5 4 3 2 1 on Hacking Harvard #3

5 Comments

- Oh i get it now. Max Kim is making some sort of video games and sell them and make some money. But his father is against that.

- His father really want him to get in the college. Max Kim is so stubborn.

- There is exactly no point of getting a lame student in to harvard for like $100. I know i wouldn't do that.

- It was really funny when Max said that he is Korean Jews. And Schwarz said there is only 120 korean jews and he is not one of them.

- The bums go to latin school and they are the worst hackers ever. Wow.

4 Questions

- Did Max Sr. go to Harvard and are they really poor. Or are they rich?

- What was the profit of getting in a lame student in to harvard? 

- Is Max Kim lying? Because it doesn't look like he is doing so many work for just $100.

- Why is Schwarz in this? I thought he is a nerd.

3 Vocabulary 

- Churning - An act of a person or things that churn.

- Winced - to draw back or tense to the body

- Mirthless - gaiety or jollity 

2 Literally Terms

- Indirect Characterzalition - The author keep picking on Schwarz because even though he don't say it out loud or people telling us. We know he is a nerd because the things he said is all about math and stuff. Which is one way of telling us he is a nerd.

- Irony - Well , Max want to hack the harvard system so a lame student can get in the school. 

1 Overview 

- Max found out that his father didn't like what he was doing so his dad stop funding him. And Max have made a bet with the Bum from Latin School about a hack to Harvard to get the worst student into Harvard. And Eric and Schwarz was disappointed with Max , but they both join the hacks because it seem exciting for them . 

5 4 3 2 1 on Hacking Harvard#2

 5 Comments 

- It was really funny when Schwarz found like dozen of bras in his dorm room. Because he is a geek and stuff.

- So now i know, Max Kim is a senior in high school. And he hangs out with Schwarz in the dorm. I thought he was a college student.

- Max Kim's parent is very forceful of getting Max into Harvard. But Max seem like he don't want to go.

- I agree with Max because he hate when his parent compare to him with his sister's. My parent do that to me too.

- Eric have the most funniest shirt ever. But it is quite inappropriate  

4 Questions

- Max Kim said that there is an event coming up. What is that event about?

- Why would Max skip his chance to go to college for that event? Why is it so important?

- Do Eric and his parent fight like this all the time? Is those people his parent? 

- Why was Max parent mad when he said he'll go to BU?

3 Vocabulary

- Commemorative - serving to commemorate

- Crest - the head or top of anything.

- Kimchi - Korean. a spicy pickled or fermented mixture containing cabbage, onions, and sometimes fish, variously seasoned, as with garlic, horseradish, red peppers, and ginger.

2 Literary Terms

- Character - Kim because he have desire. He want to start the Xierco Co . So that make him a character.

- Climax - Kim 's parent is forcing him to go to school and go to college like Harvard , which is stopping him from making the product he want to make. And Stop him from hacking on stuff.

1 Overview 

- Kim got home and we got a overall of how his house is look, he is all crimson color. And his parent always brag about how successful there daughter is . His sisters all got in to harvard and stuff. Which make Kim upset. Second , Schwarz dorm was fill with bras because the girls upstair think it might be funny doing that. Since Schwarz is a geek and he is afraid of such thing as bras. 

5 4 3 2 1 on Hacking Harvard #1

5 Comments 

- At first , they are talking about the one of there action hacking into harvard. And it sound pretty intense

- A lot of big words in this book. More than any book i read so far.

- It seem like they are doing stuff that they will go to jail for.

- There is 3 character which is Max Kim ( Korean ) , Eric and Schwarz. They are the master mind behind this.

- Schwarz seem like cowardly person because he was scare of everything they did. Well probably because he is a geek type of person.

4 Questions

- Why are they hacking ? Is there any goal they try to achieve behind this?

- What are they trying to find here? 

- Since there is like 3 people in the crew. Which one is the main character or they are all main?

- Is Max Kim in high school or college? There wasn't many description there about it.

3 Vocabulary

- Comprehensively - of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive

- Snickered- To utter a partly stifled laugh

- Imposing - very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance,

2 Literary Terms 

- Indirect Characterization  - In the first chapter, Schwarz was describe many time that he was too afraid or too scare of something and worry way too much. So i think they are trying to say that he is a coward. That is just what i think.

- Metaphor - Since they were hacking, they couldn't talk too much or else it will cost alot of noise so they always use code names and words. i guess that count as metaphor.

1 Overview 

- The crew Max Kim, Schwarz , Eric Roth were hacking in harvard and they were describing the rules of hacking into sound such what you need to do when you are getting caught or what you do when something happen. So they were hacking into the teacher office which i think, they plan out all the thing they need to do and all the security routine and time. So far this book is good.