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.

Illustration - Vivian

This is a picture of a tentacle mouth monster. I drew this picture because Jacob has been having nightmares of this monster who he thinks killed his grandfather. He was so convinced that it would come back for him. This lead his to think that this monster was following him everywhere he went. He decided to never leave the house. In the book the cop introduced Jacob to a sketch artist he then explain how that monster looked so I tried to draw the tentacle monster. The way Jacob describe the monster looks like a man with tentacle in his mouth hence the name tentacle mouth. Do you think the tentacle mouth monster killed Jacobs grandfather? Or do you think its something else or someone else?
       

Mood maven-Michelle

Mood maven -Michelle

1.  "Because we weren't like other people. We are peculiar.”

      The sentence made the mood intriguing. You want to know more about how they are different
      from other people. Jacob was not sure if he can believe his grandfather.

 2. "But why did the monsters want to hurt you?”

      The mood in this sentence is that you can tell that there is curiosity and
      that Jacob is concern about his grandfather. Makes you worried. Makes
      you interested in what will happened.


 3. "Dylan rolled his eyes but did as he was told.”

    The author wants us to see that Dylan is annoyed and mad. His tired of
    being told what to do.
                                                                                                                           

 4. "I fished the emergency money dad given me.”

     The way the author used the word choice by saying ‘fished’
     instead of ‘taken’ is that because he was sneaky about it or to
     give the money and leave as fast as he can.


 5.  "I got in Dylan’s face and said “are you going to show me the
       house or not.”

      In the sentence when the author wrote “ I got in Dylan’s face” you can tell that he was mad,
      angry, and annoyed with Dylan.

Question Creator -Gina McMonagle

1.Why is Jacob so distant from the people who want to help him?



I would like to know why he is so against help, I understand that no one believes him but at this point he doesn’t believe himself either. He refuses to leave the house, but wants to travel to a far away island all by himself. If he talked to his family there might be someone who knows a little about what his grandfather was talking about. We see evidence of this on his birthday when his aunt gives him the book from his grandfather.





2.Is Jacob going to find anyone at the house on the island?



When Jacob arrives there appears to be no sign of footprints in the muddy soil, if it is an orphanage then there should probably be a lot of people making noise but it appears to be quiet and abandoned. If this is not the place Jacob is looking for then where will there plot go? Is he just going to go back home and be afraid forever?





3.If he does find someone living there will he stay?



Jacobs parents are very overprotective in the fact that letting him stay in a strange place with people they never met wouldn’t be an option. If it is where he wants to be how would he explain it to his parents? If he told his parents it’s a place for different kids they would not believe him, how would he go to school if he was living there would he leave for university? If Jacobs does stay these are questions that need to be answered.





4.Does Jacob want to be there?



From the book we learn that Jacobs is scared and tentative about going into the house, which brings up the question does he really want to be there, or is he just going so he can get closure on what happened to his grandpa. Aside from the fact that Jacob is haunted by his grandfathers death, he has an alright life back home, his family cares about him and they are wealthy. Why would anyone want to give up all that for a strange dirty abandoned place where he knows nothing and no one.





5.Will Jacobs father come look for him?



Jacob comes from an overprotective family, so if he stays at the home then his father will get worried about his where about. His parents wouldn’t just forget that they have a son, they would go looking for him and try to find him. Everyone says that if you go up there you probably won’t come back, knowing Jacob went up there would they assume that Jacob is dead?