Norris,+Jesse

Final blog!! I'm on page 57 in //The Moon is Down.//
 * __9/27/11 Entry 5__**

**//__Characters:__//**

The main characters are Mayor Orden and Colonel Lanser.

//** Mayor Orden ﻿ **// is the mayor of the small town that got invaded by the Nazis. I would say he's the protagonist of the story so far. He doesn't like what the Nazis have done so far, but he hasn't taken any hostile actions against them yet.

//** Colonel Lanser **// is the leader of the group of Nazis that took over the small town. At times he seems very well mannered, but he can actually be unfeeling when he's following orders. He's actually a really good leader.

Some of the minor characters are Annie, Lieutenant Tonder and Corell.


 * // ﻿Annie //** is the cook of the "palace" that the mayor and the Nazis live. She has a reputation of having a horrible temper, which the Nazis found out about the hard way. I think she's quite loyal to her town and hates the Nazis.

**//Lieutenant Tonder//** is one of the Nazi soldiers. He has f antasies of romance, but his duty calls. He is really loyal to his cause.

**//Corell//** is perhaps the most despised man of the book. He had sided with the Nazis from the beginning and helped set up the invasion of the town. He is quite sly and really wants to get far as a Nazi.

**//__Summary__//** So far what happened was that a small town/village got taken over by the Nazis for their coal. Recently, a man killed a Nazi officer while mining for coal, so he got put on trial and was shot publicly.

__//**Rating**//__ So far I this book about a four out of five. It's really well done, but almost none of Steinbeck's other books can beat //The Pearl// so far.

**//__Wiki Reflections__//** I think this is a really good idea, but I sometimes forget to write it last minute. I don't if it's just me or what, but I keep on thinking that we'd have class time to work on the blogs too.

I'm only on page 39 on //The Moon is Down//. I haven't made any predictions, but I'm curious if the mayor gets killed towards the end of the book or not. This book is told from different perspectives, but for a Nazi, Colonel Lanser, he seemed to be a polite Nazi, extremely polite in my mind to be a Nazi, yet he will follow any order and goes by the book. I'm interested in my choice so far, but I'm not far in so I don't have an opinion.
 * __9/17/11__**

I've started reading //The Moon is Down//. I haven't gotten far in the book yet, but what happened so far was that the Nazis took over this town and now are starting to live in the mayor's "palace". I've only read 27 pages so far, but I really like how the first sentence from the narrator got me hooked. "By ten-forty-five it was all over." It's pretty interesting so far, can't wait to finish it!!! :)
 * __Entry for 9/9/11__**

Sorry about getting this in late, but here it is: I've finished reading //The Pearl.// One of the main characters is Juana, the wife of the main character, Kino. She's a hard-worker and wants the best for her family. She seems to be ambitious when when her family is in danger, like when her infant baby, Coyotito, gets stung by a scorpian. One thing that I'm curious is how in //Of Mice and Men//, Curley's Wife is the exact opposite of Juana, yet they're written by the same author. What should I read next?
 * __Entry for 8/2/11:__**


 * __8/25/11 Entry 1:__**

I'm going to start to read //The Pearl// by John Steinbeck. I've heard of this short-story from a book that was read to us in middle school, so I decided to read it since the story line sounded so well done. I'd predict that the story will be about what greed and corruption can do to people when something of great value is found. I also expect there to be some similarity between //Of Mice and Men// and this book due to what I understand of his writing style in //Of Mice and Men//.