Write about a novel or short story you've read (or a movie if you have to) in which you learn something early on that seems minor but becomes very important later.
The story I decided to go with was A Prayer for Owen Meany. What we learned early on in the story that seemed very minor was Owen and John were working on something called The Shot, which seemed to be a simple basketball they played. In the end, you learned that what they were practicing became extremely important when Owen saved the children's and John's life.
I am also going to go with A Prayer for Owen Meany since it is the last book I read that I actually enjoyed. The whole book I thought it semed very insignificant to keep talking about how starnge his mother was, how she just sat there staring at the walls everyday. I mean she didn't even speak to Owen. But, in the end, we find out that Owen is supposedly a "virgin birth." This helps sort out a lot of things that made absolutely no sense at all. Why was she depressed? Or was she shocked or upset? Once you find that out you can understand her feelings and kind of relate as to why she feels that way.
In the book the hunger games the main character could hunt which is something that most people couldn't do because of the situation in which they lived. Then in the hunger games a game where there were 24 contestants that were forced to kill each other the main character used those skills to win.
In A Prayer For Owen Meany, Owen always claimed that he was given special gifts by God. I really never understood why Owen would always stress this. He would tell everyone that he had gifts that God gave him specifically. When the Meany's told Johnny about Owen's birth, then it was understandable. Owen believed that he was given special gifts because of the way he was conceived.
To me what comes to mind is in the book we read call A Prayer for Owen Meany where in the beginning of the book they kept practicing this basketball move they called "the shot" and it kinda got on my nerves every time they talked about it because i thought it had no point but in the end, coincidently it came up when he had to throw the grenade out the window to save johns and the kids lives.
In Sarah Dessen's Just Listen, one of the older sisters really wants to be as good as the other one in modeling at a very young age, but she's not as skinny or as natural as the other one. SO pretty much through the whole book you are thinking wel maybe she gave up on it, but it turns out later on that she is starving herself and she is passed out on the bathroom floor because she is wanting to be something that is so unrealistic.
I will talk about the book that has most effectively uses significant things and pieces them all together at the end. A Prayer for Owen Meany. This story had may insignificant things in it. One being the red dress and mannequin that Owen kept which was later used to aid in helping Johnny's dad rediscover his faith in god. Also the shot in which they practiced for fun was used to save many children's lives.
Just like everybody else, I'm also gonna use A Prayer For Owen Meany. One insignificant detail that I thought was unimportant was how the book continually described Owen's voice. But later on in the book his voice had a major impact because the children listened to him because of his voice and saved all their lives.
I read this book last year, and I'm 100% sure if I'm right about the title but I believe it was "The Story of a Girl". This girl had went to a party one night and gotten completely drunk (for the first time) and they had to get someone to take her home. Well a man took her home, and she never thought about it again. But when her home life got so bad that she had to run away, he ended up being the person she stayed with for a while.
Okay so I'm picking A Prayer For Owen Meany also. At first when the author described Owen's physical characteristics (short height, pale skin color) I just thought, "Oh he probably just had birth defects and John Irving is telling us these details to show that he probably was very made fun of." I thought it was very insignificant. I also thought this about his voice. But in the end I realized that these minor details are what caused him to be able to save all the children's lives.
the movie i first think of is the 7 people you meet in heaven. in the begining they are saying that life is short but by the end of the movie the message evolves into live your life to the fullest. it leaves you thinking that even into old age you should love more, give more, and try more than the day before. the message is life is short so don't ever stop living.
In the book I am currently reading called "Harvesting the Heart," the main character and her mother paint their kitchen ceiling when the girl was young. At first this doesn't seem like a huge deal, but we later find out it is. To make a long story short, the mother abandons her family and runs away. When her daughter gets older, she tries to find her mother. She finds out where she is and the business she might own. She goes to the building and at first is sure she's at the wrong place. But then she notices the ceiling and realizes that it is an exact replica of the ceiling they painted when she was younger. This lets her know that she is at the right place.
Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet is another example of things mentioned in this book. In the third book, there are three children who have been mostly ostracized by their tribe and it all seems so minor of a detail that is overlooked usually. But many chapters later there is something significant that happens involving those three ostracized children are involved in the survival of the tribe in the end.
