The Book Without Words – Period 6 Discussion Area
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-Quote B “the more one sins the heavier one gets,” says Damian figuratively in Chapter 3 Section 11. I think that this means that the more one does wrong in life, the more it impacts on you later. Almost like your wrong doings stay with you until you reedeem yourself.
-I agree with Nicole B. because she explains the qoute and gives lots of details. At some point of a person’s life they would just want to die instead of living, because they wouldn’t have to deal with any problems that life is going to throw out at them. I know that sometimes I wish I just didn’t have to deal with things like homework.
I choose Quote A:”It is not my death I fear… but my life,” says Sybil in Ch 3 Sec 9. The quote means that Sybil believes her life is in danger due to her master Thorston. He needs Sybil to die in order for him to recieve her life energy, which will gradually make himself younger. Thorston only took Sybil off the street to use her, to fufill his goal to be immortal and have an everlasting life. So Sybil is terrified not of dying, but her right to live. And it is her right that Thorston is taking away by using the book without words to stay alive. This quote doesn’t apply to me because I do not fear my life more than my death to any master, mainly because I do not have one. To me it’s the complete opposite.
I agree with Nhyameki L and Nicole B, because Damien isn’t helping the dire situation that Sybil and Odo are in. He adds pressure and unwanted sarcasim directed to Sybil. Something to add… Alfric also adds pressure, especially to Sybil. Alfric is always scared reliying to much on Sybil for support that he doesn’t receive from Master Bashcroft.
nicole i totaly love your answer. it’s clear,gets to the point, and it’s easy to understand. 🙂
Quote A”it’s not my death I fear… but my life”sybil says in chapter 3 section 9. Sybil says this because as her life goes on in the book her view of life changes.This is because she no longer fears her death.For sybil she would probably be happier dead,than have to put up with all the nonsense about thorston,
the stones,and the fact that master bashcroft is becoming very suspisous of whats going on in their house.On top of that damian and odo keep pressuring her about the secret of making gold.plus the fact that thorston came back to life, and sybil begins to believe that brother wilfred was right about thorston.Thorston will kill sybil to live.Is that any wrong reason why you shouldn’t fear your death.
I agree with Nyhameki because sybils life is worse than death it’s a horror.Dead she would probably be living a fairytale.
Quote A ” It is not my death I fear… but my life”, says Sybil in Chapter 3 Section 9. When Sybil says this she means she is not worrying about dying but how her life will turn out in the long run. After discovering that Thorston was going to take her life away and replace it with his life, I think it made her think. She is only a 13-year-old orphan who is a servant to Thorston. She is survivng on her own calls. She has to take care of Alfric and Damain and has to try to figure out what she is going to have to do with “The Book Without Words”. Not only that but she has to make sure that ” The Book Without Words” does’nt get into the wrong hands. When she says this quote she might fear the thoughts of the future and what it might hold. One wrong mistake and it might change the future for her.
I agree with Nicole because after living a horrible life, death to her isn’t something to fear. Also that Odo has been pressuring her and always telling her what to do.
Quote B “the more one sins the heavier one gets,” says Damian figuratively. I think the gist of this is that the more one sins (lies, cheats etc.) the harder it is to move on. The harder it is to start fresh. You become ‘heavier’ because its so hard to move. It may have a simple meaning but I actually think it means a lot coming from Damian, it’s smart.
“It is not my death that I fear… but my life,” in chapter 3 section 9. To me, Sybil is saying that she is scared that her life can get worse. She is scared that if Thorston dies, Bashcroft will take over her life and make her a slave, like Alfric. She thinks that that she doesn’t have a good life and she is afraid that it will get worse.
I agree with Nicole because she says that Sybil thinks that her life is more dreadful than her death and she wants to die happy. Also, Damian, Alfric, and Odo have been pressuring her alot about Thorston.
