The Road to Calmann By Rosemary Sutiff

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,

I am still reading the book The Road to Calmann by Rosemary Sutiff, but I plan on finishing it this week because I want to go along with the challenge. I picked this book from the library because I have sometimes heard the legend about King Arthur, so I wanted to give it a try. Before I began reading this legendary book I used some strategies like figuring out why I should read this book and if I am reading it to be informed or entertained or both, perhaps. The other strategy I used before reading this book was to look at the cover page and/or the synopsis to predict what this book was going to be about or maybe if the reader didn't like the cover then maybe reading the back will grab their attention, like the famous quote " Never judge a book by its cover." When I began reading this book I realized I had to use some strategies, so I predicted what was going to happen later in the book, for example when I predicted that Sir Urrer was going to betray Sir Lancelot. Also I reread some passage where I might be reading or daydreaming, and maybe because I didn't understand it. Some strategies I will use in the future is to confirm my prediction  that I made before and during reading the book and perhaps ask myself some questions about the book to refresh my memory. A paragraph that I found interesting and important to the reader was on the last paragraph on page 15. 

"...Lancelot, the foremost of the King's knights and Dearest friend..."

Even though this is a very small passage it showed the relationship between the King and Lancelot, so maybe thanks to that Lancelot might be the one who killed Arthur.

The genre of this book is, of course, folktale and it's a legend because the stories of Arthur are mostly legends. The Tone in this story is Adventurous because in the voice of the author you hear the excitement that is happening. The mood is exciting because I couldn't wait to know what will happen. The theme of the story is companionship from what I have read so far because Sir Lancelot was always loyal to the Queen. The angle the story is told is 3th person. The P.O.O is chronological order because of the clue words that I found that were “next, later, after, ETC." The author's purpose of writing this book was to entertain the reader and I don't think this book has neither a perspective nor a figurative language. The setting is in Lancelot and the time is day and night, the social conditions are that there have happened some cases where Sir Lancelot has to save the Queen because she is getting into problems. There are no weather conditions.

The protagonists in this story are King Arthur, Sir Bors, Sir Lancelot, and the Queen. The Antagonist is, so far, Sir Pinel and Sir Meliagraunce. The foils are the other high knights and everyone else. The plot structure is in the Rising action or inciting incident.

I would rate this book 4 out of 5 because it was very interesting but boring at times.

                                                                                  

                                               Sincerely,

                                                                      Juan 702