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Summer Reading Chair
The President Calling
Assignment 2: Comments for The President Calling
Click here to jump to the comments page for The President Calling.After listening to at least 15 minutes of taped conversations by one of the Vietnam era presidents(JFK, LBJ, or Nixon) at iTunesU (a free element found at the iTunes store), post your comment about the presidential comments by clicking below on "Post a Comment" (just underneath Comments).
Be sure you include your first and last name with your post. Additionally, identify the president and the topic of conversation prior to your comments.
8 comments:
Lindsay Mann
Frost/Nixon
For my summer reading, I chose the book Frost/Nixon. I was interested in reading this book because I had seen the movie and I really enjoyed it. I never really knew much about Nixon or Frost’s interviews with him. This book gave me more insight into all of the main events that happened during Nixon’s presidency along with his personal views on all of the events. At the time there had been so much speculation about what had actually happened at Watergate and Nixon’s involvement in the scandal. Nixon and his administration had done so much to try and cover up the situation. Frost’s interviews with Nixon finally set the record straight about Watergate, as well as other major events that occurred during his presidency such as the Huston Plan and the Vietnam War. Overall, I thought that Frost/Nixon was an interesting and informative story about one of history’s most dramatic interviews.
Emily Phelan – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
I choose One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey because it was recommended to me by several people and the same people said that the movie was good. I’ll admit that I also picked it because it was the shortest on the list. The book focuses on the mistreatment of patients on a mental hospital and segregation. When the new patient Randle Patrick McMurphy is introduced the book takes a different turn in what the patients do. As the book continues it just gets more and more boring. I do not like this book and did not like the movie either. I would not recommend One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to anybody. It is boring and hard to read at the beginning.
Klarizza Aggabao - the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I chose the novel, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz because the story was familiar to me. I've watched the movie many times and have never even bthought about reading the book. Since I knew that movies are not not their books, I knew that there would be differences. While I read, I noticed that the shoes were descripted as silver in the book while it's ruby in the movie, how Dorothy seems older in the movie while she's very young in the novel, and also Mr. Baum never mentioned Dorothy having uncles in the beginning of the book while in the movie she had three. Reading the Wonderful Wizard of Oz was entertaining and I am almost done reading it. As Dorothy and her friends journey to the Land of Oz, I realized that I prefer the novel because it shows its readers their feelings and thoughts. I enjoyed reading it and I would definately recommend others to read it too!
Klarizza Aggabao commenting on Kirsten Brown's post
I'm glad that she thought it was a great idea to read the book, learn more about the plot to help her with the play and work on her summer reading at the same time. Multitasking. Anyway, I too was curious what else was different about the book and the movie. Kirsten is right about the idea that the characters have what they wanted all along and finally I do recommend everyone to read this book.
Jarecia Bush
Uncle Tom's Cabin
I chose to read Uncle Tom's Cabin because I seemed different from the other books. I also found it interesting to read a book that helped start the Civil War. At first i thought the book was boring but once I actually started reading it I really liked it. I had a problem reading the accents of some of the characters but other than that it was a good book. I've also heard about Uncle Tom's Cabin in past History and English classes and thought that I should read it. Creating a Google Littrip was something new so i decided to do that other than the movie comparison project because I've done it in the past. Overall uncle Tom's Cabin was a good book and I think anyone who is really interested in History should read it.
Jarecia Bush commenting on Klarizza Agaboa
I thought I about reading your book but I changed my mind. I really liked the movie so I might read to book just to get more insight on the characters thoughts. I liked your comment on the book so I really want to read it since I've watched the movie many times. I thought that the book was going to be like the movie so I decided not to read it.
Alaina Giacobbe
The Wizard of Oz
I chose this book because I really liked the movie and because it seemed like an easy read for over the summer. After reading most of it though, I started wishing that I would have picked a more challenging book. Reading the book was very monotonous because I already knew everything that was going to happen before it happened and the book hardly differed from the movie. Additionally, I don't know if Frank Baum was writing the book more for a younger audience or not, but the writing is very plain and doesn't offer much depth. I still haven't finished the book yet so hopefully the ending will be more exciting.
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