Blog hw #2: Theme

 The book i am currently reading is " The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. In the book A girl named Susie Salmon is raped and killed. Her family has a hard time accepting the fact that she is dead. Her father is on an endless quest to find out who killed his daughter. I think the book has a bit of a deeper meaning than is along the lines of the book. I also think this book has many themes and meanings.
   I think that Susie's death has changed everyone. Not just because she died but because they got a deeper meaning of life. Everyone becomes more closed in on themselves and shut out anything else there is. They become zombies, lifeless and heartless. They all give some pity to Susie's little brother. Susie's sister, Lindsey, Also changes he life drastically. At first she didn't speak to anyone and tuned everyone out. Little by little she let people back into her life, but didn't become fully excepting yet.
    When Susie died, Everyone had one main focus point. Susie. They all thought about her. People worked harder for her. Lindsey became tougher. She worked out every night. She thought about her sister and locked herself in her room. Her parents became distant. They took turns leaving the house. Her father slept in the living room and once his wife fell asleep he went and joined her. Her bother was the only one who still felt the same. He didn't fully understand what was happening.
   I believe that the love for Susie ran deep. I think it also shows that the people must stay strong even in tragic times. I'm not very deep into the book so I'm going to predict that for now the family is weak. i hope that towards the end they become stronger and more united to find the Susie's killer.  Susie watches from heaven and wishes to help them find the killer but its not so good for her because she is dead. There is not much she can do.

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Andrenia Torres: Before we Were Free by Julia Alvarez                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I am familiar with the author. I read a book by her called " in the Time of the Butterflies". I think shes a a very good author. She writes a lot about the former Dominican dictator Trujillo. I can relate to the character Anita in a way because I have learned a lot about Trujillo since i come from a dominican decent. Often, I would hear about him and all the gruesome things he has done to the people.


Perzya Zephyrin: the Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

I've heard about this book before. Many of the reviews. I love reading these type of books. By that i mean books that i can't really relate to. In my family no one has a perfect body. Well, it's not that they aren't perfect it's more that they aren't ideally thin.
                                                                                                

Reading Response

This summer I read the book "Anatomy of a Boyfriend" by Daria Snadowsky. This book is about a girl named Dom and her friend Amy. Dom bumps into this boy named Wesley at a football game. Amy, Dom's friend, tries to get them together. Amy becomes successful and they do manage to get together. Dom refuses to get together with Wesley at first.
The way the ran into each other was quite embarrassing. Dom was going to the porta potties when she saw a chunky woman with a huge fanny pack going int the only unoccupied porta pottie. That when she trips and falls face forward onto the grass. That is when Wesley comes in. He helps her up and they chat a little. When Amy finds out that Wesley and Dom were talking, she dug deeper to find out more about Wesley.
One thing i noticed about Dom is that at first, she really didn't want to get with Wesley. I thought she didnt want a boyfriend because she was scared of being rejected. I think she was also just nervius about the fact of having a boyfriend. I don't think Dom's had a boyfriend before. She might not be very knowledgeable about how to have a boyfriend.
Another idea i thought why she didn't want to date Wesley was because she was maybe feeling undermined by Amy. Amy was very popular amongst boy. She said she will wait until marriage to do "it", but until then she'll do anything but "it". I think Dom felt as if she were falling into Amy's shadow.