Hier können wir den Anderen unser Lieblingsbuch, das sich zu lesen lohnt, vorstellen./ Here we can recommend our favourite book which is worth reading.
Dagmar Wiegand - 07.02.2019 @ 17:18
In our opinion "Vox" is definitely a book worth reading. Why? You can read it in our article.
Victoria Zawadil - 19.03.2019 @ 19:12
A book worth reading – „VOX“ by Christina Dalcher
By Victoria Zawadil and Rebecca Fasching, BG-BRG Kufstein/Austria
“Vox” plays in a dystopian world in which women are only allowed to speak 100 words each day. They should focus on the things “women should do” like household, cooking and so on. Next to the speaking embargo they should let their husbands go to work and are also not allowed to develop a sign language. If the women speak more than 100 words they get punished by an electroshock. But some of them want their voices back and are also willing to fight for their rights especially for their daughters, because they see how they want to fit in the system and start to be silent.
For those who do not know: “vox” is the Latin word for voice. So everything revolves around what it means to have or not have a voice. The book shows how significantly restricted your personal freedom is, when you are not allowed to speak whenever, whatever, to whom and as much as you want and how important it is to give people who do not have a voice their right back. And that is the point: Being allowed to raise one’s voice is a right which should never be restricted!
But what does it mean to have a voice? It means to have the power to change something, to be free, to decide what you stand for, to share ideas, to show your opinion on something, to express yourself, to interact with others and to build a relationship. What would we do, if we only had a contingent of 100 words? The University of Arizona found out that humans speak about 16.000 words per day! Well, this is 160 times more than the amount we would be allowed according to “Vox”.
The book is definitely a political one. In this world the point of saying “stop it cannot go on like this” is missed. It was also a fault of the hero in the book, because she decided to focus on her career rather than on political developments. She now realised that this was a huge mistake. The author wants to clarify that everybody should raise their voice and stand up for their rights! In “Vox” the main character wants to change something for her daughter. How is she doing this with only 100 words? - Well read the book, it is absolutely worth it!
All pictures by Victoria Zawadil, BG-BRG Kufstein/Austria
The book "Vox" sounded like a boring book at first when I read the name. But after reading your article and what the book is about it was very interesting and I would actually want to read that book. The way you explained about the book made me much more interested in how that girl would make it to protest with only having 100 words to say. It sounds impossible to protest with only having 100 words to speak and explain the rights that women should have. I really want to find out if she makes it and how many days it took for her to organise how she is going to speak those 100 words in that political situation. But I believe that the girl have much other girls and women that will start an organisation to protest about this political situation. Thanks for writing that article on that recommendation book of "Vox".
Ahmad Tamer - 09.05.2019 @ 11:37
My favourite book is called Night sky by Suzanne Brockman. It's a book series with two books and one prequel book.
It's about a girl named Skylar who babysits a younger girl named Sasha. One night after Sasha is kidnapped. Skyler's had dreams about Sasha getting kidnapped before and fears that all her dreams are coming true. Then even more strange things start to happen. A weird girl with strange abilities starts to follow her around. Said girl also tells Skylar she has abilities too. Because of these abilities her blood has these special hormones that makes her stronger, faster and smarter. Even if this sound fantastic it comes with a disadvantage: her blood can be used to make a powerful drug named destiny. This makes her a target for people who needs her blood, which puts her in grave danger.
This is a very dramatic book but it's also really funny and I definetly recomend it!
Emma Heinrich - 09.05.2019 @ 11:38
I want to be honest, I`ve never heard from the book Vox before, but it sounds very challenging and convincingly. After your article I'm also interested in reading this book.
One of my favourite books is Samurai from Chris Bradford.
This book is about a young boy in the time of 1600, who is sailing with his father in two years from England to Japan. During their journey, ninjas attacked them, and the whole crew is getting killed except him. He aground on a new country, where he doesn't know anyone, and he can't even speak the language. Luckily, a man found him and adapts him as a stepson. Soon he gets new friends, but also new enemies. He is able to learn how to fight as a Samurai, but he has still daily difficult challenges to pass.
I really like his way of writing and this book is so enthralling, you can't put it out of your hands.
Sandra Juffinger - 27.05.2019 @ 20:22
Ich habe bisher über das Buch, Vox nichts gehört. Ich kann es mir nur schwer vorstellen, dass jemand nur 100 Wörter pro Tag sagen soll. Unsere Stärke steckt in unseren Worten und ohne sie hätten wir keine Macht Urteil über unser Leben zu fällen.
Eine von meinen Lieblingsballaden ist ,,Die Barden von Wales” von János Arany. In der Ballade geht es um Eduard König, der der König von England war, aber er besetzte Wales, worüber sich das Volk nicht freute. Die Menschen rebellierten gegen den König, bis er verrückt wurde. Nach dem Niederschlagen des ungarischen Freiheitskampfes 1848-49 schrieb er sie als Reaktion auf die Zeitumstände. Der Kaiser wollte eine verherrlichende Ballade von Arany über seine ’guten’ Taten, aber er verweigert es und dichtete ein Werk über die Unterdrückung, in der die Menschen leben sollten. Er war die Stimme des Volkes und zeigte jedem, dass wir unsere Stimme müssen hören lassen.
Tímea Karmacsi - 02.06.2019 @ 21:53
Hier ist meine Empfehlung. Ich möchte ein Buch empfehlen, dass ich schon vorher gelesen habe. Es wurde von Gudrun Pausewang geschrieben -"Die Wolke".
Das Buch hatte ich mir für die Sommerferien gekauft. Als ich zum ersten Mal zu lesen begann, rauschte das Meer, es wehte ein stiller Wind ... Die Geschichte von Jana Berta, übrigens ist sie die Hauptfigur, fesselte mich auf der Stelle. Bei einem bestimmten Kapitel, wo ihr kleiner Bruder starb, konnte ich irgendwie nicht aufhören zu lesen und darüber wegkommen. Der Tod vom kleinen Bub war so tragisch für mich, dass ich wirklich weinen musste. Kommen wir zurück zum Buch. Ich finde die Geschichte gibt einen sehr guten Blick wie gefährlich eine Kernschmelze ist und die Auswirkungen, natürlich ist dieses Thema auch zum Teil immer noch aktuell. Das Versagen der Kernreaktoren kennen wir sicher alle, oder? Ich finde es einfach toll wie alles erzählt wird. Sehr viel möchte ich zum Buch nicht verraten. Zum Schluss möchte ich mitteilen ,dass das Buch unter den "must-read" sein sollte.
Melike Aksak - 11.07.2019 @ 20:03
Your article about "Vox" sure made me interested in reading the book.
I recommend you reading through the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, written by J.R.R Tolkien. It's a long, epic story set in a masterfully crafted fantasy world filled to the brim with fictional races and adventures. When a great evil, Sauron, wakes up from a long slumber, a few young Hobbits - short, lazy, peace-loving creatures - go onto a quest to destroy him. The storyline allows you to follow the main protagonists through good and bad times. It's a story about valour, friendship, and surpassing one's limits.
The book is filled with great characters and has a lot to tell - so check it out!
Jakub and Emilia
Jakub Fenert - 04.10.2019 @ 13:36