Heartbeat, in my opinion, was one of the most amazing and astonishing books that i have ever read. The writing style veered from the regular and the emotion that was weaved throughout each poem was so diverse. I would absolutely recommend this book to everyone.
First of all, how Sharon Creech wrote the book was astonishing; set aside from all of the other great characteristics of this book-the writing style was the best and most creative. How she wrote all of the thoughts, dialogue, expressions, and experiences in poetry was innovative within it self. As i have said before, it was extremely effortless to connect to this book because i love to write poetry and i understand how she Incorporated and flowed the emotion throughout each poem. Even if you are not interested in writing or reading, i would still absolutely recommend this book to everyone.
Secondly, Creech Incorporated Annie's (the main character's) thoughts and feelings throughout each strong experience. That way, it was extremely easy for anyone to connect to what was occurring in the story. She also included a wide range of vocabulary and ingeniously mingled them within the story line, as if Annie was widening and stepping-up her vocabulary every time she wrote a new poem.
I would strongly recommend Heartbeat to all because of it's connectivity to the reader, innovative, and expressional writing style and events.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Section 3: Thoughts (Pg. 120 - end)
Cover Thoughts: Part 2
I was continually confused about what the cover meant, ever since i first began reading. The title, Heartbeat, to me, did not seem to connect with what the picture was - an apple. However, after reading further into the book, i conclusively found the answer. In the third section, when Annie's mother was pregnant, she was able to hear the heartbeat of her up-coming sibling, which was extremely meaningful to hear. However, throughout the story, Annie used to run and keep track of her heartbeat's steps and the synchronisation of her strides and her beat. Since running was so small, and the baby's heartbeat was so meaningful, it showed how a heartbeat could become so important at times (like the first time of hearing the baby's) but it can also be incorporated in something so small (like running and the synchronized rhythm of her feet and heartbeat). Something as simple as a heartbeat gained importance in this book - from Annie hearing the heart of a baby to hearing her own and noticing that the beat that is all throughout her surroundings. I finally knew that Heartbeat was the chosen title because heartbeats and rhythms seemed to be strewn throughout Annie's life. I noticed how a simple heartbeat was made so significant in the story, in the essential parts and even in the insignificant parts.
I was continually confused about what the cover meant, ever since i first began reading. The title, Heartbeat, to me, did not seem to connect with what the picture was - an apple. However, after reading further into the book, i conclusively found the answer. In the third section, when Annie's mother was pregnant, she was able to hear the heartbeat of her up-coming sibling, which was extremely meaningful to hear. However, throughout the story, Annie used to run and keep track of her heartbeat's steps and the synchronisation of her strides and her beat. Since running was so small, and the baby's heartbeat was so meaningful, it showed how a heartbeat could become so important at times (like the first time of hearing the baby's) but it can also be incorporated in something so small (like running and the synchronized rhythm of her feet and heartbeat). Something as simple as a heartbeat gained importance in this book - from Annie hearing the heart of a baby to hearing her own and noticing that the beat that is all throughout her surroundings. I finally knew that Heartbeat was the chosen title because heartbeats and rhythms seemed to be strewn throughout Annie's life. I noticed how a simple heartbeat was made so significant in the story, in the essential parts and even in the insignificant parts.
Section 3: Thoughts (Pg. 120 - end)
Cover Thoughts: Part 1
This section extraordinarily answered the questions that had popped up throughout the book. When i began reading Heartbeat, i always wanted to know the meaning behind the cover. I never truly knew why there was an apple on the front and I was sure that a heartbeat and an apple didn't go together, until i read on. I've noticed how much Annie has come to appreciate the little, everyday details that lurk around her. Now she has taken into consideration that the seemingly "meaningless" things that surround her can become more eloquent, even more than one could imagine. She first discovered this concept when she received the apple drawing project in art. Annie looked at the same apple so many different ways - as it first struck her vision in the art room until it wilted away from the bites of her grandfather. However, every time seemed different to her and i noticed that she took something so small - such as an apple - and turned it into something worth going deeper into. After discovering how intricate and deep Annie was, i finally knew what the apple on the front represented: that life could be as simple as an apple and that you could take something so simple and make it so intricate - like Annie did. You can take life and look at it in the same way, every day, or you can take it and turn it every which way to look deeper into it and understand how intricate and meaningful it can be.
