Book Review/ Personal Response NOTES

• Book Review
• Summary of Book
• start with what the book is about 
• this is going to be your thesis statement
• think about the theme
• Personal View of book
• what you liked 
• what you disliked
• Would you recommend  the book
• Why or why not?
• This should be fairly easy 
• Don't summarize the book chapter by chapter
• Talk about the book as a whole
• Pick a theme
• Summarize the book based on things that have to do with your theme
• Don't focus on too many people for your summary
• Plot
• Expositon
• Introduction of:
• Society
• Bernard
• Director
• Lenina
• John
• Linda
• Mustapha Mond
• Inciting-
• depends on who you think the main character is
• Going to the Reservation (Bernard)
• Leaving the Reservation (John)
• Rising
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• Climax
•  The riot over soma
• Falling
• Resolution
• John hangs himself