Book 1 Project The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Art of Racing in the Rain is about a dog named Enzo. The story describes Enzo’s experience watching everything that happens in the life of his owner, Denny. Enzo is the main character in the book, and the narrator of the story.  Enzo sees how difficult Denny’s life becomes when his wife gets sick with cancer and he is fighting over the custody of his children with his wife’s family. Enzo and Denny always had a passion for race car racing.

 I have a proposal to make an indoor go kart racing track with a race car theme. The go- kart track would be called EN-ZONE. This name was selected because Enzo, the dog in the book, captures so many readers’ hearts just as the racing track will appeal to many people. Inside the go kart facility, there will be places where people can race go karts which are designed as race cars. There will be go karts dedicated to Enzo and also, karts devoted to Denny. Just think people can live through the experience of being a race car driver, while feeling the main character’s passion for racing, as seen in the book. Visitors will encounter the actual race as in hearing, “the racetrack is dry for the pace lap, and then after the green flag is waved, indicating the start of race…” (pg. 6). People will have so much fun racing and competing against each other.  There will be lots of excitement at our go kart park because people love rivalry and the opportunity to win! In the EN-ZONE, there will be race car flags and announcers. The go karts will line up like a NASCAR race and there will be the lights and a count down.  Also, there will be stands for the racer’s parents, friends, and fans that may just stop by to watch the go kart races.  People will become so excited and involved in going to EN-ZONE because racing is “about believing that one’s car is merely an extension of one’s body” (pg. 314). The point of EN-ZONE is to give the customer the full experience of being a race car driver and in believing that you can be everything.

When people are finished racing the go karts or get hungry, they can get refreshments from the restaurant, Racing in the Rain. The restaurant will have a variety of food including hamburgers, fries, pizza and much more which can be eaten in race car themed booths. The food will be delicious, family friendly, and affordable so everyone can have a good time. The servers will wear t-shirts with a dog in a race car driving in the rain to represent Enzo.

Once people enjoy their meal, they can stop by the EN-ZONE gift shop where customers can purchase merchandise that is customized with details in the book. For example, people can purchase t-shirts and key chains with pictures of Enzo or Denny’s race car jersey. The store will also have t-shirts with quotes from the book like “It is about believing that you are not you: you are everything. And everything is you” (pg. 314). The gift shop will sell the book, The Art of Racing in the Rain and there will be stuffed animals of Enzo and many other fun products that people will be attracted to purchase. People will want to buy unique t-shirts and memorabilia that relate to the book, The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Overall, I personally think people will enjoy the EN-ZONE because it is a new, family fun adventure where people can relax and be entertained. I think EN-ZONE will be a great investment and create an atmosphere of fun for many people. I feel like this would be a good idea because is something new and different. A lot of people who have not read the book can still enjoy the story line of The Art of Racing in the Rain, and once someone visits EN-ZONE, they may get interested in reading the book. Who knew that go kart racing may encourage reading. This could be a win-win situation for all involved. This idea will bring a new experience to all of the current fans, as well as create new future enthusiasts. 

    

What is a book?

A book is where you can go imagine a different world and there are no rules. A book makes you open to so many different thoughts and opportunities in the world. A book can take you away from reality for a short time and make things seem better. A book is whatever we want to make it. We get to choose what each character the book look and acts like in our head. Everything in our head makes us want to keep reading more and more each time. Anything is possible when reading and things get better and better each time you read or pick up a different book.  A book is there for you to take you away from your worries. It’s like a gift that someone gave you ,that you can create in your head to be whatever you want it to be.

                Some of the others writer’s opinions they say “You make a world” and I agree with them I believe every time you read a new book it’s a new world you make for yourself which I think is really important. I didn’t really agree with the writer LaValle of how a book is how someone “spent weeks or months or years or a lifetime bleeding on the page!” I sometime think that the author’s tent to right some similar books over and over and sometimes I think authors don’t always put a lot of time in to a book or you can at least see where the author was just writing to fill up pages. I do not think that a Kindle, Ipad, or phone is the same as a book. It upsets me that everything these days are based off of technology. I think that technology is a bad thing I think kids should read from books. Books have been around for a long time and I think they should stay. I think reading off a Kindle takes away from a book; you don’t keep the same feeling and touch when using a book. A book is just so much more important you can take notes better. The battery doesn’t die on you. Reading off a computer all day is bad for your eyes as well. Also you don’t have to worry about a book braking on you and Ipad and break any day if you drop it and then you won’t be able to read and they are expensive.

There is something “magical” about book just being able to fold and read it. I don’t really like the Ipad and kindle maybe because I don’t have technology like it, but I think that people get too caught up in the technology and just forget about everything else which I don’t like. People make it seem like they can’t live without an ipad. I know little kids who have Ipad’s an ipods which is fine but I think they aren’t going to grow up with having books in school.  Everything we do in the future is going to be online on some technology and I don’t think that it’s the best thing to do. I think we need to make people more interested in reading books because soon we are going to lose books and people aren’t going to want to read a book on their ipad over playing a game on their ipad. There are good and bad things to everything in life and we just have to make the best of things. So far I have really enjoyed reading this book. I love dogs and I think this book is great. I have learned so much about dogs and my dog. This book keeps me wondering about my dog and what's going to happen next in the book. 

Why do I read ?

Why do I read? I read because I love to read. When things are bad around you or you don’t feel like yourself you can always open book, and it’s like a little get away. Reading gives you an opportunity to learn more about yourself, and the decisions you make in your life. Reading makes you think outside of the box. Reading takes away all of your worries and all of my focus becomes on the book.  Reading makes you think and learn more than you imagine. Every time you pick up a new book to read it’s like going on a new adventure. I learn more about life when I am reading and I like reading because every book is different. Every character is different and interesting to learn about. Reading makes you look at life in different ways, but you can also enjoy other things to read like magazines and the newspaper. Without reading I don’t know what life would be like and I think sometimes we take advance of everything we have and can do. I believe that we are really luck to be able to read and learn every day because some people don’t have the opportunity to read and learn like we do.