Monday, September 1, 2008
good book
i have to say, when i first saw the cover of this book, i was skeptical. it looked like a chick book, but, we all know the saying and in the case of this book it is so true. i was a little confused in the beginning of this book, but i liked the main charecter cal, i like khow they twisted our knowledge of the typical vampire, the whole thing with the crucifixes i found to be very intersesting, because catholocism was a big back in the time period that i would relate to vampires. i was very sad for cal that he was never again allowed to have a sexual relationship, or just a relationship period, with a girl after he was infected. i was half sad, half happy when i found out that lace might be infected, my first thought was that she was going to be a bad vampire, one who ran away from their anethemas, one of wich would be cal, and eat people. but i was very releived to find out about the pills that sarah took, and how shes normal. and now cal and lace could have a relationship and they both have superpowers, way cool. but if they get married i dont know how that would work with the like, centuries of life. i think i would get bored with someone after a couple hundred years.
chelsea
Call only seemed to think he knew the story. What he didn't seem to realize was its not just his ex girlfriends that were infected, it's a lot more then that.
I'm not such a fan of the night watch because they aren't going to be able to help everyone in the world that was infected. They could try to help cals ex girlfriends and people he has infected but they will never gett every single peep.
I thought the alternating chapters on parasites were there to make you better understand everything. they made it seem like the book went a lot faster. But i don't think they were really necessary because you find out a lot about the parasite from cal.
I personally didn't enjoy this book. It's not the kind of book i would recommend to my friends.
I'm not such a fan of the night watch because they aren't going to be able to help everyone in the world that was infected. They could try to help cals ex girlfriends and people he has infected but they will never gett every single peep.
I thought the alternating chapters on parasites were there to make you better understand everything. they made it seem like the book went a lot faster. But i don't think they were really necessary because you find out a lot about the parasite from cal.
I personally didn't enjoy this book. It's not the kind of book i would recommend to my friends.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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hopefully i'm filling this out correctly.
The truth about peeps seemed to depend on who was talking about them. At what point did you begin to wonder if Cal knew their real story? Why?
cal only seemed to think he knew their real story. what he did not seem to perceive is that there is more people in need of help, not just his ex girlfriends.
What did you think about Night Watch? Did you question any of their tactics? Did you feel the same way about all the members?
i felt that the night watch was helpful... in a way. sure, they want to help peeps, but can they really help so many in the world? it takes too long, and when they finally succeed in cleansing one, a dozen more could become infected.
Why do you think the author included the alternating chapters on parasites? How did they make you feel? Were they necessary to the story?
personally, i felt that the alternating chapters on parasites were just put there to make the book seem a bit quicker to read. i didn't mind them, and the information helped (sorta), but most of it was just unnecessary and not useful.
How would you react towards Cal if you, like Lace, had been accidentally infected? Were you surprised by her reaction? Why or why not?
if i was accidentally infected by cal i'd be more angry than i could express on this website blog.
Did you feel any sympathy for the peeps? Do you think they were victims? What do you think should happen to them?
yes, i feel that the peeps were more victimized than people thought them to be. if cal had a right mind he would have thought before he took such actions and infected so many girls. i feel that what the night watch was doing to them was helpful, but only so many peeps could have been saved.
In his website, the author says his goal was to write a vampire story that was original, tragic, funny, scary, icky and made some sense as far as science was concerned. Did he succeed? Why or why not?
i think the author succeeded in some sort of way, but as i said before, the book contained too much unnecessary information. we understand that peeps are born from a parasite, so why have so many chapters on other kinds of parasites that we do not need to know about? i could enforce my opinion on and on and on and it would be getting no where. i just did not like the book as much as i had the first time i read it because 1) i like "old-school" vampire novels, like the kind anne rice wrote 2) i felt that the grammer was meant for a 12-year-old, and 3) it was just too fictional compared to how other kinds of vampires are perceived. what happened to the blood sucking, red-eyed, seductive vampire that there used to be? dracula? instead we get parasites, bugs, and rats. not to mention a large quantity of the book taking place in the city's sewer system. yummy.
The truth about peeps seemed to depend on who was talking about them. At what point did you begin to wonder if Cal knew their real story? Why?
cal only seemed to think he knew their real story. what he did not seem to perceive is that there is more people in need of help, not just his ex girlfriends.
What did you think about Night Watch? Did you question any of their tactics? Did you feel the same way about all the members?
i felt that the night watch was helpful... in a way. sure, they want to help peeps, but can they really help so many in the world? it takes too long, and when they finally succeed in cleansing one, a dozen more could become infected.
Why do you think the author included the alternating chapters on parasites? How did they make you feel? Were they necessary to the story?
personally, i felt that the alternating chapters on parasites were just put there to make the book seem a bit quicker to read. i didn't mind them, and the information helped (sorta), but most of it was just unnecessary and not useful.
How would you react towards Cal if you, like Lace, had been accidentally infected? Were you surprised by her reaction? Why or why not?
if i was accidentally infected by cal i'd be more angry than i could express on this website blog.
Did you feel any sympathy for the peeps? Do you think they were victims? What do you think should happen to them?
yes, i feel that the peeps were more victimized than people thought them to be. if cal had a right mind he would have thought before he took such actions and infected so many girls. i feel that what the night watch was doing to them was helpful, but only so many peeps could have been saved.
In his website, the author says his goal was to write a vampire story that was original, tragic, funny, scary, icky and made some sense as far as science was concerned. Did he succeed? Why or why not?
i think the author succeeded in some sort of way, but as i said before, the book contained too much unnecessary information. we understand that peeps are born from a parasite, so why have so many chapters on other kinds of parasites that we do not need to know about? i could enforce my opinion on and on and on and it would be getting no where. i just did not like the book as much as i had the first time i read it because 1) i like "old-school" vampire novels, like the kind anne rice wrote 2) i felt that the grammer was meant for a 12-year-old, and 3) it was just too fictional compared to how other kinds of vampires are perceived. what happened to the blood sucking, red-eyed, seductive vampire that there used to be? dracula? instead we get parasites, bugs, and rats. not to mention a large quantity of the book taking place in the city's sewer system. yummy.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Why do you think the author included the alternating chapters on parasites?
How did they make you feel? Were they necessary to the story?
Scott Westerfeld, the author of Peeps included alternating chapters on parasites because it gave information that helped the reader understand about parasites and how they live. Because Scott Westerfeld included chapters about parasites it gave me a better understanding of them and it made Peeps seem more realistic. If Scott Westerfeld didn’t include the alternating chapters about parasites, his story wouldn’t be believable.
The alternating chapters made the infection of peeps more believable because they the chapters helped me understand how parasites work. In a way the other parasites Scott Westerfeld wrote about were similar to the parasite known as peeps in his book. Without any of the alternating chapter in Peeps, Scott Westerfeld wouldn’t really have a story. The alternating chapters were necessary.
Sometimes I didn’t think they were necessary but once you’re done reading the story they become necessary. In the chapter “Parasites R US” in Peeps that chapter kind of ties up all the chapters about the parasites. After reading that chapter it became clearer to me why Scott Westerfeld included those alternating chapters on parasites.
How would you react towards Cal if you, like Lace, had been accidentally infected? Were you surprised by her reaction? Why or why not?
If I found out I was accidentally infected from Cal I would be upset and angry at him. I would also be shocked that being a vampire also known as peeps is even possible. I was really surprised by Lace’s reaction. Of course she was mad at him at first, but she wasn’t freaking out or wasn’t even upset. I would’ve started to panic because this infection isn’t like any typical infection. When you’re a peep/vampire you begin to hate everything you loved before you were infected, you go insane and resort to cannibalism. Like Lace I’m also a vegetarian and I’ve been a vegetarian for 3 years, so I would be extremely angry at Cal because now I have to eat meat to keep myself and the parasite alive.
However if I knew the infection could be cured I wouldn’t be as angry at Cal. Which in the end you find out the infection can be cured, not fully, but temporarily. With the cure you don’t hate what you loved before you were infected and you don’t go insane and eat people. You still live with the infection, but you can treat it. Having the infection isn’t completely bad though. If you’re infected you can see in the dark, you have really good hearing, eye sight, you have more strength, and you stay fit all the time. So, I guess you have to look more at the positive side of having the infection in order to cope with it.
- Jennifer Guarracino
How did they make you feel? Were they necessary to the story?
Scott Westerfeld, the author of Peeps included alternating chapters on parasites because it gave information that helped the reader understand about parasites and how they live. Because Scott Westerfeld included chapters about parasites it gave me a better understanding of them and it made Peeps seem more realistic. If Scott Westerfeld didn’t include the alternating chapters about parasites, his story wouldn’t be believable.
