SUMMARY:
On page 128, the story has moved back to Tony and the dog. They are sitting back at Tony's house, and Tony is about to give the dog a bath. Tony gathers up the tub and all the cleaning necessities and comes out to the back yard. He leaves the dog outside and goes in to grab a beer, and when he comes back out he is amazed to see that the hose is now in the tub and filling it up with water. Tony looks at the dog and tries to make sense of what just happened. He tells the dog to go and turn the faucet as he did before but he does not move. The dog then sees a butterfly and chases is around, but ends up running face first into a tree. Tony is confused as to how this dog can seem to have human characteristics but can instantly turn back into a dog. He gives the Dog a bath and decides to call the dog Einstein. Einstein and Tony go back into the living room, and Tony begins watching TV. As he is doing so he sees Einstein at the book shelf and hears him barking. When he comes to Einstein the dog looks up at the books and acts as if he wants them. Tony grabs one of the books off the shelves, a Dickens novel, and places it infront of Einstein. Einstein sniffs it up and down as if learning the plot and then places the book back. Then Einstein continues picking out books on the shelf, and Tony continues grabbing them and letting Einstein sniff them. Tony is building with suspense because he feels that the dog is trying to tell him something, and that he is on the urge of a great connection; however, the dog becomes frustrated with Tony as he cannot understand what the dog is attempting to do.
Meanwhile, Clem had received a thrid job to kill another Doctor. He wonders why he has killed only doctors but still accepts the job. Clem had more diffuculty getting into this thrid house because the doctor had taken safety measures to protect his house from intrusion, but Clem is a professional so he uses a glass cutter to open the back door from the inside. Once in the house he looks around for anything that could make sense of a connection between the killings he had committed earlier that night. He finds nothing though and goes into the doctors bedroom. Clem puts the gun to the doctor's head and forces him out of bed into the bathroom. Clem binds the doctor up an places him in the bathtub. Then Clem tells the doctor to explain to him if he knows the other two doctor's he had killed, and that he had the choice to die instantly or to be dragged out on death for up to 6 hours. The doctor explains that the three of them had worked together in Banodyne Labratories in Orange County. Clem asked what they had done there and the doctor proceeding in telling him all about the experiments and the dogs.
RESPONSE:
Wow, a lot has happened in this section. The dog story is by far my favorite like I have said before because it's just so intriguing. But now at the end my curiosity is burning since a connection has finally been made between the characters Clem and Tony. The dogs from the experiments, which are not explained yet, must be the dog that Tony is now in possession of. Now I just want to know what the experiments were and how this dog and the mystery creature in the forest will tie all together in this web of chaos.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Reading: Watchers by Dean Koontz 64-127
SUMMARY:
Once in the car Tony begins wondering how this dog managed to save his life with the insight of a non animal being. He is flabbergasted at the dog's intelligence and wearily tells the dog that if he is hungry that there is snacks in the glove compartment. Then he heres some ruffling and when Tony turns back around he sees the dog with a peanut butter granola bar in his mouth. Tony is amazed at the feat, but is then skeptical and tells him self over and over again that someone could have trained the dog to do that before he found him. Then the dog begins barking back at the road giving Tony the sense that what ever was chasing them in the woods is not over yet. He speeds up an continues driving and eventually the dog calms down. At first, Tony was not going to keep this dog, but after he became so intrigued with curiosity at its special abilities, he had to keep it. He knew the dog needed a name, but he wasn't ready to name him just yet.
Nora is now laying in bed reading a book when the phone rings. She is reluctant to answer it but finally does. When she answers the person on the other line says that they have never heard of him. Nora is confused and asks what he means, and the man on the other line says the police department has never heard of an officer as Nora's husband. Nora now knows that the man on the phone is Streck and is stricken with terror. She feels that she should slam the phone down and hang up on him showing that she is not afraid but she can't gather the strength to show him off. Then Streck continues by telling Nora that she is very pretty; however, Nora was always told growing up that she was ugly and shouldn't even waste her time pursuing a man. Nora is disgusted by Streck as he continues making sexual comments, but she is also confused in her mind as to how someone can find her attractive when she sees nothing attractive about herself in the mirror. Nora locks all the doors and grabs a knife from the kitchen and places it under her pillow incase Streck attempts to come into her house at night.
