Book: “Nick’s Mission” by Claire H. Blatchford
- The plot of the novel is that the main character Nick couldn’t hear and has trouble speaking properly. He had a mission to cross over the lake and take pictures of the other side. However, when he landed he discovered a house and he went inside. When he opened a room he saw three scarlet macaws that seemed dead and a man that was tied up. Nick couldn’t hear what the man was saying so he went running towards his boat and went back to land, to ask for help.
- The novels theme was mystery due to the fact that scarlet macaws were found in a place where they shouldn’t be at. It was also a mission because Nick was the one who discovered the birds and the man when he was just taking pictures for an article being written.
- The tone of the author was that she wanted us to see how anyone can make a difference in the world. No matter what disabilities someone might have they can help the world, without even knowing it and it can affect anyone. She also wanted us to see even when we are bored we can still discover interesting thing and help save something/someone from being in danger.
- Five literary techniques I observed while I was reading were diction, foreshadowing, imagery, allusion, and metaphor. Allusion was used when the author wrote “Peter put a bad on Nick’s shoulder .“What I wanted to ask you yesterday-except that you ran off-is if you can swim across the lake for me” (chapter 5). Evidence for foreshadowing is “The window was stuck; it only opened halfway. It probably hadn’t been opened for years. Three hooks held the black shutters closed” (chapter 9).
- What drew me towards this book was the cover page because it looked like an interesting book. What I was expecting from the book was that someone had kidnapped the guy on the cover however, I never thought it was also going to be about scarlet macaws which took me by surprise.
- What kept me reading past the first ten pages what how the story wasn’t just about mystery, it was also about a boy with a disability. I wanted to know what Nick was going to do to improve his speaking skills and how he was going to help solve something important later on.
- The plot of the novel is that the main character Nick couldn’t hear and has trouble speaking properly. He had a mission to cross over the lake and take pictures of the other side. However, when he landed he discovered a house and he went inside. When he opened a room he saw three scarlet macaws that seemed dead and a man that was tied up. Nick couldn’t hear what the man was saying so he went running towards his boat and went back to land, to ask for help.
- The novels theme was mystery due to the fact that scarlet macaws were found in a place where they shouldn’t be at. It was also a mission because Nick was the one who discovered the birds and the man when he was just taking pictures for an article being written.
- The tone of the author was that she wanted us to see how anyone can make a difference in the world. No matter what disabilities someone might have they can help the world, without even knowing it and it can affect anyone. She also wanted us to see even when we are bored we can still discover interesting thing and help save something/someone from being in danger.
- Five literary techniques I observed while I was reading were diction, foreshadowing, imagery, allusion, and metaphor. Allusion was used when the author wrote “Peter put a bad on Nick’s shoulder .“What I wanted to ask you yesterday-except that you ran off-is if you can swim across the lake for me” (chapter 5). Evidence for foreshadowing is “The window was stuck; it only opened halfway. It probably hadn’t been opened for years. Three hooks held the black shutters closed” (chapter 9).
- What drew me towards this book was the cover page because it looked like an interesting book. What I was expecting from the book was that someone had kidnapped the guy on the cover however, I never thought it was also going to be about scarlet macaws which took me by surprise.
- What kept me reading past the first ten pages what how the story wasn’t just about mystery, it was also about a boy with a disability. I wanted to know what Nick was going to do to improve his speaking skills and how he was going to help solve something important later on.
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