Blog post #4

Posted by joshua klein , Tuesday 8:38 AM

Joshua KLein
Tuesday, February 23th
Sheriff of Yrnameer
Michael Rubens
PAGES 210-269
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK 59


Q: What do you think about a particular character's actions? Was he/she right or wrong to do that?

A: The main character, Cole, in the end decided to take sides with the Yrnameer citizens and blow up the bad guys. I think that even though he collaborated with the bad guys in order to betray them and stole a diamond worth trillions of dollars—in the end he did the right thing; sort of. He pretended to be a bad guy to get a part for his spaceship. The people on Yrnameer though he wanted the part to escape but in fact he was planning to blow everyone up. Burying his ships fuel cells in holes previously made by a robot; so when the bad guys went over the area, he detonated the fuel cells and they all died. I think that he did the right thing even though it was hard. One thing that he did that was not right was steal a crystal in order to pay of his dept to his bounty hunter.


Q: What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least?

A: The character I like most in the book has to be Joshua. He is so happy and sure of himself, he does the right think no matter what—even if its hard. When the bad guys attack, he is the one who stands up to them with a Firestick and the one who hides is Cole. Even though he would have most likely died if Cole hadn’t stopped him, he had courage and followed his heart.
One character I don’t like is Cole, he has the wrong morals. He does what is best for him rather then what is best for others. Although he did blow up the bad guys, he did it to impress his girlfriend. Even though he is adventurous and interesting, it is only because of Kenneth who chases him around. Cole’s heart is in the wrong place. Although he is like this, he makes the book a lot more interesting. If this book were to be written from Joshua’s perspective, it would be boring.

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Posted by joshua klein , Thursday 5:38 PM

Joshua Klein
February 11, 2010
the Sheriff of Yrnameer
Michael Rubens
Pages: 85-210
125 pages this week


What is confusing in this book? Why? (Be specific)

The book in all is a very confusing book but I think that the most confusing thing in the book is the plot. The author makes quite clear the attributes of the characters and the scene. Cole is a man running for his life; Nora is a charity owner who has turned to illegal options to get freeze dried orphans to safety. The scene isn’t very confusing either, it’s just like what the future might be like; advertising everywhere, many different planets, police bots in which it is shown that the programmers must have had a cruel sense of humor. But the plot is totally random and unpredictable. In some ways this is good, because it keeps you on your toes, but sometimes it’s hard to follow. One second they may be celebrating the death of the bad men, and then talking from the perspective of a tumble weed.

Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?

I think that a character that I would want to be like would be Joshua. He is not a main character although he is Cole’s sidekick. Joshua is very brave and smart and kind. Joshua is an orphan that Cole meets on InvestCo3 and then a day later he is freeze-dried on the ship. When there is a malfunction and the orphans are brought to life before they reach Yrnameer. Cole is somewhat discussed when he sees Joshua who reveals information about Cole when he was on InvestCo3, knocked unconscious, to Nora who already has suspicions about him. Joshua is very smart in intelligent. When Cole fails to find a panel in the ship or does not have the guts to face the Bad Guys, Joshua is there. Although Joshua is smarter, braver, and overall better then Cole; he follows him around and looks up to him as a hero. The thing I like about Joshua is that he oblivious but what he does is follow his heart and whatever is in his heart is the right thing to do. Although in the end Cole is the hero, Joshua has backed him up all the way.

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Reading Blog 1

Posted by joshua klein , 4:32 PM

Joshua Klein Thursday, February 12th
The Sheriff of Yrnameer

Michael Rubens

PAGES 1-85 (Chapter 12)
85 pages read this week out of 269

Q: What was one of your favorite lines (or sentences) in what you read today? Copy it down and tell why you liked it. (It can be more than a sentence if you like, but not too long—you still need to write words of your own!)

A: “There had been a somewhat involved discussion over the appropriate time to depart, a debate ultimately settled with a Firestick--a double barreled Firestick 24, to be precise, the weapon of choice for those who want to decorate the landscape with bits and pieces of their opponent.” This quote was the one of the first paragraphs in the book; I believe it did set the mood for the rest of the book. You never knew what was going to happen in this book, every second there was something new and extremely interesting. I admit the book was very confusing one second his ship was being blown up people and the next getting “fargged” (a term used regularly in the book) by a patrol bot. The main character was always getting into trouble; his ship turned to dust because of an expired parking meter, hijacking a ship of freeze-dried orphans, and nearly cheating death at every turn.

I think that even though this book is absurd, it is actually enjoyable. The obscurity of this book combined with the complete randomness pushes you to read on. There is never a moment of rest as you go on a never-ending adventure that may be your last. At points, the book seems predictable but I have been proved wrong many, many times by complete surprise I never would have guessed. At times, I found the narrative/story hard to follow, but when I didn’t understand, I found I could fill in the blanks and make up what is happening in my head.


Q: Make up a motto that one of the characters seems to live by. How and why does this fit the character?

A: I think that the motto of the main character is "live today like it is your last, because tomorrow new challenges await you that you cannot escape.”

I really do believe this is the motto the character lives by. Since the beginning of the book, the main character has been faced with many obstacles which he cannot avoid. You would think that he would give up after multiple attempts of attack on him, but he keeps going, always looking ahead. Who cares if there is a space alien that resembles a squid is chasing him, or if the squid wants to plant eggs in his brain; all he has to do is run in order to survive. Each new challenge he faces might be his last, he just has a hope of surviving. His challenges are not confined to this world, either. After impersonating a rival smuggler and hopping aboard a ship, he takes off. In space, life does not get much better for him. He is one-upped by an orphan and almost shot multiple times with a Firestick, which, regardless the model, would have his head missing in a second. He just keeps moving, and although you would think that he can’t die because he’s the main character, you never know in a book like this.



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