Clem in the meantime has gathered the new information for his next job. He grabs a quick meal and some cofee as he is still on his killing high and then proceeds to drive to the house he is doing the hit at. The target is an older doctor, but his wife is with him and he has a 16 year old son. The wife must be killed because she will be sleeping in the same room, but killing the kid is optional. Clem in his twisted mind though knows that he will kill the kid because he finds the best pleasure in harming children. Clem enters though a back door and goes up into the kids room. He puts the pistol next to the kids head and as soon as he awakens he kills him then he shuts the boys eyelids and kisses him on the forehead. Clem then goes down the hallway into the Master bedroom. The doctor and his wife are sleeping. Clem wakes them up and shoots the doctor in the face. The wife screams at the sight and tries to run, but Clem stops her and ties her up. Then he grousemly takes out a hammer, and then the next scene in the book is him walking out of the house crazy and excited from his duties.
RESPONSE:
This book is good because it is fast paced and exciting. I enjoy the mystery with the dog because I have a dog that is pretty smart but it would be awesome to have a dog like that. Nora's story is kind of creepy, but Clems story disturbs me because the rush he gets after killing victims in my mind is disgusting. I don't like when I read his parts, but it does keep the book going in a speedy way. I think that Clem and Nora will cross paths in this book pretty soon because I could see Clem going for Streck or something. I still can't quite figure out where TOny and the dog fit into this story yet so I'll have to wait and see.
Once in the car Tony begins wondering how this dog managed to save his life with the insight of a non animal being. He is flabbergasted at the dog's intelligence and wearily tells the dog that if he is hungry that there is snacks in the glove compartment. Then he heres some ruffling and when Tony turns back around he sees the dog with a peanut butter granola bar in his mouth. Tony is amazed at the feat, but is then skeptical and tells him self over and over again that someone could have trained the dog to do that before he found him. Then the dog begins barking back at the road giving Tony the sense that what ever was chasing them in the woods is not over yet. He speeds up an continues driving and eventually the dog calms down. At first, Tony was not going to keep this dog, but after he became so intrigued with curiosity at its special abilities, he had to keep it. He knew the dog needed a name, but he wasn't ready to name him just yet.
Nora is now laying in bed reading a book when the phone rings. She is reluctant to answer it but finally does. When she answers the person on the other line says that they have never heard of him. Nora is confused and asks what he means, and the man on the other line says the police department has never heard of an officer as Nora's husband. Nora now knows that the man on the phone is Streck and is stricken with terror. She feels that she should slam the phone down and hang up on him showing that she is not afraid but she can't gather the strength to show him off. Then Streck continues by telling Nora that she is very pretty; however, Nora was always told growing up that she was ugly and shouldn't even waste her time pursuing a man. Nora is disgusted by Streck as he continues making sexual comments, but she is also confused in her mind as to how someone can find her attractive when she sees nothing attractive about herself in the mirror. Nora locks all the doors and grabs a knife from the kitchen and places it under her pillow incase Streck attempts to come into her house at night.
Clem in the meantime has gathered the new information for his next job. He grabs a quick meal and some cofee as he is still on his killing high and then proceeds to drive to the house he is doing the hit at. The target is an older doctor, but his wife is with him and he has a 16 year old son. The wife must be killed because she will be sleeping in the same room, but killing the kid is optional. Clem in his twisted mind though knows that he will kill the kid because he finds the best pleasure in harming children. Clem enters though a back door and goes up into the kids room. He puts the pistol next to the kids head and as soon as he awakens he kills him then he shuts the boys eyelids and kisses him on the forehead. Clem then goes down the hallway into the Master bedroom. The doctor and his wife are sleeping. Clem wakes them up and shoots the doctor in the face. The wife screams at the sight and tries to run, but Clem stops her and ties her up. Then he grousemly takes out a hammer, and then the next scene in the book is him walking out of the house crazy and excited from his duties.
