Assessment

1.      This post in my opinion shows a lot of my writer’s voice. I create this by putting my personality in the post as well as my thoughts about the book I am reading. For example I created voice by adding in those parentheses to show my side thoughts as I am creating my posts. I said,” Actually a twisted story” (Harris). This is reflecting back on what I had said before as a side thought I was trying to get out. This specifically shows my personality by being straight forward to my opinion and thoughts. I also added the word,” personally” (Harris) to my post showing that it’s my opinion and I’m expressing my voice. The voice I show through my posts in very informal and as if I’m talking to my readers.

2.      In the post I created I used very purposeful but informal diction. Using informal or low diction is where your voice can be portrayed. I like to make it easy for the reader to understand my view and my writing personality. I said,” (The main reason why I chose to read this book” (Harris) as informal diction to show the real and easiest way to show why I chose to read the book I did, but simply talking to the reader. I used a lot of unique syntax in this post as well. Using the punctuation I did, or the parenthesis helps convey a lot. It shows my voice as well as informal diction. I used very consistent sentence lengths being not too long but not too short as well. I show both of these techniques in the sentence that says,” Some of his books like The Last Song or The Notebook even have a movie telling the same story.(Actually a twisted story)” (Harris). As you can see I also related back to other stories the author of my book has written to help the reader understand more.

Why do you think the author wrote this work...

For me personally i think Nicholas Sparks wrote this book for entertainment. It is a very interesting and engaging story. I'm the type of person who enjoys reading about the goods and bad that happen in a relationship. This book as well as many others of his books are about love and relationship's. Some of his books like The Last Song or The Notebook even have a movie telling the same story. I have not yet read these stories but i have seen the movies of both and they are both very good movies so i wouldn't doubt they would be good books as well. A Bend In The Road has been a very enjoying story to read with twist and turns all over it. I am considering about reading more of his books in the future and relating them back to his movies and other book of his.

What does the work tell us about how people behave...

As i am reading my love story of Sarah and Miles i really see what its like to fall in love. Miles is a very well rounded person doing all he can to keep Sarah happy. He is a gentleman with a kind heart.As i am reading i can only picture how cute some of his lines would mean to impress a girl, Sarah in this case. Also the things he does to show her he really does care. Sarah is also a very sweet loving character( the type of girl i hope to be) always caring about Jonah and the time spent with Miles. Not all relationships are like this one I'm reading now, but it put into perspective how people should act when in a relationship. Being happy and always caring makes a relationship work. I am more than excited to see what happens next between Sarah and Miles.

The best thing about my book is...

As i am still reading A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks i am really liking its story. For the story to be so real, something that could happen to anyone in real life, makes the story 10 times more interesting. Through having someone you really loved been killed, I'm sure has happened to many people before including myself. The love story behind it also I'm sure has happened to many people. Being too scared to start something new with someone else when your wife, your mother to your kid has passed away. As Miles is now going on multiple dates and dinners with Sarah their relationship has really grown. Jonah now sees that Miles is starting to like Sarah and tells Miles he is okay with him going on dates with Miss Andrews (His teacher).As the story goes on I'm curious to see how their relationship moves on, how Jonah is doing with it, and if Miles is still doing okay with inviting another women in his life and in Jonahs as well.

Characters change since being introduced...

Since Miles was first introduced he has gone through a major change in how he feels about moving on from his wife, to carry on his life with Jonah. For a long time Miles has had a hard time moving on from the accedient that happend to his wife. He now feels like moving on would be best for him and Jonah. Miles feels like having a wife, a mother to help with Jonah will help out alot with Jonah and his learning. Jonah has had a hard time lately in school and Miles is having a hard time on his own trying to help him. Jonahs teacher Sarah has been helping Miles with Jonah and Miles and Sarah are beginning to see something in eachother. This spark with Sarah has been whats helping Miles move on and try starting someting new with another woman.

Characters main conflict in the novel and how they deal with it...

Miles Ryan, the main character in this novel has just introduced the main conflict of what Ive read so far. His conflict consists of his wife, Missy dying in a hit-and-run accident two years ago and having to be an only parent to his young son Jonah. He has been trying to be the best father that he can be to Jonah but being the only one has been a real struggle for Miles. Miles thinks that if he trys to bring a woman into Jonahs life Jonah and himself will live more happily together. For Jonah not to have a mom is something Miles does not like to have. Miles actions so far to this conflict have shown how good of a person he is. He does everything on is own and still manages to father his son. He is very interested in finding someone to share his life with after a very long recovery to what had happened to his wife, and has already started this with a girl named Sarah Andrews.

A Bend in the Road

I chose to read A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks. Nicholas Sparks is know to write great books.
Many of his books relate around a love story. I am the type of person who is interested in reading love story type books. Many of his books have a good story behind them, some even have slight twists to engage you more in the book you are reading. I feel like i am going to enjoy reading this book. Hopefully it will inspire me to read more of his books in the future.