The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabth George Speare

Significance:

I chose this piece of literature first because it is a Newberry winner and a friend suggested it. Also people should know this story because it describes prejudice and how it can effect peoples way of thinking and their own beliefs. This book is valuable might help people become more tolerant of others.

Perspective:

This book takes place in 1687. I think the author wrote this book too show haw different their lives were in Barbados compared too Connecticut. The author wanted to show the religious intolerance of the colonists she also shows how sometimes people were killed for their religious beliefs.


Evidence:

The author’s argument is that not everyone has to think the same, you can be different in your own way. Ms. Speare wrote a book about a time in history where every thing was uncertain. The author points out that the colonists had conflicts inside a few families homes and outside their home like who went to the meeting and who didn’t, along with that who was loyal to the king and who was not.

Connection:

The religious intolerance still happens today in many parts of the world and even in some parts if our country. I have a connection because of what I have studied in history in the past about this time period. I have enjoyed and learned from historical fiction books in the past and this book will inspire me to read more. This story could have effected why the Revolutionary War happened because the colonists were still deciding whether to be loyal to the king or rebel.

Supposition:
The world would be different if the colonists hadn’t chose to rebel then we might still be ruled by a king and Queen. If Kit (the main character) had come to Connecticut in 2007 there probably would be no story similar to this one, because people don’t punish people that are witches. I this story had taken place in democratic system the main character wouldn’t have faced the problems that she had. Some assumptions that are being made in this book that witches have special powers and others disagree with that.

The witch of the blackbird pond

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Significance
A person will want to read this book if they enjoy fantasy, magic, and mystery. The author’s theme is magic and good versus evil. The reader will remember this story for a long time because it is such a great adventure.

Perspective
This book is by J.K. Rowling who has a brilliant imagination. She lives in England where the story takes place. The author of this book was a very poor woman when she created this story, and now she is a very wealthy woman. The time period the book was written was in the late 1990's. A person should choose to read this instead of another magic book because it has a great story behind it.

Evidence
The problem in this book is dark wizards trying to take over and, also kill the main character Harry Potter. Harry breaks the rules a lot, so he got into fights with his fellow students. This book is not true and I know this because magic is not real. Some details that are factual in the book are: you know who is evil and out to kill Harry Potter. Harry is only a first year student at Hogwarts so he is not fully trained yet, but his enemy has a lot of dark magic skills.


Connections
Yes this book will inspire me to read more of this series. I like to read fantasy books like Eragon and Eldest. My connection to this book is that I enjoy reading fantasy books that have lots of twists and turns.
Some people believe that there is magic being practiced in society today and groups of witches still practice witchcraft. Some of the events that happened after this book were written were: J K Rowling made many other books about Harry Potter a movie was made of the first book , J. K. Rowling got rich.

Supposition
The world would be different if Harry Potter was real because that would mean that magic is real and that would be able true. Life would not be different if this story hadn’t happened because it is just a book that is fiction. If this book had not been written then many children and adults wouldn’t be able to have the happiness of reading them together.