2019 Q4 Literature Appreciation Blog

     The book I'm reading is called Dead End in Norvelt.  The Newsela article I want to relate it to is an article about the Kentucky school shooting .Dead End in Norvelt is a book about a boy named Jack on summer break. When he was playing with his fathers gun it accidentally Instead of being able to do his awesome over the summer plans, he was grounded for life. Although he's grounded he goes on scary, yet mysterious adventures.      I want to use the Kentucky school shooting article because in the article, and the book, guns were fired. Although a school shooting is a lot more serious, in both story's, someone or some people got hurt. In the story, Jack accidentally fires his fathers weapon and gets a bloody nose because of how hard the weapon fired back. In the school Shooting, a lot of people were hurt. School shootings are never something that anyone would like to talk about, and it is necessary to be happy that the suspect was caught.  ...

      Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos is about a kid named Jack Gantos that has a problem. Whenever he gets startled or he gets scared out of nowhere his nose starts to bleed. In the beginning of the story, his Summer starts, and school is out. He is then told that he is going over to his neighbors house for tutoring. The next day he is outside with a gun that he never realized was loaded and it accidental shot. He passed out and woke up with a bloody nose.      This scene reminds me of a movie named Major Payne . This scene reminds me of this movie because Major Payne is about a general going to war but is taken out and makes a squad called the "Green Boys". The "Green Boys" try their very best top get Major Payne gone, they try to do whatever they can but he stays strong and the "Green Boys" improve their very best.      Some thoughts that I had was that Jack has a very hard life to live and that since the incident of the gun shot th...