Novel+Study

Novel study

=3A Beginning the Novel Name: Andrew= //Learning Intention: I am learning to make personal responses to a text.// So far the story reminds me of the Nazis putting Jews into concentration camps. I never realised the British did pretty much the same thing on Cyprus. I felt excited when Ari Ben Canaan helped lots of Jewish children escape from Cyprus. I am wondering if the taxi driver is a traitor, because he seems to be “sinister”

I feel sad for all the Jews who died inRussia, simply because one man said they were bad. I get excited when the Jews are having a battle, and feel satisfied when they win. I like the way that Ari never gives up, but sees opportunity in everything. If only we could all be like him...

I find it interesting that so many countries decided against partition ofPalestine. Congrats to those who voted yes! I am also annoyed/disappointed at the lack of integrity of the Brits, giving all advantages to the Arabs, and being obviously anti Jewish. I admire British Captains who helped the Jews, giving advice, weapons, training and any other useful things.

I admire the way that the Jews just buy a piece of useless land, and farm it well enough that in a year it has gone from desert/swamp to vineyards, orchids, farms or any other uses they have for it.

I was surprised that the Jews managed to actually advance when the British pulled out, instead of being pushed back. I expected at most that they would stay in the same place!

//Learning intention: I am learning to describe the most important character (main) in a novel. // 
 * || Gender: Male || Height: Tall || Age: ~25 The book says he is a young man ||
 * Colouring || Hair: Black || Skin: Light Brown || Eyes: Blue ||
 * Special features eg glasses, freckles etc ||  Handsome ||  ||   ||


 * Words/Phrases || Quotes to support || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pagenumber ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Alert || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> ...cocked his Sten gen and looked...for signs of a British Patrol || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">12 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Encouraging || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> You have been a big help || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">46 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Daring || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> //He dresses up as a British general, and tells the guards to release some prisoners.// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">97, 111 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Good sense of Humour || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ari knew his friend badly wanted a letter from Ari’s sister, but Ari teased him by pretending not to know if he really had one. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">23 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Role Model || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Everyone one wants to be like Ari” || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">423 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Strange || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He can go for days without sleep, but it doesn’t affect him in any way. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">35, 40 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has a Hope || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Someday, this will be ours” || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">400 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Confident || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“They can’t beat us” || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">173 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ready || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Caldwell attacked, but Ari was ready. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">235 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kind || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">...gave Mandria a hand down || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">44 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brave || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">I have just completed plans for three hundred children to make an escape. //[From a British Concentration Camp.]// || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">48 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Athletic || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He jumped from the ship to the dock, and also swam about 1km // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">33, 387 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Concerned || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“You must not overwork yourself” || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">534 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Has elite skills || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">...that mechanical monster, Ari Ben Canaan. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">163 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Intelligent || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He can speak British, Hebrew, German, fight, fly planes, navigate ocean liners, outwit anyone, and can fix the few mistakes he makes. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Various ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Caring || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He does everything he can to help others. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Various ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A leader || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">...Ari Ben Canaan, running the show || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">163 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Courageous || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">He goes in the firing line, and then tells the British if they shoot they will be guilty. // || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">223 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Polite || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“You have been a big help. Thanks.” || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">46 ||

Leon Uris:


 * Born in Maryland
 * Parents both grew up in Czarist Russia
 * Both parents Jewish American
 * Failed English in school 3 times
 * Joined United States Marine Corps when Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in WW2
 * Married 3 wives //(Betty beck in 1945 then divorced in 1968, Marjorie Edwards in 1969, who committed suicide a year later, then Jill Peabody in 1970 then divorced in 1989)//
 * Wrote //Esquire//
 * Wrote //Battle Cry//
 * Wrote //The Angry Hills//
 * Wrote //Mila 18//
 * Wrote //Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin//
 * Wrote //Trinity//
 * Wrote //QB VII//
 * Wrote //The Haj//
 * 5 Children
 * Died aged 78