The alternating chapters made the infection of peeps more believable because they the chapters helped me understand how parasites work. In a way the other parasites Scott Westerfeld wrote about were similar to the parasite known as peeps in his book. Without any of the alternating chapter in Peeps, Scott Westerfeld wouldn’t really have a story. The alternating chapters were necessary.
Sometimes I didn’t think they were necessary but once you’re done reading the story they become necessary. In the chapter “Parasites R US” in Peeps that chapter kind of ties up all the chapters about the parasites. After reading that chapter it became clearer to me why Scott Westerfeld included those alternating chapters on parasites.
How would you react towards Cal if you, like Lace, had been accidentally infected? Were you surprised by her reaction? Why or why not?
If I found out I was accidentally infected from Cal I would be upset and angry at him. I would also be shocked that being a vampire also known as peeps is even possible. I was really surprised by Lace’s reaction. Of course she was mad at him at first, but she wasn’t freaking out or wasn’t even upset. I would’ve started to panic because this infection isn’t like any typical infection. When you’re a peep/vampire you begin to hate everything you loved before you were infected, you go insane and resort to cannibalism. Like Lace I’m also a vegetarian and I’ve been a vegetarian for 3 years, so I would be extremely angry at Cal because now I have to eat meat to keep myself and the parasite alive.
However if I knew the infection could be cured I wouldn’t be as angry at Cal. Which in the end you find out the infection can be cured, not fully, but temporarily. With the cure you don’t hate what you loved before you were infected and you don’t go insane and eat people. You still live with the infection, but you can treat it. Having the infection isn’t completely bad though. If you’re infected you can see in the dark, you have really good hearing, eye sight, you have more strength, and you stay fit all the time. So, I guess you have to look more at the positive side of having the infection in order to cope with it.
- Jennifer Guarracino
Overall i enjoyed the book Peeps. It was an interesting story that tought the reader about all different kinds of parasites and how a certain parasite got around to a typical guy who didn't even see it coming. I thought the whole story in general was really cool because you never knew what was going to happen next, except that fact that Lace was going to attrack the disease. I enjoyed Cal as a character the most because he didn't seem like a typical person with a disease, he kept it hidden and spent most of his time learing and hunting his disease then worrying about it.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The End
Peeps was an amazing book from beginning to end. In fact, the ending was one of the best summations of the story that I could have hoped for. I feel it was a bit too happy though, and that took away from the dark attitude that the rest of the storyline worked so hard to build up for us. From the beginning I was sure there was going to be a twist that made the book something more than just Parasite Positives versus the Night Watch. The giant worms weren't exactly where I would have went with that, but it was a nice twist none the less. I would've concocted a slightly more creative enemy, a werewolf pathogen perhaps, something more fitting to a vampire story than a worm. Overall the book tied up it's loose ends very well, and the entrance of Cal's ex-girlfriend to the story was fantastic. After reading Peeps I think I will have to go out and buy the sequel for my own enjoyment.
stephanie rivera 11
The point in Peeps when I really began to wonder if Cal knew the peeps' story is when it seemed like he really didn't know much about them. It was like he was dating them but he really didn't pay much attention to them.I think that the author included the alternating chapters on parasites because he wanted the readers to understand everything about them. They made me feel frustrated because i thought that they were unnecessary and were not needed in the book. It just made the book have more unwanted pages. If I was accidentally infected my reaction would be to flip out on Cal. If it were me I would be really mad and not talk to him ever again. I was surprised because if i were her I would have been a whole lot more angrier than she was. She was pretty calm about it. I felt alot of sympathy for the peeps because the had no other choice but to be this. I felt bad because they did not even know what was going on with them. And yes i do feel that they were victims because as I said before they didn't choose to be this. I think that they should live life as a normal person would and get treated for it as soon as they can. Yes the ending did surprise me. Also the explanations were satisfying because when he told us them I understood the book better. If I could have written the end of the book I would have made it a happier ending. In the sequal I could imagine a happier ending. I think that the author of the book did succeed his goals of the book. I think so because he gave amazing deatail when ever he was describing something. He made it feel like you are there watching it like a movie. My opinion on the night watch is that I think it's a good idea. No I did not question there tactics because they have been doing this for a really long time so they know what there doing.