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5/24/04-Here is a
reader response. I am going to write more, but
I wanted to give you something. I hope
you don't mind that I didn't like the book too
much. But I know you want me to use my
own voice.
I
did not like the book a lot.
First of all the book was too
confusing.
It had too much southern dialect.
It wasn’t the kind of English I
speak. For
example, Jip said “ jest fine.”
This confused me.
I would say, “just fine.”
There were a lot more confusing words
like this.
Second of all this book was not
interesting for me.
I want excitement through the whole
book. There
is no excitement until the end of Jip.
I also like a lot of adventure in
books. This
book does not have a lot of adventure.
Finally I didn’t like the theme of
Jip. The theme was a boy who was a slave.
Slaves are not my favorite themes in
books.
Even
though I did not like this book I have other
things to say.
I will write and send more of my
response.
5/25/04
Dear Mrs. Stein,
I'm glad that you're
not mad that I didn't like the book. Are you
going to put up a reader response too for this
book? Here is another reader response.
Even though I didn't like it, it made me think
about things.
Even
though I did not like this book I have other
things to say.
First of all Jip reminds me of Oliver
Twist. They
were both orphans, and they were both very
poor. Also
they both wanted a mother and father so badly
they would probably do anything for one.
Although they couldn’t have a real
mother and father they got one.
Oliver Twist’s foster father was his
very rich uncle.
Jip’s foster mother was the teacher,
and his foster father was Mr. Stevens.
Lastly they both wanted to be free.
Jip wanted to be free from slavery and
Oliver Twist wanted to be free from a stealing
crew.
Steven
5/26/04 First
of all, I can relate to some of Jip’s life
from my own life.
Jip was very kind and thoughtful.
Here is an example of one of the ways Jip
was kind and thoughtful and one of the ways I
was kind and thoughtful.
Jip would sit by Put’s cage and sing
All Is Well while Put had one of his ravings.
I would sit by my mom while she was on
crutches. Second
of all, Jip and I love animals very much.
We would do almost anything to save an
animal’s life.
The reason I think Jip would do almost
anything to save an animal’s life is Jip was
always kind to animals.
There is one thing I can’t relate to about Jip
and me. He
had a mother once, but now he does not.
I have a mother.
I can’t relate because I don’t have
the same feelings as him.
This is the last of my reader response.
I hope you like it!!!!!!!!
Steven Marzagalli |
Laura
