An inductive leap too far

Style

Young, William. P. The Shack. California: Windblown Media, 2007.

One of the poetic device presented in my novel is symbolism. In the shack, The Little Lady Killer (the man who murdered Missy [Mack's daughter]) uses a red lady bug pin as his "trademark", he leaves one where he abducts his victim. For each victim the Little Lady Killer abducts and murders he adds another black dot on the lady bugs back. So far, there is three black dots on the right side of it's back and two on the left. I feel that the lady bug is a really important symbol in this book, there is even a picture of a lady bug on the cover, by the shack.  I also thought it might be of importance to mention that Missy’s favorite color is red, and she was also wearing a red dress, I'm not yet sure what I think of that or it's significance at this point. I find his use of a lady bug very ironic because to me it seems very peaceful and innocent. Lady bugs aren't something that people usually fear, they seem quite harmless and maybe even weak, so it seems ironic that it is symbolizing such harsh, horrible, disgusting crimes. Although, in a way the lady bug does reflect his victims well, peaceful, little, innocent, weak, not intimidating, little girls usually have all these qualities.

"The image of his daughter fighting off some perverted monster was like a fist to the stomach. Almost succumbing to the sudden blackness that threatened to smother him, Mack leaned on the table to keep from passing out or throwing up. It was then that he noticed a ladybug pin sticking in the coloring book. He snapped to awareness as if someone had opened smelling salts under his nose. "Whose is that?" he asked Dalton, pointing to the pin."

"We've been trying to catch this guy for almost four years, tracking him across more than nine states now; he's been continually moving west. He's been nicknamed the Little Ladykiller, but we have never released the ladybug detail to the press or anyone else, so please keep that on the down low. We believe he's responsible for abducting and killing at least four children so far, all girls, all under the age of ten. Each time he adds a dot to the ladybug, so this would be number five. He always leaves the same pin somewhere at the kidnap scene, all with the same model number like he bought a box of them, but we've had no luck tracking down where they originally came from. We haven't found one of the bodies of any of those four little girls, and although forensics has come up with nothing, we have good reason to believe that none of the girls have survived. Every crime has taken place at or near a camping area, with a state park or reserve close by. The perpetrator seems to be an expert woodsman and mountaineer. In every case he has left us absolutely nothing—except the pin."

Social Issues

Young, William. P. The Shack. California: Windblown Media, 2007.

The social issues that are present in my novel are, crime and injustice/justice. This issues plays a big role, because if Mack's youngest daughter was never kidnapped, and murdered, he wouldn't be so depressed, he wouldn't have found the shack, and he wouldn't have met Sarayu, Papa (God), and Jesus. He also would have never realized just how much God actually does care, and help people in society. Through out the few days he spent with them at the shack he learned many things, one of them (and what i think is one of the most important) being that papa does love and care for all his/her people, and that he does help, but that we don't see it, because he stops it before we can, so all we can see is the bad that he can't stop.

"The real underlying flaw in your life is that you don't think that I am good. If you knew I was good and that everything-the means, the ends, and all the processes of individual live-is all covered by my goodness, then while you might not always understand what I am doing, you would trust me.... Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me..... For now I just want you to be with me and discover that our relationship is not about performance or you having to please me. I'm not a bully, not some self-centered demanding little deity insisting on my own way. I am good, and I desire only what is best for you. You cannot find that through guilt or condemnation or coercion, only throught a relationship of love. And I do love you."
 Mack starts to talk about that he couldn't imagine any final outcome to justify the mess in the world to this papa replies :"We're not justifying it. We are redeeming it."

 "All evil flows from independence, and independence is your choice. If I were to simply revoke all the choices of independence, the world as you know it would cease to exist and love would have no meaning.… This world is not a playground where I keep all my children free from evil. Evil is the chaos of this age that you brought to me, but it will not have the final say. Now it touches everyone that I love, those who follow me and those who don't. If I take away the consequences of people's choices, I destroy the possibility of love. Love that is forced is no love at all"

 "Nobody knows what horrors I have saved the world from 'cuz people can't see what never happened"

 "For you to know or not…has nothing at all to do with whether I am actually here or not. I am always with you; sometimes I want you to be aware in a special way -- more intentional"

Define and Describe a character

Young, William. P. The Shack. California: Windblown Media, 2007.

The Shack

The character I'm choosing is 'Papa'.  Three words that I think best describe papa is: Loving, caring, and also a pacifist.

Definitions:
Loving: Feeling or showing love or great care. (Love: an intense feeling of deep affection)
Caring: Displaying kindness and concern for others. (Care: to feel concern or interest; attach importance to something)
Pacifist: Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.

Synonyms:
pacifist: peacekeeper, abnegator, passivism.

loving: affectionate, devoted, caring.

caring: loving, affectionate, compassionate.

Antonym:
pacifist: violent, unpeaceful.

loving: hateful, unloving, detached.

caring: uncaring, uncompassionate.

identifying and sorting

Five main elements of my novel are: imediacy, plausible, foreshadowing, mood, view.
The five elements from most important to least:
Imediacy,
Mood,
Foreshadowing,
View,
Plausible.
I feel that imediacy has been used really well in the novel I've been reading. Anne uses quite impressive words and desriptions for someone of her age. Also because it's her diary, and says everything she feels and thinks, it makes me feel like I'm there even more.
"i shall perservere, in spite of everything, and find my own way through it all, and swallow my tears. I only wish i could see the results already or ocasionally recieve encouragement from someone who loves me. Dont condemn me; remember rather that sometimes i too can reach the bursting point" (Anne Frank, The Diary Of A Young Girl)

post one: Identify

If I had to pick three qualities I expect from a good book, I would say that, one: it has to keep my interest, nobody wants to read a book the dont like. Two: it has to have sufficient detail. I want a book that makes me visualize whats happening, if I cant picture it, then I cant stay with the book. Also I like a book that makes me think. I prefer to read a novel where come across words I'm not familiar with, and look up their meanings, rather then one where I know everyword. Three: I tend to always go for classic novels. Ones that have been read and recomended for years.
The book I have read so far is: Anne Frank The Diary Of A Young Girl. so far this book has met my expectations in a good book. So far, I'm loving this book.

Frank, Anne. The Diary Of A Young Girl. Bantam Books. 1993. Print.