Storyworld Project

[Deborah]

We have started this book since we've finished Beastly

[Deborah]

In Bewitching Kendra makes the decision of going to Lucinda the witch’s house for help. Before she made this decision she was presented with two choices. The first choice was to stay home, and the second is go to Lucinda’s. The consequences of these decisions were letting her brother die or being considered a witch to others. She makes the decision to go but is mistaken for a witch at first meaning she faced the consequences of her actions. I think Alex Flinn does this to create suspense when she arrives at Lucinda’s and comes back to her brother.

[Kai]

Kendra lives in a world where there is a disease going around that is killing people. When she discovers her powers as a witch, and heals her brother, she is faced with the decision to leave, or to try to heal the rest of the town.
Kendra decided to leave town when she weighs out her decisions and their consequences. The story world made it so even if she tried to help the people in the town, she might not be able to summon this power again, and the town would probably hang her for her witchcraft. She made this decision so she could try to find a better life and protect her brother. Yet this decision has its own consequences too.

[Deborah]

In the beginning there is a part where Kendra grabs a chicken kills it and makes dinner with it. This doesn’t have anything to do with the story at hand but yet it does. This seems boring, uninteresting, but this really shows us how life is in the world where she lives. Women are expected to cook and do all the house work. No matter how gruesome the deed. If she complains there simply won’t be any food because everyone else is too ill from the disease that spread.

[Deborah]

Charlie makes the choice to throw the witch who was keeping him and others captive into the fire. This relates to the setting because in the book, the setting includes witches and other magical items which aren't available to other worlds. In no other world would she have been able to push the witch into the fire because there would be no witch, and there would be no magic, and there would be no captives.

[Deborah]

We believe the emerging theme in our book is life isn’t fair but you need to strive for happiness.

[Deborah]

*Spoiler Alert*
Ending is realistic and ties loose ends of plot in middle and towards the end. Although heartbreaking, ending gives little closure and leaves the reader “satisfied” and “begging for more”.

[Kai]

*spoilers so caution*

the ending wasn’t powerful, but it was a really good ending. The ending tied up all loose ends, and the writer ended the story in a way that the reader could wonder what will happen in Emma’s and Lisette's relationship. This ending was very realistic, and wasn’t entirely happily ever after which is what I like about it.