Reading Response

     This week I have a variety of things to add up to my total reading time. I read literacy narratives and read two different books, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and The Clearing by Heather Davis. 
    I finished The Alchemist and really enjoyed it. It was all about Santiago trying to understand his personal Legend. He encounters many omens along the way and ultimately he attains his goals and treasure. The climax is whenever he must "become" the wind. He talks to the desert, the wind, and the sun only to discover that no one knew the answer. Ultimately, he searches for the soul of the world only to find himself. He came to the realization that he could transform himself into the wind on his own and that everything in the world is connected.
    Although I don't necessarily agree with everything in the book it is a very interesting read. The idea that everything in the world is connected and what Santiago had to say about love were very intresting. This book makes be feel really calm, unlike Flowers for Algernon. That is why I would recombined this book because it is really interesting to read and it leaves you feeling like you learned something, not emotionally distressed.
   The next book I read was The Clearing. It was about a girl who was physically abused by her boyfriend causing her to move to her aunts house in the country. When she gets to her aunts house she discovers what she calls the mist. On the other side of the mist is a boy trapped in time, living the same summer over and over again.When she crosses the mist neither really know what to think of each other. However, they are perfect for each other, she wants a boy who is different than most boys and he just wants someone (since he is stuck in time with only his family). I have only gotten as far as the introduction but I am looking forward to their love story.

The Alchemist: 9/16: 80 min (60 pgs)
The Clearing: 9/16: 20 min (27 pgs)
Literacy Narratives: 9/10: 40 min ( 3 stories)

Total: 140 min