The story I decided to go with was A Prayer for Owen Meany. What we learned early on in the story that seemed very minor was Owen and John were working on something called The Shot, which seemed to be a simple basketball they played. In the end, you learned that what they were practicing became extremely important when Owen saved the children's and John's life.
ReplyDeleteI am also going to go with A Prayer for Owen Meany since it is the last book I read that I actually enjoyed. The whole book I thought it semed very insignificant to keep talking about how starnge his mother was, how she just sat there staring at the walls everyday. I mean she didn't even speak to Owen. But, in the end, we find out that Owen is supposedly a "virgin birth." This helps sort out a lot of things that made absolutely no sense at all. Why was she depressed? Or was she shocked or upset? Once you find that out you can understand her feelings and kind of relate as to why she feels that way.
ReplyDeleteIn the book the hunger games the main character could hunt which is something that most people couldn't do because of the situation in which they lived. Then in the hunger games a game where there were 24 contestants that were forced to kill each other the main character used those skills to win.
ReplyDeleteIn A Prayer For Owen Meany, Owen always claimed that he was given special gifts by God. I really never understood why Owen would always stress this. He would tell everyone that he had gifts that God gave him specifically. When the Meany's told Johnny about Owen's birth, then it was understandable. Owen believed that he was given special gifts because of the way he was conceived.
ReplyDeleteTo me what comes to mind is in the book we read call A Prayer for Owen Meany where in the beginning of the book they kept practicing this basketball move they called "the shot" and it kinda got on my nerves every time they talked about it because i thought it had no point but in the end, coincidently it came up when he had to throw the grenade out the window to save johns and the kids lives.
ReplyDeleteIn Sarah Dessen's Just Listen, one of the older sisters really wants to be as good as the other one in modeling at a very young age, but she's not as skinny or as natural as the other one. SO pretty much through the whole book you are thinking wel maybe she gave up on it, but it turns out later on that she is starving herself and she is passed out on the bathroom floor because she is wanting to be something that is so unrealistic.
ReplyDeleteI will talk about the book that has most effectively uses significant things and pieces them all together at the end. A Prayer for Owen Meany. This story had may insignificant things in it. One being the red dress and mannequin that Owen kept which was later used to aid in helping Johnny's dad rediscover his faith in god. Also the shot in which they practiced for fun was used to save many children's lives.
ReplyDeleteJust like everybody else, I'm also gonna use A Prayer For Owen Meany. One insignificant detail that I thought was unimportant was how the book continually described Owen's voice. But later on in the book his voice had a major impact because the children listened to him because of his voice and saved all their lives.
ReplyDeleteI read this book last year, and I'm 100% sure if I'm right about the title but I believe it was "The Story of a Girl". This girl had went to a party one night and gotten completely drunk (for the first time) and they had to get someone to take her home. Well a man took her home, and she never thought about it again. But when her home life got so bad that she had to run away, he ended up being the person she stayed with for a while.
ReplyDeleteOkay so I'm picking A Prayer For Owen Meany also. At first when the author described Owen's physical characteristics (short height, pale skin color) I just thought, "Oh he probably just had birth defects and John Irving is telling us these details to show that he probably was very made fun of." I thought it was very insignificant. I also thought this about his voice. But in the end I realized that these minor details are what caused him to be able to save all the children's lives.
ReplyDeletethe movie i first think of is the 7 people you meet in heaven. in the begining they are saying that life is short but by the end of the movie the message evolves into live your life to the fullest. it leaves you thinking that even into old age you should love more, give more, and try more than the day before. the message is life is short so don't ever stop living.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I am currently reading called "Harvesting the Heart," the main character and her mother paint their kitchen ceiling when the girl was young. At first this doesn't seem like a huge deal, but we later find out it is. To make a long story short, the mother abandons her family and runs away. When her daughter gets older, she tries to find her mother. She finds out where she is and the business she might own. She goes to the building and at first is sure she's at the wrong place. But then she notices the ceiling and realizes that it is an exact replica of the ceiling they painted when she was younger. This lets her know that she is at the right place.
ReplyDeleteTamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet is another example of things mentioned in this book. In the third book, there are three children who have been mostly ostracized by their tribe and it all seems so minor of a detail that is overlooked usually. But many chapters later there is something significant that happens involving those three ostracized children are involved in the survival of the tribe in the end.
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