It ain't much, but there really ain't nuthin else much to write home 'bout. Really, the only innerestin thing dat happened dis week was when I went to da store. It was dat one Safeway or whatever ya call it. I went wit my momma and my brother. We was out of food in our house, so we went to go get some more. We gots some apples and bananas and even some carrots. Now we gots some more food to eat in our house so we don't get hungry and stuff.
Dat night we ate good. We had some noodles with the meat and the cheese. Dat is one of my fav dinners to eat. My mom makes it good every time. I love my mommy cause she makes good food for us to eat when we get hungry. Dat was a fun day cause I got to spend time wit my mommy, brother, and had good eatin for dinner. I haped you did enjoy this blog post good and see ya'll next time.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Cather in the Rye
So far, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is bland, yet interesting. It's kinda hard to explain, but the storyline seems pointless, yet it is still interesting to read. I am also only 50 pages in, so it will probably get better.
Because I am in the beginning of the novel, the most important literary element so far is characterization, and Salinger does a great job of it. I can almost perfectly picture all the characters in my head, what they look like, what their personalities are, and even their relationships to other people in the novel.
The only book I can really think that is somewhat like The Catcher in the Rye, is 1984 by George Orwell. The only reason is because I forced myself through the first 40 pages of the book. I found it very boring at the beginning, much like the novel I am reading now. Even though both of the books are slow at the beginning, I find The Catcher in the Rye much better to read, only because I know the characters better and somewhat of the plot than I did in 1984.
The only reason I have for a creative project at this point is a poster, because it is easy, and because I might be doing it with a friend. We might talk some more about ideas, but this far that's the only idea I have.
Because I am in the beginning of the novel, the most important literary element so far is characterization, and Salinger does a great job of it. I can almost perfectly picture all the characters in my head, what they look like, what their personalities are, and even their relationships to other people in the novel.
The only book I can really think that is somewhat like The Catcher in the Rye, is 1984 by George Orwell. The only reason is because I forced myself through the first 40 pages of the book. I found it very boring at the beginning, much like the novel I am reading now. Even though both of the books are slow at the beginning, I find The Catcher in the Rye much better to read, only because I know the characters better and somewhat of the plot than I did in 1984.
The only reason I have for a creative project at this point is a poster, because it is easy, and because I might be doing it with a friend. We might talk some more about ideas, but this far that's the only idea I have.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Theme: Extended
I haven't read many books that actually have morals and themes. Sure I read Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, but they never really had anything to say that made any sense. That is why I was very excited to pick up this novel at the beginning of summer. I have heard it was a very good book and had many elements to it that looked into the insight on life, but I never knew that it could speak to me as an individual. The one theme that I felt really related to me was growing up and loss of innocents.
My family has not been the most fortunate. When I was just 7 years old, we lost a very nice house, that's when we moved to Olympia, but then on it has been pretty hard for us. only 4 years later, my parents got a divorce, and I had to grow up really fast and look out after my little brother. It has leveled out by now and we are getting by, but its still something very hard to get over. Much like Jem looking after Scout, I have had a big roll in my brothers life. I believe we are very good friends today and I hope that will never change.
The things I most learned from To Kill A Mockingbird are not to judge people to harshly because you can overlook what kind of person they really are, and even though evil and hardship may overpower good, you can still see some good in people. This first theme of not judging people is important to me because I was a big child, always taller than my classmates and peers, so people would label me as the "scary big dude." I hardly thought that was fair, even though it did come in handy if I didn't get my way (I'm only joking don't worry). Although I was labeled, once people got to know me they saw how cool I could be and I got quite a few friends. The second theme is especially important to me. I have had the displeasure of meeting some people that are not the nicest people in the world. Even though these people were the snake's venom, I still knew people that I knew would always be there for me, my dad, my mom, and my brother. Those three people are very close to me and help me see the best in people even in the hardest of times, and I will thank them for the rest of my life because that is one of the most important quality a person can have, seeing the good in people no matter what.
My family has not been the most fortunate. When I was just 7 years old, we lost a very nice house, that's when we moved to Olympia, but then on it has been pretty hard for us. only 4 years later, my parents got a divorce, and I had to grow up really fast and look out after my little brother. It has leveled out by now and we are getting by, but its still something very hard to get over. Much like Jem looking after Scout, I have had a big roll in my brothers life. I believe we are very good friends today and I hope that will never change.
The things I most learned from To Kill A Mockingbird are not to judge people to harshly because you can overlook what kind of person they really are, and even though evil and hardship may overpower good, you can still see some good in people. This first theme of not judging people is important to me because I was a big child, always taller than my classmates and peers, so people would label me as the "scary big dude." I hardly thought that was fair, even though it did come in handy if I didn't get my way (I'm only joking don't worry). Although I was labeled, once people got to know me they saw how cool I could be and I got quite a few friends. The second theme is especially important to me. I have had the displeasure of meeting some people that are not the nicest people in the world. Even though these people were the snake's venom, I still knew people that I knew would always be there for me, my dad, my mom, and my brother. Those three people are very close to me and help me see the best in people even in the hardest of times, and I will thank them for the rest of my life because that is one of the most important quality a person can have, seeing the good in people no matter what.
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