The Turn of the Screw

Book: THE TURN OF THE SCREW.
Genre: Fantastic
Author: Henry James.
Characters: Governess, Mrs. Grose.

Review:

The novel is about a governess who accepts to look after two sweet children, Flora and Miles, in a mansion called Bly.
The owner of the mansion is the children's uncle. He doesn't live there. He never visit them.
When the govermess starts working she gets on very well with the landlady Mrs. Grose.
Along the time, this woman realises the children have a strange behaviour, she doesn't know why.
One day, different ghost appear, Mrs Jessel their last governess and Doctor Quint the man in charge. Both of them are dead.
These ghosts follow the children, when the governess realises of it she tries to help them but she does't know how to do it.
She discusses the subject with Mrs. Grose and comes to the conclusion those apparitions want to take a children with them.
At lost she decides to face Dr, Quint and he leaves for ever . Just at thet moment she sees Dr Quint's soul is in Miles, when she fixes her eyes on him the boy dies.

I think it's a very interesting book because i was anxious to go on reading to know the end. What i liked most about the plot is that the governess knew the real problem little by little.
Although i wouldn't choose a fantastic tale to read if i had to, i enjoyed it.

Student name: Maida Salto
Class:5H

Macbeth

Book:Macbeth
Genre: Drama/Action
Author/ Director: Shakespeare
Characters/ Actors: Duncan, Malcom, Macbeth, Donalbain, Macduff, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, Lenox, Ross, Siward, Siward's Son, Three Witches.

Review:
"Macbeth" is a play about greed and power. The tragedy begins with the prophecy of three witches who said that Macbeth was going to be the new King of Scotland. Immediately, Macbeth begins to harbour ambitions of becoming king.
When Macbeth tells his wife about his meeting with the witches, Lady Macbeth persuades him to follow a plan to murder the King (Duncan). He invited Duncan to his castle to spend the night and celebrate their victory in war. On the night of the king's visit, Macbeth kills Duncan.
Lady Macbeth takes charge of the situation and in accordance with her plan, she frames Duncan's sleeping servants for the murder by planting bloody daggers on them.
Macbeth assumes the throne as the new King os Scotland as a kinsman of the dead king.
Besides, returning to the beggining, the three witches also told to Banquo (Macbeth's war partner) that his Son will be King too...Wich, for Macbeth, that was a threat he had to take care of.

With these little introduction the play continues with lots of bloody scenes and it's been over the centuries, and in my opinion; it's entertainning, original and exciting from the beggining 'till the end ... It's been also adapted to film, television, opera, novels, comic books, and other media.


Student name: Tania Balmaceda
Class: 5º H

A Hundred Years of Solitude

Book/ Film: "A hundred years of solitude".
Genre: novel.
Author/ Director: Gabriel García Marquez

Review:

This book was written by Gabriel García Marquez and made him won the Nobel Prize of literature.
I read it because of my mother’s advice. She said to me that she had really enjoyed reading it and I should do the same. Fortunately I took this advice and decided to read it. Now I can say that this book is one of the best that I have ever read.
The wonderful description of the situations, the characters and also the strange and funny resolution of the family’s problems which are appearing along the story is what made this book gripping.
This story is situated in a little village called Macondo where the main family live along seven generations. Between this period of time, the family had lots of daily problems which are common in all of them and they are described in a funny way.
I think I would recommend it to everyone.


Student name: Camila Bini
Class: 5to H!

The bronze horseman

Book: The bronze horseman
Genre: Romance
Author: Paullina Simons
Characters: Tatiana Metanov, Dasha Metanov, Alexandr Belov, Dimitri--


Review:
"The Bronze Horseman" it's set in Leningrad, Russia during the World War Two. It is a story of love, war, Russia and the hardships a Soviet family would have faced during the war. Although this book is fiction, what happened in Leningrad is fact.
Two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha, lived in a small apartment with their family. One day, they heard on the radio that Alemania had invaded the URSS. The same day, Tatiana met Alexandr, a young officer of the Red Army. They felt in love, but Dasha is decided to win, because she also love Alexandr. The officer and Tatiana had to fight for their impossible love.
In Leningrad everyone was starving to death and Tatiana and her sister escaped and go to Lazarevo, always followed by Alexandr Belov.
The novel is very romantic, and of course it has a lot of sad situations, with all the scanty food and the bombs and the innocent people dying. But is worth some drama, because the main story is the most beautiful ever. Paullina Simons writes the book so emotionally that it's impossible to be cynical about anything. Although, this book contains some humour.
You have to love reading to estimate it, because the book has almost 800 pages!
I already read it two times :)


