Connector - Gina McMonagle

In section 4 when Jacob makes the decision to stay at Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children reminds me of when I was deciding which high school I wanted to go to. It is similar because it is a decision that will change how I go about my life, I have to make sure that I think about all the factors and consider all opinions. The same goes for Jacob, staying at Miss Peregrines home can and will change his life. He is leaving behind all his family and moving on in his life. When I was choosing which school I wanted to go to for high school, I thought about some the same things Jacob did. Friends influenced me, I wanted to stay with them, so did Jacob. He met Emma and didn't want to leave her because they had become very close. Family also crossed my mind when deciding, I wanted to go to Fx so I could stay with my brother, just like how Jacob wanted to stay with his family in America. In the end Jacob and I both made the right choice, I am going to Jp and Jacob is staying at Miss Peregrines home.

Question Creator - Vivian section 2

1. Why was Jacob looking for Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children? Page 60

     Jacob wants to look for Miss Peregine because he felt like his grandfather wanted him too. He       knew that if he found Miss Peregrine he could find out more about what happen to his grandfather and what his childhood was like.

2. What did Jacob's father say after Jacob asked him about giving up on his own father? Page 85/87

    Jacobs father responded a little to loud " It wasn't me who gave up.". He tried to explain what happen when he was a little boy. Jacobs father and aunt thought that his father was with another women

3. What secrets did Jacobs father thought his grandfather was hiding?Page 87/88

     Jacobs father thought that his dad was seeing another women. Him and Jacobs Aunt believe that their were more then one women. They had found a letter sent to Abe and if was from a women. It said " I love you, I miss you, when are you coming back...". Jacobs father never forget about the letter sent to his own father.

4. Who is Oggie? Page 93

     Oggie was Martin Pagetts uncle. Oggei was there during the bombing. Jacob wanted to know if Oggie new his grandfather. Oggie didn't know to much about Abe. He knew that he was young and very quiet. He only spoke once to Oggies father.

5. Where was the trunk and what was in it? Page105-109

    The trunk was under the second bed. Jacob pulled it out and tried opening it. Once it opened it there was some photographs.

Sarah Andruik- Job #6 Character Commandant

Character Commandant

Page 91

Jacob is trying to get information about Grandpa Portman from his father but his father isn't really wanting to talk about it.
"I never dug to deep with your grandpa because I was afraid of what I'd find." Jacobs dad tells him. He tells Jacob about how one time he found a letter from another women and after hearing this Jacob feels shame for believing his Grandpa and his story's. That's why Jacobs dad didn't really have much respect for his father. Now Jacob feels confused because he wants to believe that his Grandpa is a good man but how can he after what he's discovered.

Page 121

"I'd seen them in the photographs". Jacob is in the old house and he finds a big, rusty, locked chest. His curiosity gets the better of him and so he tries to open it but can't get it. So he decides to drop it down the stairs and it's so heavy it falls right through the floor, into the basement. Jacob is nervous because the basement is dark and he hasn't been down there yet. When he gets down he finds out the trunk is full of pictures so he starts looking at them. And then he starts hearing the house creak and when he turns around he see's a dozen of the kids from the photos. He was so shocked all he could do was stare as one girl had fire coming out of her hands.

Page 127

"I unfolded myself from the cramped cairn tunnel and stepped outside only to be blinded by light.Shielding my eyes, I squinted through split fingers at a world I hardly recognized." Here is a bit of foreshadowing when Jacob says 'a world I hardly recognized' because it's true. Once he's through the tunnel he's in a totally different world. He doesn't quite yet realize that he's gone back in town but he is starting to notice something is different. For starters it's a nice, sunny day which is odd since it's usually cold and dreary. Then when he walks through town everybody stares at him like he's crazy and now Jacob is thinking what is going on?

