Scarlet, the best thing about my book is....

I really enjoy that my book is based off of beloved fairy tales because you think that you can guess what is going to happen next. But really when you guess these things then you are in for a huge surprise because those expected things don't really happen or there are big twists. For example in Little Red Riding Hood little red doesn't have parents or they aren't present in her life it is just her grandmother who cares for her. But in Scarlet Scarlet's mother is dead and her father is insane and homeless and Scarlet rarley sees him anymore. The main similarity is that Scarlet's grandmother does act as her main caregiver. 

Another twist is that the grandmother in the traditional story is sweet and innocent and she also has a baking business. And this is what little red delivers to those who order them from cookies to cakes to pies. But in Scarlet the grandmother was in the army and is a hero of war who came back to have a garden in which she grows produce. That produce is what Scarlet delivers to many restaurants within their city, Paris. She delivers this produce in spaceships, these spaceships are the ones that her grandmother piloted in the war.

Scarlet, symbols to represent characters

Within the book Scarlet the main character Scarlet can be symbolized by leather because it is both hard and soft. The hard because it cannot be easily penetrated by things and tends to be used as a protective item, Scarlet heavily guards her emotions and builds up a "wall" or creates a "shell" around herself so that people can't get in, she rarley lets her guard down. The soft is because some people use the leather as a blanket type thing to keep them warm and it also can take on many different shapes, when Scarlet actually lets her guard down then she becomes a happy, cheerful, kind person but she can also put on many phasauds when she is around different new people. 

Wolf, the street fighter/ bad boy can be represented by an oversized teddy bear because they might be intimidating at first but really they are shy and are big softies. Wolf is also a protector, which large teddy bears can seem like they can proctect you when you are little, so this is another reason that he can be represented by a teddy bear. He tries to protect Scarlet on many occasions eventhough he might end up being the one that hurts her the most in the end. 

Cinder, who was the main character from the previous book in the series, Cinder, is a Swiss Army knife because she is very versitaile and can be a huge advantage to whoever a team she is fighting for. She can also think on her feet as well as function without any problems. Cinder has many different sides to her just like the knife has many different types of tools. 

Krista Ramsey Column

1.) This column is written about a high schooler who was involved in a robbery and how people say that it is because he grew up without a father but his basketball coach says that it's because these kids don't know that they matter.

2.) http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/29/krista-ramsey-desales-market-robbery/7071067/

3.) "To realize if they're gone – to incarceration or to violence – they've left a hole in the fabric of something."
This line impacts the reader because it makes a statement about how things really are not how people think they are. The use of dashes separates the specific change in thought but then allows the author to revisit the subject. I also like the use of words like incarceration to stress the situation of the high schooler. The use of figurative language also adds to the feeling of the piece.

4.) In Ramsey's writing she asks a lot of questions that are directed toward the audience, this helps the writing to become sort of interactive with the reader, making them more connected to the writing. She also like to say "you" so that she can give a sort of situational feeling so that she can put you into the shoes of someone else, " When you're one of the three teenagers facing charges for donning Halloween masks, walking into DeSales Market in East Walnut Hills on March 13 and robbing the owner and a customer at gunpoint (even if it was a fake gun), it tends to fill a courtroom." This quote from the article Coach stands by kid charged in DeSales Market crime is an example of the use of "you". She also uses facts that are surrounded by opinion so that she can more easily sway your thinking to be like hers, " Whatever the factors behind the finding – perhaps the benefits of sunlight versus indoor lighting, the influence of vitamin D, the visual benefit of viewing objects at a distance outdoors, a reduction in visual stress – it’s left Zadnik, associate dean of Ohio State University’s College of Optometry, believing “there’s something magical about the out-of-doors.”" That quote was from For better vision, kids need time outdoors it shows how she believes while also being followed by evidence. And finally she realities the topic to everyday life, in Super Bowl QBs score points for great style she mentions, "It’s a hopeful sign in a nation that now accepts flip-flops and jeans as appropriate wear for weddings, graduations, awards banquets and funerals. At work, “Casual Fridays” have morphed into sundresses and golf shirts every day."

4.) How does a columnist choose what to write about next? Is there ever a call for society to change as a whole or is it just individual groups? Is it hard to find different subjects to write about every week? 

Scarlet, Setting

The setting of Scarlet set very far into the future where many people are very poor while very few are wealthy. It is kind of Asian influenced with a lot of red this is because the leader is an empress and she is very much in control. The technologies are present with the people of the lower classes but it isn't as new as the ones owned by those of the upper class.

 I learned in the reading of Cinder that the lower class repairs the robots and the other computers and things while the upper class would flounder with out their technology. Below is what I invision the upper class les part of town looking, it is very traditional with touches of new things, it is very pristine and tidy. While the lower class's part of town is dirtier and grimy with a lot of people in the streets and it is over crowded and people have to scrounge for everything they have.