Task 1: Write a 200 word review on 'Peeling the Onion'.
Anna feels like she is only left with disability and pain. She feels the layers of her usual self being pealed away- like an onion. Anna is sad and depressed and has little hope; nothing is normal, nothing is easy, nothing is the same anymore. But with support from Luke, a family friend, her best friend Jenny, her family and a counselor, she gets through. She picks up the fallen, peeled of pieces, and starts to write a new chapter in her life in which we, as a reader experience- The New Anna. It is a story of love, pain and self-discovering and is truly, deeply moving.
Task 2: Include an overview of what role you played in the literature circles group and what you learned from studying this text. Provide an evaluation of the novel and your reasons why you liked/ disliked it. Come up with a rating scheme and rate this novel.
As part of reading the novel, ‘Peeling the Onion’ in literature circles, I played the role as literary luminary. A Literary Luminary’s role is to select a passage from the novel which the reader believes is of particular value in describing a character of scene, or conveying an important message in the text.
I learnt so many things from this novel. Below are few things of the main lesso
ns I learnt;
1. Everything happens for a reason, nothing is an accident.
2. To overcome your fears and your problems you have to face them- not runaway from them.
3. At the end of every dark, gloomy tunnel, there is light.
Evualution: Wendy Orr is an excellent writer. When I was reading the book I felt like I was Anna, in her shoes- going through a depressed stage in her life, I felt her
'Peeling the Onion' is a novel written by Wendy Orr. It is about a teenage girl called Anna Duncan, she is in Grade 12 at school, has a boyfriend and is a karate champion. She has goals and ambitions for the future. But after a car accident she feel like layers of her life are starting to peel away- she isn’t the ‘normal’, active and athletic Anna she was- and the reader is taken on a journey of Anna’s recovery.
Anna feels like she is only left with disability and pain. She feels the layers of her usual self being pealed away- like an onion. Anna is sad and depressed and has little hope; nothing is normal, nothing is easy, nothing is the same anymore. But with support from Luke, a family friend, her best friend Jenny, her family and a counselor, she gets through. She picks up the fallen, peeled of pieces, and starts to write a new chapter in her life in which we, as a reader experience- The New Anna. It is a story of love, pain and self-discovering and is truly, deeply moving.
Task 2: Include an overview of what role you played in the literature circles group and what you learned from studying this text. Provide an evaluation of the novel and your reasons why you liked/ disliked it. Come up with a rating scheme and rate this novel.As part of reading the novel, ‘Peeling the Onion’ in literature circles, I played the role as literary luminary. A Literary Luminary’s role is to select a passage from the novel which the reader believes is of particular value in describing a character of scene, or conveying an important message in the text.
I learnt so many things from this novel. Below are few things of the main lesso
ns I learnt;1. Everything happens for a reason, nothing is an accident.
2. To overcome your fears and your problems you have to face them- not runaway from them.
3. At the end of every dark, gloomy tunnel, there is light.
Evualution: Wendy Orr is an excellent writer. When I was reading the book I felt like I was Anna, in her shoes- going through a depressed stage in her life, I felt her
emotions and feelings throughout her rollercoaster of a journey to recovery. Many writers can tell you a story, but when you feel like you are the character in the story- now that is something special and worth reading.
I could relate to Anna in so many ways that this book really hit the spot for me. I loved how Wendy Orr wrote the novel- there were many life lessons and rhetorical questions along the way as Anna was travelling the road to recovery, which got me, as a reader, really thinking outside the box.
The verdict: I absolutely loved the novel, ‘Peeling the Onion’ and give it 10/10. It is a must read book for all ages.
I could relate to Anna in so many ways that this book really hit the spot for me. I loved how Wendy Orr wrote the novel- there were many life lessons and rhetorical questions along the way as Anna was travelling the road to recovery, which got me, as a reader, really thinking outside the box.
The verdict: I absolutely loved the novel, ‘Peeling the Onion’ and give it 10/10. It is a must read book for all ages.
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