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If you could create a symbol for the main character in your IRB, what would it be and why?  Be sure to include specific examples from your book to support your choice. (Make the statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion a different color.)
                             There is a symbol in the book I am reading called To Kill A Mocking Bird. The symbol that I would use to describe my main character is a mother bear. My main quaracter stands up for other people when they are being picked on. She has at least four times already. She stood up for a student in class that was very shy. She usually has common sense and protects people that don't have as much common sense. This is the symbol I would use to describe my main character, Scout.

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Describe a subplot and explain how it related to the bigger plot in the story.  Remember to highlight your statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.

                                    There is a subplot in the book I am reading called To Kill A Mocking Bird. The subplot is that there is snow in Maycomb County. There hasn't been snow there since 1885. Since there hadn't been snow there in so long, the school had been called off. Scout and Jem decided that they would try to build a snow man out of the small amount of snow they had gotten. This is a subplot in the book I am reading.

Blog 10: How To Kill a Mockingbird

Do you relate to the main character in your book?  How is he or she like or not like you?  Compare and contrast the main character's life with yours.

                                                    I think I do relate to my character in my book, How To Kill a Mockingbird. My characer's name is Scout. She is sneaky and stands up for people. Scout is about seven or eight. She is scared sometimes, but still speaks up when she needs to. She has a protective older brother, but she annoys him sometimes just like I annoy my brother. My brother, Nick, is also very protective of me, but gets mad at me a lot. I think my life can relate to my main character, Scout.

Blog 8 To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Describe the effect the literature has on its audience.  Make sure to use specific examples to support your answer.  Note:  highlight your statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.
                                    My book, To Kill a Mocking Bird, has effected me. I have found myself discussing the book and the main character, also the narrator, Scout, with my sister. I am enjoying this book, although i am only on page 27. The ways she describes things are in different ways that I have never seen before. I enjoy this type of writing. This type of writing has affected me on the way I view different books writing now. I have been affected by the book, To Kill a Mocking Bird.

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                                  Identify a theme in your IRB.  Describe events in your book that support this theme.  (Highlight statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.) 6  lines
                               I sense a theme in my book the "Shawshank Redemption." The theme is desperation. Andy Dufresne is desperate to get out of prison so bad that he is willing to dig a hole threw the wall and crawl threw dirty pipes. The pipes were about 6 inches wide and 6 inches tall so he had to crawl. I would have to say thats being very despaerate.

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                                       My Author, Stephen King

                                                   My author's name connects part of him to his stories. He was born in Maine and still lives there. King also graduated at the University of Maine in Orono. In the book "Shawshank Redemption", the story takes place in Maine. Im connecting him being attached to Maine, not in a bad way, but in a sympathetic way, and writing a story that takes place in Maine. I am strongly sure that this is not the only one he wrote that takes place in Maine. Stephen King connects his home state to the stories he writes about, in my eyes.

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How does the setting affect the meaning of the story?
                     The setting affects the meaning of the story "Shawshank Redemption." The story takes place in Shawshank Prison. As i said in previous blogs, the setting completely affects my story. The plot of my story is Andy Dufresne's great escape and also is life in prison. If you think about it, Andy Dufresne would have to be doing something else if he was not in prison. There is at least one other thing he could be doing right now and that is continuing his life as a banker, not in prison. This is why my setting affects the story "Shawshank Redemption."