the outsiders

In the book rules of survival by S.E. Hinton it is about a boy named ponyboy and how he has to run and hide because he is involved with a murder and has to run away.  Also how his friend Johnny dies from saving people and another person in his gang kills himself.  In the coming of age experience ponyboy went from innocence to experience because he just talked about murder and killing then he actually witnessed one.  That shows he went from the innocence of threats and stories to experience with witnessing it first hand.  He also didn’t understand something he learned and he need help from others to guide him and figure it out and that also helped him have more knowledge.  Then when the enemy tells him both sides of the gang wars he gains more knowledge of not just his struggles but the enemies too. 

            Ponyboy’s initiation into growing up was when the church was burning down and they had to save the children from inside.  This made him think more over others and not just himself.  This also made him more aware of things and events around him because through out the fire rescue he was also thinking about where is his friend, what to do, how to get the children out, and what was going to fall and hurt him.  Then the end to his initiation was knowing about Johnny’s injuries and how he might not make it.  Then seeing Johnny in such a bad way made him change and have more knowledge about life and death.  That it doesn’t just kill a person it changes everyone and without that person everyone that knew him loses someone to rely on or talk to or even just to see him or her.  Ponyboy also got a privilege at the end of the church fire.  Ponyboys privilege was life he still had his he was still alive and well but Johnny had his taken away and he can’t get it back. 

            In the book the author is trying to say that your childhood is something that only happens once.  And through out your childhood have fun and don’t change your self for anybody.  Just live your childhood to the fullest because everyday you learn something and that just helps guide you through life.  That your childhood is for all the fun things you want to do and enjoy with friends and family.  Its also saying don’t try and grow up just act your age.  If you grow up to fast you don’t enjoy life in its fullest effect.  But over all just be yourself and do the things you enjoy and “stay gold”. 

            In the book the author is trying to say that adulthood is where everything new happens.  In adulthood you will see things you never want to see again like death but they will never leave your life because people die everyday.  Another thing is learning new things you didn’t know about like politics, economy, and other things.  It is also where you will experience new things like death or a murder in front of you or even saving someone from death.  It is also saying that adulthood is where everything gets serious that it is where it all matters.  Adult hood is how you want to live and stay in the social class you are in currently.  Adult hood is also where you have to act grown up you can’t linger on being a kid all your life.  Adulthood is when you step into a new world and start fresh and get your self set up for the real world.  

rules of survival

Rules of survival by Nancy Werlin is about a boy named Matt trying to help his little sisters and himself live through life while trying to survive against there drug addicted mother and here dangerous off set moods.  Matt and his sisters can live much longer with their mother because she is getting to out of hand and the littlest sister is acting out against the mother and that is putting Matt and the other sister in trouble.   The book takes place in only a few settings that all have a great impact on the story.  Also throughout the book Matt changes mentally and physically which helps him deal with his mother.  But most importantly it’s the people that inspire him and change him the help Matt the most.  All through the book Matt is always trying to find help and a way to get away from his mother and keep his sisters safe.  And his mother is the biggest obstacle they face to getting to freedom and escape her.  The message it’s trying to convey is when you grow up they’re many tough obstacles but they’re always people around you that can help. 

            In the book there are a few settings but in each one something deep always happens that shapes the story.  The first setting is in the very beginning in side the small corner store.  This is where they meet Murdoch, a man the helps them escape their mother and gives them comfort and safety around her.  Then there is the car ride home when the mother is driving and she has a mood swing about how the kids didn’t say thank you so she drove into opposing traffic and ranting about how no one is grateful.  That is when Matt really realized that they need to get away from her and fast.  Then the most important scene was in the dockyard when matt was rescuing his little sister and the mother tried to stop him.  The mother was on the floor and Matt was ready to kill her but he was interrupted.  This was when Matt knew he had to end it all but he had to think it over but he didn’t have enough time.  He was also thinking over the consequences and positives of the situation.

