As a reading group activity we would like you to re read the story Memorial and respond to the following question.
What emotions did you feel as you read this book?
When, during the book did you have these feelings?
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i felt really confused but i started to get the hang of it the more i read it it was really good in inferring the info and hiding it
ReplyDeleteTHE fact that this book has made me write a page of things about this book thats awesome
ReplyDeleteI was amazed by the part about the war where they were chopped to bits and he tried changing the subject
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DeleteI feel very sad because nearly all the members are forced to fight in war. I was also sad when the council was going to cut down the tree because each leaf of the tree represents a close friend who fought in war long ago.
ReplyDeletei concur excellent sam ;)
DeleteI agree its horrible to think that people were being forced into war and possibly dieing and suffering horrible memories
DeleteI agree.
DeleteThe leaf shows someone at the beginning who suffers.
When i read Memorial by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan for the first time I did not get the meaning behind the book. Then when I read it again I started to get that meaning. Now that I finally have read it for the third or fourth time I get it. Overall Memorial is one of those books that you have to read a few times to get the story.
ReplyDeleteyes indeed it is one of those books that you need to read over and over again :P
DeleteIt was the same with me.
DeleteTHIS book (MEMORIAL WRITTEN BY GARY CREW ILLISTRATED BY SHAUN TAN) WAS A really good book if your searching for a book with a lot of hidden info and picture hints its amazing so i give it .......... 5 stars
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when i was reading the book i felt very upset when they talked about vietnam and the war because it made me try to imagine what it was like and how much people died during it.I also felt a bit sad when they cut down the tree as it held so much memories in it.
ReplyDeleteThis story reminds me of the quote Yasser Arafat made ,I come bearing an olive branch in one hand and in the other a freedom fighter's gun don't let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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DeleteI was sad because they cut down the tree.It is very lucky that three generations all survived the world wars.It would be sad to be in war and see your friends be killed.At the end of the book when the boy is counting the layers it also shows how many years his family has been in war.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant responses from this group.
ReplyDeleteI am interested to read other people's feelings about the story as they read it. See if you can think of other feelings. Was there a time that you laughed or felt angry perhaps.
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ReplyDeletei felt sad when the tree got cut down because it was a big tree and and it had a lot of memories to great grandpa and grandpa.
the emotions that great grandpa had was also sad because when ever people in his family talk about the tree he always is crying and because he is old he blames it on the sun just because he does not want everyone to know he is sad about the tree getting cut down.
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ReplyDeleteWritten By:Gary Crew
Illustrated By:Shaun Tan
Great Grand pa was really emotional when he talks about his past in the war,So my connection
that i get really emotional when i talk about my past (sad past) and just like the great grand pa i usually blame it on people or things.
This book is a great book for showing the characters emotion's throughout the ENTIRE BOOK!!!
I felt depressed when the tree got cut down because it meant a lot to Old Grandpa. It meant a lot to Old Grandpa because all the leaves on that tree represented all of those people that died in the war. Its not easy to forget something that you have lost. On the other hand i felt relieved that Old Grandpa survived in the war.
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ReplyDeletei felt sorry for the family because the memories that they built in the tree are all gone because the tree got cut down.
i felt these emotions when the tree got cut down
I didn't under stand the memorial at first but when i read it a couple of time i under stood it.
ReplyDeleteIt was sad when they cut the tree because every leaf on the tree represents a close friend who has fought in the war long ago
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ReplyDeleteI didn't get the book at first but because the book dosent really tell who is telling the story so you have to read it 2 or 3 times then you get a good understanding of the of the book because some things that the characters say have a intense meaning to it .
i felt sad for the whole family who didnt want the tree to be cut down. it meant alot to everyone because the leaves represented the people who died in the war and if they cut down the tree then all the memories will be gone and that is why i think the book is called "memorial".
ReplyDeleteIt was really sad when they had to make a choice between taking down the statue or the tree. Well, they chose the tree and it shouldn't have been cut down because it was a memorial which represented the people who have died for us. I also thought that the boy suffered a defeat because he tried to save the tree by fighting the council, but he was too late.
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ReplyDeletebut most of all i learnt about the war and family generations . it was a nice book to read
To read Memorial you really need to infer things that are hidden in the book.
ReplyDeleteIt was really sad that they had to cut down one or the other, mostly because both of them resembled the war and they were both memorials, if the council had a problem with something as important as a memorial then they should just fix it.
It was also confusing that many people started talking at different times because you think that its the same person.
i think its good that they hold a memorial service for an zac day at the statue then its sad for greand pa because he remembers the past and starts to cry and then he said its the sun its to bright for an old man like me
ReplyDeleteQ1.The emotions i felt reading memorial was very sad and disappointed
ReplyDeleteQ2.I WAS feeling these emotions because the cut the tree down and the tree was the day great grandpa came home from war.
I felt the same as you
DeleteI felt sad when they were going to cut the tree down
ReplyDeleteso do i its a tree to think about people in the war that died.
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ReplyDeletetree down and it was sad when greand pa
because he remembers the past and starts
crying
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Deletemy bad i read it to slow
DeleteI thought it was a emotional book because whatever the character remember'd in the past was sad but there was still some happy memory to follow with the story , sometime it made me remember if I was in there place .
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