VanDePol,+Brina

Final Blog 9-24-2011 __Characters-__
 * My main character was the writer himself, Henry Thoreau, He lived in the woods on Walden Pond. He believed everyone should be created equally with kindness but when he actually talked to people less furtunate than him he seemed to be kind of rude.
 * Alex Therien- Henry says he's intelligent and says he has hidden depths.
 * William Channing- Henrys best friend.
 * Mencuis- He was known for telling stories.
 * John Thoreau- Henrys older brother that taught at the Concord Achademy. He died from complications related to lockjaw.

__Summary-__ Henry moves to the woods and builds his own place and lives there for two years to see what it's like. He studies how people live and he loves nature. He had a time when he would not stop reading. He thought reading brought you closer to heaven. He gets upset that people don't read as much anymore. He likes being close to God. He meets a lot of people in the village near by and meet a lot of new people. He liked some but not all but tried to treat everyone equally. __Rating-__ I rate this book 2 out of five. I could barely pay any attention to the book because I thought it was so boring to me. I don't remember much from the book because it's hard too remember anything about a book if you don't pay good attention to it. __﻿__

__Wiki reflections-__ I like doing the wikispaces because I like being able to see what other people are reading. And I like getting ideas for what book I want to read next. Blog #4 9-16-2011 I have read 175 pages so far. I don't like the book much, it's boring to me because it's not my usual book but it is still interesting. My charater is all about being independent and not ripping people off. He believes in protecting nature and keep it natural. He doesn't care about anything that is luxury. He thinks that if it works don't get or make a new one. He believes that everyone should have freedom and equal. The things I have predicted has not come up yet.

Blog # 3 9-9-2011 I have read about 100 pages now. My favorite quote is "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."-Henry David Thoreau. He is talking about having things to himself and not be over crowded. That's why he lives in the woods because he has everything to himself even tough it's not the best thing. Henry moves into the woods in the main idea in the story and he builds his own house and does things on his own. He talks about how people don't do things themselves very much anymore and I think it's weird to read because no one really makes anything like a house themselves anymore, they hire contractors and all that. I think its cool to see what people thought such a long time ago. Blog # 2 9-2-2011 I have read about 30 pages. The main character is the writer himself. This isn't like most books, I think it's kind of like a biography because he talks about himself and his ideas. My prediction is that he will meet a girl out by the lake where he lives and will end up falling in love with her and changing what he thinks about life.

Blog # 1 8-23-2011 I am going to read the book "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau. I think it's going to be about a guy that has to move to another place and leave his love behind.