1.
The plot of the book “For One More Day” by
Mitch Albom exposition begins with a quote by Chick Benetto, “Let me guess. You
want to know why I tried to kill myself.” A young sportswriter who is at Pepperville
Beach to close a small house that had been in their family for years. The young
sportswriter meets and old man at a baseball field and makes the mistake of tell
him what they do. The old man then tells them if they want a good story to
interview a man in the bleachers named, Charles “Chick” Benetto. Chick was once
a baseball player who later one tries to kill himself. When he is in this process
he meets his mother, whom is dead, he does not know if he is alive or dead. He
spends one more day with his mother, Posy Benetto, as he wished he had. He
learned the truth of his family and what happened. We also learn why he did the
things he did and choose to no longer live.
2.
The theme of this book would have to be never
assume something until you know the whole story. I think the reason why the author
choose this as the theme is because teenagers like to usually assume things and
they never listen to the full story. The theme of this book is also about
forgiveness. Because Chick had to forgive his mom and himself for all the
things he had done.
3.
The reason why I choose this book is because
Mitch Albom also wrote one of my favorite books called “The Five People You
Meet In Haven”. It was a very good book so, I wanted to read more books that he
had wrote. “For One More Day” captured my attention by the first page because,
this book started off differently from any other book I have read. This book started
off with a quote and that this story is a ghost story. What kept me wanting to
read it more is that in the first couple pages there is a sportswriter, but
they do not say who it is or if it is a he or a she. It remains unknown until
the end of the story, and that is where everything comes together, it also reveals
a big plot twist. This book was also very interesting from begging to the end, I
did not want the book to end.
4.
I did find this book realistic because I can
relate to it and mostly anyone else can to. I did make connections with the
book that helped me understand it much better. For example when he tries to do
things all over again but he knows he can’t because, you can’t change the past
but you can change what direction you want to lead his life. This book also taught
me to forgive and not hold grudges over people.
5.
The authors tone in this book is sometimes innocent,
for example when he talks to his mom “I took a few seconds to find my voice”
(55). But sometimes the tone of his voice sounds angry when he yells, “You
ruined my life” (40).
6.
Flashback-“I am eight years old. I have a
homework assignment. I must recite to the class “What Causes an Echo?” (43)
Foreshadowing- “Let me guess. You want to
know why I tried to kill myself.” (prologue)
Symbolism- “Two huge lights blinded me…” (14)
Imaginary-“It was cold and raining lightly ...” (13)
Flashback-“It is Halloween. I am sixteen
now, too old to go trick-or-treating” (97)
Onomatopoeia- “Is that what you”-slap!-“said?”-slap,
slap...” (86)
Foreshadowing-“CHARLES BENETTO. OPEN YOUR
EYES!” (175)
Imaginary-“She squeezed the corn puffs and
they crumbled into floury dust” (23)
Onomatopoeia-“I heard the sizzling of
butter and eggs” (55)
Symbol-“carved our names in it with steak
knives” (47)
Characterization
1.
Direct Characterization
Posy (Chick’s mom) – “fun, perky,
eccentric, headstrong” (29)
Leonard (Chick’s dad)-“thinning hair and a bulbous
nose” (122)
Indirect Characterization
Chick – “for the last time I got drunk”
(11)
Rose-“An elderly woman wearing a smock and
holding a walker…” (79)
2.
No the authors syntax does not change he keeps
everything the same as the book began till it ends. He has a steady flow even
when he introduces new characters threw out the book.
3.
The main character in this book a dynamic
character. He changes threw out the book he realizes thing that he did not realize
when he was younger. He also sees things from different points of views. He
also grows as a person as he gets to talk to his mom one last time. He is also
a round character because he has more than one trait and the author has a good
way of explaining them and really describes how he is.
4.
After reading
this book I feel as if I have met a new person because I feel like he was
talking directly at me and I understood everything he was saying. For example
on page 3 I feel like he is talking to me directly as if I were a normal person.
ENDURING
MEMORY
A idea that I learned from this book at that I
will remember for the rest of my life is, to spend time with the people I love
and care about because you may never know when it will be the last time you see
or talk to them. For example, when Chick’s mom dies he regrets not being there
for most of his childhood. He also regrets never spending time with her; he
also taught me that family is import everything else can wait. Lastly never
take people for granted and always forgive because holding grudges over people
will just eat you up inside.
