelings and this is what this book displays even though the language will get old people will be able to relate to to this book || My book is a moden book because there are lods of storys of school boys that go on adventures and win. I do not think this will be a classic ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"> 7. After reading the book, write a short note to a friend **__describing the book__**. Include a description of the **//genre//**, **//setting//** and **//difficulty level//**. You need to also include the following information; What were the main **//themes//** in the book? What was the **//central conflict//**? How was it resolved?

I did't enjoy this book because it was all about feelings and nothing exciting happened like fighting || This book is about a boy who has to rescue his father.this book is set in 2005 in the Namibian desert. fiction difficulty 4

I enjoyed this book because it had lots of action and was easy to read ||