Post #6

I agree with Gallagher’s argument about Readicide and how schools are changing what reading actual is and what student’s actual get out of it. I think that schools should change what we read and how read it so that instead of wasting time on a piece of reading that we get nothing out of I think we should read something more modern that still teaches us reading and writing techniques. Personally I think reading the whole play of Romeo and Juliet and acting it out was a waste of time. I don’t feel like I got anything out of it and all I learned was the plot of the story but that’s it; nothing about reading or writing. Another idea that Gallagher suggested was have schools have a 50/50 plan. Half of the books we read are classic, the other half are popular modern books. I think that this will broaden students as readers and while they have to read some classics they can also enjoy themselves with popular books. I think that we want kids to read because it generally broadens their vocabulary and their reading skill. After reading what Kim Wright said I agree with her when she said, “A good book is a good book.” I agree with this because to me I don’t think it really matters what genre it is but if it’s a good book then it’s a good book. Overall I feel if we try and prevent the feeling of Readicide then students will not hate reading as much and can become less judging and more accepting of books they like. If they read more, then they can become smarter and have a greater range of knowledge.

Book Post #5

I believe that adapting Carrie from a book to a movie would be challenging due to the way it is written. Some things you would have to take out of the book are the thoughts of Carrie which occasionally pop up in the text. I also think that all of the interviews with the witnesses and the documents in the book would have to be left out because there is no way to include them in the movie and keep the horror feeling. One scene that would need to be included would be Carrie and her mother’s relationship and how she makes her pray to god every day. I think this would explain why Carrie is who she is. Another scene that I think needs to be included is Carrie getting bullied in school, in the locker room and in class. This would be the scene where most of the other characters such as Chris Hargensen, Sue Snell, Tommy Ross and the other girls/guys are introduced. The third scene that I think absolutely needs to be included is Carrie's destruction of Chamberlain. I think this is one of the main parts of the story because it shows how the prom prank was the last straw and how she took out her rage on the whole town. This is also the scene where she kills her mother, Chris, and Billy, some of the main characters in the book. This last scene sums up the end of the story and what happened to Carrie and the town of Chamberlain. One scene I would leave out when making the movie would be the problem between the principle and Chris’s father pressing charges. I don’t think this really had any meaning to the story it was just filler. Another Scene I would remove from the movie would be when Carrie got home from school after her menstruation and described what she looked like and that she cleaned it up.