WLIRP+Sam

Week 1: 31 August - 4 September: 35 Week 2: 7-11 September:35 Week 3: 14-18 September:35 Week 4: 21-25 September:35 Week 5: 28 September - 2 October:35 Week 6: 5-9 October:35 Week 7: 12-15 October: 27
 * Title: Inferno
 * Author: Dante
 * Author’s Nationality: Italian
 * Setting (only list the primary settings): Hell
 * Total Pages: unknown
 * Original Publication Date: 13th century
 * If your book is translated, who is the translator? If not translated write “NA”: NA
 * Do you currently have a physical copy of the book?: no
 * If you do not have a physical copy, how soon can you get one?: Around a week

Reflection Week 3

It is going very well. I believe I am not keeping up with it. I believe the vocab is a little hard but I do get the story so far. But I do not understand some of the passages. For instance how Dante arrived in the shrouded woods. The main conflicts is of course obviously Dante going to hell and he looking at all the sufferings people get. There is a a new character named Virgil who rescues Dante from beasts (leopard, she-wolf, and lion) Virgil seems to be a little caring for Dante since he asked him "Why are you here and not climbing the mountains to go to paradise?" He also seemed to be in hell before since he leads Dante throughout hell. Everything in this book is very spiritual. For instance the leopard, lion, and she-wolf represented self-indulgent, violence, and malicious. There is a connection to this book with another. There is a book called the //Pilgrim's Progress// that tell about how a christian goes to God. It is a little religious but it uses the same spirtual concept as it does in this book.

Reflection Week 6

Right now it is going very well. Right now Dante and Virgil have now gotten to the first circle of hell which is called Limbo, which is known as the place where all people, who lived the right way in their lives but did not know God were kept in a castle. They meet Homer and many other poets. After that they go to the 2nd hell where they find the people who are punished for lust. They continue on from the 3rd (gluttony) 4th avarice, and 5th (wrathful and sloth). They also encounter King Minos right before the 2nd circle who is the "judge" of the dead and sends them off to where they are supposed to be.

Reflection

Going very well. Dante and Virgil are continuing down their search

World Lit book presentation outline.

My book "Inferno" was written by Dante and is known for being one of the parts of his Divine Comedy. It tells the story of Dante (himself) with Vergil going to and exploring the 9 different circles of hell. Each circle represents a different kind of sin they committed, and that is how they're judged.

This book "Inferno" is similar to the book Romeo and Juliet. How this is the same is they both involve a journey that is full of secrets and surprises. But not only that they both have people or factors that will help them go on in this journey. However there is a difference. While "Inferno" deals about hell and punishment, Romeo and Juliet talks about love and romance. They do have a common factor throughout the book. Violence. These 2 books both portray through the journey events that have violence that either help or degrade the character. Finally they're ending is different. While Romeo and Juliet both die in their book, ironically Dante and Vergil are able to cheat death and escape from hell........riding on the Devil's own back. These books I just compared are full of adventure, suspense and thrills.

I recommend "inferno" to only those who understand the hard English. This book contains lots of spiritual and physiological meanings that could baffle you. There are many metaphors and similes in this book that might be confusing. So if you are a timid only-for-fun reader, this is not the book for you. On the other hand, if you really want to be part of literature and want to get deep in the meaning of this book, then you should read this book.