Quote A “It is not my death I fear . . . but my life,” says Sybil in Chapter 3 Section 9. I believe that Sybil says this because throughout the book, her feelings about life itself, are changing. I think so because after learning from Brother Wilfred that Thorston has to kill her to keep on living she is scared as to when it’ll happen. She basically feels like life is more dreadful than death. maybe she feels that when she dies, she will be in a happier place. Personally, I feel like we all have these moments. Where we are unhappy and think that death is the only solution. We all say, “if ____ doesn’t happpen, i’m going to kill myself.” Well, thats not exactly what Sybil is feeling. She is literally scared to live. She also can’t help but to feel pressure because Odo is always telling her what to do and showing her how she can use Damien and Alfric. She also has to worry about Master Bashcroft coming back and everything Brother Wilfred is telling her. If you lived a lonely, fearful, and pressured life, wouldn’t you think that death is not something to fear?
I completely agree with Nhyameki because Damien is one of the reasons she feels so pressured because he keeps threatening her. Telling her that if she doesn’t share the secrets, he will tell Master Bashcroft that they are practicing Alchemy.
Quote B “the more sins the heavier one gets” says Damian figuratively in chapter section 11, I can connect this quote to my life because if I were to lie my mother and keep on lying my conscious would get heavy of guilt. The reason why I say this quote relates to my life is that odo and sybil are trying to find the secret to making gold by lying like the time when damien came to the house and sybil told him that she knew magic so damien wouldn’t leave and tell the reeve. Because damien kept pressuring and annoying sybil to get the secret to making gold. So, that is how i can connect this quote to me.
Quote A “It is not my death I fear . . . but my life,” said by Sybil in Chapter 3 Section 9 I believe is to tell you she believes living her life is more dreadful than being dead. My reason for saying so is because looking at what she is learning about Master Thorston from Brother Wilfred is that he is planning to kill her through the stones of life and before he can finish doing so she is faced with pressure from Odo to keep using Alfric or Damian to get the gold secret from the book, Damian himself pressuring her to give him the secrets within the book and threatening her he will till Ambrose Bashcroft that they are practicing alchemy and her master is dead, and also Bashcroft coming back and forth to the house asking for Alfric while Thorston keeps dying. All of what I said is what she is, has been, and will continue facing rather than just being dead from the begining.
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The Book Without Words: Discussion Question #2.
THINK OF YOURSELF AS A CONNECTION MAKER. WRITE ABOUT A QUOTE YOU CONNECT WITH IN SOME WAY. THIS IS NOT AS MUCH OF A TEST PREPARATION QUESTION AS DQ#1. WRITE WHAT COMES. DISCUSS WHAT COMES TO MIND.
You have three Quotes to consider:
A and/or B and/or C.
You can discuss one, two or all three of the quotes.
* Quote A “It is not my death I fear . . . but my life,” says Sybil in Chapter 3 Section 9.
* Quote B “the more one sins the heavier one gets,” says Damian figuratively in Chapter 3 Section 11.
* Quote C : Alfric said that his father used to enjoy telling his children, “The shorter the sermon, the longer the truth,” in Chapter 3 section 11.
You only have to deal with one of the quotes, but you are more than welcome to deal with more. If you have enough to say, by all means say it all.
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QUESTION C – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the issues that characters wrestle with within themselves and between each other?
Avi writes great detailed conflicts through out the story with most of them staring Odo.Espacially between Sybil and Odo who fight back and forth through the story.For example, “Are you sure thats all you know about Master’s magic?” Sybil said, which Odo kept yelling at him saying YES.Also where Odo and Thorston in the house and Odo is screaming at him while he was unconscience saying,”YOUR NOTHING WITHOUT ME MASTER AND YOU KNOW IT!!!.”
