https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf en-us 2018-12-17 13:48:07 UTC 2019-02-01 15:24:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Removelove.png mchugha_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315504972 Ahern takes the character of Celestine and totally changes her in the first part of the book. At the beginning, Celestine was like everyone else: she thought that the Flawed were horrible people who have been punished for what they had done. Over time, Celestine's mind changes, and her view on the Flawed is altered. When she first confused about how Angelina Tinder could be taken away, she knows that the Tinders are her friend and that they couldn't possibly be Flawed because they are terrible people. When Celestine is on the bus, she notices again that something isn't right about letting an old man who might just die actually die because he did something wrong so long ago. Now, Celestine has somewhat of a voice because she is trying to stand up for what she thinks is right. I think that throughout the book, Celestine will take more action towards what she believes in. ]]> 2018-12-18 13:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315504972 petroc_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315506058 Celestine is a reliable narrator. She is constantly being described as a girl of logic, and she looks for it around her. Through her narration she tells things as they are, and in the beginning she may even have a bit of prejudice towards the flawed. But, even then, she acknowledges her prejudices until she starts to let go of them. She is more a logical type then a feeling type, which means her POV can be more objective then someone elses might be. ]]> 2018-12-18 13:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315506058 gucl_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315513559 The explanation and presentation of the press and the general public are interesting to me.
The press and the public are very divided in what they think about Celestine and what she has done. The press thinks she's a hero, and the public (namely the Flawed) think of her as either a savior or a Flawed herself.
Ahern's writing talent is shown by portraying these (very) different personalities in the short time they're present.]]> 2018-12-18 13:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/315513559 mchugha_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/317845121 The author uses sensory details to explain things very well. When describing what is happening when Celestine gets branded, it is so specific. The way that the author describes the searing pain of the brands and how she could smell her burning flesh made the whole thing more real for the reader. And when talking about Celestine's recovery, it sounded horrible. It was hard for her to talk and she could barley eat and just had to sit in bed the whole time. ]]> 2019-01-07 13:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/317845121 gucl_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/318281771 The changes Celestine is going through (from 'perfect' to 'flawed'), she's become more relatable to me. She's been, quite literally, branded an outsider and an outcast from the society she has lived in for so long.
I've lived in the same home all of my life, but this is my second year in this school system. So I relate to her sense of loneliness and fear of being alone.]]> 2019-01-08 13:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/318281771 petroc_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/318739748 Flawed goes at a very steady pace. It starts with a good introduction to the characters and the world and sets up the system that we’re going to see in the book. And pretty much in the beginning we get this big event happening to Celestine, her being marked flawed. This is a big event in the story and we see it happened pretty early on, and this is enjoyable because we get to see the result and what happens after through the rest of the story. 

]]> 2019-01-09 13:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/318739748 mchugha_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/319204579 In Flawed, Celestine shows a great deal of leadership, but in a humble way. When she stood up for the man that was flawed on the bus, and she went to court for it, she never really said that she was "helping" the flawed, just that she was doing what she thought was right. Celestine is one of the few people who rebelled against the Guild in that sort of severity. Hopefully, Celestine will be able to have an impact on the society around her to change their minds on how they react to people doing something that is supposedly wrong. ]]> 2019-01-10 13:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/319204579 petroc_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/319226687 Throughout Flawed, fear is prevalent for Celestine. After trying to help the flawed man she is taken by the guild, and finds herself in a cell. Of course Celestine is afraid to be in this place and accused of being flawed, she was just doing what she deemed logical.  You can see her fear again in the branding chamber, where she was branded six times. The sixth brand is one that she shouldn’t even have had to be branded with, it happened because Judge Crevan used his power to give it to her and sent her family away. In Chapter 44 Celestines classmates tricked her and took her, they restrained her and threw her in the car. She has every right to be afraid, people are using their power against her and believe they are justified in doing so because she is flawed.  

]]> 2019-01-10 13:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/319226687 petroc_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/323575477 The moment that most defines Celestine is when she tried to save the flawed mans life. This is where she shows her compassion and logic. This is the moment that I first connected with her because of her empathy. One that recently defined her was escaping from the room she was trapped in and running home. This shows what she has had to do because of her new flawed status. She got put in a dangerous situation and it's up to her to get herself out of it. This is what she has been forced to do, this is what defines her place in society now. ]]> 2019-01-23 17:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/323575477 mchugha_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/323763330 When Celestine is talking to Pia in chapter 50 & 51, their conversation took a turn that I didn't think it would take. Pia has slowly been leaning towards Celestine's side, but Pia fully admitted to aiding the Flawed, and it was sort of like something clicked in her head where she started trusting Pia even more. Celestine is opening up Pia more and more each time they talk to each other about the Guild and Celestine's extra branding. After what they have talked about, it seems like Celestine can now trust and confide in her, but she also figured out that she can get information out of Pia now that they're on the same side. ]]> 2019-01-24 03:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/323763330 gucl_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324288210 The society Celestine's in is presented to be perfect; nobody is Flawed, and if they are, they face punishments. This has me thinking that it's society who's flawed, and the Flawed people are perfect because they show their mistakes, they show that they're human.]]> 2019-01-25 12:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324288210 gucl_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324288711 In Flawed, Celestine was considered Perfect. She wasn't Flawed, and she didn't want to be. However when we see her on the bus, assisting the Flawed man into a bus seat, we first see empathy form. She thought that the man reminded her of her grandfather, and her instincts told her to help him.
Later, when she is branded Flawed because of her actions, she sees the world in a different light. She is now one of the people this "perfect" society frown upon, and she understands how it feels. She shows empathy towards the Flawed.]]> 2019-01-25 12:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324288711 petroc_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324905992 At the beginning of chapter 53,"If you make a mistake you learn from it. If you never make a mistake, you're never the wiser." This one impacted me because of how true it is, we all make mistakes, all the time, but they don't and shouldn't define us. But in Flawed, the Guild wants that to be all you see in people, and it shouldn't be. A second one on page 282,"Change doesn't just happen. We all know that. We have to force it." This is prevalent today, change is happening only because people are making it happen. And if you want things to change, you need to help make it happen.]]> 2019-01-28 13:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/324905992 mchugha_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/325221326 With the book being basically in a different universe, and in a space with very different laws, I frequently think about how ridiculous someone had to be to make up these rules. They must have had no heart or no compassion because it's just wrong what some of these laws do. What the Tinders did was only out of what they though was best for someone they love. I forget who it was, but they recently talked about a family who took their son to Spain or some other country because they didn't want him to die. I know that it was all just Ahern making up stuff for a good book, but if this was real, how messed up would the person who made these laws have to be?]]> 2019-01-29 02:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/325221326 gucl_21 https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/325343157 She chooses the perfect words for the perfect moments, making us even more attached to what's going on around Celestine in the story. This way, we feel what she feels. The detail in the sentences connects us.]]> 2019-01-29 12:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mchugha_21/o54xpdwx1uzf/wish/325343157