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AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE: The purpose of "No Exit" is to have readers on the edge of their seat while reading the book. Its for entertainment. It's a thrilling book that wont bore you. I would assume that the audience of the book is young adults or teenagers, as it follows the story of a young woman. Its style is also young adultish, the way it was written. It brings up a lot of modern things and ways of texting.

(The books small so the pages are shorter.) MAKE PREDICTIONS: No Exit is a mystery book, where the main character is trying to figure out who kidnapped the little girl. She can't trust anybody and there's nowhere she can go. A lot of the characters are paranoid and sadistic people. I think in the end Darby will escape using her wits. As is on per with this type of genre.

GENRE: The Bell Jar is an autobiography written by Sylvia Plath. It has a lot of physiological elements that leave you feeling empathetic and intrigued. It follows the story of a young woman's descent into madness, and return. Sylvia Plath struggled with her mental health, and this story was hers.

CHARACTERIZATION: Connor is a character who is very passionate, loyal, and strong, both mentally and somewhat physically. However, he gets angered very easily which causes a lot of bad situations. He often gets in fights, which led his parents to try and get him unwound. Obviously that didn't work. Connor felt betrayed, frustrated, and alone. That was until he found people he cares about.

THE 7 STORY ARCHETYPES: I think Unwinds story archetype is "The Quest." Risa, Connor, and Lev are all searching for a place to survive until they are 18. They face many obstacles and challenges, both physically and mentally. The Quest archetype is when a group of people or a person search for something and face lot of obstacles. So, according to that description, it is the most well suited archetype for Unwind.

SETTING: We follow a lot of settings in this book. The first one being a highway and or neighborhood that Connor lives in. Then we follow the chase which leads Connor and Risa to be eventually sent to hide out in a basement for a while. After that they were transported to a place called "The Graveyard." This is the setting we spend the most time in.

SETTING: Unwind takes place in a dystopian version of our world in the future. There's not too many changes to the way the world looks in general, maybe a few advancements (being able to change your eye color, etc). The only things that have really changed in this book from real life, is society and the government. They have changed a lot in this book, following a war that broke out over abortion rights.

MAKING CONNECTIONS: Unwind explores the topic of abortion a lot, in various ways. However, it never really overloads the book with a strong opinion, instead it explores the debate over abortion. It reminded me of whats going on in the world currently, about the strong icy tension going on between two sides of the idea. Abortion was made illegal in some states of the U.S, so it was also interesting for that reason.

CONFLICT: The type of conflict in "Unwind" is character v. society. The main characters in this story were going to be killed, or unwound, which is normal in this world. They ended up running away in search of a safe place for them. They fought the ideas of their society in order to live.

THE CLIMAX: The climax of "The Thin Executioner" is when Jebel and Tel Hesani finally reach Tubaygat. The inciting incident is Jebel being dishonored and deciding to quest to regain his honor. Throughout the whole story we are working up to that climax, it is a goal for the main characters. After they reach Tubaygat the book starts to end with falling action.

INCITING INCIDENT: Jebel Rum is the son of an executioner, being executioner is a career full of honor. Jebels father is carrying out an execution when he announces his retirement, but his father does not mention him when he is speaking of his successors. This was a great dishonor to Jebel, especially when it was in front of so many people. This incident makes Jebel quest to Tubaygat.

STORY ARCHETYPE: The two main story archetypes is the quest, and rebirth. We can see Jebel in the beginning being selfish, inconsiderate, and stubborn. He eventually goes on a quest for a selfish reason. He and his companion face many enemies and obstacles. Over this period we can see him grow as a person. He starts becoming considerate of other people. In the end, when he returns from his quest he's a new person.

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Tel Hesani is Jebel's slave, and or companion on his journey. Tel Hesani provides wisdom for Jebel, and teaches him about the world, as well as opening up his point of view. He is a good influence on Jebel and provides much wisdom to the story. He provides another perspective. Tel Hesani has also saved Jebel's life multiple times by recommending new ideas (being more forgiving or calm.)

VISUALIZE: When reading "The Thin Executioner" I can imagine characters faces, I can imagine the diverse and exciting (sometimes scary) medieval towns, I can visualize and smell and hear all of these settings. For example, chapter nine pages 85 and 86 when Jebel and Tel Hesani came upon a new kingdom. We could really imagine being there and seeing violence, feeling the unsureness of our characters.

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MAKING CONNECTIONS: My exact first thought when reading "The Thin Executioner", was relating it to a TV show named "Disenchantment". They do not have the same plot at all, I just imagine them being in a similar setting. I can relate to Jebel and his desire to make his father proud. I can also relate to him not being the most confident in his physique.

CHARACTERIZATION: The dialogue reveals that Klee is conflicted, and deeply hurt. We can see more and more of Klee's past revealed along the story. About his father, his mother, and Sarah. How one after another, he kept getting hurt, and held it in. By holding all his feelings in we can see that Klee is a type of person who doesn't want people to know he's hurting. He suppresses his emotions until they explode.

ANTAGONIST: In "In Sight of Stars", I think the antagonist is Klee himself. We can see Klee struggling with his mental health and constantly self sabotaging himself. He's struggling to keep afloat. Klee feels as if hes damaging others, and continues to push himself away from people, to not forgive or trust. He's his own villain to himself.

GENRE: The genre of this book is realistic fiction. It is based in a real life place meaning that it's in our reality. There is no fantasy aspects. It's a realistic fiction because its in a realistic setting, but did not actually take place. The main character is not a real person.

PROTAGONIST: The protagonist of this story is 17 year old Klee. He's an artist in high school looking to go to a college in Boston (for art). Although Klee is suffering from hallucinations and grief surrounding his father, who unexpectedly died in a tragic way. Klee discovered his body. In this story we can see his hallucinations and feel what hes going through. We can ache for him.

SUMMARY: "In Sight of Stars" is a very intriguing book, although it looks unremarkable at first it has a lot of immersion. The story revolves around Klee, a 17 year old boy who is grieving his fathers loss. Klee is suffering from a mental illness that causes him to hallucinate, and hes in a mental hospital. The story progresses very interestingly as it does not have a designated time frame. We see fragments of his-

I loved this book so much.

CONFLICT: Rowan is the main character of this story, he faces a lot of conflict in this story. The main conflict in this story is Rowan verse himself. He is struggling with many emotions, and people telling him hes not free to be who he wants. This makes him confused and dislike himself, thus the conflict. Conflict can mean many things but the type Rowan faces, I'd say is one of the most challenging ones.

POV: "The Ship We Built" is a 1st person narrated story. The story revolves around a trans boy names Rowan Beck. The viewer reads the letters he writes. Its actually a very interesting way to tell a story. We can read Rowans thoughts feelings, and things that happen to him. He uses "I" and "me", which keys into the 1st person narration.

SETTING: "The Ship We Built" takes place in a small town. In this town the main character, Rowan, goes to different places; places like his school, his house, trails, his friends houses, etc. As a reader we get an interesting perspective, what were reading are Rowans letters. These letters are attached to a balloon and sent flying away. I really like this perspective and setting.

The book was very intriguing. It had many ideas that were interesting and new. I especially loved the characters.