Monday, September 19, 2011

Summer Reading Questions

What book did you read over the summer?
       I read "The Shakespeare Stealer" over the summer.
Who's the main character?
       The main characters name is Widge.
What does the main character want?
       Widge wants to steal the original script of the play Hamlet.
Who or what is keeping the main character from getting what he or she wants?
        The play company is keeping him from getting it, because it is in a locked room.
Where does the book take place?
        The book takes place in London, England.
When does the book take place?
        It takes place in the past.
What is the high point of the action?
         The high point is when the man who employs Widge to steal the script goes through a battle with              one of the play's crew members and in the end the man who employed Widge dies.
Does the main character get what he or she wants?
          No he doesn't, instead he decides to stay with the play company and act in plays. He found a family and a home.
What lesson does the main character learn in the book?
          He learns to put others before himself, and that even though he didn't really have a home, he found one where he had a family.
 What happens in the book to teach him or her a lesson?
           In the book he starts to work at the company and he starts seeing how great the people are, and suddenly he doesn't want to steal the script anymore.