Page 148

"My name is Headmistress Peregrine, or if you prefer since you are not currently under my care, Miss Peregrine. Pleased to finally meet you." This is the moment Jacob has been waiting for, to finally meet Miss Peregrine and get some answers. He now knows somehow he's landed in the past. Jacob meets with a girl, Emma whom he saw on the other side of the tunnel. She leads him back to the orphanage and in the yard he sees all the kids from the photos. Now he's certain his grandfather told him the truth. When he meets the Headmistress she is nothing but kind and trusting towards him. The other children are a little uncertain of him and don't believe him about who his grandfather is. So finally Miss Peregrine sits him down to have a talk about what's happening.

Page 206

"I'd still like to know how someone manages to get a sunburn on a day like this." This is what Jacobs dad says to him after he's spent a day in the past with the peculiar children. He is beginning to get  a little suspicious of Jacob. Like why he has a sunburn and where he spend his days.

"I lay there in the dark, still looking." Jacob is talking about Emma and he is realizing that he has feelings for her. Everything he does he thinks about Emma. But he also knows that it's wrong because she loves his grandfather and he's only a replacement.

Illustrator - Gina McMonagle

I chose to draw a picture of the box of letters Jacob finds in Emma's room, because it symbolizes everything Jacob has been searching for, answers and they are in this box. This box was labeled as Emma's and Jacob knew it was supposed to be kept a secret, but he knew what could have been in that box. He found love letters and notes and pictures that explain all the reasons why. At first Emma is mad because Jacob disrespected her and went through her stuff without permission. But in the end she understands why and helps Jacob understand. This is also important because this box is the start of Jacob discovering his special ability.

job #6 Character commandant Bella.Pepper

               
                         They both play a big part in each others life and in the story.

The main character is Jacob but Grandpa Portman is another main character he is also Jacobs grandfather.

"the most fascinating person i knew." Pg.12  He is Outgoing.

"Knew everything about guns and self-defense and surviving in the wilderness, and spoke at least
three languages that weren't English."Pg.12 He is at multitasking.

"when i asked my dad why grandpa was so crazy about guns,he said it sometimes happens to people
who used to be soldiers or who had experienced traumatic things."Pg.29 He is a strong person.

Grandpa Portman is a lot of things but i would he is very Kind, caring and polite person.

"way he explained things was almost hypnotizing, and within two sessions he'd convinced me that the creature had been noting then product overheated imagination."Pg.43 belives in people.

"my grandfather had described it a hundred times, but in his stories that house was always a bright,
happy place."Pg.83 He is outgoing a lot like his grandpa.

Jacob is a strong person he likes to question a lot of things but when he is passionate about something he rarely gives up.

Sarah Andruik- Job #1 Connector

When I think of this story it reminds me of working at Co-op. I have to go there every Tuesday afternoon for work experience and it's kind of like how Jacob had to work at Smart-Aid. He was not happy about working there and that's exactly how I feel.  It's boring and I wouldn't  want to work there as my life career and neither does Jacob. His family  owns the company so he's forced to work there.

The people at Co-op are very unpleasant and annoying. There all older then me so they don't really take me seriously. And they always give me the worst jobs.

Another connection I can make to Jacob is his relationship with his grandfather. My twin sister and I are quite close just like them. Like if my sister died I would be like Jacob, looking for answers and closing myself off from everyone. I would go to a random island for her and go through a grungy old house.

#2 illustration- Michelle

on the sidewalk crying

In this picture there is not a lot to look for but there is one big thing you can see and that is a boy in a bunny costume sitting on the sidewalk beside his house all sad and crying. As soon as you see that you can tell that this boy is unhappy and that something is wrong. He is outside which means he was waiting for his dad to pick him up but his father forgot. So in other words he is mad, angry and disappointed. I choose this picture because I can relate to it because my friend had the same problem with her dad, he was never there for her which made me pick this drawing.

In the beginning of sections two when Jacob and his father were talking about his grandfather. Jacob remembered a picture with his dad in a bunny costume crying beside his house because he was waiting for his dad to take him trick or treating. Jacob’s dad told him that his grandfather was a bad parent and that most of the time while he was growing up he wasn't at home. He didn't know how to be a father his dad said.