I agree with Michael that Avi really describes the characters in great detail like Odo who is weird and loves gold and is always mean to everyone
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book? I’d suggest you focus on one or two characters to explain how characters are characterized. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
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How Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book is by focusing on there desires, morals, and attitudes. A perfectly great example of this is Odo, the GOLD HUNGRY raven, and you can till because in chapter one while Thorston was dieing of old age and asking for Odo to get Sybil for help all he could only get out of the three times it was at least said, that gold was has been made and was angry that Thorston is going to till her and not him. Also, one other good example of Avi delivering a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book is Damian, with his focus on the gold making secret at hand and his attitude to others. I can say so because when he goes to Thorston’s house as the green-eyed child Sybil asked for his rudeness towards Alfric, treating him as a slave on a leash and his attitude to Sybil and her only being the apprentice. As for Odo at this point he made no negative remarks about until he started to talk.
Question A:
Avi delivers a crisp look at the world around Sybil, Odo, and the other characters by which he describes and explains the surroundings of the book to such a degree that it does not make it hard to visualize it in real life. When Avi changes setting of the book to like Thorston’s bedroom, the apothecary’s shop, or to the courtyard, he describes each individual place and the surrounding people to the full extent that even non-exsisting characters have a part in the book. For example how when Sybil walked down into the courtyard Avi gave every street wander, begger, and merchant a personality. The author also manages to bring life to any place in the book by giving each different setting.
i agree with Shauna-kaye’s response because Avi describes the toen of Fulworth to be an
“uncomfortable town” to occupy, and that the nights spent there are “cold, damp, and foggy” so
as the human eye is barley able to see throught it.
QUESTION A: How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others?
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the other characters
in this story by describing the texture and age of the objects and buildings surrounding Sybil and Odo. He uses words such as ancient, decrepit, and crumbled to describe the old buildings and ruins near thorstons workplace. He also starts out the story as “the ancient town of Fulworth, Northumbria on a cold winter’s night with fog as thick as wool and as dank as a dead man’s hand. The fog settled like an ice shroud over the town,” which describes the town of Fulworth as an acient, cold, and foggy setting. He also describes the nights there by using the simile “as dank as a dead man’s hand.”.
Question A:
Avi gives a clear and crisp look about the characters by giving very desrciptive information. Avi does this when he says that Odo is gold hungry raven who wants the gold making secret. An example of this would be when Thorston was dying he said old and Odo took it as gold and started to fly around the house.Avi also does this when he desrcibes the town of Fulworth in the beginning.
I agree with Shauna-Kaye because when u first to read the book you get a menta picture of what Fulworthlooks like.
I completely agree with Michael B. because what she said was so true, but I’ve never actually heard someone express that. He doesen’t give descriptions to a point where its annoying and it interferes with dialogue. It is so much more entertainng if some of the desccriptions are not actually literal.
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book? I’d suggest you focus on one or two characters to explain how characters are characterized. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
Avi certainly delievers a crisp clear look at the characters. The first character who was intoduced was Thorston, but before he even metions him, there is a description of where he lives.”In a neglected corner of town, at the bottom of Clutterbuck Lane, with its grimy courtyards and noxious well, against the town’s wall, stood a dilaphidated two-story stone house. The first-level windows were blocked up with stone.” This already gives you a clue about what type of person would live there,’neglected corner’,’dilaphidated house’. Then it goes to a detailed description of Thorston himself,”Dirty, high-cheeekboned face-with baggy eyes and long narrow nose was deeply lined. His mouth wsa toothless. His eyes were green. Unkempt hair,hoary eyebrows, and wispy beard were as sparse as they were gray. He was wearing an old, torn blue robe to which was attached-at his waste-a small leather purse.” Every other character that followed had a description just as vivid.