RESPONSE:
This book is good because it is fast paced and exciting. I enjoy the mystery with the dog because I have a dog that is pretty smart but it would be awesome to have a dog like that. Nora's story is kind of creepy, but Clems story disturbs me because the rush he gets after killing victims in my mind is disgusting. I don't like when I read his parts, but it does keep the book going in a speedy way. I think that Clem and Nora will cross paths in this book pretty soon because I could see Clem going for Streck or something. I still can't quite figure out where TOny and the dog fit into this story yet so I'll have to wait and see.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Reading : Watchers by Dean Koontz pgs 1-63
SUMMARY:
On page 1, Dean Koontz introduces the story by introducing a character that goes is just parking near an outlet in the woods. His name is Tony and he is now in his upper 50's. Tony goes into the woods to get away from his life which he now despises. He continues going through the woods until he comes to a meadow in a clearing and unpacks his bag. Tony then sits on a rock and enjoys some Oreo cookies he packed. While eating his Oreos Tony sees something out of the corner of his eye. When he looks at what caught, he notices a dog still out in the clearing ahead of him. Tony proceeds to move towards the dog, but is unsure if he is friendly or not. The dog appears friendly; however, when he attempts to pass the dog, the dog goes crazy and begins barking viciously at Tony and grabs his leg and drags him back to his entrance. Tony attempts again and the dog does the same, but this time the dog turns around towards the exit path and begins barking loudly at the path as if warning something away. Then the dog grabs Tony's leg and begins to run towards the entrance. Tony begins running with the dog and is afraid because he realizes that something in the clearing is chasing them and it isn't something normal. They continue running and Tony becomes paranoid as he continues running. Tony finally reaches his car with the dog and they get into the car and drive off as he wonders about the dog that saved his life.
Next, the reader is introduced to another character named Nora. She is a very timid humble woman who lives in her aunt's house that is now in her possession ever since she passed away. Nora never liked her aunt, however, and she was raised up to believe that all men are pigs and that all of life's experiences can be found in books. Nora's T.V. is broken and so she needs someone to fix it. Then the reader is introduced to Streck who is the repairman. Streck is described as a creepy looking man and looks at Nora in a sexual manner. Streck continues by fixing the TV and talking to Nora with many sexual inuendos, but Nora is too meek to stand up for herself. As Streck is leaving he asks Nora what her husband does (Nora doesn't have a husband) and she tells him that he is a police man. After her answer, Nora realizes that her answer was dumb because her house was much more than a police man could afford. Streck leaves, but Nora feels that he is not gone forever.
Then, the Character of Clem who is a hired killer. Clem had just parked the van outside of the doctor's house of which he is supposed to take care of that night. He then breaks in through the garage door and creeps into the doctor's living room. He says hello and as the doctor turns around Clem shoots the doctor in the forehead with a quiet snap as his silenced pistol goes off. Clem then cleans up the body and the scene and then leaves the house. He then drives to a public phone booth to cal the people that hire him and told them the job was finished. Then the people that give him the jobs tell him that his work is the best of their killers. They then proceed in giving him another address and he knows that that means that he has another job that night. Clem is excited that he has two jobs in one night because killing gives him an unmeasurable high on life.
RESPONSE:
This is a very interesting book because it tells the story from three points of view. I kinda like this style more than normal books because it provides some new scenery and input. I have read another one of Dean Koontz which portrayed the story from different characters and it was awesome because at the end all the characters were tied together and ended up crossing paths and ultimately completing the concept of the story. I enjoy the concept of the dog because it is acting as a protector to Tony, and Nora's stalker gives the book a sense of tenseness and suspense while Clem's killings provide a sense of dark twistedness, for he finds pleasure in killing people. I'm interested to see how all three of these unlikely characters come together.
