Papercut discussion

For this journal post and response, please do the following:
1. Remember that you need to use 3 vocabulary words in this journal post. Please bold.

2. Initially, write the title of the book with link and the number of pages covered for this journal: i.e. pages 1-45.

3. In 100 words, answer the first part of the journal prompt using the sentence stems under “Writing Comments/Questions.” (Paragraph 1) You need to use a different sentence stem than the one you used in either Journal #1 or in Journal #2.

4. In 100 words, answer the second part of the journal prompt using the sentence stems under “Writing Observations about your Reading Process.” (Paragraph 2) You need to use a different sentence stem than the one you used in either Journal #1 or in Journal #2.

1. In 100 words, define the following and then analyze in relation to your text. (Paragraph 3)
Purpose (CRS: 56)
Tone (CRS: 241-267)

2. In 4 to 5 sentences, respond to another group member’s posting.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Pages 1-158

Early on in the book I did not like the writing style because the novel is narrated by a thirteen year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome and written in a style that someone with a mental handicap would write. However, as I read further, I found that the book was quite entertaining and succinct when I skipped all of the lines of “I said” and “She said”. I had predicted that the boy’s mother was still alive, but I didn’t expect him to leave home alone to go visit her. I wonder what will happen when he gets to his mother’s home in London and meets the other half of his family. I predict that he will freak out because he his temerity will wear off and he will eventually snap back to reality.

This novel has a very interesting and unique style, so I have been captivated while reading it, however, it includes several math and logic problems that have slowed me down and distracted me while reading. Even though a few of these problems were somewhat confusing, the author did a good job of explicating them. When the main character, Christopher, found his mother’s letters and figured out that she was still alive I first thought that he would confront his father or call his mother and she would come visit them, but after he left for London I realized that this was going to be his coming-of-age.

An author’s purpose is their reason for writing and what they would like to accomplish in their writing. Authors can use four modes of discourse to do this: narration, description, exposition, and persuasion. Haddon is writing a novel about a boy writing a novel. The main purpose of the boy’s novel is to narrate events in his life. Haddon’s purpose goes a bit deeper and his writing serves to show us what life is like for someone with Asperger’s Syndrome. Tone is the feeling or emotional quality conveyed to the reader. The tone of the novel is set by the observations of the narrator, Christopher, and is informative, candid, sometimes comedic, and sincere. Christopher isn’t critical, but rather thinks of things as he sees them and analyzes everything as if they are math problems, so there is generally a positive or neutral tone coming from him. However, his father seems beaten-down, so there is also a tone of frustration and disappointment.

Joe wrote: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Pages 1-158

Early on in the book I di..."

It sounds like an interesting writing style. I would like to check it out.