Sunday, November 05, 2006

Tithe by Holly Black



In Tithe, we meet Kaye Fierch, a young woman who is not at all who she thought she was. How have the Faeries manipulated Kaye to create the illusion of Kaye's identity to not only Kaye, but the outside world? Does Kaye create her own outsider identity, or has it been controlled by the faeries? How does jealousy and suspicion affect her relationship with Janet? Is Kaye completely powerless, or is she actually the one in control? How is Roiben similar to Kaye? Who is more flawed? Start blogging about your book as it relates to the themes in Othello.

44 comments:

Anonymous said...

this sounds like something to do with the trials of self discovery and the possibiity of being tampered with. what is holly black trying to tell us about human nature?

Anonymous said...

it will help if you read the first 2 chapters twice

Anonymous said...

I really don't get the part when Kaye is going home after she gets felt up by Kenny in the first chapter. She meets Roiben in a forest and encounters a centaur (which are fictional) but then later on Roiben shows up at the diner Kaye is at. What was that whole forest thing about if Roiben is real?

Anonymous said...

this story is very full of fantasy like when kaye daydreams she doesn't know that everything she thinks happens like the horse that came out of nowhere.And how did kenny be able to touch the imaginary horse?And how did kaye be able to enchant kenny to fall for her for that event in the book?

Anonymous said...

this book is confusing!!! i sort of get it, but i sort of don't. Its about a this girl Kaye who sees faeries, but no one believes her.

Anonymous said...

now that you have finished reading the pages assigned at the last meeting.can you predict what will happen next?do you think that kaye be able to change her death in the story or will she be able to survive her own destiny?

Anonymous said...

do you see any imagery in this book? how matter hard i look in any pages of it i can't find any!this book is very complicated it's easy to read but hard to understand! did you notice if there is some connnections between othello and tithe by the theme tragic flaws?

Anonymous said...

There is alot of imagery in this book..you bartha maybe have to reread it...they explain the characters and the places description really well so its not that hard to find imagery..you probably is not trying to see it..but oh well...the author is trying to make you seem like you are there..but dont trip...i dont really understand the book either...at some points..you just have to try your best to understand whatever you dont understand

Anonymous said...

i think that Rath Robien Rye could eventually be Kaye's down fall...in other words he will eventually kill her.

Anonymous said...

i don't quite understand how Kaye turned into a faerie. Did she role around in clovers??

Anonymous said...

well she was told that she was to find a four leaf clover. she looked in her grandma's yard but she could not find one.

Anonymous said...

i'm not fully understanding this book. I have re-read every chapter at least twice and i'm stillnot getting it. If Kaye didn't find a four leaf clover how did she turn into a faerie?

Anonymous said...

well reall kaye couldn't find a four-leaf clover but i'm wondering how she be able to be deifferent like her true self.without getting any four-leaf clover that's why this book is very complicated though.

Anonymous said...

Why is Robien goint to kill kaye?

Anonymous said...

I see imegery in the book, like the wall she always backs into when ever she gets in a tight spot

Anonymous said...

what other imagery could you find in this book???

Anonymous said...

i dont know any more of imagery in this book...i read but could not see it..this book is too complicated

Anonymous said...

What do faeries have against metal again? It's like they can't touch it or something right?

Anonymous said...

What are some of Kayes flaws?

Anonymous said...

at first i don't understand it either that why can't the faeries touch or go near any metal is because they might die at the end of the story kaye asked lutie what happens if a faerie swallow iron and lutie said,"it burns the mouth of faeries and they die".

Anonymous said...

that doesnt really give us a clear explanation of why metal can kill faeries. Maybe their senses arent strong to with stand metal.

Anonymous said...

i think the other imagery in this book is the time when kaye was becoming a real pixie where her skin is turning green,her fingers are having a fourth joint,and how corny saw her wings come out of her back.

Anonymous said...

the imagery that i liked was when kaye and roiben are at the festival with all the little kids and they meet the queen, and also when kaye saw herself as a child.

Anonymous said...

what type of relationship does kaye have with Roiben?

Anonymous said...

at the begginning of the story roiben felt no sign of having an attraction towards kaye,but in the middle kaye was attracted to roiben a little bit.but nearly in the end of the story kaye and roiben felt something for each other.

Anonymous said...

thats true becuase they exchanged kisses numerous times throughout the story.

Anonymous said...

Well that was one weird book. But i liked it, it was alright. One thing that i am not sure about though is that why Roiben claimed himself the King of the Unseelie Court.

Anonymous said...

I'm not sure but maybe becausekaye said that roiben must serve silarial.And after a while roiben said that he offer a compact to the court that will free the solitary fey for seven years and maybe the faeries decided that roiben can be their new king.

Anonymous said...

was the seelie queen in the plot to take out the unseelie queen?

Anonymous said...

so the book ends as roiben is the king, and Kaye is like his mistress?

Anonymous said...

the ending was really just for girls, i thought it was cheesy, but emma really thinks it was really good.

Anonymous said...

Yes the ending was really cheesy, but it is a fantasy book. The whole book was a complete trip.

Anonymous said...

The end gave us an insite on the future of kaye. It should have also gave us an insite on a few other characters.

Anonymous said...

i loved this book because it had an ending that you would never expect. What really got me was that Corny was laughing while he was killing the guy(who's name i can't remember). Even after he died he Corny was still laughing. I thought that was kind of wierd

Anonymous said...

what do you think happens now that roiben is the new king of the unseelie court?do you roiben will rule his kingdom like the unseelie queen or there will be some changes?

Anonymous said...

i think roiben will make adjustments that wont anger the citizens but would also be an improvement.

Anonymous said...

do you think after 7 years of freedom,will the courts still sacrifice a mortal for the tithe for another 7 years of freedom?

Anonymous said...

no i think roiben will stop the sacrificing, since he is "friends" with kaye.

Anonymous said...

what was the importance of the thislewhich?

Anonymous said...

i agree with all the coments about roiben. he will make a fine king and be better for all of the creatures living under his kingdom.

CapEnglish3-4 said...

So have you noticed the meaning of colors white and black?

Anonymous said...

Well i noticed the black of the kelpie, what is the significance of those colors?

Anonymous said...

i dont really know the significance of the color,but im going out on a limb here and think it means something bad is going to happened to someone..or maybe death...but i dont really know..

Anonymous said...

when white shows up, it is good. But when black shows up, it is bad.