QUESTION A – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
Avi,the author delivers a crisp,clear look at the world around Sybil,Odo,Alfric and the others by giving a detailed description of each setting.A great example of this is on page 1.It says “The fog settled like an icy shroud over the town, filling the mud-clogged streets and crooked lanes form Westgate to Bishopgate,from Three Rats Quay upon the decaying river banks to Saint Osyths Cathedral by the city center”.Notice that the author uses powerful adjectives,Proper nouns and probably a simile.This helps paint a detailed description in the reader’s mind.For example we can say that there is a street in the middle of a town.This paints a vague picture in the reader’s mind, but when we say that there is a crooked street filled with rats in the middle of a town with a desert surrounding the town,the setting becomes more detailed.Avi also uses relative location to describe places in various settings with the words “by” or “next to”.An example of this is the phrase from the book mentioned above on page 1 where the author mentions that Saint Osyths Cathedral is by the city center.
I agree with Nicole because she said that Odo is nothing but a gold-hungry raven.He only cares about him getting gold.On page 10(in spite of Master Thorston telling the raven that he was old and dying),Odo kept on asking him about gold and didn’t care that his master was dying. When his masterbecame mute Odo called Thorston a liar and cheat because Thorston didn’t keep his promise to give Odo some gold.
I also agree with Nicole on her statement that Sybil is being brainwashed by Odo because Odo is taking advantage of Sybil to get the gold since Odo doesn’t have any hands.
QUESTION B
How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book?
Avi deliers a crisp clear look at character thought the world in this book.Let’s take Sybil for example. Sybil, 13 year old, who was adopted by Master Thorstan, who has a lot of responsilbites.She has to keep a secert from Master Bashcroft.And that’s for him, not to find out that Thorston pasted away.She also needs Alfric or Damien to read “The Book without words” so she and Odo can become rich.But the biggest and most important one of all is, to make sure that NO ONE steals the secert or takes it.
Another person would be Master Bashcraft.He’s a tall, big man with bristling eyebrows.He’s the city reeve, who’s saying is “Dura lex, sed lex”, which means ” the law is hard, but it is the law”.He found out from Mistress Weebly’ that Sybil is trying to make gold.So he goes out and find a green eyed boy named “Alfric”.He told him he need him, to go over to Thorstan’s house, so he could know if there doing something illegal, and if they are he needs to find out.
I agree with “Lauren H.” because Odo is selfish.He only cares about gold.He even goes as far as to, spy on Thorstan to know how to do some tricks.He should be thankful that Thorstan took him in, and that he not in the damp and foggy air outside.
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I agree with Justin’s response to Q:C because Avi does get a conflict between two characters in the story and shows the two different points of view in different sections. Another example to his answer is when Misess Weebly gets mad at Brashcroft and takes it off on Damian and regrets helping Baschroft,and Bashcroft wanting to hang Misses Weebly for sending Damian to get gold at Thorstons.
I agree with Naomi M. because Avi does tell you exactly how the chracters act and how they treat each other. For example, he gives a good description of Thorston in the first section so that you could just imagine how he looked.
QUESTION A:
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others by painting a picture,with words, in our minds. In the beginning, Avi says that it takes place in “…the ancient town of Fulworth, Northumbria on a cold winter’s night with fog as thick as wool and as dank as a dead man’s hand. The fog settled like an ice shroud over the town…”
While rading that I saw a town that had older buildings and was hushed because the night was cold and foggy. When it said “…as dank as a dead man’s hand” I imagine it being humid and miserable and uncomfortable in the city. Then I imagined the fog just still over the town because he said it shrouded over it. The words also gave me an actual feeling of the town. That was just an example but whenever the scence changes he describes it in such a way that you know exactly how he wants you to picture it. The descriptions don’t leave you hanging because they have fine-tuned detail. Avi also uses the most illustrative words to paint the picture.
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book? I’d suggest you focus on one or two characters to explain how characters are characterized. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
My response to the question is that; Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book by providing an inside look at each person’s thoughts,and actions.Also Avi provides a very good description for each character in the book before we get to see what their role is.Some examples of what I have responded,are the sections in the book that focus on what one specific character is thinking and what is doing, like in(ch.1,sec.10), Avi wrote what Odo HIMSELF was thinking and was planning on doing, this section gave a clear look on what was going on in Odo’s head. Also Avi gave clear descriptions: in (ch.1,sec.2) she gives a pretty good description on Brother Wilfred’s appearance by showing physical characteristics like his lipless mouth, his skinny body, bald head, fleshless nose ,and green eyes.(almost looks like Mr.Wober).She made an almost believable image in my head. That’s hoe Avi gave a clear crisp look at the characters in the book.
