1.Smith, Annick. "Don't Blame It on Montana, Montana 1948 by Larry Watson." The Las Angeles Times 10 Oct. 1993, Home ed.: 2. ProQuest. ProQuest. Pascack Hills High School Library, Montvale, NJ. 6 May 2008. http://proquest .umi .com/pqdweb ?did=60401619 &sid=2 &Fmt=3 &clientId=33870 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD
This link is a book review on the book Montana 1948. It shows the LA Times' book reviewer's opinions on the book, which is an insightful opinion that can help a reader understand the book better (Warning: this link gives away the ending of the book so if you want to be surprised don't look at this link until after you read the book)
2.Samuel. "Montana 1948- Larry Watson." Samuel's Reading Chair. 19 Feb. 2008. Blogspot.Com. 7 May 2008 http://samuelsreadingchair.blogspot.com/2008/02/montana-1948-larry-watson.html.
This sight is a blog of a man named Samuel who was writing a review of the book. He made some good theme comparisons that were smart and made sense. His most interesting point was how similar some themes were to the book To Kill A Mockingbird.
3.Schrandt, Trudy. "Montana 1948." Changing Lives Through Literature. 2003. Dept. of Lit, UMass Dartmouth. 7 May 2008 http://cltl.umassd.edu/resourcesinstruct3kk.cfm.
This is a literary review from the UMass Dartmouth literature department. It gives a lot of themes and comparisons to other literature in an effective, understandable way.
4.Bonadonna, Angelo. "Montana 1948- Isolation, Adolescence....." Angelo Bonadonna's Blog. 25 July 2005. 8 May 2008 http://english.sxu.edu/sites/wordpress/bonadonna/?p=42.
The link above is a blog of an english professor's book reviews and explanations. It shows his opinions on the themes of the book, I think that it gave an accurate opinion of the book and had similar views to myself.
5.McLean. "More Than Money." USA Today 17 July 2007, Final ed., sec. A: 10. ProQuest. ProQuest. Pascack Hills High School Library, Montvale, NJ. 9 May 2008. http://proquest .umi .com/pqdweb ?did=1305801141 &sid=5 &Fmt=3 &clientId=33870 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD
6.Piereson, James. "The Culture of Conspiracy." The Wall Street Journal 24 Nov. 2007, Eastern ed., sec. A: 11. ProQuest. ProQuest. Pascack Hills High School Library, Montvale, NJ. 10 May 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=1387630991&SrchMode=1&sid=6&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1210682310&clientId=33870
This article is about covering up crimes, which is the theme that I would like to focus on while writing this paper. Covering up crimes is a big part of the book Montana 1948. This is about a scandal in the Catholic churches that was covered up and eventually let go after a huge sum was payed to the victims of the scandal. This type of scandal wound up destroying many people's reputations, like it did for the Hayden family in Montana 1948
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Another Socratic Seminar
Today, in class, we had a socratic seminar, and it was about as fun watching it as it sounds.
Anyway the topic was the first section in a book called Montana 1948, which is about a family in Mercer County, Montana during the post-WWII era. The book isn't exactly an action thriller, but at the same time it is far from boring. Just to give some back round on the book so whoever decides to read this will know what I'm talking about. Montana 1948 is told as a recollection from a boy named David Hayden, who's father Wesley was the town sheriff and uncle is a very respected war hero and currently a doctor. So, because of these positions and titles of respect the reader can conclude that both men are very important to the community. As many people said during the socratic seminar this book began slow as mostly an introduction to introduce the reader to all the characters, then after all these introductions were made the book's plot rapidly increased. This increase in pace features a very controversial people of that time period, Native Americans. Mercer County is not far from an indian reservation, which winds up playing a huge role as the book progresses, as stated by everyone in the seminar. First its only relevance was that the Hayden family housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier was from that reservation. However, as the book progressed it began to play a more important role, it was mentioned that Uncle Frank spent a lot of time on that reservation, not for helping the indians, but for a reason that was agreed to be extremely controversial by everyone for a very obvious reason, Uncle Frank was using his profession as a doctor to take advantage of the teenage indian girls on the reservation, or in other words he was raping them while he "examined" them. That was where the first section of the book ended, but although I read ahead I don't want to explain any more about it for the risk of giving something away that someone hasn't read. This book is definitely worth reading and although most people had similar views on the topic during the seminar, I have the feeling that as the book progresses our opinions will become more diverse because the book will become much more controversial than it already is, then it will make being in the next seminar a lot more eventful than attempting to watch it.
Anyway the topic was the first section in a book called Montana 1948, which is about a family in Mercer County, Montana during the post-WWII era. The book isn't exactly an action thriller, but at the same time it is far from boring. Just to give some back round on the book so whoever decides to read this will know what I'm talking about. Montana 1948 is told as a recollection from a boy named David Hayden, who's father Wesley was the town sheriff and uncle is a very respected war hero and currently a doctor. So, because of these positions and titles of respect the reader can conclude that both men are very important to the community. As many people said during the socratic seminar this book began slow as mostly an introduction to introduce the reader to all the characters, then after all these introductions were made the book's plot rapidly increased. This increase in pace features a very controversial people of that time period, Native Americans. Mercer County is not far from an indian reservation, which winds up playing a huge role as the book progresses, as stated by everyone in the seminar. First its only relevance was that the Hayden family housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier was from that reservation. However, as the book progressed it began to play a more important role, it was mentioned that Uncle Frank spent a lot of time on that reservation, not for helping the indians, but for a reason that was agreed to be extremely controversial by everyone for a very obvious reason, Uncle Frank was using his profession as a doctor to take advantage of the teenage indian girls on the reservation, or in other words he was raping them while he "examined" them. That was where the first section of the book ended, but although I read ahead I don't want to explain any more about it for the risk of giving something away that someone hasn't read. This book is definitely worth reading and although most people had similar views on the topic during the seminar, I have the feeling that as the book progresses our opinions will become more diverse because the book will become much more controversial than it already is, then it will make being in the next seminar a lot more eventful than attempting to watch it.
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