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Entry 7: March 9th. __Final Draft Approaching__ I am researching the author named William Faulkner. I am a little worried about how my final draft will turn out because of the cited page. I'm worried my sources will be hard to cite. The easiest thing for me, is putting all of the information into a paper. I think it's easy to take his life and make my own written story about it. The note cards are really helpful for me. Without them it would be way harder to sort my information and know the facts. I think as far as story line, my paper will turn out okay. Entry 6: March 3rd. __William Faulkner__ The author I am researching is William Faulkner. One interesting thing i learned about him is how he began writing at a young age. Even though he started writing so young, his first couple of novels and writings weren't very good. One interesting thing I learned about research methods is the cited page. I'm a little confused on how to do it, but it's pretty interesting how you have to cite the page. Entry 5: February 15th. __Characters__ The 5 major characters of the book "The Wishing tree" are Dulcie, Maurice, Alice, George, and Dicky. Dulcie is calm and quiet and goes along with what's going on to keep everyone happy. She is constantly in a good mood and looking for adventure. Maurice is the protagonist of the book. He gets rid of conflicts and tries to help everyone get along. Alice is the antagonist of the book. She is constantly bickering, complaining and telling people what they can and can not do. To me, she was really annoying in the book. George is kind of a trouble maker. He wishing for really bad things like a tiger. Dicky isn't really a big character in the book, but he is tagging along to help find the wishing tree. He's kind of quiet and just blends in with surroundings. __Summary__ The book is about 5 people that go on an adventure to find the wishing tree. They aren't sure where it's at but they come across an old man that claims he knows the way, so he tags along to go with. They end up making lots of wishes and coming across a lot of conflicts on the way to find the tree. What happens at the end? You'll have to read the book to find out. :) __Rating__ On a scale from 1-5, 1 being the worst, I give this book a 3. It was a good book but the characters talked into a language was kind of hard to understand. Also, sometimes I kind of get confused on what's going on in the book.  __Wiki Reflections__ I liked using Wikispaces to blog. It was an easy way to let other people know about the book I'm reading and to see what other people are reading. It is way better than using a pen and paper to write.

Entry 4: February 5th. __Excitement & Adventure__ In "The Wishing Tree" the biggest strength to me is it's use of imagination. It is amazing all the things William Faulkner came up with in this book. Even though this book is older, it displays all kinds of imagination that I find really interesting! As you can see in the picture above, it is a tree to stay with the theme of the book. But, the face that the tree makes shows imagination and creativity. It also leaves you wondering how it's even possible, just like some characteristics of the book.

Entry 3: January 26th. __It's Your Birthday__ "'It's your birthday,'" a voice said near her, and her eyes flew open. There, standing beside the bed, was a strong boy, with a thin ugly face and hair so red that it made a glow in the room. He wore a black velvet suit and red stockings and shoes, and from his shoulder hung a huge empty booksatchel." "'Who are you?'" she asked, looking at the redhead boy in astonishment." "'Name's Maurice,"' the boy answered. His eyes had queer golden flecks in them, like sparks." "'Get up.'" This paragraph right here is my favorite because of the astonishment of waking up to a strange boy looking over you in bed. It's her birthday and he is there to make it the best ever. I sure would want someone to come and suprise me on my birthday! It would make my one special day even more special. This paragraph also leaves me with a lot of questions. How did he get there? Why her out of everyone celebrating birthdays on that day? Is he magical? It makes me want to read more to figure out exactly who he is and what's going to happen. It's a great way to get my attention and keep me interested in the book!

Entry Two: January 20th. Mystery Character In the book the main character has not been named yet. She's really mysterious and doesn't seem like she really knows what's going on. She's given a surprise when she wakes up to a mysterious boy telling her happy birthday. She had never seen this boy before but didn't question anything. Just asked for his name. She seems very carefree. I wish I could be more like her.

Entry One: I am going to be reading the book "The Wishing Tree" by William Faulkner. I predict that this little girl will find a tree that is magic and she can make wishes. She soon finds out and makes a wish that would affect her entire life. She has to make a serious choice to change her life back.