Charlie

__Steven Spielberg__

For the third trimester I read the book “Steven Spielberg Master Story Teller” by Tom Powers. This book is a biography of Steven Spielberg the world famous filmmaker. In this book it shows the ups and downs of his life from beginning to now.  The Plot of this story is about how he grew up and became a filmmaker. The plot explained his life in detail but not too overwhelming to make me put down the book. Also this book kept me reading and reading and I couldn't put the book down. The book also explained very well how he films and how he sacrificed for a passion. I will say if you film you wont drift or be able to but the book down. Over all the plot was strong and enjoyable.

This book takes place in many places like in New Jersey, Arizona, and mostly in California. This is because when he grew up he moved a lot, but when he became a filmmaker he lived in California. The setting in the book helps tell us how being in California can really improve how you film and publish. If he did not live in California he would not make his famous movies; that's how important the setting is.

The Theme of this book is about following your dreams and preserving. It showed how one man had a dream, pursued it, and became one of the most famous filmmakers in history. The author did a great job in pursuing the message of Steven Spielberg.

The Characters that he placed worked well with the book. Each character was put in to either explain how he grew up or how he had people to help him film. The author could have had put in all the characters involved in his life it would be to overwhelming and crazy. The amount of characters that he chose was the perfect amount. The style of this book was to explain his life. But in my mind I think he explained to a basic idea. He didn't overwhelm me with to much facts and details to make me but down the book. Instead he gave a basic idea in how his life worked. For me and people I know that is a great style to write in. His style in writing was strong, simple, and straight to the point. After reading this book I found that I wanted to read more about him, so I wish it was longer. But on a rating of 1 to 10 I would give it a ten because of its style, how strong the plot is, and how it really told a filmmaker fairy tale.