On page 1, Dean Koontz introduces the story by introducing a character that goes is just parking near an outlet in the woods. His name is Tony and he is now in his upper 50's. Tony goes into the woods to get away from his life which he now despises. He continues going through the woods until he comes to a meadow in a clearing and unpacks his bag. Tony then sits on a rock and enjoys some Oreo cookies he packed. While eating his Oreos Tony sees something out of the corner of his eye. When he looks at what caught, he notices a dog still out in the clearing ahead of him. Tony proceeds to move towards the dog, but is unsure if he is friendly or not. The dog appears friendly; however, when he attempts to pass the dog, the dog goes crazy and begins barking viciously at Tony and grabs his leg and drags him back to his entrance. Tony attempts again and the dog does the same, but this time the dog turns around towards the exit path and begins barking loudly at the path as if warning something away. Then the dog grabs Tony's leg and begins to run towards the entrance. Tony begins running with the dog and is afraid because he realizes that something in the clearing is chasing them and it isn't something normal. They continue running and Tony becomes paranoid as he continues running. Tony finally reaches his car with the dog and they get into the car and drive off as he wonders about the dog that saved his life.
Next, the reader is introduced to another character named Nora. She is a very timid humble woman who lives in her aunt's house that is now in her possession ever since she passed away. Nora never liked her aunt, however, and she was raised up to believe that all men are pigs and that all of life's experiences can be found in books. Nora's T.V. is broken and so she needs someone to fix it. Then the reader is introduced to Streck who is the repairman. Streck is described as a creepy looking man and looks at Nora in a sexual manner. Streck continues by fixing the TV and talking to Nora with many sexual inuendos, but Nora is too meek to stand up for herself. As Streck is leaving he asks Nora what her husband does (Nora doesn't have a husband) and she tells him that he is a police man. After her answer, Nora realizes that her answer was dumb because her house was much more than a police man could afford. Streck leaves, but Nora feels that he is not gone forever.
Then, the Character of Clem who is a hired killer. Clem had just parked the van outside of the doctor's house of which he is supposed to take care of that night. He then breaks in through the garage door and creeps into the doctor's living room. He says hello and as the doctor turns around Clem shoots the doctor in the forehead with a quiet snap as his silenced pistol goes off. Clem then cleans up the body and the scene and then leaves the house. He then drives to a public phone booth to cal the people that hire him and told them the job was finished. Then the people that give him the jobs tell him that his work is the best of their killers. They then proceed in giving him another address and he knows that that means that he has another job that night. Clem is excited that he has two jobs in one night because killing gives him an unmeasurable high on life.
RESPONSE:
This is a very interesting book because it tells the story from three points of view. I kinda like this style more than normal books because it provides some new scenery and input. I have read another one of Dean Koontz which portrayed the story from different characters and it was awesome because at the end all the characters were tied together and ended up crossing paths and ultimately completing the concept of the story. I enjoy the concept of the dog because it is acting as a protector to Tony, and Nora's stalker gives the book a sense of tenseness and suspense while Clem's killings provide a sense of dark twistedness, for he finds pleasure in killing people. I'm interested to see how all three of these unlikely characters come together.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
College
College decisions are coming up soon so I need to start narrowing down my choices. I decided that I would most likely enjoy going to a place near the Chicago are because I enjoy the city. My top choice at the moment is Northwestern, but it is very selective so I hope I can get in. I also would like to look at the University of Chicago. However, IU would be the best financial choice so it's a hard decision.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Reading The Shining By Sthepen King pgs 258-311
SUMMARY:
On page 258, Danny is at the doctor's office for his appointment. Danny is introduced to Dr. Bill Edmonds, and Danny is being tested for epilepsy. The doctor tells Danny's parents that he probably doesn't have epilepsy, but he insists on talking to Danny alone about his invisible friend Tony. Danny describes Tony to Dr. Edmonds and explains to him that he goes with Tony wherever her takes him and that all he can remember is Redrum. After the doctor asks Danny if he can bring Tony in right now, Danny tries. He sees Tony and Tony shows him a drunken figure running towards Danny with a mallet. Danny returns to the real world but can't remember all that he had seen in his vision. Even though the events occur, the doctor informs Danny's parents that he think danny will be alright.