Student name: Sofía Santos
Class: 5h

New Moon

Book: New moon
(New moon is second book of twilight saga)
Genre: young adult,Romance novel
Author: Stephenie Meyer

Review:

When Bella Swan was eighteen, Alice (sister of Edward) and Edward Cullen, the vampire that she loves decide to make a birthday party on mansion Cullen but she does not like it because she is one year older than him, but in the party ocurred there is an accident Bella cuts her finger with a present and Jasper Hale smells the blood and attacks her but Edward deffends her.
Edward decide to end the relationship with her but makes Bella promise that she wouldn't do anything stupid or dangerous.Edward and his family leave Forks.
Bella gets depressed for months.Bella find relief with Jacob Black (werewolf), they develop a friendship.They do many different dangerous things on a motorbike and that helps her to remember Edward more clearly.While Jacob protecs her from other vampires bad.Bella breaks her promise and does something stupid she jumps from the bridge and falls into the water,but Edward thinks that she has died because he can't comunicate telepathically with her,Edward travels to Italy to a place called Volterra to provoke the Volturi so they will kill him.Alice finds Bella and says that Edward wants to die.Alice and Bella travel to Volterra to save Edward they arrive just in time. Edward ,Alice and Bella return to Forks and Edward tells her the truth about why had left her alone. Bella understands, but she wants to become a vampire, but Edward tells her that he can turn into vampire after they marry.

This novel will be adapted into a film in november.

Student name: Lourdes Sabrina Rodríguez
Class: 5º Humanístico

Pride and Prejudice

Book: Pride & Prejudice
Genre: Novel of manners
Author: Jane Austen
Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Catherine (Kitty) Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Mr. William Collins.

Review:
“Pride & Prejudice” is a novel by the Eglish author Jane Austen first published on 28 January 1813. First of all, we can analyze some important themes, that are universal ideas explored in the novel, such as love, sexual tension, marrige, pride, prejudice and reputation. Anothers interestings items are the motifs that we found reading the book, for example, a motiff that is use to develop the themes is a ball, some meetings in Bingley’s mansion, the large journeys that the characters do, because they are all the time travelling around England or Money, that it’s has big importance in the hole story. Equally important is the plot summary. The story is about about five sisters: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet, wich mother, Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see them married. Their lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man called Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive to their town. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met called Mr. Collins, so the family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Jane falls in love with Mr. Bingley and Lizzie refuses her love to Mr. Darcy, because she considers that he is a proud man. At the end, Lizzy accepts her love to Darcy and he proposes marrige to her, I believe that you can imagine what happends next. In conclution, I hardly recommend Pride & Prejudice book to those readers that look for something passional and entretaining, a classic of literature that had left it mark on me.

Student name: Lucía Cuezzo.
Class: 5th H.

Midnight Sun

Book: Midnight Sun
Genre: Fantasy, Love
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Characters: Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Charlie Swan, Curlisle Cullen, Alice Cullen, Rosalie Cullen, Esmee Cullen, Emmett Cullen.

Review: Midnight Sun is Twilight story (from Twilight`s saga) written from Edward's point of View.Its just a partial draft of twelve chapters, because the author (Stephenie Meyer) decided this to avoid more ilegal posts in the future until she finish it completly. The book tells the love story between Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen. Bella is a normal, shy and quiet girl,but on the other hand Edward is a vampire. Both are deeply in love, but Edward must live with the uncontrollable through desire of drinking her blood. The story is placed in Forks, a small and cloudly town. In Midnight Sun we can see Edward feelings and how he fights against his desire. In first place he decides to leave town and run away from her, but in time he realizes that she's the most important thing in his life. They start to know each other, and learning how to live with this curse. The book is very descriptive,and it takes your attention from the beginning

Student name: Tania Balmaceda
Class: 5to Humanìstico