The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon — Book Talk

In this book talk, I present the book The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon in a four-minute summary and explanation using three parts from the book.

After a fateful encounter, Natasha and Daniel, two people from two different worlds fall in love with each other in a romantic dream, but conflicts occur between the two when it comes to their background. Natasha is an undocumented immigrant that needs to figure out how to stay in America before she gets deported the next day. Daniel, on the other hand, has a very different problem. Born as an American-born Korean, he frequently gets discriminated against by his way more “Americanized” brother. Through the two protagonist’s interaction, they get to know each other more and agree to help each other even when conflict between the two occurs, as two worlds intertwine into one, and their fates are decided through their love for each other…

The common theme in this book is fate and love, since Daniel falls in love with Natasha not knowing that she might have to leave him after just one day in their relationship, while Natasha has to solve this problem that will determine her fate and future.

 

Found Poem-Button Button

My found poem is from the story Button Button by Richard Matheson, and it talks about the internal conflict between the protagonist Norma and her husband Arthur when they are fighting over whether or not to push a button that was given by a man called Mr. Steward, who is also the antagonist. While Norma only thinks about the money they can get and where they can go with that money, Arthur worries about the people who can die from the it. The inspiration behind the illustration is actually a collage of many different icons to show the conflict between the two. The icon I used for Norma is the housewife, and it’s thinking about all the things they could get and do if they pressed the button. Arthur is represented by the businessman, and all he can think of is the death that will happen once they do it. the red X between the two arrows represent the disagreement between the two characters, and the arrows pointed toward the button link them together to the push of the button. The website prism.scholarslab.org talks more about the conflict in this story here. The reason why I chose these words is because they represent the disagreement between the two. It gives a summary on what is going on between Norma and Arthur, and how they have a contradiction between two decisions, to push the button or not. You can read the full story here.