Peer Response #2

The City of Ember

(Aleksandra's Blog)

                Even though I have never read the book "The City of Ember" before I felt like I had after reading this novel study. Everything was very detailed and descriptive. It made me feel like I was reading the book, but at a different angle. I liked the way that you had added enough content to describe the novel perfectly, but rarely ever got off topic and that's a very difficult balance to uphold. However you did manage to do just that. Sometimes you did get a little off topic, but it is understandable by the amount of content that you had. Speaking of content, I can tell that you put a lot of work into this and you didn't finish this in a couple of days. The amount of content is actually quite astounding and the amount of focus that you put into each and every single post is as well.

                Another point that I really liked (this is beginning to sound a little biased, but  assure you it isn't) is the way you analyzed the plot and the characters. You really found a deep meaning for each and every aspect of the story, and found why each character was important. I believe that that is a very important part of understanding the characters as, knowing why they exist is crucial to understanding anything else. You did the same thing with the plot analysis as you extracted the key moments of the plot and truly found their importance.

                The main reason for this assignment was to identify the dystopian society in the novel. I feel that you did this quite well, especially because the problems of this dystopia are not as apparent as a book like "Uglies". You really had to work hard to fully analyze the dystopia of the city. Even though there were some immediately obvious points, there were also some very hidden ones and those were the important ones. By reading your blog I can tell that you have successfully uncovered the truths of this society and that is why I truly believe that your blog is a very good one.

Happy Blogging :)