Question A: How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others?
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and trhe others. He describes their world with a lot of detail that you can get a clear picture of their surroundings. For example, when Sybil walked into Thorston’s room, Avi says such things like “Sybil walked down the dim hallway into Thorston’s room which had a cold, uneven, and worn floor. The room was cluttered with various items on top of broken shelves, wooden boxes, and clay vessels.” It felt like I was in the book as well.
I agree with Micheal’s answer. She said that Avi gives a lot of details, but not so much that it gets annoying. I also agree with Layla’s answer becuase she said that Avi gives great details about the setting.
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book? I’d suggest you focus on one or two characters to explain how characters are characterized. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book because of how in depth he desribes them and how he emphazises there features. In Ch. 1 for instance, he said Thorston had “a dirty, high-cheek-boned face- with baggy eyes and long narrow nose- was deeply lined”. Avi really paints a picture in your mind by explaining the character in so much detail. Instead of saying that Thorston had gray hair, eyebrows, and beard he said “Unkempt hair, hoary eyebrows, and wispy beard were as sparse as they were gray”. Avi describes Brother Wilfrid as specifically as he described Thorston. Avi didnt just say that Brother Wilfrid was old, he said “his face was a web of wrinkles upon skin so thin, so translucent, the skull beneath offered up its own yellow cast”. I can picture this in my mind and realize that he is in his last days of living with the datailed description given by Avi.
I agree with Naomi M because that is basically what Avi does. He gives you a bunch of puzzle pieces, or details, about a character and then he lets you put all the pieces together and you get you get a description that is so vivid its like a real person.
QUESTION A – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
I do think that Avi descibes the setting excellent through out what my group and I have read. He uses great details and all of his scences. In chapter one he desribes the setting as gloomy, dark, and misty. He says a dead mans hand is coming out of the mucky river, or something similar to that. He clearly states that the story takes place in the year 1046, but if he didn’t tell you the year you would still know that it takes place in he medievil times. He says that there are apothecarys, stores that have spider legs ( To make magical potion and brews), and they still have slaves. The characters have good details also. He wants you have a good mental picture in your head. Such as sybil is described as a girl in dirty tattered clothes. Thorston’s house on Clutterbuck lane is discribed as an aging poor looking house.
I agree with Layla S. because she says that it is useful havung so much description.you can really picture the crowded, smelly, and poverty. He really knows how to capture an image in his mind and then on paper.
QUESTION A- Avi uses a clear, crisp look at the world around Sybil and Odo and others. There is Fulworth, Northumbria and it is now Northern England. I imagine this place as foggy,damp,and muggy as it says in the first chapter of the book. There is a whole civilization constantly moving around. This place reminds me of New York because like Fulworth people are constantly moving.
I agree with Layla because Avi give you so much desciption. It is like i movie in your head.
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book?
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book by producing image printing details which really describes the characters really well. For instance, Avi describes Master Bashcroft as the size as a barrel and his chin can make the steps to a house. Avi has a way of creating images in your mind as you read the book so you know what is going on and you can picture everything.
I agree with both Paige G. and Nicole B. because they give you exact quotes snd details from the book. Avi does do a fantastic job describing all of the charaacterss he writes about.
