Zach ISU Blog
This blog will help you gain an understanding for the novel "The Cellist of Sarajevo". It is a book written by Steven Galloway and this blog will discuss some of the issues about the book and will give you an idea about what the book is about. Blog By: Zach Lahaie :)
Monday, May 2, 2011
Final Essay
For my final essay i am stuck between two themes,: the first is hope and the second is the affects of war on society. if anyone reads my blog can you offer me your opinion. ?
Thursday, April 14, 2011
War Has Many Affects On Humans
"He counts under his breath, hears slow numbers tick in his own voice. When he gets to eight, the hat less mans head bursts, the top of his skull evaporating in a fine red drizzle punctuated by the thunderclap of a rifle echoing down the hill." (Galloway, 136)
This takes place in the book when when Dragan's friend is shot trying to cross the bridge and a man with a hat runs out to the bridge to rescue her. As he goes to get her he is shot once by a bullet and is knocked over severely injured. As the man crawls back to safety he notices Dragan staring blankly at him as he tries to determine how far apart all of the gunshots are. When Dragan counts to 8 though, the man is hit for a second time and was instantly killed by the second bullet.
This takes place in the book when when Dragan's friend is shot trying to cross the bridge and a man with a hat runs out to the bridge to rescue her. As he goes to get her he is shot once by a bullet and is knocked over severely injured. As the man crawls back to safety he notices Dragan staring blankly at him as he tries to determine how far apart all of the gunshots are. When Dragan counts to 8 though, the man is hit for a second time and was instantly killed by the second bullet.
A Not So Funny Joke By Dragan
Dragan: “Why did the Sarajevan cross the road?” he asks Emina. She shakes her head, takes her hands out of her pockets and brushes the hair out of her face. “That’s a good question” Dragan then replies “To get to the other side,” He answers.
When I first read this I laughed because it incorporated a juvenile, classic joke into Dragans character which showed me he had a sense of humor behind all of the chaos that is taking place. I also found the joke to be a little bit morbid because in the novel when people cross roads, they are referring to the bridges people cross to get to safety and a lot of the time people do not make it because of snipers on the hill.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What I read today.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Cello
A City in Chaos...
I needed to visualize the actual setting of the novel to understand how the characters were living. They were in the middle of a war so when I think of how they are I imagine a city that is burning, with streets filled with rubble and death. I see the city centre where the market would take place and I imagine the massacre that occurred during the beginning of this novel. I can also imagine how people are living, in the slum neighbour hoods filled with debris and destruction. A family struggling for survival eating what they can to survive and hopefully keeping a roof over their heads. It’s a pretty grue something to picture because it is horrifying that stuff like this can happen to people.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Half Way There!
I am officially half way through the book and so far a lot of what’s going on in the book has become interesting. You have learned Arrow’s new objective given to her by the military is to protect the Cellist as he is playing in the street no matter what. You have learned a bit about Kenan and how he has met a few of his friends and discovered some interesting things about the war and how he escaped a near death experience while trying to cross a bridge. And finally, the reader has been taught a few lessons by Dragans character in the novel. All though he is old and does not know much outside of the city he is still a very interesting character who has had many moments that have left him scarred physically and emotionally. I hope to finish the book within the next 2 weeks because I am eager to learn how it ends.
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