For my final project i did the typical paper. Its not really long though!
I didnt really enjoy the book so much. It wasnt really fascinating. I actually never finished the book, to tell you the truth. I couldnt really connect with any of the characters. There was nothing about them that interested me. Also, I felt that Langdon’s character was a tad to cliche. In most books its the “nerd” who falls for the pretty girl, and that’s exactly what Langdon’s character did. Its just so typical.
I felt that the book kind of dragged a little bit. It also kind of confused me when they would switch between each character’s views. One chapter would be Langdon and Vittoria and the next would be the hassasin. That was a bit confusing for me. I dont think that it was the book (totally) that gave me a hard time. I think it was me having a hard time trying to commit to it. It could’ve been better to hve met in person in order to get this book done. If we met in person we couldve set deadlines and goals, so we could keep up. If i had a deadline for however many pages it would have challenged me more to finish the book.
I would recommend that if anyone were to read this book for the book club, that they should stick with it no matter what. You never know what could happen. I believe this one hundred percent!
This book would be great for another book club, if the people in the group are commited to it.
SORRY MY PAPER ISNT THAT LONG…..I NEVER FINISHED THE BOOK! I ANSWERED ALL THE POSSIBLE QUESTIONS I HAD! GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK!!!!!!
So, for my project I did a video for my own original sequal for the book, and I wrote some of the first chapter to go along with it
[[Warning: My camera is crummy and I did all the sound things myself using it]
Chapter One
Lisette Langdon groaned at the sound of the alarm clock beeping next to her head. Rolling onto her side, she slammed her fist down on the small black box, causing it to fall silent. She then repositioned herself onto her back. Any normal teen would still be asleep at eight in the morning on a Saturday. She had an interview to go to though. Normal teens didn’t do interviews. Normal teens had normal parents. A half hour later she was showered and dressed. She sat in front of her vanity mirror and tugged a brush through her hair. After forcing her way through a few pretty nasty knots she tossed the brush down in defeat. She knew when to quit, and this felt like one of those times. There was no taming the mass of frizz on top of her head.
“Lisette! Breakfast!” her mother called from downstairs.
Lisette didn’t respond, she simply sat there scowling at the mirror. It was Mom’s fault she had to be up so early. Mom hadn’t done anything wrong, in fact, it was the exact opposite. That’s why Lisette was being interviewed.
Ten minutes later she was trudging down the stairs, her hair gaining more volume with every passing minute. It’d be close to an afro by the time she go to the interview and she knew it. Somehow though, she didn’t care.
“Robert, can you drop Lisette off on your way to the library?” Mom asked.
“Mhm.” came Dad’s response from behind the sports section of the newspaper. He lowered the paper when Lisette sat down, “How are you, kiddo?” he asked.
“Tired.” was Lisette’s simple response.
Dad laughed and turned to his wife, “Maybe it’s time we started letting her drink coffee, Vittoria.”
“She doesn’t need it.” Mom rolled her eyes and set a plate of food in front of her daughter.
Lisette ate quickly, too tired to really even realize what she was doing. The next thing she knew, Dad was waving goodbye to her as she walked up the steps to a large office building.
She’d been interviewed before plenty of times. This was nothing new. However the more hyped up people got about her parents, the more she disliked them. Love it or hate it, she’d put on a fake smile and get through the torturous questions without strangling anybody.
“What’s it like being the daughter of a woman like Vittoria Langdon?” asked the man interviewing Lisette about an hour later.
“It’s…stressfull.” Lisette replied then went on to talk about her parents high I.Qs compared to her average one.
“Whatsort of plans do you have for the future?”
“The future….well….erm…I haven’t really thought about that much.” things started getting awkward.
Words can’t describe the relief she felt when she was finally able to walk out of that building. Words also can’t describe the annoyance she felt when she’d been seated outside for almost a half hour and yet nobody had arrived to take her home yet. With a scowl set on her face, Lisette began to walk home.
Both cars were in the driveway when she got home. The door was unlocked and she stomped her feet as she walked in.