The next events take place in November when Jack goes down into the boiler room to look at the old newspapers of The OVerlook Hotel. In the boiler room Jack finds a white scrapbook in the name of Horace Derwent, and when he opens it he finds an invitation for a masquerade ball. He begins to flip through and read through the scrapbook and begins to be filled with the exciting history of the Overlook. It seems to be the place in the 60's for high crime people, and while reading a section Jack sees a picture of the presidential suite, but it had blood everywhere due to a shotgun murdering of three people. Jack puts the book away and goes upstairs.
Then Danny is looking at room 217 because he remebers Halloran's warning to him about the room. Danny comes very close to opening it but does not, and begins running down the hall way. He passes the old fire exstinguisher and the hose falls off and Danny invisions it coiling itself around him, but then looks again and it is back where it was. Then the story goes back to Jack and he is now at a library because he is determined to learn more about the history of the Overlook. After gathering more information Jack decides to call Mr. Ullman. Jack informs Mr. Ullman about his findings and Mr. Ullman thinks Jack should be fired but he doe'nt have the power to do so. The two argue for a little bit but Jack ends up hanging up the phone and going out to the car to meet Danny and Wendy.
RESPONSE:
I'm glad that the scary parts are finally starting to pick up because I was starting to feel as though the story was beginning to become dragged out. In this section Jack's obsession is beginning to develop and one can tell that everything in his mind is slowly moving on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. As the reader it is weird because I am starting to feel like a part of Jack and having an urge to learn more about the hotel and its secrets because I am one of those people who, once they start something, have to either find a direct answer or learn that the goal is not reachable. Jack is greatly struggling with his urge to drink so Im assuming that the alcohol will be the object that puts him over the hill of sanity. Great read so far so I would definitely recommend it.
On page 258, Danny is at the doctor's office for his appointment. Danny is introduced to Dr. Bill Edmonds, and Danny is being tested for epilepsy. The doctor tells Danny's parents that he probably doesn't have epilepsy, but he insists on talking to Danny alone about his invisible friend Tony. Danny describes Tony to Dr. Edmonds and explains to him that he goes with Tony wherever her takes him and that all he can remember is Redrum. After the doctor asks Danny if he can bring Tony in right now, Danny tries. He sees Tony and Tony shows him a drunken figure running towards Danny with a mallet. Danny returns to the real world but can't remember all that he had seen in his vision. Even though the events occur, the doctor informs Danny's parents that he think danny will be alright.
The next events take place in November when Jack goes down into the boiler room to look at the old newspapers of The OVerlook Hotel. In the boiler room Jack finds a white scrapbook in the name of Horace Derwent, and when he opens it he finds an invitation for a masquerade ball. He begins to flip through and read through the scrapbook and begins to be filled with the exciting history of the Overlook. It seems to be the place in the 60's for high crime people, and while reading a section Jack sees a picture of the presidential suite, but it had blood everywhere due to a shotgun murdering of three people. Jack puts the book away and goes upstairs.
Then Danny is looking at room 217 because he remebers Halloran's warning to him about the room. Danny comes very close to opening it but does not, and begins running down the hall way. He passes the old fire exstinguisher and the hose falls off and Danny invisions it coiling itself around him, but then looks again and it is back where it was. Then the story goes back to Jack and he is now at a library because he is determined to learn more about the history of the Overlook. After gathering more information Jack decides to call Mr. Ullman. Jack informs Mr. Ullman about his findings and Mr. Ullman thinks Jack should be fired but he doe'nt have the power to do so. The two argue for a little bit but Jack ends up hanging up the phone and going out to the car to meet Danny and Wendy.
RESPONSE:
I'm glad that the scary parts are finally starting to pick up because I was starting to feel as though the story was beginning to become dragged out. In this section Jack's obsession is beginning to develop and one can tell that everything in his mind is slowly moving on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. As the reader it is weird because I am starting to feel like a part of Jack and having an urge to learn more about the hotel and its secrets because I am one of those people who, once they start something, have to either find a direct answer or learn that the goal is not reachable. Jack is greatly struggling with his urge to drink so Im assuming that the alcohol will be the object that puts him over the hill of sanity. Great read so far so I would definitely recommend it.
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