Post 3: Book 1 Project

           What were offering is an opportunity of a lifetime:                           

           You can now go on an adventure to find your own Margo Roth Spiegelman! You, your techy best friend, the friend who is sarcastic and has to pee every hour, and his extremely popular girlfriend who is also your own Margo’s best friend. It’ll be just like Paper Towns. In our adventure kit you’ll find a cooler filled with 212 Coca-Cola* bottles, a map of the United States with Agloe, New York marked on it, a device with Omnictionary pulled up on it, directions from Orlando to New York, extremely large Confederate T-shirts, candy (but no fruit), Bluefin energy drinks, chips, etc. and a car like The Dreidel as described in the sentence:" the 212 beers in the back; the directions I printed out;".

            In Paper Towns Margo disappears which is not unlike her because she does it all the time. When she doesn’t return after a few days like she normally would Q starts to get worried. He tries to track Margo down with clues she might have left. By the time graduation comes around these “clues” have led them to an old, abandoned mini mall and the location Agloe, New York. Q comes up with the great idea to skip graduation and go find Margo. When his friends try to get him to come to graduation he replies:” I’m not going. Can’t risk the time”. With the help of Ben, Radar and Lacey they set out to find Margo instead of attending graduation. They drive for 21 straight hours on a strict schedule-only stopping a few times-in order to reach Margo before she disappears again. They have some struggles throughout the drive like forgetting fruit at a gas station and almost crashing into two cows but they get through everything alive. In a way it brings them closer together because it’s probably horrible car ride if they all hated each other.   In our kit you will receive everything the group used to drive the twenty-one hour trip to Agloe. This will allow fans to recreate the wild goose chase to find a girl who may or may not be alive. You be using Bluefin energy drinks to stay awake and wear Confederate shirts. Radar found this pretty funny as he said, “I’d like to see how the cop responded to a black man wearing a Confederate T-shirt over a black dress.” You will also need a GoFast bar because “That tastes how hope feels.” You’ll be following a strict schedule in order to reach your destination in 21 hours, but don’t worry if you have to pee: Ben created the excellent idea to pee in a coke bottle

            The Adventure Kit will allow fans to recreate and experience a crucial part of Paper Towns that has the readers on the edge of their seats. They will get to experience the mystery of Margo Roth Spiegelman and enjoy the thrill of not listening to their parents for once. This kit will also allow readers play out the book before it becomes a movie and actors play it out on the big screen. With actors like Nat Wolfe, who is playing Quentin, the movie is bound to be good. After the movie comes out next summer fans of the movie will be lining up around the block to get their Adventure Kit but you can get yours now for only $14.99! I know I would want one as soon as possible. Our product is available in many different stores including: Walmart, Target, Barns and Noble, and many other great retailers. This kit is also available on Amazon.

            *Since most of the readers are young adult and the teens in the story are all underage we decided to change the 212 bottles of beer to 212 bottles of Coke.

                 

Post 2: What is a book?

       A book is an object that can take you to a difference place and time every time you read it. No matter what's happening around you, you should be able to pull out a book and get lost in it. It's like you and your best friend: when you're with them you can be in your own little world and forget everything else. I agree with Joe Meno, it's not about what form the book takes, or where you are when you're reading it, it's about what you're reading and how you react to it. Isn't that the reason we read anyway? To escape reality and whatever present problems we're facing.

      I honestly don't care what I'm reading on, whether it's an ipad, kindle, or actually book. All that matters to me is that I'm enjoying what I'm reading. For example I've read books on my ipad that I don't like and some I've loved. It's the same with my kindle or the books I have. I like how Tom Piazza talked about books and perspective. I don't think what you read on will change your perspective of the book. Of course everyone might have a different opinion because everyone thinks differently.

      I think it's true that books need your attention. When you're watching TV you can mindlessly watch and don't really need to comprehend anything. With books it's the total opposite, you need to be able to fully comprehend what's going on in order to really read a book. If you don't you will have no idea as to what's happening in a story. Personally to me it gives me a headache reading but not really reading because then I have to try and think about what the characters were doing. I think Piazza included this because it's not reading if you aren't paying attention.