Book 3 final project: Historical Fiction

          The book that I read for this project was Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay; I typically don't read historical fiction because I don't like to dwell on the past. But this book opened me up to realize that the book was about more than just the roundup of the Jewish in paris, but about the journey that Sarah and Julia both go on trying figure out why things were happening in their world. The theme of this book is that things aren't always how they seem. Like when Sarah thought that she was coming back to her brother when the police came to their apartment and when Julia found out that Mamé got the apartment from a Jewish family after they got rounded up by the police. The author wanted people to focus more on what Sarah and Julia's decisions caused in their lives.

         The author wanted us to see more than the area around Sarah and what was happening to her family and others like her. But most people focus on the surrounds of the characters they don't get the whole picture that was intended. When people read this book, they use the tools that english classes showed them.The problem with that is most of the time you miss the most important point of the entire book because you were taught to focus on what isn't really important in the story in some parts. Here is the book trailer for Sarah's Key.

           The author is giving a much bigger picture to the book than most writers would when they write historical fiction. This is a video of the author explaining why she wrote the book.

speical things about our generes

The genre that i am reading is historical fiction. it's not a very intriguing genre to write about, but everyone's view on books is different. the main authors of this genre are:  Sharon Kay Penman, Philippa Gregory, Elizabeth Chadwick, Diana Gabaldon, Bernard Cornwell( for some strange reason his name makes me laugh), Ken Follett, Anya Seton, C.W. Gortner, Alison Weir, and Margaret George. They all have one thing in common, some of the weirdest last names. To find the list of authors and what they write about, tada! It's right there!
 http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the-top-10-historical-fiction-authors
One very similar characteristic that they have in common is(wait for it)..........they're boring(totally kidding, maybe).

 

 

This baby wishes he didn't read the first word of the book. i think that authors should write about current historical days and moments (everything but justin beiber,please!)not events from the past that most people don't know about or care. historical rap time!

 

Book 3: Sarah's Key

The book that I chose was Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. the book is about a girl named Sarah, who locked her brother in a cabinet when her family was being arrested by the French police. And a journalist named Julia, who finds herself writing about Vel’ d’Hiv’s day and going through the hidden secrets. Throughout Julia's journey to uncover the truth about the French, she reevaluates her life and purpose in France. I chose this book because it gives a truth to what a country might hide from citizens and gives the reality of Sarah's life after hiding her younger brother and being taken to the police. I haven't gotten my book. so I don't know what it's like yet.