Misery by Stephen King

5 Things I understand

• I think that she will start to take advantge of Paul's disability.
• I understand that pills were Paul's only way of survival and peace.
• Annie already wants Paul to start begging for his pills like she is his master.
• I understand that she is obsessed with Paul but why is she behaving in a rude way to someone that she does love so greatly.
• Paul thinks that Annie Wilks is crazy because she doesn't really understand the his new novel called "Fast Cars".

Question I Have

• Why is Paul not continuing his Misery series?
• Why does Annie Wilks not like Paul's new novel?
• What was Annie doing before she had encourtered Paul?
• How did she even see paul fall off the road and get into his accident

Unknown Words

• Cowed Pg. 25-
  to frighten with threats, violence, etc.; intimidate; overawe.
• Fibrous Pg. 29- containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.

In this part of the novel Paul is beginning to see the real dangers of being with Annie.

Misery by Stephen King

Things I Understand

• Paul was looking for his wallet but Annie Wilks wouldn't give it to him and told him that it was in safe keepings.
• Something seems very mysterious about Annie and Paul Sheldon understands that.
• Also they were very far away from town. (Annie's house was very far)
• Annie Wilks tells Paul that the most damaged part of his body from the accident was his legs.
• Annie Wilkes like all of his Misery books a lot and I think she read each of them a little too much.

Questions I Have

• When is this lady going to release Paul Sheldon?
• Does anyone actually go looking for Paul?
• Would Paul still have drove in the huge snow storm if he knew it was coming?
• Would she ever abandon Paul or kill him?

Unknown Words

• Intravenously Pg. 16- through or within a vein.
• Ruminated Pg. 20- to chew the cud, as a ruminant.\

In this part of the novel Annie Wilkes is just taking care of Paul Sheldon and showing him a few damaged parts of his body that he had suffered from the accident.

Misery by Stephen King

5 Things I Understand

• Paul Sheldon awakes finding himself on a bed allmost paralized.
• He started to feel pain and started to know exactly what time that it came.
• Anne Wilkes comes into the room stating that she is his number one fan and that she is the one that saved him.
• She is the only one that puts a time on his life.
• Also, she wants to read his newest book that he just created.

4 Questions I Have

• How did he even get there?
• Also why didn't she bring him to a hospital?
• Why was Anne Wilkes kidnapping paul sheldon?
• How is Paul Sheldon going to escape?

3 Unknown Words

• Tital-Pg. 5-
  Dependent on or scheduled by the time of high tide: a tidal ferry.
• Pilings-Pg. 6-
  a structure composed of piles.
• Crevasse-Pg.10- a breach in an embankment or levee.

In this part of the novel Paul Sheldon basically gets kidnapped and is trying to find a way out of Anne Wilkes house.

Misery by Stephen king

Movie Post

• They do a lot of over the shoulder shots.
• He celebrated with himself after finishing his book.
• The setting of the movie is somewhere in the artic region.
• the main character of the movie is James Caan.
• Paul was driving and the road was slippery and he could hardly see.
• He drived off the road.
• Annie Wilkes is a pretty big person on how she picks paul up.
• The Director uses a lot of close -up shots to show how bad paul looks.
• His legs looks disgusting and the movie does a follow the part when paul tries to look at his legs but he can't because he badly injured.
• Why doesn't the director ever show his feet?
• There is a little difference in the movie because in the book, Anne Wilkes was actually surprised to see that the man she saved was Paul sheldon. in the movie she says that she was really following him and she knew where he stayed at.
• There is a lot of jump cuts between paul and anne.
• I htink she is crazy because she has a pig and called misery after paul's book.
• this is the part of the movie when anne figures out the misery is dead and she is going crazy.
• The director zooms into Annie Wilkes face when she says "if i die then yoou die" to show some kind of emphases.
• why is the camera on the ground when paul decideds to escape?
• overall i think this is a good movie and follows the book well but there are some part that are a little off.

Hollow Kingdom By: Clare B. Dunkle

Pages 71- 94

What I understand

• Emily just learned that the goblin, who is the king, the wife must be a captured wife.
• The goblin's first wife didn't believe in goblins.
• The Goblin King said that his house undergroud was really nice and it was beautiful.
• The Goblins would steal the elf's brides away from them.
• At one time the Goblins and the Elves lived peacefully.

