Making Connections 1.13.10

‘Marked’ By P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.

English

Strategy: Making Connections.

Dialogue Journal

I have finished Marked book and it is good. It’s about Zoey Montgomery who was Marked to be a vampire. She leaves her home to go to her grandmother’s house, and falls unconscious trying to get up steps. She awakens in House of Night School for vampire, and is a third former also known as freshman. She is unique fleshing because her Mark is filled in. Zoey changes her name to Zoey Redbird. She now has to go through challenges of the Change, and the regular teenage life as well as starting over in a new school. Not to mention being leader of Dark Daughters since the current were kicked out. I liked it because it was interesting and got me hooked almost instantly. There were some parts that were sad, some parts that were great, the language used were very interesting and I liked the ideas used.

Caption Mural: That scene where Zoey, Shaunee, Erin, Stevie Rae and Damien perform their first ritual together.

By large old oak tree near a wall outside the school, five people gather underneath the tree. One of them is Cherokee black-haired girl with her crescent moon mark on her forehead fully filled in; she is holding a smudge stick with lavender and sage tied on it. She has finished smudging her four friends and is now lighting her purple candle as she prepare for the ritual. She walks east to a boy with dark brown hair and deer-like eyes. He is holding a yellow candle. The young lady, who goes by name Zoey, summons element air to the circle and lights the yellow candle. They both feel the wind around them as she walks to south to a mocha-colored skinned girl who’s holding a red candle. Zoey summons element fire to the circle as she lights the red candle. They both feel heat going around them as Zoey leaves for west where a blonde girl with blue eyes stood holding onto a blue candle. Zoey summons element water to the circle as she lights the candle. They both hear the sound of the ocean as Zoey walk to north where her roommate, a girl with short curly blonde hair is holding onto a green candle. Zoey summons element earth to the circle as she lights the candle. They both can smell the scent of springtime. Zoey then leave for the center and summons spirit to the circle.



Character Response

In Marked, Zoey had issues with Heath chasing her for her love and refusing it. I have had similar experience with my ex-boyfriends. Some keep on asking me to go out and I’ve refused often. It was very frustrating because they wouldn’t accept that I don’t like them like that.