2014年3月14日星期五

charlie's extensive reading assignment

1.     Preview the book: look at the title, chapter names, pictures, and summary on the back of the book. Remember that the preview is the who, what, where, and when of the story.
a.     What do you think it will be about?
b.     Does it look interesting?

 a According introduction of Time Machine. I know that the Time Machine is a science fiction by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. The novel soon became popular because of the appealing plot and the future world he described in the story. It's about a man who invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701. (b) I am interested to continue read this book.

2.     During reading: after you have read about half of the book, write an entry describing the book so far.
a.     Who are the characters? What are they doing?
b.     What’s happening in the story and do you like it so far?
c.      Has your idea since previewing the book changed?

aIt describes a time traveler to travel by inventing a time machine to the year AD 802701. There are two kinds of people. One kind of people called Eloi.  bThey are well-dressed, doing no work, and pursue an easy life. And the other kind of strange white ape-like creatures called Morlocks. This group of creatures lives underground. They are very cruel. When they come out of the underground in the night, they begin to kill and eat Eloi as their food. The time traveler helps Eloi and fights against Morlocks.  Morlocks hide his time machine into a statue, but He finally gets it, and use the machine into the future. But he makes some mistakes, and travels thirty million years into the future. He finds the life is almost extinct at that time. c I really like one of the chapter that the Eloi live in small communities, doing no work and eating strange fruits. The natural landscape around tells that there is no active agriculture and industry. It seems that the Eloi are incapable of doing physical labor. it is so amazing, totally different life with today.


3.     After reading the book: Write a brief summary.
a.     Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not?
b.     Would you recommend the book to your classmates?


aIn the fiction "time machine" Wells(1895) It describes a time traveler to travel by inventing a time machine to the year AD 802701. I like this fiction because the author give our portray a new world which totally different with today. what I like about this novel is not just the world that Wells creates, but the great differences between modern human and the future human. The author attempted to fathom what will become being in the future.  However, the human never know the future what's going on.b I will stronger recommend to my friend to read this book.

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