            There are a few people in the book that helped Matt become who he is.  The first is the mother Nikki she made him think about what was around him and what to do.  The way Nikki did this was by being her normal drug addict-self and having her dangerous mood swings.  Matt had to adapt to these ways and had to think fast to protect him and his sisters.  The next is Aunt Bobbie she helped Matt get away from Nikki and took custody of the kids.  She helped Matt feel safe and made him not afraid of anything anymore because he was away from the danger now.  Next is Murdoch he was the one the Matt looked up to and wanted to be he wanted to be exactly like him to be strong, not afraid, and daring.  He also related to Murdoch because they had the same problems growing up.  He was all around the role model that changed Matt to be like him. 

            Now lastly I would describe Matt in the beginning as a kid that seems lost but dedicated to trying to get away from his mothers grasp.  Also that he is weak but a very quick and smart thinker.  Plus he is like the leader and can take charge of a group and lead the situation into better hands or towards victory.  After meeting Murdoch I think he became more aware of everything and he noticed how bad he has it and that freedom and peace shouldn’t be taken lightly and you should enjoy it but not for long.  Also he notices a lot more things like others life problems and the difficulty of escape and the odds of escaping.  Then near the end of the book he is stronger physically and mentally he has no fear of his mother and he is compltetly free from his mother in general.  He still has all his other traits but doesn’t have to worry much but is still always expecting the unexpected.  

test prep #6

the song is called one by three dog night.  the poem is based around the number one.  the speakers thoughts towards the number.  what the significance of the number is to him.  what it really means in real life to him.  how that number changed his life and his way of thinking.i believe that the simplest of things can have the biggest significance to someone.

in the song it says "One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do" its saying its better to have two of something than just one of something.  then it says "Two can be as bad as one" it can have the same trouble like the number one but there are pros and cons.  then it says "It's just no good anymore since she went away" that means 1 as in single and 2 as in a couple so it signifies that for him it sucks that she left him and that they were better together.  thats why the number one makes him sad because he is single.


in real life people always have turning points in there life.  then there is always something that is marked to bring back that memory.  also some memories are connected like a chain of events.  theses memories can be good and happy or sad and depressing.  this memory can make a person take a positive attitude toward life or negative.  it can make them reflect on what happened or just give them a shock.  there are so many out comes for a simple thing that can change a person completely. 

test prep #5

the song waking the demon by bullet for my valentine is a heavy metal song.  the song's speaker is spoken in first person.  the song gives off a very angry and raged mood.  the speaker is very angry and raged about something.  he is talking to some one directly and yelling at them.  he is expressing his thoughts and what he is going to do. its like the speaker is a victim of bullying.   i think that victims of bullying retaliate in drastic ways.

in the song it says "my eyes bleeding from the fear that's inside" a perfect example of the speaker saying his is so strong that it brings him pain.  that he is getting bullied and is in fear that they will hurt him more if he says something.  then "there's just no limits to the boundaries you push" this describing how badly they bully him.  the bullies just dont stop and the pain is so much it will never end even if the bullies stop. "I warned you but still you just Fuck with my mind There's no escape from This rage that I feel nothing is real" here the victim keeps saying to stop but the bullies dont. then the bullies dont know what they got into because the victim is so enraged he will go at anything for you to stop.

in reality people are bullied everyday.  physically, mentally, emotionally, even all of these together.  then sometimes the victim gets so depressed he kills himself or severely injuries himself sometimes the depression is so bad he is just like that his whole life.  other times it is the other way around.  the victim is so angry and enraged he goes berserk and kills the bully or bullies.  sometimes even friends and family of the bully.  he even gets so crazy they have to put him into rehab same for the depressed one too.

test prep #4

heres a link to article:people are awesome: this woman lost her legs in a tornado to save her childrens lives

the article is about a mom that gets home and takes her kids into the basement to get away from a tornado.  while they are in the basement the tornado takes down the house and it is destroyed.  one of the pieces of rubble was going to fall on one of the children so the mom jumped over them and protected them.  most of the debris fell in the basement and crushed the moms legs.  after the tornado the kids were safe and didnt have a scratch on them.  but the mom was covered in bruises and her 2 legs were severely injured.  then one of the children went to go get help and came back.  a deputy came and saved her life and they brought her to the hospital.  them she had to have her legs amputated but she is recovering in a hospital safely.

