A Midsummer Night's Dream Book Cover

 



 

This week, we have to choose a Book cover that we thinks best represents the novel, and his is the cover I like the best.

First of all, in the background, it is night time and the majority of the story happens at night hence the title “A Midsummer Night’s dream”. So, I would imagine A Midsummer Night happens during the night. All of the chaos that happens in this novel is in the forest at night. I don’t think the story line would be the same I it happened during the day. Probably no one would be sleeping, so it would be almost impossible to put the magic flower’s nectar on anyone’s eyes.

Second, the illustrator chose to put trees along the sides of the book to represent the forest. The forest is a pretty big part in the plot. Most of the events happen in the forest, and I could only imagine the characters trying to do the same in the middle of a town. Also, the forest is where the fairies live, and they probably would not be a part of the story if it all took place in the city.  

And lastly, in the middle of the page, with what I think are two fairies, is Nick Bottom. Bottom is a very important character in the book. He is a character that is pretty stupid and thinks highly of his self, and he is unaware of the donkey head that is now in place of his human head. He looks to be in a sort of rowdy mood which makes sense because he and his “crew” were practising a play and he tends to get a bit excited and loud because he wants to play all of the parts.

This is why I think this cover represents the book well. And on top of all of this, it does not look intimidating like the other covers with fine works of art on the front. A simple picture is all we need.



Connection to A Midsummer Night's Dream

                Once again I have changed novels from my last post, if you would like to read about it click the link below. It is “The boy in the Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne, and it is about a young boy living in the time of WW2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_in_the_Striped_Pyjamas

 

            In my Novel, there is a character named Pavel who is greatly similar to Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Pavel is a waiter who works in Bruno’s household, but has been forced to live in the concentration camp not far away from where Bruno’s family lives. Pavel was a doctor before the war, but has been forced to serve the family. Being in a concentration camp was very hard on him. He was weak, thin, hungry, and could barely do his job because of how little he was getting. Through all the pain and work, he still manages to do as he’s told, and respect everyone around him. Helena is not in this position but has the same type of personality that Pavel has. She is madly in love with Demetrius and it is very painful on her because he does not love her back. She would do anything for him and respects him greatly. As much as she wants to just throw herself at him, she does as she is told. If Demetrius told her to leave him alone for a while, she probably would despite how much it would hurt to.

            Both the characters are experiencing pain, one physically and one mentally, and they both hid it inside and follow their orders. Both of them have such strength not to break down and do what they really want, but they have too much respect and care. Both of them should be acknowledged more for all the trouble they are put through.  

My Spring Break

My spring break isn't really anyone's ideal break from school. Instead of sleeping in until noon every day and hanging out with friends, I will be working my butt off preparing for the Meridian Arts and dance festivals. The Meridian Arts festival is a music festival outside the city, and I will be performing three piano pieces. One of them happens to be a ten page version of Prince's "Bohemian Rhapsody" which takes six and a half minutes to perform, and the other two are classical pieces which I will have linked below. I will have to spend about three hours a day practising, and spending time performing in front of others so I will not feel as nervous on stage. Also, my dance company decided to run classes all throughout spring break so I will have all of my afternoons and evenings taken up. I am performing in three group dances (which are lyrical, hip-hop, and tap) and I may be possibly be bringing my tap solo to perform as well. On top of all this, my parents are going on a 5 day ski trip without any kids. I guess it’s not so bad having all these classes and practises, because at least I won’t be sleeping my whole break away. And it may be a lot of work to do, but it will pay off in the end.

This picture represents my spring break very well, although the festivals aren’t until mid-April. I get really bad stage fright and I hate being the centre of attention so of course performing or even thinking about it makes me really scared and nervous. Performing has never been easy for me, and I will try my best to conquer it before the festivals. In the picture, the boy is hiding behind the cutrain and that's basically what I will want to do instead of be on stage, but I guess this will be something I have to do

Bohemian Rhapsody (I can't find the exact cover I'm learning, but this one was pretty close)  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1OaxzqXoY8

An Ancient Tale by Bohdana Filtz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhITpt26RKw

Arietta by Evard Grieg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdrMCAymlfk