literary analysis #3

Te Secret to Teen Power

Topics and/or Events

1) my book is about different ways that we should be going about life.  It makes you rethink the way your mind works because it teaches you the secrete about life.  Every single thing that has happened to you is because you made it happen.  Even if it was bad or good.  You sent off a certain energy and thought which brought the law of attraction in to place.  The law of attraction stated that you attract all the stuff that happens to you no matter whether its completely awsome or horrific.  So in all you need to always have a postive mind so that onlky good things come to you.  Dont doubt yourself underneath because thats not healthy because it brings you down. 

2)I think Paul Harrington decided to write this book because he wants to put an effect on peoples lives. Not for bad but for good.  He wants people to have a new prespective on life and show them that they just need to live and be positive about everything.  Everything happens for a reason but it doesnt always have to be the reason that you think.  You can shape your life to how ever you want you just have to set your mind to it.

3)The reason I started to read this book is because my mom suggested it to me due to the fact that she has read The Secret and found it an amazing read which truely changed her for the better.  What appealed to me abouththis book is that it wasnt just a typical story book it actually taught you something that i wanted to learn.  It taught me about myself and I hadnt even gotten half way done.  What made me really want to keep reading this book is that it really got me thinking.  It had me thinking about it even when i wasnt reading the book.  it really sticks with you becuase it was really teaching me about how I should live my life.

4)I did find this book realistic.  Since there was no character I didnt really connect with a character but the author wrote the book so as you read itas like your the character because while you read your thinking about yourself.  It did have peoples stories but none of their stories did relate to me.  They were people going big in life and I dont do that.

People

1)The authors choices say a lot to me about my life and how im not taking full advantage of my well being.  The author chose to write this book so he can change that about people.  He wants people to know that they can do and be what they want they just have to really want it and just always have a positve mind and attitude. The tone of the story is very informational. This book really shows that the author is a very well informed and he is not timid at all.  He is eager to show what he knows and embrace his knowledge to the world.

2)There are no charcaters but there are little life stories of people.  One was Jim Carrey and it talked about how he was broke and living out of a van but he made himself a goal and had a positive attitude and wrote a 10 million doolar check to himself and he wanted to be able to cash it in in 5 years.  So 5 years later he was huge in hollywood and an amazing actor.  He got all of this because he set his mind to it and he stayed positive even at the worst of times.  Antother person was Shiri and she was a girl who had nothing going good in her life.  She was depressed, had bad grades, felt no one loved her, and lived a very unhealthy life style.She wanted change so she started to think positive and started believeing that she was loved and saying positve things like I can and I will.  By just saying things like this and putting a little effort in h er life she noticed her life was changing.  she was flipping her life around.  She was getting good grades and built a family of friends. It took work but she forced herself to think positve and in the end she was rewarded happiness.

3)What makes writing about people success so interesting is that it shows you that if they can do it why cant you.  It helps build a bit of confidence and believing in yourself so that you can go big and do something incredible because you have faith in yourself.  People need that little push and these people give them.

Style

1)The author does use symbolism which is used in fiction writing but he also did write in a journalistic way. He had a lot of different sections that had to do with different things in peoples life and he had a bunch of articles about people so we could hear their story. 

2)The author uses lengthy descriptions of people because he wants you to really get to know them and hear their story.  This has an effect on the book because everyone in the story you really get to know.  even if you dont have a connection you still know all about what they represent and who they are.
3)The tools that the author uses in this book to show mood and tone are he uses a lot of postive language so you feel more upbeat while reading and not bored.  He also uses a lot of symbolism of people so you can feel really close to the people.