Question C:
-Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the issues that characters wrestles within themselves and between other characters. When Avi writes he let’s you know what all the characters are thinking and how they react toward each other. Him doing that allows the readers to be able to draw conclusions just by the text. For example, Odo and Sybil are trying to find a green-eyed child, so that they can discover the secret of alchemy. In doing so,two boys Alfric and Damien want to know the secret too. Damien claims he wants his share when they learn the gold making secret, so he would keep quiet, as it says in the text. Odo, doesn’t trust Damien at all because he is the apprentice of Mistress Weebly, whom is close with Master Bashcroft. Meaning,Damien cannot be trusted because Master Bashcroft only wants the secret for himslef, to make himself wealthy. Another example, is the conflict between Odo and Sybil. Odo, being the gold-hungry raven wants to obtain Master Thorston’s secret; he has always wanted to know. I know this beacuse Avi wrote that Odo secretly watched Master Thorston cast spells from the Book Without Words. Odo is wrestling with the desire of taking the secret of achlemy all to himslef. Also Odo, belittles Sybil by calling her “idiot” and “stupied girl.” She doesn’t want to be put out in the street to die, if Master Bashcroft would find out Thorston is dead,so she deals with Odo. Thus, Avi explains in as much detail as possible to show conflicts throughout the book.
I agree with Michael B, because Avi doesn’t use vapid details about any of the characters. The author provides clear, consise imagery when you first know about characters. Just like you said about how Master Bashcroft was quickly described, in a fun amusing way. Something to add, Avi also said about how large Master Bashcroft’s bed,pillows and chin, which indicted the size of him. Avi also described the way he was laying in his pajams like he was the most important person in Fulworth and it is always about him.
I agree and disagree with Marcus. I agree with what he said about Avi describing the conflicts very well, because he did do a great job with describing the conflicts as well as the character traits. I disagree with the part where he said Avi makes the conflicts funny because there wasn’t really anything funny so far in the book.
QUESTION C – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the issues that characters wrestle with within themselves and between each other?
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the issues that the characters wrestle with within theselves and between each other by dividing each chapter into sections. Each section within each chapter shows us the different conflicts going on simultaneously. Also, Avi shows one of the conflicts through one of the charactr’s perspectives and later goes back to that same conflict but instead through the other person’s perspective. For example, Avi first introduces the conflict between Odo and Sybil through Odo’s perspective in one section of chapter 2 about what to do about the dying Thorston. Then the next section comes and the resolution to the issue is told through Sybil’s perspective.
I agree Nicole that the characters throughout the world in the book by giving details and describing them. Odo is a gold hungry bird that definitely wants gold as describe in section7 of chapter1. “Never mind the book,” Odo whispered into her ear. “Ask him about gold.”
QUESTION B – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book?
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world by describing Thorston as a green-eyed alchemist, who will do anything for immortalty. He is the keeper of the book without words. According to the chapter 1, section 1, “In a large room on the second floor stood a very old man by the name of Thorston. His dirty, high-cheeked-boned face — with baggy eyes and long narrow nose — was deeply lined. His mouth was toothless. His eyes were green. Unkempt hair, hoary eyebrows, and wispy beard were as sparse as they were gray. He was wearing an old, torn blue robe to which was attached — at his waist — a small leather purse.” Sybil his thirteen-year-old servant. Who after her dying master, has to find a green-eyed child to read the book. chapter1, section 8, “Only what Master said: his secrets are in his book, but they can be read by a green-eyed person.” Also, “Now, be still. I need to think how to find a green-eyed person.” Said Sybil.
Ouestion B
Avi give a crisp and clear understanding of the way the character acts throught out the book. He does this by giving puzzel pieces of diffrent things the characters do. Then you put the pieces toghter and get the entire attuide that character has. For exsample Odo in the reading we acomplished in rounds 2 and 3 you could start to see odo’s attuide by the deatiles avi gave about his actions. Also avi has given as a clear discripton on sybils character as well. With the deatils Avi has put in his story I find sybil to be quite guilable becuase everything people say to her she belives. Like misstress webley tells sybil to trust in her when a misstress webley did was tell her secrate.
