The Golden Compass
Rotation 2
Pages 34-93
Connection Captain:
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1.) Lyra and her relationship with Roger reminds me of my best friend from Nashville and I. In The Golden Compass, Lyra is more of the leader. Everything is her idea, and Roger goes with it. She led Roger into the Jordan wine cellars and was the one who decided they were going to start drinking. She led Roger into the crypts, and was the one with the idea to switch all the gold Daemon coins around the old Masters' skulls' mouths. My friend Thalia was always more of the leader. She would have all the ideas, and I would just go along with them. She was also a horrible liar, like Lyra. She would always tell me things like how she was Harry Potter's sister, and how if I woke up at exactly midnight and I read out loud the words to a "spell" she'd written for me, I would see the elves dancing outside. However, just like with Lyra and Roger, she wasn't exactly a bad friend - she was loyal and trustworthy, we had fun together, and we are still friends to this day.
The Kite Runner
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2.) To me, Lord Asriel is very similar to Baba from The Kite Runner. Both of them are imposing, and to me, they both seem to have this aura of strength and power. It intimidates both Amir and Lyra, and other people respect them for it. Also both men are wealthy, which adds to their power. Another connection between the two men is that both seem distant from their children. Lord Asriel never really shows any affection to Lyra except to bring her presents, and she never even finds out that he is actually her father until the Gyptians tell her. Although Amir from The Kite Runner knows that Baba is his dad, the two do not really connect the way most fathers and sons do. Baba even tells Rahim Khan that he sometimes he finds it hard to believe that Amir is his son. Although the relationships between Lord Asriel and Lyra and Baba and Amir are similar, I believe that Lord Asriel and Baba are most connected by this strength and power they seem to have.
I like both connection that you have with book. 1st one is for me more interesting than 2nd one, but also I think that 2nd one is really interesting, how you made connection with book The Kite Runner. Good job Riena!
ReplyDeleteI like that you have made connection with your life but also with some characters from other book. Although I haven't read "The Kite Runner" I can see the connection between Lord Asriel and Baba. Nice Job!
ReplyDeleteGreat for having a personal connection to write about, always nice to get an insight into the Wonderful World of Riena! I do like the second connection as well, relating to a previously read book.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great way to really connect to the books. Personal and Literary connection, both were really insightful and well in Jana's words "very interesting"! Good job :)
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