“Mom!” she called, “Dad! You forgot to come get me!” No response came. “Mom!” she tried again. “Dad! Where are you guys?”
Lisette walked into the kitchen and tossed her purse on the counter. To her surprise, her purse bumped something, and sent it crashing to the floor. She gasped and jumped a bit. Looking down she saw a VHS tape lying at her feet. She bent forwards and picked it up. It didn’t have a case, just a piece of tape across the top that read “Lisette”
The teen was intrigued to say the least. She brought the tape with her down to the basement of her home. She knew that Dad had a VHS player in his study down there. She found it beneath the TV and slipped the tape in. The screen was black for a few moments. She was starting to think that the player was broken, when the color of the screen changed and she could see- just barely- the outline of what she assumed was a person.
“Lisette Langdon,” the figure said, “if you’re watching this, you know that your parents are gone.”
That’s when the world seemed to stop spinning for a few moments and her heart leapt. She couldn’t even concentrate on the words coming from the television for the longest time. When she finally did zone back into the real world she heard the figure say, “I’ve designed a map for you to follow in order to find your parents. Be warned, at midnight the walls will close in, bringing your parents to a painful end. Your clue is: light.” Lisette stared bewildered and the person continued, “Last time was a hoax, a set-up, a scam, a fake! But this time, it’s real. I am the Illuminati, and I have returned.”
I still haven’t finished the book but I do have a possible idea for a final project that I wanted to put out there to see if it was a good idea or not.
I was thinking that maybe instead of doing a trailer for this book, I could come up with a plot and make a trailer for a sequal to it starring Langdon and Vittoria’s daughter (assuming they got together). If need be I could always do the romance piece with the two so it would make sense.
For the final project I think i might do the romance twist with the romance novel cover. If I do the romance twist, is the romance twist about Vittoria and Langdon, because i feel a really strong connection between them. I have a feeling they’re gonna get together in the end (Im not done yet!). If i dont do the romance twist i will do the paper, because its taking me a while to finish the book.
Just wanted to let you all know that I’m available during this last week of our book club. If you want to send me a copy of your final project for suggestions, I would love to help. In your post, you may upload them as attachments, or cut and past portions of them into your text.
If you decided to do a movie trailer, then you can embed the movie right into the post by clicking on that film box in the “ADD MEDIA” heading of the post. If you wanted to do the romantic twist story with the romance novel cover, you can upload your cover using the shaded rectangle in the “ADD MEDIA” heading. If you decided to do the paper, I’d love to read that, too.
Thanks again, everyone, for your hard work. I’ve enjoyed our time together so much. Good luck for the rest of the school year. I’m so proud of every one of you.
I’m on page 329 right now. I swear, it feels like for every page I read of this book, five more magically appear. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book, it’s just taking longer than usual for me to get through it. Okay, enough complaining…
Langdon’s refusual to believe what he hasn’t been taught shines through once again on page 294 when they’re trying to figure out where the next cardinal will be killed. “An odd coincidence” is how he describes the fact that St. Peter’s Square has a monolith in the middle of it. I’ve got to say that he’s getting a bit irritating to me. I’m praying for some sort of breakthrough soon where he’ll start taking other’s solutions without immediatly assuming them to be false. Does anybody else have a character that is, or was, getting on their nerves? Why are/were they?
Im almost done with the book. Im on page 241. I believe that i could finish it this long weekend that we have. if i just read a whole lot then, i should be fine….right? The book is getting a little bit more interesting. im at the part where Vittoria and Langdon are in the Pantheon undercovered. its getting really good and i know that i can finish it this long weekend.
I dont know what else to do except read a whole heck of alot this weekend. i feel so behind. im not even half way through with this book. im gonna try to finish the book over the weekend, but i dont know if ill be able to do the final project. im gonna try though.
Maybe you can help me. I dont understand why im not interested in the book. at first i thought that it was because i didnt relate to any of the characters, but i believe that its more thatn that. i dont know.
Oh and josh dont worry…… You didnt really rub it in my face (that much….), but i was only kidding!
but I do have a possible idea for a final project that I wanted to put out there to see if it was a good idea or not.
