Reading Journal

Post 7 Analysis Say what you think the author is trying to do or say. What is the author`s main message or purpose? Say how well you think the author succeeds in what he or she is attempting and give reasons for your answer. I mean the author want to say us that a little thing in our live can change the hole live of a other person. We are all connect together. We have to act carefully. All that we say or decisions we make can can destroy another life. I think the author has managed to think about our actions. We think one of this incidents hasn’t kill Eva Smith but the mass of all problems killed her. In real live I think it’s a little but the same. When you lose your job then you aren’t happy but you don’t commit suicide. But when you lose your job, your family, your house and you have a lot of owe. Then I understand that the problems can outwit one. I think it was a good book to show what problems can do everything. I hope that this bad luck will never happen to me. ...

Post 6 Prediction At any point in the story predict how some character is going to change/ develop (Character development) as the story progress. How will they change? At the end of the book is Sheila a completely different person to the beginning of the history. At the start she is very arrogant. She never works for her money. All in her live she only has because her father is rich. She was never hungry or has cold. Many people have envied her. She unknowingly destroyed the life of Eva Smith. But at the end of the book she saw her mistakes. She is ashamed of her actions and would like to undo it. She can`t believe that her mother and her father do not understand their mistakes. She wants to learn from her mistakes. She realizes what role her behavior played for the life of Eva Smith. Eric behaves like Sheila. At the start of the book he is a spoiled alcoholic. He sees his mistakes too. He regrets not having helped Eva Smith anymore. I hope that the attitude and the behavio...

Post 5 Prediction At any point in the story take a guess as to how the story (plot) will go on or finally conclude. What is going on. So far, Sheila, Gerald and Mr. Birling have something to do with the suicide of Eva Smith. Now I think that Eric and Mrs. Birling had something to do with it. The inspector says that it is Eva Smith who always has different names. But the pictures of each person is shown only to the family member who involved. That's why I suspect that it may have been several women and the story has been cleared by the Inspector. I also think Eric had a relationship with Eva Smith or he booked her as a prostitute. The mother also has something to do with the fate of Eva Smith. But I do not know how they relate to each other. Maybe she wanted to work in the Birlings' house or she wanted to ascend to a higher social class. I personally hope that this is just a story the Inspector invented. It would be sad if a family had destroyed a life.   ...

Post 4 Analysis Are there any words you are unsure of their meaning? Write down the words. Then write down what you think they mean, guessing from the context. Then look them up and write down a dictionary meaning. Between                          dazwischen                          zwischen Insisted                            direkt                                    bestehen, beharren amount     ...

Post 3 Charakterization Describe a character from the book (e.g. physical characteristics, personality, likes, dislikes). Say why you like/ dislike the character. Mr. Birling Mr. Birling is a Portentous man in his middle fifties. He has his company and is a rich man. I don’t like him he is an arrogant condescending human. Sheila Birling Sheila Birling is a pretty girl in her early twenties. She is very pleased with life and rather excited. She has brown hair and brown eyes . I Like her development. Gerald Croft Gerald Croft is the son of the competitor of Mr. Birling. He wants to take Sheila for a wife and is already engaged to her. He is a very attractive man. He is a guy in his thirties. I do not like him because he cheated on Sheila. Sybil Birling Sybil Birling is fifty years old. She is not a sensitive person she is cold-hearted . She is the head of woman’s charities organization. She is mother of two children. She always want the best fo...

Post 2 Empathy Write about something happening in the book that you can relate to? How did you react? Try to put yourself in the character shoes and say why you think they feel the way they do. Sheila had a bad day. Because of the bad mood, she filled up the more hurt than the mother told her that her dress would not stand but Eva Smith perfect. Then she lets Eva Smith quit. Eva Smith was only the victim because Sheila felt intimidated at that moment. I know such moments. Of course, I have never had anyone fired, but if a saleswoman or my mother tells me that I do not like this piece of clothing then it can hurt me too. Or you go shopping in the city and see a part in the shop window which looks beautiful but it does not suit you and the other person looks good. This can be quite stressed. Since it can happen that you get bitchy. If such a situation occurs again, you should not miss his mood on the staff. The next time I should just stay calm and leave the store for the bene...

Reflection Write down your first impressions of the book or play. Ask some questions. Write down quotations. Copy whole passages that are difficult or that you really like a lot. The language that used in the book is clearly and understandable. In the story plays not a lot of characters only seven. Its a family story with a rich family in the 1912s. An Inspector calls and have a lot of questions to the family about a dead woman how calls Eva Smith. What does the family have to do with Eva Smith? Do all family members have anything to do with it? Is Eva Smith really dead? In this part of the book i don’t like any passages. The language was understandable, i only don’t understand a view words. Squiffy on page 9 There they talk about Eric how be squiffy. At any point, write about how you feel while reading a selection of the book. Say how what is happening makes you feel and why? I did not expect that someone from the family was to blame for the death of Eva Smith. ...