Excerpt of short story:
"You're such a loser" she started "A fat ugly loser". They laughed, all her friends laughed at me. I sat in the next three classes crying. I don't understand why she hates me. That was the nicest thing she has ever said. Imagine the worst things she say. Shes not the only one. Shes not the first person to call me that. All my sad useless life, that is what I've been called. I'm done. I'm done with everything. The world, school, family, life. Its over and I'm done.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
reading response #5
I am currently reading the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. In the book a girl named Susie gets raped and killed. Everyone takes her death really badly. People start getting problems and everything just goes down hill. Her mother leaves while her grandma moves in. Even her school friends life changes drastically.Even though Susie is dead, she is still apart of their lives.
One thing that i noticed is that Susie is still very important in their lives. From heaven she watches down on them all the time. She takes everything in on what their doing. She takes note on what happens. She also has the same feeling that she would on earth as she feels on heaven. I don't feel as if she has wisen up.
But Susie is also there physically. She goes and watches her family. Her brother tells his dad that she is in the room with him, watching him. She goes down and watches them. I think that she doesn't miss them more than they miss her. I feel like shes more mellow. I also feel like she wants to visit everyone she loved or that were important to let them know that they were important.
This proves how close to her loved ones lives she is. All the people that she visits, don't really have a problem with it. They only loved her so much. I think even though shes not alive, shes there, with them.
One thing that i noticed is that Susie is still very important in their lives. From heaven she watches down on them all the time. She takes everything in on what their doing. She takes note on what happens. She also has the same feeling that she would on earth as she feels on heaven. I don't feel as if she has wisen up.
But Susie is also there physically. She goes and watches her family. Her brother tells his dad that she is in the room with him, watching him. She goes down and watches them. I think that she doesn't miss them more than they miss her. I feel like shes more mellow. I also feel like she wants to visit everyone she loved or that were important to let them know that they were important.
This proves how close to her loved ones lives she is. All the people that she visits, don't really have a problem with it. They only loved her so much. I think even though shes not alive, shes there, with them.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
reading response #4
In the story "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Joby is a young drummer boy of to war with some soldiers. However, Joby feels as if he plays an unimportant roll in the war. He is very upset by the thought. The General and Joby have a talk and they connect. The General helps Joby realize that he is important and can help the situation.
At first Joby just thought he was a useless toy in the war. On page 51 Joby says that he is no more than a toy himself. "Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, to sticks to sticks to beat it and no shield" I think this proves that he feels unimportant. Its basically like getting leftovers. I think Joby feels really insecure about being in the war. I feel that he feels that way because he may be intimidated by the fact that he is really at a war. I also think he feels lonely because he doesn't have his family.
Joby started crying. That is when the General comes in. He hears Joby and talks to him. While the General is talking to him, Joby thinks that the general is how a father should smell. That also proves that Joby might be a bit lonely because hes thinking about fathers. I think the General actually sat down and talked with him because he might have felt lonesome himself; I think the general was glad that he talked with Joby. I think he needed to get it off his chest.
The talk with the General really Joby's self esteem up. Joby thought he was merely a useless toy. Now Joby feels confident about what he is, a drummer boy. He has respect for himself. He is the heart of the troops and he keeps the rhythm that they walk to. He turned his drum facing the sun and went back to sleep.
At first Joby just thought he was a useless toy in the war. On page 51 Joby says that he is no more than a toy himself. "Me, thought the boy, I got only a drum, to sticks to sticks to beat it and no shield" I think this proves that he feels unimportant. Its basically like getting leftovers. I think Joby feels really insecure about being in the war. I feel that he feels that way because he may be intimidated by the fact that he is really at a war. I also think he feels lonely because he doesn't have his family.
Joby started crying. That is when the General comes in. He hears Joby and talks to him. While the General is talking to him, Joby thinks that the general is how a father should smell. That also proves that Joby might be a bit lonely because hes thinking about fathers. I think the General actually sat down and talked with him because he might have felt lonesome himself; I think the general was glad that he talked with Joby. I think he needed to get it off his chest.
The talk with the General really Joby's self esteem up. Joby thought he was merely a useless toy. Now Joby feels confident about what he is, a drummer boy. He has respect for himself. He is the heart of the troops and he keeps the rhythm that they walk to. He turned his drum facing the sun and went back to sleep.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
blog hw
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.
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.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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.
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.
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