the main idea of this article is that a mother would sacrifice herself to protect her kin at any cost.  i know this because the mom in the article protected her children form a tornado plus debris from a destroyed house.  she sacrificed her life to save her children by taking all the damage instead of her children dying.  she used her body as a human shield for her children's safety from building parts.  she was also trying to make it positive and kept saying to her kids "we are going to make it" and she kept that promise by taking all the damage for her kids.   even in the end she said all that mattered was that i kept my promise and that we made it out of there alive.

i think what the mom did was right and brave to do that.  just think of the big picture a mom doing that for her kids is the same exact thing that the us army is doing for us.  protecting us from danger and keeping us safe from any harm.  risking there lives for millions, sacrificing there life for some one else's for them to live peacefully and happy.  they are also aren't doing this because they are forced to but they are doing this voluntarily.  they want to keep everyone safe and sound, they want to help keep the peace not just for us but the world.

test prep #3

Heres a link to the article: Hug a Hoodie: What the U.K. Teaches us About Making a Sweatshirt a Symbol

the article was mostly about how hoodies are related to so many things. they can be a fad, a way to blend in, to not be seen, being a gangster or a bad person, someone mysteries.  How hoodies signify that you are going to do something bad.  that wearing hoodies is apart of a sort of street culture and you are look at as a gangster.  also on how clothing is used for profiling.  plus how the hoodie is profiled on people and it is most likely profiled under a dangerous person.  

in the article i think the main idea was that people shouldnt be profiled on what they are wearing.  through out the article the author keeps bring back that hoodies make you look bad, or a gangster.  in the text it says "The hoodie is the uniform of the troublemaker" a perfect example of people profiling people wearing the hoodie.  when tyron jakeson was wearing a hoodie he was completely harmless and didnt want involvement with anyone at the time.  “We—the people in suits—often see hoodies as aggressive, the uniform of a rebel army of young gangsters" another quote from the article, this own was said by the prime minister and him and his people are profiling people that wear hoodies to be gangsters.  how does a sweatshirt with a hood make someone so dangerous? By covering there hair and keeping them warm makes someone harmful.  thats what hoodies do keep people warm but then they are taken for dangerous people makes no sense.

this whole thing is just wrong, people shouldnt be judged and claim dangerous for wearing a simple piece of clothing.  a hoodie is just like wearing a fleece jacket or coat, it keeps you warm and cozy outside.  if people are profiled for covering their head then if people wear hats then are they considered dangerous too or are they just normal people.  Also just because someone is a minority and wears a hoodie makes them lethal is for one thing racist and two profiling.  thats 2 major things rolled into one, thats a major problem in my book .  plus just the thought of it is sicking how people can think so wrongly about others.  

test prep #2

in the book legend by Marie Lu a boy named day is the number one criminal and is finally captured and will be killed.  he was captured by a sibling of a person day supposedly killed so now the girl got her revenge.  but after time she begins to figure out things and now doesn't hate day but actually likes him.  in real life just because you hate someone doesnt mean its forever.  people change and so do emotions so one can hate someone then love them and vice versa.  but over all emotions are some times people so your emotions toward some one is what you judge them by.

in the book june was thinking about day and she thought some thing that wasnt there was triggered by him so heres the real proof "... something that wasn't there before".  what she means by that is an emotion changed in her.  that emotion was love that she just figured out what she has for him.  she went from hating his guts to loving him and worrying deeply about him.  another line was days dad saying "its more proof" its so vague but so meaningful.  proof for anything life, death, happiness, money, and anything.  

also prof is all you need to make something reality.  proof that emotions change and love is in everyone.  