Vien limon, Literature Circle. Quoter.

1)"There was a girl who could fly, a boy who had bees living inside him, a brother and sister who could lift boulders over their heads." pg.14

-the quote represents the meaning of “Peculiar”.

Distinctive, Special, and Unique.

Which is what the book is all about. When I think about Peculiar-

-I think about something special

that is not in the normal. Which is what this book is conveying.

2)"Find the bird. In the loop. On the other side of the old man's grave. September 3, 1940."

The quote intends to tell us Jacob has to find what his grandfather said.

It leads us to wonder what is happening and what he meant.

This quote really engages a reader like me because

I want to know what Abe meant, which eventually leads readers

like me to keep reading.

3)“There was no moon and no movement in the underbrush but our own, and yet somehow I knew just when to raise my flashlight and just where to aim it, and for an instant in that narrow cut of light I saw a face that seemed to have been transplanted directly from the nightmares of my childhood. It stared back with eyes that swarm in dark liquid, furrowed trenches of carbon-black flesh loose on its hunched frame, its mouth hinged open grotesquely so that a mass of long eel-like tongues could wriggle out.” pg. 37

It imprints the picture well into your minds.

And it also puts a kind of a nightmarish scene that can't 

be forgotten easily.

This quote shows how this book has a lot of detail

even if it is not shown on picture.

4)"I ripped away the rest of the wrapping paper to find an old hardback book, dog-eared and missing its dust jacket. It was The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson."

The Quote gives Jacob hope that all of 

his hard work Didn't all go to waste.

 And to keep on

working to complete his promises

to his grandpa Portman.

This is important to the story because 

it leads us to the next step of this story.

And to unravel the 

book bit by bit.

5)”he shocked us all by not only signing us off on the idea but also encouraging my parents to let me go.” pg 66

This quote is important because it

kicks off the story of how Jacob might find his answers.

It also builds suspense on how we can foreshadow

what might happen in these next chapters of this book.

Quoter - Gina McMonagle

1. Page 106, Air heavy with brine and chimney smoke.


I decided to pick this quote because, it emphasizes that they are on an island in Britain. The imagery it puts in your mind, engages your senses to create a more in depth understanding of the setting. Knowing that the setting is on a tiny island is important because if it were in a place like America it would be connected to everyone, making it hard to keep a secret. When I picture chimney smoke I picture a dull area with a small community and that is what the book is trying to convey.



2. Page 102, A large bird was perched on the dresser, staring at me. It had a sleek feathered head and gray talons.


With a first look at this quote it seems unimportant, but if we remember that Jacob's grandfather mentioned the bird several times, and Jacob's father told him that it was a peregrine bird, we can start to make connections. This is important because when we make connections we begin to understand and get engaged in what we are reading. Soon after the bird flies away we know that Jacob is looking for Miss Peregrine, which is a big piece of symbolism, making it important to the story.

3. Page 105, It was almost too perfect of a morning.


With this quote we really have to pick it apart to find the true meaning. When Jacobs says it was almost to perfect of a morning, it is telling us something important is going to happen today and something odd which will also take place.



4. Page 106, The steps protested my weight with a symphony of shudders and creeks.


This is one of the most important piece of descriptive language in the whole book because, it creates a distinct image in our minds that puts us in Jacobs shoes and gives us a chance to feel as though we are actually tiptoeing through the house. I made sure that I included this because, it truly transports you to another place, which makes you want to keep reading.



5. Page 175, The sky was a photograph arrested flames licking a cloud bank.


This creates such a strong lasting image in our minds. It paints a picture stronger than our imagination, instead of the author saying the sky is red, which doesn't engage us in the book, it draws us in, which is why it's important part of the novel. This book is overflowed with figurative language, almost a little to much but, I chose this one because it truly describes the novel and generalizes the rollercoaster of emotion in one sentence.