Questions I Have

• Why can't the Goblin King marry his own kind?
• Was Emily still friends with Marak?
• If not, why was Marak still adressing her by her nickname?
• Why did the King decide that the cat would be the protector of Kate and Emily?

Unknown Words

• Gaunt-(Pg. 73)-Bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things.
• Hoofbeats-(Pg. 80)- The sound made by each hoof of a hoofed animal as it moves.
• Hewn-(Pg.82)- Felled and roughly shaped by hewing.

Literary Terms

• Simile-(pg. 84)- "They lived just like cattle, chewing up the land and raising herds of babies.
• Alliteration-(Pg. 90)- "Kate pushed her dress hem down to hide the knot and huddled in a furious pitch of suspense for the attack.

Summarzing Statement

• This part of the novel explains Marak's(the King Goblin) feelings toward Kate and how he wants her to like him in order for the marriage to be successful.

Hollow Kingdom By: Clare B. Dunkle

Pages 47- 70

What I Understands
· There was no friendship between Marak and Kate.
· Marak is supposed to be this type of goblin I guess.
· The special lunch for Mrs. Bigelow was pretty quiet for a long time.
· Kate figured out that Adele became the King’s wife which was the goblin.

Questions I Have
· Who was Marak?
· Was he really part of Kate’s family?
· How would Emily have reacted if she knew that Marak was a goblin?
· Would Kate have to marry Marak also?


Unknown Words
· Grotesque-(Pg. 49) - Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
· Banshee-(Pg. 53) - A spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die.
· Thwarted-(Pg.64) - To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans.



Literary Terms
· Foreshadowing- (Pg.57) - “Adele did become the King’s wife. The goblin King’s wife”
· Alliteration-(Pg.66) - “It arced and danced in the trees, blinding their dazzled eyes, and a fierce wind whipped up, whirling and tearing their clothes.

Summarizing Statement
· This part of the novel is mainly about how Kate seen Marak in her dreams and she tries to figure out the past of Marak’s life and why he wanted to be with her.

Hallow Kingdom by: Clare B. Dunkle

Pages 24- 46



What I Understand

• Emily and Kate got lost in the forest near Hollow Hill
  
• They both met some people by a bonfire.
• Adele died so that Kate could own Hollow Hill.
• Everybody thought that Emily and Kate were telling a lie about their adventures in Hollow Hill.
• Mr. Marak was in Kate's room mysteriously.

Questions I Have

• Was Agatha related to Emily or Kate?


• Why didn't Marack not want to go inside their house?
• Was Mr. Marak even a real person?
• What was the "Seylin" from the bonfire doing at Kate's doorstep?

Unknown Words

• Stoically-(Pg. 33)- impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
• Ominous-(Pg. 39)-portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.
• Mollified-(Pg.42)- to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

Literature Terms

• Simile-(Pg. 38)-"His hair was all wrong too...like a horse's mane."
• Alliteration-(Pg. 46)-"He was wearing a black shirt breeches, and boots, but he had left the riding cloak at home..."

Summarizing Sentence

• This part of the novel is mainly talking about how Kate and Emily describe their time with Mr. Marak.

Hallow Kingdom by: Clare B. Dunkle

Pages 1- 23

What I Understand

• The stars make Kate feel safe.
• Kate and Emily are sisters who live with their aunt because their parents died.
• The girls got a new guardian who's name was Hugh Roberts.
• the girls went out the forest near Hollow Hill but got lost.
• Kate started to have nightmares, feeling like something was constantly watching her.

Questions I have

• Was there something looking at Kate in the forest?
• Who was really there in the forest?
• What dangers would Kate face later on based on the old lady's reading of her palm?
• When is Kate going to tell Emily that there are not really related?

Unknown Words

• Primeval-(pg. 13)- Of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world: primeval forms of life.
• Bevy-(Pg. 19)- A group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
• Twiligh-(Pg. 15)-The soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.

Literary Terms

• Constanace- (Pg.13)- House Hall Here Him
• Assonance-(Pg.22)- Guarian Horrible Parties

Summarizing Sentence

• This part of the novel is about how Kate and Emily live with their aunts.