Chapter 8 I would most definitely connect to Twilight. Another one of Stephanie Meyers fantastic books!! In this chapter, Melanie is having a flash back to when she is with Jared. Melanie and Jared have an unconditional love for one another like Edward and Bella in Twilight. In Twilight, Bella is always explaining how she feels when with Edward and how she reacts to him. A quote from the Host where Melanie is explaining how she feels about Jared is on pg. 74.
"Without seeming to think about is, he reaches out and takes my hand. My skin burns where it meets his. It feels better than good, but it sets off a strange aching in my chest. He is forever touching me this way, always seeming to need to reassure himself that I am here. (pg. 74)
In this part Melanie is explaining how her skin burns every time Jared touches her. Like Bella in Twilight, Bella always explains how her heart rate speeds up when Edward touches her. In a way, Bella and Melanie are very similar in the way they feel for their significant other.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The Host prt. 2
In the section I recently was reading, there was a quote that came to my attention that seemed significant to how the story was to unfold.
"There was another human with my host, Melanie Stryder. I typed, not bothering with a greeting. His name is Jaime Stryder; he is her brother. For a panicked moment, I wondered at her control. All this time, and I'd never even guessed at theboy's existence-not because he didn't matter to her, but because she protected him more fiercely than other secrets I'd unraveled. Did she have more secrets this big, this important? So sacred that she kept them even from my dreams? Was she that strong?" (pg. 38-39)
In this section, we find out that Melanie has a brother who is in hiding from the seekers/alien invaders. It is interesting because none of the seekers at this point know there are people in hiding. Wanderer, who is the alien in Melanie's body, is explaining to the seekers through instant messaging Melanie's thoughts and dreams. Wanderer becomes scared because she does not know what secrets Melanie holds that could change their course. What I think is interesting is that Melanie, who is still present even though Wanderer is in her body, still understands what is going on. Maybe she and Wanderer will somehow find a way to save her brother and the other humans in hiding before the seekers find them. Will Wanderer become an ally to Melanie???
"There was another human with my host, Melanie Stryder. I typed, not bothering with a greeting. His name is Jaime Stryder; he is her brother. For a panicked moment, I wondered at her control. All this time, and I'd never even guessed at theboy's existence-not because he didn't matter to her, but because she protected him more fiercely than other secrets I'd unraveled. Did she have more secrets this big, this important? So sacred that she kept them even from my dreams? Was she that strong?" (pg. 38-39)
In this section, we find out that Melanie has a brother who is in hiding from the seekers/alien invaders. It is interesting because none of the seekers at this point know there are people in hiding. Wanderer, who is the alien in Melanie's body, is explaining to the seekers through instant messaging Melanie's thoughts and dreams. Wanderer becomes scared because she does not know what secrets Melanie holds that could change their course. What I think is interesting is that Melanie, who is still present even though Wanderer is in her body, still understands what is going on. Maybe she and Wanderer will somehow find a way to save her brother and the other humans in hiding before the seekers find them. Will Wanderer become an ally to Melanie???
Friday, September 19, 2008
The Host
The book that I have begun in my outside reading is The Host by Stephanie Meyer. This novel is about a girl named Melanie Stryder who becomes a "host" to the species that have invaded the Earth. These "invaders" are aliens who are taking over the human body to live on Earth. The basic plot of this story is that when these aliens take over your body, the humans basically die. In Melanie's case though, it is different. When the alien, who is named Wanderer, is placed in her body, Melanie is some how "still there" and can still control her mind and her thoughts.
Letter to the author:
Dear Stephanie, I am very interested in your book The Host thus far. It's very mysterious and makes you think what could happen to the future of the human race when these aliens invade. I think it's a great idea how Melanie is still in a sense "around" and is making Wanderer see her memories. An excerpt from the book that I have found to be very interesting is from chapter 1. It's when Wanderer has just been put into Melanie's body and she's explaining what her first experience as a human is. "This was me now. The language I found myself using was odd, but it made sense. Choppy, boxy, blind and linear. Impossibly crippled in comparison to many I'd used, yet still it managed to find fluidity and expression." (pg. 9) It's interesting I think to see how someone who is not human is able to see and feel human for the first time. How a character like Wanderer can express how humans act and feel to her. It's very interesting how you described this. All in all it is a wonderful book so far and I am enjoying every minute of it!
- Katherine
Monday, September 15, 2008
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