Prime Numbers

   I believe that in this quote Christopher is just stating that life can be thought to be sought out but you never can really be one hundred percent sure what it really is. It is easy to understand that their is life because without it what would their be? Also Christopher is saying it is easy to understand the simplest of life but you can't get past that part. This can be connected to absurdism in the fact that we are here and making life what we can. When Christopher says life is like prime numbers, it is because prime numbers go on and on while life keeps going on and on. I mean think about it, this isn't the first life you lived in. Just a different body and mind. Christopher is right in this sence, in my opinion.
   I have always been bad at math and prime numbers, but it is easier to use them to look at something philosophicley. Christopher was thinking outside the box when he stated this. It is a good way to connect two different things in an easy manner.
  

Free write

   The novel I have chosen to read is "Counterfeit Son" by Elaine Marie Alphin. So far in the novel their has been a lot going on. The book is from the prespective of teenage boy, Cameron Miller. Thus far in the book Cameron tells you of what his life was like. It is pretty easy to sum up his entire life in that he lives with his father and doesn't leave the house at all. He is kept at his home by his father. This is because his father is a serial killer in his county and his son knows because he's heard the many murders his father has committed. His father, Hank Miller, is a homosexual and abducts young boys from whereever he finds them and molests them for as long as they cooperate. When they begin to yell or fight Hank tells his son to go in the basement and from their on he murders them. 
    Hank has done this to about twenty boys. One of which was named Neil Lacey, whom comes from a richer family and was taken at the age of 8. At the begginning of the book you find out the local police have killed Hank in a firefight. After that his son decides he will act as one of the kidnapped boys, Neil Lacey. He goes to the police station and says that he is Neil Lacey and one detective believes him while the others think that it is Cameron Miller. Cameron has to go through a series of tests to have him be sure that he is Neil Lacey, which he is not. I'm enjoying the book thus far and hope it keeps up my intrest.

Review of Sherlock Holmes

    The movie Sherlock Holmes had an intresting plot of mystery. Their was great action throughout the entire movie, which kept watcher deep into the scenes. I enjoyed the movie and would give it an 8 out of 10. Sherlock Holmes was a great character because he was just as the movie was, mysterious. I also liked the whole setting of the movie.
    The first obvious connection between Sherlock Holmes  and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime" is that they are both mysteries. Another text to text connection is that "The Curious Incident..." makes a direct connection to Sherlock Holmes by bringing it up in a topic of conversation. The two both have an extraordinary protagonist, which is one that is different from the typical human. They both have a set plot but along the way they deal with a few different sub-plots.
   These are great mystery storys, although I'd definatly prefer Sherlock Holmes over "The Curious Incident..." Sherlock Holmes brought a lot more suspense, but that was because their was near death situations. Also it was on a movie screen so seeing is different from reading.

Review of "The Curious Incident.."

   "The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nightime" in my opinion wasn't a great book. It was hard for me to read because of the layout and way it was written. The protagonist, Christopher, had a difficult time with situatuions at certain points and when this happend their was no enjoyment in reading the book. It just seemed boring and dull because he would just go on and on about one thing and that isn't a plus for me. I understand that is the way the author wrote the book because it shows you the problems Christopher had to deal with, but it made the book discouraging for me to keep on reading.
    This just wasn't my type of story and couldn't follow it like other books I've read. I do like the mystery part of the book though because it was going one way, then lead to a completly different path. Such as him finding out about his mother being alive still and that his father murdered the dog because of hatred and jealousy. Also in this book it was hard to make connections to myself which helps me get through reading a book better and understanding it more.
   This isn't a great book but you get an understanding of what it's like having a mental disability and dealing with it daily. I guess it's an eye opener in that way.Other than that I can say it's not in my top ten book choices and, although that is just in my opinion.