Blog #1

My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo. The reason why The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book is because it shows adventure, excitement, and emotional all in one. That is all that is needed to convince me that this is a great book. I have always loved adventure and sometimes try and imagine that I were to be in their position, a great book is one that takes my imagination to another level; this book did just that. A quote that I chose was a spiritual change that occurred in Dante,"Dantès was now thirty-three years old, as we have said, and his fourteen years in prison had brought what might be described as a great spiritual change to his features. He had entered the Château d'If with the round, full, radiant face of a contented young man whose first steps in life have been easy and who looks to the future as a natural extension of the past All that had changed utterly. Edmond smiled when he saw himself. It would have been impossible for his best friend—if he had any friends left—to recognize him; he didn't recognize himself". The quote shows one can be changed significantly throughout a period of time in prison, especially if one did not deserve it, these years caused him to swear revenge and make the ones who put him there regret their decisions. One of my favorite parts in this book was when the treasure was discovered, a truly exciting moment. That is a position that a numerous amount of people would have loved to experienced, so would I.