Round Character

While reading The Moon and More, I watch Emaline's senior year go by without her really experiencing a lot of high school. I also have the privilege of watching Melamine try to balance her past, future, and families’ burdens. Emaline has struck me as a round character because her personality and outlook on many things matures.

"Another satisfied customer, I thought, as I walked back to my car. This was why I'd been working pretty much whenever I could lately. I needed distractions, problems I could easily solve. Wild cats were never ideal, but now, I'd gladly take them." -Emaline

While Emaline's summer is coming to an end, all she really is worried about is her boyfriend Luke. The sad thing is that she is becoming bored with him. Although Luke fits the description of a perfect boyfriend, Emaline begins to grow curious about the new boy Theo. Theo is a little different and draws Emaline with his art and tattoos. It seems to be Emaline is only worried about doing good things to others and worrying about herself and her future. I love how Emaline begins to branch out and each time she tries new things, she wants more. Emaline ends up with resenting her mother and step family only to become more proud of herself. When the plot advances, Emaline grows more confident and happy. This makes me happy because I can clearly see her change in attitude therefore giving her confidence to stand up for herself.

Character Progression

While reading The Moon and More, I watch Emaline's senior year go by without her really experiencing a lot of high school. I also have the privilege of watching Melamine try to balance her past, future, and families’ burdens. Emaline has struck me as a round character because her personality and outlook on many things matures.

"Another satisfied customer, I thought, as I walked back to my car. This was why I'd been working pretty much whenever I could lately. I needed distractions, problems I could easily solve. Wild cats were never ideal, but now, I'd gladly take them." -Emaline

While Emaline's summer is coming to an end, all she really is worried about is her boyfriend Luke. The sad thing is that she is becoming bored with him. Although Luke fits the description of a perfect boyfriend, Emaline begins to grow curious about the new boy Theo. Theo is a little different and draws Emaline with his art and tattoos. It seems to be Emaline is only worried about doing good things to others and worrying about herself and her future. I love how Emaline begins to branch out and each time she tries new things, she wants more. Emaline ends up with resenting her mother and step family only to become more proud of herself. When the plot advances, Emaline grows more confident and happy. This makes me happy because I can clearly see her change in attitude therefore giving her confidence to stand up for herself.

Updated Reading

While I continue to read my novel, The Moon and More the book continues to draw me in. As Emaline becomes more revealed, I love her even more. I can easily relate to her boy issues very closely. Also I am predicting her decision between Luke and Theo, where Emaline will choose neither of the boys and go to the college she has always dreamed of. The story continues to make me question her best friend due to the fact she treats Emaline very poorly. Emaline doesn't really react to this she only seems to let her walk all over her. This frustrates me because i used to have a friend like that, until I took control over the situation. I am looking forward to seeing Emaline's confidence grow.

Casting Emaline

If I were to cast my main character, Emaline, I would choose Lily Collins. One reasoon I believe Lily Collins would be perfect for Emaline is physical appearance. The long brown hair, deep and calming hazel eyes, and thicker eyebrows fit Emaline's description perfectly. Lily could also potray Emalines confused and kind personality perfectly. Collins could show the audience how Emaline struggles with her father, her boyfriend, and chosing her life path. I would totally see the movie if Lily Collins was casted as Emaline. Then her costars could be really attractive guys, then the movie would just be 100 times better than it already was. I would advise producers not to change much from the book because so far the story is fresh and interesting.

Setting of The Moon and More

The setting of my novel takes place in the small town of Colby. Emaline is so far enjoying her surroundings. The people are all very friendly and the beautiful scenery sometimes upset the main character because Emaline wants to leave. This leads into the conflict of the story which is Emaline begins to wonder what else is out there for her. Emaline wants to go explore the world and travel while she still has the chance. Also there is her boyfriend, she begins to wonder if she can get something better. So Emaline begins to have inner conflict and society conflict when deciding what she wants to do in her last year of high school before her life really begins. Emaline could decide to go see her father, or go to a college she really wants too. Therefore I will embark on this journey with Emaline and making her big decision in life.

Meeting Emaline

My main character in The Moon and More is named Emaline. Emaline lives in the small beach town of Colby and works at her family owned business of renting out beach homes. I would love it if I could get a chance to meet Emaline because I can relate to her in certain ways. Also I would love to listen to her talk about her family issues.

Things like this intrigue me because my family have never had issues except for this one time. I also believe Emaline and I could become close friends due to the fact that we both enjoy the beach, shopping, and are interested in school. While I continue reading this novel I would hope that Emaline and I will easialy relate because relating to a main character helps me understand the book much better.

College

While looking for an article to write I came across '10 College Majors You'll Regret'. This article caught my attention because I know where I want to go for college and what I am interested in studying so I wondered, will I regret a very important decision? I know that I'm not interested in being an engineer even though the most money comes from their jobs. So I investigeted this article to find out that the majors proved to be most successful, are in fields that seem to be growing in demand today. Such as all engineering fields, geology, and technology. Now in my opinion these jobs would take quite alot of work and wouldn't keep me entertained all day long. My interest is in business, and marketing. When I discovered neither of these fields were present on the extremely bad or extremely good list, I let out a breath. I know I have a few more years left, yet knowing this will influence my decision in four years. I plan to do much more research and visiting to colleges before I have to figure out my life choice. Right now, grades, friends,  and dance are all that's on my mind. This Article relates to The Moon and More because of Emaline's major decision In college. Emaline is let down when she can't afford to attend the college of her liking so she rethinks her whole perspective on college. Luckily Emaline he's accepted into a better college And pursues a new career/major to benefit her future.