This section extraordinarily answered the questions that had popped up throughout the book. When i began reading Heartbeat, i always wanted to know the meaning behind the cover. I never truly knew why there was an apple on the front and I was sure that a heartbeat and an apple didn't go together, until i read on. I've noticed how much Annie has come to appreciate the little, everyday details that lurk around her. Now she has taken into consideration that the seemingly "meaningless" things that surround her can become more eloquent, even more than one could imagine. She first discovered this concept when she received the apple drawing project in art. Annie looked at the same apple so many different ways - as it first struck her vision in the art room until it wilted away from the bites of her grandfather. However, every time seemed different to her and i noticed that she took something so small - such as an apple - and turned it into something worth going deeper into. After discovering how intricate and deep Annie was, i finally knew what the apple on the front represented: that life could be as simple as an apple and that you could take something so simple and make it so intricate - like Annie did. You can take life and look at it in the same way, every day, or you can take it and turn it every which way to look deeper into it and understand how intricate and meaningful it can be.
Section 3: Thoughts (Pg. 120 - end)
Connection: part 2
Robert Frost also created another outstanding poem called, "Tree At My Window" which clearly shows how he took a tree and added personification to it. He made the tree something worth communicating with, connecting with, or thinking about, even thought it was a measly tree outside his window (you can also see this poem at the bottom). Just like Frost, Annie took the apple and appreciated it, even when it was wilting away and as it's image slipped beneath her grasp. It seems as if she connected the apple to everything and everyone around her, ever since she first began the art project. She acted as if the apple was like her grandfather - as he slowly wilts away, so does the apple, but she continually cherished them as if they were here to stay for the longest time.
Robert Frost also created another outstanding poem called, "Tree At My Window" which clearly shows how he took a tree and added personification to it. He made the tree something worth communicating with, connecting with, or thinking about, even thought it was a measly tree outside his window (you can also see this poem at the bottom). Just like Frost, Annie took the apple and appreciated it, even when it was wilting away and as it's image slipped beneath her grasp. It seems as if she connected the apple to everything and everyone around her, ever since she first began the art project. She acted as if the apple was like her grandfather - as he slowly wilts away, so does the apple, but she continually cherished them as if they were here to stay for the longest time.
Section 3: Thoughts (Pg. 120 - end)
Connection: part 1
This passage phenomenally brought out a different side of Annie and changed my interpretations of her. After reading this section, i noticed how similar Annie is to Robert Frost - a famous poet. All of his poems astoundingly represent what Annie noticed about life. Each of his poems pin-point how to take the small details in life, and make them something larger and more important than what they are known to be. Annie and Robert Frost remarkably show how you can change something, as small as an apple or as simple as a snow-covered hilltop, and extract everything from their simple but intricate details. Robert Frost, in one of his poems called "The Sound of the Trees", connects the trees to his life, as if they are more meaningful and majestic than just leaves and bark (you can read the full poem at the bottom of my blog). He visualized the tree as if it had a voice and he connected the sounds and movements of it to his life. Robert swayed like the tree in the poem, he listened to it's every action and he said "I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice;Some day when they are in voice;And tossing so as to scare;The white clouds over them on;I shall have less to say, but I shall be gone" as if his life is directly connected with this intricate tree.
This passage phenomenally brought out a different side of Annie and changed my interpretations of her. After reading this section, i noticed how similar Annie is to Robert Frost - a famous poet. All of his poems astoundingly represent what Annie noticed about life. Each of his poems pin-point how to take the small details in life, and make them something larger and more important than what they are known to be. Annie and Robert Frost remarkably show how you can change something, as small as an apple or as simple as a snow-covered hilltop, and extract everything from their simple but intricate details. Robert Frost, in one of his poems called "The Sound of the Trees", connects the trees to his life, as if they are more meaningful and majestic than just leaves and bark (you can read the full poem at the bottom of my blog). He visualized the tree as if it had a voice and he connected the sounds and movements of it to his life. Robert swayed like the tree in the poem, he listened to it's every action and he said "I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice;Some day when they are in voice;And tossing so as to scare;The white clouds over them on;I shall have less to say, but I shall be gone" as if his life is directly connected with this intricate tree.
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