afterlife

=__//Afterlife//__=
 * __//Questions-Dan Chiriani//__**

1.Do you think that Alex will tell Morgan his feelings about her? I do not believe he will because she is engaged. 2.Do do you think Alex will ever leave his apartment. Yes, because they will eventually need more food and water. They only have enough for a couple of days. 3.How do you think the virus spread to other countries? I think the infected people carried the virus by air travel. The infected didn’t even know they carried the virus. 4. Do you think anyone will answer his emails? I do not believe so because most of the people in the U.S. have been infected. 5. Do you think the media is lying when they say the president is alive? I think they are because the anchor told them that millions have already been infected. I think they said this to make people feel better.

Questions - Jake Linden 1. Do you think the strange weather had anything to do with the sickness or infection occurring? No, I think it was just a weird coincidence. 2. Do you think that aliens were the cause of “zombies” being able to live without vital organs. Yes, I think that a liens infected the human race with weird zombie viruses. 3. Do you think that the entire world is infected or just the areas they said were infected? I think the entire world is infected, but as far as we know only Europe Asia and the US are. 4. Do you think they will stay forever in the apartment. No, for now they are safe because the bookshelf is blocking the door but eventually they will need supplies. 5. What do you think they will do to get food and supplies? Eventually they will go outside with shotguns and swords and kill their way to the super market.

Discussion Leader- Justin Schwarz During the first ¼ of the book After Life by Jaron Lee Knuth, there were a few main characters throughout the story. Some of their names are Alex and Morgan. Alex is a nerdy guy that plays with action figures. He has a ton of them because he collects them as well as selling them. So to most of us, we would think his life sucks. Morgan is engaged. She is a chain smoker. Her fiance is in California and because of that she is living with Alex. Alex and Morgan are good friends. But, something Morgan doesn't know is that Alex is in love with her. So, later on in the book if these feelings are released maybe their friendship will end.

Summary- Danny Giunta

This was the first week. Kevin forgot to bring in food. There was not much to talk about because not much happened in our book. Jake was the only one who had the book. Dan, Justin and I all downloaded the book off of E reader. Kevin and Jake got into a rubber band fight. This period was not the most productive but it was very fun.

Discussion Leader- Kevin Baharyan

The language and content of the book is very easy to read. There are very few words that we don’t understand. The best grade level for this book would be 8th grade and older. This is a very good aspect of the book so we can talk about our opinions and ideas of the book, without making up meanings of the words we wouldn’t understand.

Questions- Justin Schwarz

1.When Morgan opened the internet on Alex's computer what was there? - The top news stories. 2.Where did Christopher to leave for? - California. 3.Why did they feel uncomfortable cooking over the wood? - Because most of the wood they found was treated with chemicals that was dangerous to their health. 4.When Alex looked out the window and overlooked the entire city, What bought the erie feeling to her stomach? - The whole city and all of the gigantic buildings were empty, but homemade signs still said “Still Alive” and “S.O.S.” 5.Why was Alex yelling at Morgan while she was entering the fire escape? - Because she was going to help the survivors of the city, but Alex was mad because he didn't think it was safe enough for her to enter the city.

Questions- Danny Giunta 1.Where were the people safe? Top floor of the apartment building. 2.Why did they shoot the other survivor on the top floor? They thought he was a zombie. 3.Where did they find the other survivors? They herd them fighting on the street and they called for them to go up the fire escape. 4. Why do the news people bother to tell you that the president is safe? Because they really only care for the president not for all the people who are dieing. 5. How do you feel about all the people dieing? It is sad and scary because no actions have been taken.

Summary- Dan Chiriani This week was great. We had a lot of fun. Jake brought in good food. He brought Sour Cream and Onion Chips and Cheez Doodles. He also brought in 10 Arizona Iced Teas. They were really good. After we hate we went to work. Danny and Justin asked there questions to the group. We had a long discussion but finally we posted his questions on the computer. The questions took up most of the period. This we focused on how Morgan and Alex were able to clear the building of zombies.


 * WEEK 3

Questions-** Justin Schwarz

1. When Alex was sitting on the stool in the kitchen, What was he turning the dial on? - The boom-box. 2. What did Mr. Peterson do every time Ethan raised his voice or began to eat a can of peaches strangely? - He would point out. 3. What was awkward about Omar and Emma's relationship? - Emma wasn't even 14 years old, but Omar was nearing his 18th birthday. 4. What was continuously on the mind of Alex and Morgan? - What was going through all the survivors minds. And more than that, if there were any survivors. 5. When Alex was going through the frequencies on the radio, What station did he find? - People talking about some sort of drop zone and being 15 minutes out.


 * Summary**- Kevin Baharyan

This week was a good week. Dan brought the food; he brought Sour Cream & Onion chips (like always), and Grape Gatorade. One of the other groups gave us brownies which were really good. Everyone seems to like the book so far with its extraordinary details. We still have two weeks left so the book will probably get even better.

