1. What incident or conflict does the author use to begin the story? Why do you think the author chose this beginning? Explain...
My story starts out at first very confusing (to a person who didn't read the Young Bond series- this is book #3 of those series). The Prologue grabs your attention, that's what has to happen in very good mystery books (and very good books). Afterwards, at the very beginning of the book it hints about the things that are going to happen in the book. I like the beginning of the book because the Prologue grabs your attention and the book starts out with a confusing conflict. Fairburn sends a letter to the Headmaster of Eaton telling him he resigns because he is offered a better job elsewhere in London. But, this is not the case! In the letter to the Headmaster, there is a small letter which is addressed to the leading member of the "Crossword Society" (Fairburn was the head of the Crossword Society) Pritpal Nandra. The weird thing about the letter is that it is filled with "mistakes" (which are actually clues). The letter may seem very straightforward to a stranger but not to an Eton Schoolboy! Pritpal Nandra and James Bond (they are messmates-people who live together in a boarding school like Eaton) decide to solve the clues and find out where Fairburn is (the letter also hints that he is kidnapped).
2. What were some of the events that created conflict in your text? What made these things happen? Why?
The main event that created conflict in the text was the letter that Fairburn sent to Pritpal. It created all sorts of conflicts! For example, after Pritpal had read the letter (and Codrose took it back to his study), James broke in into Codrose's study (Codrose was their housemaster) and took pictures of it (afterwards they had rewritten the letter on paper). Only a short time later, there was a break-in into Codrose's study and the original letter was stolen. The letter indicated where James should go but the person who had the original letter wanted to catch James (he held Fairburn captive and wanted to keep him captive).
3. How does the author create suspense? Explain...
The author uses suspense in many different ways, for example, in the beginning of the story Fairburn's letter is filled with suspense and "mistakes" which are actually clues. Also, when the story unfolds, the reader is still in the dark: what will happen next? This is how the author creates suspense in my book.
4. Do you like the ending of this text? Why or Why not? Do you think there is more to tell? If you could change the ending of the text, what would you do? Why?
Yeah, I like the ending of my book because it is very logical for the book to end like that and the ending also explains everything that the author didn't explain before. So this is why I like the ending of my book. No, in this particular story I don't think there is anything more to tell because the book also tells what happens 12 years after during WW2 (World War 2). If I could change the ending I wouldn't because I think that's how this particular book should end-the ending was nice and everything ended happily for James Bond and his friends.
My story starts out at first very confusing (to a person who didn't read the Young Bond series- this is book #3 of those series). The Prologue grabs your attention, that's what has to happen in very good mystery books (and very good books). Afterwards, at the very beginning of the book it hints about the things that are going to happen in the book. I like the beginning of the book because the Prologue grabs your attention and the book starts out with a confusing conflict. Fairburn sends a letter to the Headmaster of Eaton telling him he resigns because he is offered a better job elsewhere in London. But, this is not the case! In the letter to the Headmaster, there is a small letter which is addressed to the leading member of the "Crossword Society" (Fairburn was the head of the Crossword Society) Pritpal Nandra. The weird thing about the letter is that it is filled with "mistakes" (which are actually clues). The letter may seem very straightforward to a stranger but not to an Eton Schoolboy! Pritpal Nandra and James Bond (they are messmates-people who live together in a boarding school like Eaton) decide to solve the clues and find out where Fairburn is (the letter also hints that he is kidnapped).
2. What were some of the events that created conflict in your text? What made these things happen? Why?
The main event that created conflict in the text was the letter that Fairburn sent to Pritpal. It created all sorts of conflicts! For example, after Pritpal had read the letter (and Codrose took it back to his study), James broke in into Codrose's study (Codrose was their housemaster) and took pictures of it (afterwards they had rewritten the letter on paper). Only a short time later, there was a break-in into Codrose's study and the original letter was stolen. The letter indicated where James should go but the person who had the original letter wanted to catch James (he held Fairburn captive and wanted to keep him captive).
3. How does the author create suspense? Explain...
The author uses suspense in many different ways, for example, in the beginning of the story Fairburn's letter is filled with suspense and "mistakes" which are actually clues. Also, when the story unfolds, the reader is still in the dark: what will happen next? This is how the author creates suspense in my book.
4. Do you like the ending of this text? Why or Why not? Do you think there is more to tell? If you could change the ending of the text, what would you do? Why?
Yeah, I like the ending of my book because it is very logical for the book to end like that and the ending also explains everything that the author didn't explain before. So this is why I like the ending of my book. No, in this particular story I don't think there is anything more to tell because the book also tells what happens 12 years after during WW2 (World War 2). If I could change the ending I wouldn't because I think that's how this particular book should end-the ending was nice and everything ended happily for James Bond and his friends.
Nice blog post Ivan it was very detailed and interesting.
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