I agree with laya S. answer.I agree with her because i to belive the supporting deatiles avi gives make the books seem loke a move.This is becuase he descriptions of the setting are so vivd. I will be reading and next thing you know i’m seeing pictures instead of words.
Question A
Avi delivers a very crisp and clean look at the setting in Foulworth. Avi gives us this crisp clean apperance of the setting by giving us descriptive deatils of the setting. In the beging of the book he let us know the time frame of the book which is 1046. This is useful when describing the setting becuase we know what kind of objects we should excepct in the characters homes. Also he gives great deatiles about the streets of foulworth by saying that the town reeks and is in poverty. Avi makes the setting seem like a moive in my mind.
I agree with Maya B. answers. I agree with her because the detials that Avi uses to paint the picture of foulworth really help understand the story better. For exsample since the people are in poverty no wonder Odo is hungrey for gold.
Disscussion Question B
Avi delivers a very crisp clean look at the world around the characters by creating a vivd picture. He paints this vivd picture by writting the setting of fuolworth in deatil.In the text he describes the streets of foulworth to be dirty and smell of rotten. Also in the text Avi states that the streets are filled with poverty and people trying to make a living.To get more into my answer this vivd setting that avi has painted helps me understand the story more because of the extra background it provivdes of the town o foulworth.
I agree with Nicole B because Odo has sort of mind washed sybil. In the beging of the story Sybil was just thorstons innocent asstianct that did not knwo anything about the gold making of alchemy.Odo on the other hand was always sneeky to try to see if he could find out the gold making secreate.
QUESTION A – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and the others. Use details and information from the text to support your answer.
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the world around Sybil, Odo, Alfric, and others by giving amazing details. When I was Globe Trotter for a round, I found more than 5 diffrent, well explained settings. For example, on page 27 Avi gave such a great explanation about a street in Fulworth, it was like I was actually there. He said, “Narrow, crowded streets of Fulworth, passing merchants with sickly faces, empty hands, and even emptier purses; passing porters and traders hauling meager goods on backs or in broken barrows; passing an old ox pulling a cart of steaming dung, making his laborious, slipping, sliding away. Blackrobed priests and nuns crept along the high street, clutching rosary beads and wooden crosses in chilled hands as cold lips whispered pensive prayers.”
I agree with Nicole. She says that Odo is so hungry for gold that he is brain-washing Sybil. In the book, Odo says “Stupid girl–if he reveals the secret, we can live like lords.” Just by hearing that, we can tell that Odo is very eager for gold, and is in fact brain-washing Sybil.
I also agree with Marcus. He says that Sybil and Odo fight back and forth through the story. An example of that is when Sybil says “Are you saying that Master Thorston..makes…gold?” And Odo replies by saying “Yes.” And then Sybil says “Then I’m England’s Queen.”
Let’s get really honest here.
If you do not get into the habit of giving me details from the text to support your opinion/answer/response/whatever, how do you really think you are going to do on that dreaded test? You will not do the best you could. i gaurantee that.
Go back through, check everything you’ve posted.
If you have not given us details for your answer, know that you will not get that 50% of the points.
If you have not given us details for your response to someone else, know that you will not get that 50% of the points.
Dominique said, “I agree on Michael because, Avi did do a great job on describing what the characters.” ? eh ?
This is clearly an incomplete thought. Please finish your thought for credit.
QUESTION C – How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the issues that characters wrestle with within themselves and between each other?
He writes well detailed conflicts that are funny and make it a great book.Espacially between Sybil and Odo who fight back and forth through the story, and Thorston who is fighting and having issues with himself.For example, “Are you sure thats all you know about Master’s magic?” Sybil said, which Odo kept yelling at him saying YES.
I agree with Michael that Avi really describes the characters in great detail like Odo who is weird and loves gold and is always mean to everyone.
