A Book Review by Group 1 : Nur Fariha,Nasrin and Nur Syahnadz Zareith ( 3 Marikh )

There are tons of books that fill the shelves of the school library. They are organized by fiction and non-fiction and by their genre. Usually I prefer novels that I can relate to. Novels that have a realist plot usually garner my interests buts it is always nice to try something new. Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's brilliant, satirical adventure, is a must-read. It is an appealing novel containing both, whimsy and wit. Swift seamlessly blends fact with fiction in this tale of an English ship surgeon. It pokes fun at the travelogues of this time period.

Lemuels Gulliver goes on four remarkable voyages across the globe and gets himself in several different situations. Symbolism, humor, and intelligence fill all two-hundred and thirty-eight pages. The reader gets a good laugh all through the book at the expense of the main character. Gulliver has no sense of humor and adapts to every single environment that he is in. The book is well written masterpiece full of details. It is impossible to lose interest while reading each eventful chapter. The reader can never really predict what is next for the adventurous, gullible Gulliver.

Gulliver's travels is a novel that anyone who has an imagination would find entertaining and appealing. On the other hand, some members of the book club will find this book to ridiculous. This novel is not the typical satire, drama, comedy or adventure. Most books that we book worms read are serious or sometimes dark but this novel is neither. It is a fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously. Gulliver's Travel's gets thumbs up from me because of its depiction of human nature. It is one of those rare gems that can be enjoyed by kids and adults for various different reasons.

The irrationality of human beings is a common motif in Jonathan Swifts, Gulliver's Travels. The author never came out and said that but he hinted around that. The author portrays human being as people who have two much pride to be considered rational.

Human beings have way to much pride to ever be considered rational. People are so consumed with themselves and how people look at them. Sometime individuals use common sense common sense and rationally before doing something. The size of the people in the first two adventures is a major symbol of the pride of humans. At first, Gulliver is literally looking down on the six inch citizens of Lilliput. It shows how real individuals look down on people and make them feel small. Some humans put themselves on a peddle stool and make themselves fell better by looking down on other people. When Gulliver ventures of into Brobdingnag he is looked down upon and treated like a circus and by the people there, who are sixty feet tall.

Bree was only fifteen, almost sixteen, when she turned into a vampire three months ago. She came from a broken family, and had run away from home. She lived in the streets, struggling to find food for survival when Riley asked her, “Want a burger, kid?” Hunger made her willing to exchange what Riley would want for the meal, and she was brought to “her” and turned into a vampire.

Living together with other ferocious and bloodthirsty newborns had taught Bree to be careful not to draw attention to herself, especially from Raoul, Kristie and their gangs. She never speaks to other newborns and hides behind “Freaky Fred”, a newborn who has the power to repel others, whom she develops a friendship afterwards.

Eventually, Bree finds an unexpected friend in Diego, a newborn just as curious as Bree about their mysterious creator, whom they know only as “her”. Diego is an eleven-month-old vampire, a close friend of Riley. They develop a close bond with each other, hunting together, sharing secrets and seeking refuge in a cave when all the newborns has been relocated after their hunting trip the night before.

Bree and Diego come to know that all the urban vampire stories and taboos that Riley told them are nothing but lies. They also realize that all newborns are pawns in a game larger than anything they could have imagined. Diego decides to talk to Riley after they eavesdrop on the conversation between Riley, “her” and some cloaked-figures one night, while Bree will go back to their home, acting clueless.

What will be the outcome of the friendship between Bree, Diego and Fred? What is the big game that is to happen to the vampire newborns? Who is that mysterious creator? Sink your teeth into Stephanie Meyer’s vampire novella for more answers and secrets, a truly thrilling story for adventurous readers, and of course, Twilight fans.

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