Mr_Shank

As connector of Anil’s Ghost, I am going to connect this to a movie that I saw before. I don’t really remember what it’s called but it had a lot to do with the same theme of this book. In the movie, there were many suspicious murders taking place and a forensic pathologist along with many archaeologists had to find the missing bodies and then figure out who or what was killing the people. In Anil’s Ghost, Anil is an archaeolgist who has to find the missing people and work with a forensic pathologist to find out just what was happening with all these murders, but most importantly who the murderer was.

Sorry Mr. Shank, I’m camping right now so I don’t really have time to write much more.

My question for you is what do you think of the outcome in the book? Was it what you expected?

That’s all of my blog… I know it’s kind of short…

~Laurisa

As I said before in my other post, this book kind of reminds me of the Civil War. But I am starting to see it differently. Now, I am connecting it to “Speak” because there are many flashbacks in the book. In “Speak” the main character was raped. She thinks a lot about that night and flashes back to that night and nights before that, when she was happy. However, in “Anil’s Ghost,” the main character regrets doing things that made her family so proud of her when what she did wasn’t all that magnificent. But Anil reminds me of Melinda in “Speak” because they are both level-headed and do not want attention for their accomplishments. What they want is to have justice, to be able to feel safe again. Like I said before, it’s kind of hard to connect this book to any other outside source because it is very unique and very interesting. My main connection is that Anil and Melinda strive for the goal of justice without too much attention, but just for safety and finally peace of mind.

            My questions for you are:

1.      Do you think that Anil is getting any closer to reaching her “goal?”

                        2.  Why do you think Anil does not want to associate with her family members? Do you think she feels threatened by them, or just doesn’t want to face them after so many years of being gone and not communicating with them?

By the way Mr. Shank, sorry this connection is kind of short, but I am extremely busy…blogging on Friday’s is starting to get really hard to do…

Also guys, I have no idea why my writing is two different sizes…..sorry.

~Laurisa Varela

 I think that I am going to connect this book to the Civil War. I am connecting it to the Civil War because presently in the book a civil war is taking place. Also, the civil war that is going on in Sri Lanka is being directed by a campaign which is killing their citizens.

            During the Civil War, the Confederacy wanted to live separate from the Union. Because they lost the war, they lost their own culture that they were striving to have away from the Union. This is sort of like the citizens in Sri Lanka. The campaign killing the citizens of Sri Lanka do not want to be with their citizens because they are killing them. They are killing the citizens to make a statement of some sort. Due to the murders and violence, many people of Sri Lanka are losing their independence and are no longer safe in their own homes. In the Civil War, the south lost and because they lost, they also lost their citizenship of the United States and therefore had to swear oaths and do many tasks in order to be citizens again. So if the leaders of the campaign is ever caught, they will surely be kicked out of Sri Lanka and most likely will not be able to become a citizen again.

            Another similarity is the violence that is taking place. The Civil War was very violent and many civilians most likely lost their lives.

            So basically both the Civil War and the civil war going on in Sri Lanka in the book are both violent and they are both fights that are killing people from the same country for either mutinous reasons or independence from the country.

My questions for you are…….

What do you think Anil will do now that she realizes just how much she has lost her old culture?

Do you think that she will be able to figure out who is in the murderous campaign and stop them?

~Laurisa Varela

Okay well, I’m not very good at connecting stuff, because they’re never in-depth connections, so beware Mr. Shank. I guess since this is the last post till Anil’s (anal’s?) Ghost, will make this post yellow and pink honor of Spongebob and Patrick. Btw, I’m watching Spongebob right now, it’s the one when Patrick gets a nose.

Onto the blog. I thought it was pretty funny when Diggory found the glove that belonged to Thomasin. It sounds exactly like Cinderella. Before she became rich and famous and in love, Cinderella was a girl that was treated unfairly and very unhappy. Thomasin was very unhappy at this point in the story because she had just lost her husband when he died in the dam thing. Diggory, whom she has growing feelings for, holds a dance for the heath, in which Thomasin attends. Just like in Cinderella, there is a dance, or in Cinderella’s case, a ball.  After the ball, Cinderella has to be home at a certain time. She is in such a hurry that she loses her glass slipper and Prince (Charming?) finds it. Sorry, it’s been a while since I’ve watched Cinderella. Anyway, Thomasin loses her glove at the dance. She sees Diggory outside waiting for a girl who has lost her glove. Thomasin thinks it’s outrageous that he would wait around for hours just for a girl that lost her glove. It turns out that the glove is her’s. In Cinderella, she thinks it is outrageous that the Prince is searching all over the town just for the perfect girl that fits in that perfect glass slipper. When the prince finally finds the girl that perfectl fits into the the slipper, they fall in love a live happily ever after. In Return of the Native, Thomasin and Diggory fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after in the heath. I’m pretty sure this book was written before Cinderella came out, but I thought it was a cute connection.

Now a wonderful question. This story is a Cinerella story for Thomasin and Diggory, but what about Clym? He was loyal the whole story, but he ends up very unhappy. Would yo have changed the ending to this story? Who would you have matched up whom?

PEACE! Until Anil.

          Although the book Return of the Nativehas many similarities to many other works of literature, I believe that it most resembles the situations that arose in The Fiddler on the Roof. Many of the characters in Fiddler on the Roof were supposed to marry certain people because of their money or royalty. Like how Thomasin married Wildeve but probably likes the reddleman more. Also, being interested in someone who you aren’t supposed to marry is a big deal. Back then your parents wanted to marry the person they picked for you no matter what. Or, if you picked that person you can not change your mind. This was obvious when Thomasin said she would marry Wildeve because she had already agreed to it and that she shouldn’t change her mind. I also believe that like Fiddler on the Roof one of the couples are going to run away because they want to be married but their parents won’t let them.

So, i ask you this, do you believe that one of the couples are going to be forced to run away if they want to be together?

Also, why do you think people were so strict about marriage back then?

This story, Return of the Native, is pretty complicated to read. It reminds me of a book written by Jane Austen called “Pride and Prejudice.” They relate because of the wording first of all. The way the story is written, it sounds very proper and uses many different difficult words. Also, in “Pride and Prejudice,” it is very important to be an important person and to be married to an important person because it makes the family look good. So, that explains why Thomasin Yeobright’s family is embarrassed about the wedding getting mixed up. The family does not want to be ridiculed about the wedding because it is important to them and their daughter that their name keeps a good reputation. The way this connects to “Pride and Prejudice” is because the Bennett family wants one of their daughters to be married to a rich man who is new in town because then they’ll have bragging rights in their town and their name will be known all over. Therefore, the simalarities in both stories is the fight to have a good name by having a good wedding. My question for you is that in the end of part 10, the bride to be says that she will never give up on the husband to be. Do you think she really intends to be loyal to her future husband?

~Laurisa Varela