1. Do you think that the top floor would stay safe? No I think that it will eventually become overrun with zombies. 2. Do you think the military would have still tried to blow up the city if they knew there were still people there? Yes, I think they didn’t care and just wanted to blow zombies up! 3. Do you think it is really unrealistic that they survived the bomb in the only part of the building that was left standing. Yes, I think it is very hard to believe just the staircase they are in survived. 4. Do you think the bomb is the reason the zombies became very slow and weak? Yes, I think that the zombies got very hurt from the bomb and that is why they run slower now. 5. Do you think they will stay at the store they got into? Yes, I think they will stay there and it will keep the safe.
 * Questions-** Jake Linden


 * Summary**- Danny Giunta

The mood of After Life is very scary and sad. It is the zombie apocalypse and everyone is dying and killing each other. For a while the people were stuck in an apartment and it was very scary for them. At any point a zombie could pop out and kill all of them. The mood is very Scary and I would not want to be in this book.

WEEK 4

Questions- Danny Giunta

1. How is the zombie apacolypse? It is really scary and there are many dead people. 2. why were all the characters freaking out? They were freaking out because everyone is now infected 3.What was the long ringing? There was an explosion. 4. What were the characters looking at when they were on there way to the building? Dead corpses. 5. Who did Emma want to see? Her father.

Questions- Kevin Baharyan

1. What was the jagged steel pointed towards? A bloody gouge out of Ethan's leg. 2. What was Alex trying to do to the bathroom door? Knock it down. 3. What did Ethan know he had to do when he found out Morgan was going to die? He knew he had to save her. 4. How was the man that held Mr. Peterson at knife point described? A tall, wide-shouldered man with a thick black beard. 5. What happened to Morgan's hope that the military had taken care of most of the zombies? It was lost

Discussion Leader-Dan Chiriani In the book, After Life, the main theme of is to never give up hope. Because there is a zombie apocalypse, both Alex and Morgan must face their fears. Alex and Morgan stay in an apartment surviving only on canned food and soda. But they must face there fears and leave. They did not think they were going to survive but they were able to. They never gave up hope. An image in the book is the apartment building. The building represents safety and the struggle to hold on to their past lives. Alex does not want to leave because it is home to him. All of his memories are in that apartment.

Summarizer- Jake Linden Today was amazing. Justin brought in food today. He brought in sour cream and onion chips like always and cheese doodles. Cheese doodles are my favorite. Also it is a funny word. Also, Tyler is sitting with us because his entire group is not here. We had a very intense discussion about the book and when it ended I think it made us all better people inside.

Questions- Kevin Baharyan 1. How did they describe Nathan's stare to Alex? Like a cold stone? 2. What did Owen ask Gary to give him? A rope. 3. Why did Alex scream? He pictured the men tying up Morgan. 4. Who is the main conflict between? Owen and Alex. 5. How was Alex's voice described? Weak and awkward through his swollen lips.

Questions-Dan Chiriani 1.Why do you thing Alex and Morgan went to the Wal-Mart? It was one of the safest places around. It also was the perfect place to hold out from the zombies. They both stayed in the store for a couple of weeks 2. Why were the people living at Wal-Mart so nice? They had a lot of supplies. They were just friendly people. 3. Why did Alex and Morgan go to the military base if they did not want to? The people living in the store wanted to because they wanted to be safe. But Alex and Morgan knew there no one was there. Alex and Morgan got all violent. 4. Do you think it was a good idea for Alex and Morgan to have children? No because it takes a lot of work to fend for them. It is also very unsafe. 5. Do you think this was a good ending to the book? The ending was ok. It was not the best ending. Alex and Morgan live happily ever after.

Discussion Leader- Jake Linden

I think reading the book Afterlife made us all better people one way or another. It was a fast paced, intense story of two longtime friends during a zombie Apocalypse and how they survived. In the book there was love, violence, gore, and lots of destruction, which was put together and made the book very good. The book could have been a little longer and explained more, especially in the second half of it. If there is a zombie apocolypse this story teaches you a few major things like don't trust people you don't know and aim for their heads that is the only way to kill them. I think the book deserves a 6 or 7 out of 10.

Summarizer- Justin Schwarz

Today was our last book club meeting of the year. Its kind of sad that we wont get a snack 4th Period anymore. Now we will have to starve until lunch. Today Danny brought in the food. We spent the first 15 minutes eating the Chips Ahoy and Sour Cream and Onion chips he bought in. We also got 2 Kool-Aid Jammers each. But then we got to the book. Jake, the Discussion Leader, told the two people with the questions, Kevin and Dan to propose their questions, so they did. As a group we answered each of them. We then discussed what happened throughout the book. After we finished this, there was only about 10 minutes left in class so we just hung out for the rest of the period. This year the book club was a lot of fun and a good break from class work.