RJ #8 Biography of Barack Obama part 2

                                                                                                                                     10/18/11


Dear Mrs. Zrihen,


     I just finished reading the Biography of Barack Obama by Stephen Krensky. The passage that I picked was the same as last time considering I am reading the same book.There was one passage that really stood out. It was a quote by Barack Obama on page 39. '' It's a choice between dignity and servitude...... A choice between right and wrong.'' I picked it because it pops a thought in your head about doing the right thing. The quote shows how Barack Obama looks at life; that is very important for the book.
     There were 6 reading strategies I used. The two before were predicting and looking at the different text features. Two strategies I used during reading were reading slowly so I could make sure I understand what I was reading, and looking back at the last line I read last time so I could now understand what was happening. The two after reading startegies I used were checking my prediction and reading the reviews on the back.
     The genre of this book is a biography. The topic is Barack Obama's life. The main idea of this book is that you should never give up on your dreams. The main idea was implied because I had to read between the lines. Another title that might work for this book would be '' The Life Story of Barack Obama''. It would be hard to find another title for this book for it is a biography about a person. The 3 supporting details were that he was the only black kid in his 5th grade class which shows courage, he was on his high school basketball team, and he got into college. Those are all factual details found in the book. The essential message in the book is that you should never give up on your dreams no matter what your race. A Cause in the story is that Barry had lots of courage. The effect is  he got into a mostly white school. 5 different text features were quotes in bold and in big font, pictures of Barack before and after college, captions which explain who the people are in pictures, a map of Africa, and the flag of Kenya. They all have the same meaning. Independence. The pattern of organization is chronological order because the book starts out in his childhood and works its way up through his life. The author's purpose is to inform us what happened in Barack's childhood. The author is for Obama considering his opinion in the story.  The author's point of view is 3rd person. 3 citations are http://www.barackobama.com/2008/11/, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address/, and http://www.newsweek.com/id/167582. I did not encounter any new words for I understood everything so far. This book relates to me because I would want to be president of the U.S.. This book relates to another book about Abraham Lincoln because they were both presidents. This book relates to the world because Barack Obama is president of the U.S. now. This book really shows how courage rules the world and how Barack took that courage and showed it off.
     I would rate this book a 7 out of 10 for it got boring at points and needed more suspense.

Sincerley,
Isaac Paley 702