New Book:
This post will be all about my initial predictions from the book. I have only read about 75 pages, however I have already gotten a good idea of what the conflict is, and the author threw in some good characterization as well. So far, I know that there is a conflict in which there's an accident involving one of the main characters. And just right off the bat, in the first couple of pages, we see the conflict of the entire story begin to evolve. After the accident, the character, Amy, who we had initially thought was in the accident, wakes up as someone else. She is called Krystal.. her conscious is telling her that she's Amy. But, she gets up and looks at herself in the mirror.. AND BAM! She sees someone else's face! This is how far I a so far, and I am already excited to see what will come about having the mind of a body in the body of someone else. This is such a unique plot and conflict, and I imagine that the resolution of the conflict will be great. Right now, I predict that Amy (in the body of Krystal) is trying to explain to every one who she really is, but no one believes her. I mean, who would believe someone who just hit their head on rock, and is in the hospital? They could just think that she hit her head hard enough to lose memory. But, how frustrated could a person be to know that no one is understanding them, and also, Amy must be frustrated that she somewhat lost her identity. This book is extremely unique.. and I can't wait to see the turnout of Maureen Garvie's novel.
More Predictions:
So, being a 16 year old girl, Amy's already confused about who she is. About who she is supposed to be. Now on top of that, she loses her identity, literally! She is no longer Amy, she is Krystal. I think that the connection and relationship between Amy and Krystal will be significant and revealed later in the book. Right now, I think that they will be connected in a way that they don't even know. Maybe they go to the same school... or they are long lost cousins.. who knows? But, it would be interesting to see why Garvie chose Amy to switch bodies with Krystal. Also, I think that later in the chapter/book Krystal will get into an accident, as well. And, what if she is now in the body of Amy. The plot line of the story could be that they switch bodies! Woah, how cool would that be. The frustration and compromise they have to go through will create the rest of the story. I predict that they will meet at a later time as well. Like one day, they will come across each other and completely lose it because they are able to see their own bodies..but they aren't in them. These may be some far fetched predictions, however there are some stories that have the 'switched body' theme, and they usually follow this pattern. However, you never know... Maureen Garvie could be the one to switch up the usual way of writing this topic.
Questions for the Author:
Maureen, what relationship were you trying to create between Amy and Krystal?
Does the topic mean anything to you?
Does it relate to anything you've ever experienced in your life?
Do you hope to teach a moral or a lesson to your readers?
By placing the conflict at the beginning, did you hope to create curiosity for your readers?
So far, these are the questions I have for the author. I hope to be able to understand more of the interesting topic as I read on. I would like to know if my prediction turn out to be accurate, OR if it's completely opposite of what I thought would happen. This book has created so much anxiety and curiosity in just 75 pages, what will come about after the next 172 pages.
Link to another blog for Amy by Any Other Name: http://www.maureengarvie.com/p/amy-by-any-other-name.html
-ABOLI KESBHAT
This post will be all about my initial predictions from the book. I have only read about 75 pages, however I have already gotten a good idea of what the conflict is, and the author threw in some good characterization as well. So far, I know that there is a conflict in which there's an accident involving one of the main characters. And just right off the bat, in the first couple of pages, we see the conflict of the entire story begin to evolve. After the accident, the character, Amy, who we had initially thought was in the accident, wakes up as someone else. She is called Krystal.. her conscious is telling her that she's Amy. But, she gets up and looks at herself in the mirror.. AND BAM! She sees someone else's face! This is how far I a so far, and I am already excited to see what will come about having the mind of a body in the body of someone else. This is such a unique plot and conflict, and I imagine that the resolution of the conflict will be great. Right now, I predict that Amy (in the body of Krystal) is trying to explain to every one who she really is, but no one believes her. I mean, who would believe someone who just hit their head on rock, and is in the hospital? They could just think that she hit her head hard enough to lose memory. But, how frustrated could a person be to know that no one is understanding them, and also, Amy must be frustrated that she somewhat lost her identity. This book is extremely unique.. and I can't wait to see the turnout of Maureen Garvie's novel.
More Predictions:
So, being a 16 year old girl, Amy's already confused about who she is. About who she is supposed to be. Now on top of that, she loses her identity, literally! She is no longer Amy, she is Krystal. I think that the connection and relationship between Amy and Krystal will be significant and revealed later in the book. Right now, I think that they will be connected in a way that they don't even know. Maybe they go to the same school... or they are long lost cousins.. who knows? But, it would be interesting to see why Garvie chose Amy to switch bodies with Krystal. Also, I think that later in the chapter/book Krystal will get into an accident, as well. And, what if she is now in the body of Amy. The plot line of the story could be that they switch bodies! Woah, how cool would that be. The frustration and compromise they have to go through will create the rest of the story. I predict that they will meet at a later time as well. Like one day, they will come across each other and completely lose it because they are able to see their own bodies..but they aren't in them. These may be some far fetched predictions, however there are some stories that have the 'switched body' theme, and they usually follow this pattern. However, you never know... Maureen Garvie could be the one to switch up the usual way of writing this topic.
Questions for the Author:
Maureen, what relationship were you trying to create between Amy and Krystal?
Does the topic mean anything to you?
Does it relate to anything you've ever experienced in your life?
Do you hope to teach a moral or a lesson to your readers?
By placing the conflict at the beginning, did you hope to create curiosity for your readers?
So far, these are the questions I have for the author. I hope to be able to understand more of the interesting topic as I read on. I would like to know if my prediction turn out to be accurate, OR if it's completely opposite of what I thought would happen. This book has created so much anxiety and curiosity in just 75 pages, what will come about after the next 172 pages.
Link to another blog for Amy by Any Other Name: http://www.maureengarvie.com/p/amy-by-any-other-name.html
-ABOLI KESBHAT
You did a great job describing the conflict. From what you said, this sounds like an interesting book. I can't imagine how it would feel waking up as a different person. It would be very frustrating if you tried to tell people but they didn't believe you. Amy By Any Other Name has a very unique conflict and it seems like a good book. Nice job!
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