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughtout the world in the book by describing how they look and by giving details. For example,Odo he is my favorite character, Avi tells us that Odo is a gold-hungry sarcastic bird. Like that one time when Odo said “the next time I see a green-eyed kid i’m going to lay on my back and pick up my legs.” He is also so intersted for the secret, on how to make gold; like Odo told Sybil that her life would change and be full of wealth, and on top of that Sybil is intersted in gold right now. Before Thorston died thats was who Sybil cared about, but now Sybil will do anything to find out what the secret in the book is.
I agree on Michael because, Avi did do a great job on describing what the characters.
Avi delivers a crisp clear look at the characters throughtout the world in the book by giving details and describing the them. For example, my favorite character, Odo. Avi makes it pretty clear that he is nothing but a sarcastic gold-hungry bird. Once Damien and Alfric showed up at the house he has been sarcastic as to saying: Bashcroft had sent a green-eyed army. He also is so hungry for the secret of how to make gold that he has completely brain-washed Sybil. Telling her that their lives would be luxorious just chnged her. Sybil is currently just as interested in the gold-making secret as Odo is. Its not a good thing, though because it totally changed her character. She cared for Thorston in the beginning of the book but now she will do ANYTHING to know the secret. Sybil gave up on caring for Thorston.
I agree with Michael because she is right. Avi does do a fantastic job describing the characters so you get a clear view of them but not so much that you get annoyed. Also, you dont really feel that Avi is really concentrated on ONE character.
I agree with Anjelica.The setting is a very important part of a book. It tells where the whole novel takes place. On the first page of the Book Without Words it describes the setting of Fulworth,” mud clogged streets and crooked lanes, decaying riverbanks and crumbling city walls.” This clear statement created a deffinate picture of what the city actually looks like in my head. Which, I think, is the whole purpose of the setting.
Question B-How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book?
He describes them in great detail but not so much that it gets annoying. For example, in the book when he describes Master Bashcroft. He says he is more bullish than most bulls after describing him. It is more entertaining to use expressions than just tell the descriptions outright.
I agree with Lauren. Odo IS very selfish. He is so consumed by gold that he hears things. Thorston wasn’t really looking for gold, he was making the stone that would keep him from getting old. When Thorston was dying and Odo was listening to him, Thorston said something about old and Odo thought he said gold.
Question A :
Avi delivers a crisp look at the world around Sybil, Odo, and the other characters. How he does this is by the setting that takes part. When Avi uses locations like Fulworth, Thorston’s workroom, the apothecary’s shop, and the courtyard, he makes a clear crisp world of the book. How the author establishes a sense of time is by giving the date. For example, ” It was the year in 1046, on a cold winters night when a fog…”. How the author establishes place and culture is by giving the setting, and for culture he gives the characters thoughts and what they’re doing. For example, ” In the trembling light provided by an all but guttered candle, Thorston fed bits of sea coal into a brazier and watched it’s blaze change from red to blue.”
I agree with Lauren because Odo is an agressive bird and all he wants is the recipe of gold. She makes a clear statement on how Avi creates a clear look of the characters in the book. Also when Lauren states that Odo basically turned Sybil greedy it does change the story.
Question B- How does Avi deliver a crisp clear look at the characters throughout the world in the book?
– Well Avi delivers a clear and crisp look at the characters throughout the world in the book by telling us in detail what each character is about.For example Odo is a very agressive bird. All he wants is gold, nothing more. He doesnt really care about Sybil and what will happen if Thorston dies. He is selfish. Avi has given Odo such a strong personality that I can relate to it in my life.In the text is says that Odo convinced Sybil that gold will give them a life of luxurey. So Sybil has become greedy in finding a green eyed person to read the Book Without Words to uncover the seret in making gold.
Just saying “I agree” is not going to get you any response credit.
50% – your answer with details for supprot
50% – your response to another with details for support
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Option #1 – If you agree with someone’s answer . . .
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Option #2 – If you disagree with something someone’s answer . . .
. . . Then justify your disagreement by taking a stance backed up by your own details from the text.