Novel Analyst

 Name : AMALIYATUL HIDAYAH ROFIQ

NIM      : 21.03.52.0003

Class     : A1 

Subject : Reading 1

Theme  : Analysis of Novel with Pretending Activity 

Title.     : Out of My Mind (Sharron M. Drapper)

Examinene the Covers

1. The cover illustration? .

2. The title? 

Out of My Mind

3. The author’s name? 

Sharon M. Drapper

4. The blurb on the back? 

Yes, there is a blurb on the back book.

"If there's only one book teens and parents (and everyone else) can read this year, Out of My Mind should be it."-The Denver Post

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory, Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows Most people her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of Istening to the same preschool level alphabet lessons again and again and again if only she could speak up. It only she could tell people what she thinks and knows.. but she can't because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind that is until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever At last Melody has a voice but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

5. What information does the cover provide? Name of author, title, a simple picture but meaningful, and publisher.

6. Does the cover illustration intrigue you? Why? Yes, from the cover, it start from the picture I can see fish out of the aquarium. Its makes me interested and argues that this novel tells the story of a person who struggles to get out of his comfort zone. Another opinion, there is an aquarium that makes me guessing that this novel tells about a person who actually wants to get out of his previous condition but he can't because of space constraints.

7. Does this novel remind you of any other books you’ve read? Why? Actually it's was not a book but a theory of cosmology in school book , because from the blurb I know a brief information about the content it's show a struggle of the disabled girl (Melody) who have an extraordinary ability to remind and learn. It same as Stephen Hawking who has limited in movement but he proves that is not limited in education and proves it n become a lecturer at Cambridge University

8. Do you recognize the author’s name? What else have they written?

 Noo...it's my first time. But I know her as American Children's writer and professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience.

Her another best seller books are : Tears of A Tiger (1994), Copper Sun (2006), Blended (2018), Out of My Heart (2021)

2. Generate a List of Questions

1. Where is the story set? 

In home that Melody spent her time. Then in school in New York. 

2. When is it set? 

When Melody's teacher know that she is a genius from her mother 

3. Who is the main character/protagonist in the novel? 

The main character is Melody.

4. Who is the antagonist?

The friends and teacher.

5. What is the nature of the central conflict?

It is start when Melody joining the olimpiade because of her ability to remind, but the competition was held in Washington DC and they're in New York. Then when her friends and the teacher left her, so she can't join the competition.

6. What happens in the climax? Resolution? etc.

The team was lose and say sorry to Melody but Melody don't accept their apology.

3. Take a Peek Inside

1. When was the book published? Why is this significant?

The novel was published in 2010. For me this book is important because from reading this novel we can more tolerance others and can respect them. 

2. Are there any illustrations inside? What impression do they make?

No there is nothing. The impression thing for me is the cover and the title.

3. Does the book have chapters? What do the chapter titles tell us about the story?

Yes there are 33 chapters here and the title is describe inside them. So we can conclude and understand the novel only with read the chapters title.

4. Open a random page and read it. What language register does the writer use? What point of view is employed?

The author using conversation language with quotation marks, and this is using 3rd person perspective omniscient because the author can give the detail about this scene happened.