in really life people find proof about things every day.  like the creation of the earth and new planets that are like earth.  proof is everything now a days for people to believe anything.  then for emotions everyone has emotions and has them toward everyone like i like my parents and like my friends i dont like dogs and insects.  and emotions change so i might like dogs in the future or i may not so they are unpredictable anytime.  they can be strong emotions like love and hate or just emotions like friend and person i know.  it varies from person to person.

test prep #1

in the book Legend by marie Lu a young boy who is the number one criminal is just trying to survive in his plague infested world.  while on the other side a young wealthy girl is trying to find the boy and kill him to get revenge.  the boy's name is day and the girl is june.  with a series of untimely events they meet and they work together but they don't who each other really are.  in this story both characters are facing tough conflicts.  Day is trying to get medicine to cure his family of the plague.  while june is trying to kill day because of what he did.

day is handling his problem well because he is trying his best just to get medicine.  street gambling, robbing, and trading.  he is taking risks to get the money fast but still not giving up hope.  while on the other hand june is doing alright she is still really sad about here brother and just the thought of him most of the time makes her cry.  although finding day she is spot on because she is doing her best to blend in with the people around here even if she has to eat from the garbage.  she is going around trying to find clues or hints of day anywhere.

in conclusion if people put there minds to things they can get them done. In real life construction workers have to make buildings and they don't give up they build it till its done they don,t give up because then there are consequences.  even in the book there are consequences so anyone has to get it done but if not then something bad will probably happen.   i can relate to that because every time i have a project my mind is only thinking about getting it done and planing it out.  and not just projects but things in general like time management or just school in general.

there is only one way to put it vampires

in the book Peeps by scott westerfeld is about a guy named cal who is infected with this weird disease.   the disease turns anyone that comes in contact with a carrier of the disease in this case cal so if you are a carrier you are sane but have some super powers.  if you get infected you turn into a man eating crazy freaky monster that hides from society.  then if you are a carrier like cal you work for this underground government called the night watch and they take care of the crazed infected a.k.a peeps.  then cal gets into this big investigation on who infected him and the destruction of civilization.

in the book it is very interesting how the conflict works, it is like real life case the conflict is always changing.  throughout the book the conflict was always changing.  in the beginning it was finding all of cals infected ex's then went to finding his infector.  then it went to finding the new strain and this girl he met quiet.  then it went to saving the world from mass destruction and keeping the same girl sane after being infected.  it never stopped changing it is like a clock every second is a new minute and a new problem rising.

this also doesn't just happen in cases this happens in everyday lives like a fight or a small breakup.  but there are always problems waiting right around the corner.  anything can be a problem from killing an ant to messing up a nuclear war head with a chemical bomb.  problems are problems and they always will come up and they do have resolutions and some may be drastic but they still resolve it.

In Fair Verona

love in this world is so complicated. the feelings the mind set i can keep going.  love exists everywhere in humans, the animal kingdom, bacteria to the body, etc. But romeo and juliet reveals what true love is but isnt really a good example of how they are connected.  i believe that the best example of love is how water is connected to the earth.  i say this because in romeo and juliet water is used a lot to represent romantic scenes and emotional scenes.  Also because it is such a big connection.

in the movie they used water to show emotional scenes like when romeo kills the man and he falls in the fountain.  it is like saying he is being returned to earth and being absorbed by the biggest part of existence.         also it is like saying i am burying something so big in something so big literally and figuratively.  But the best example is when they show the kiss in the pool at the end.  it is sort of like saying we love each other so much we want to be apart of the big picture, the big blue (GIANTS) ocean. to say that they are the are and the water and there love means so much to them it is bigger than the earth.

love is so complicated like the earth because we don't know how it all started and what caused it.   also the connection between the earth and water is so big without  water the plant would be dead and everything on it and without earth everyone would drown and there still would only be fish left and with out earth the water will just keep traveling until it reaches the core where the core will be put out and the planet will be no more.  since this is such a big connection this sort of express how big the connection is for love.  

the 21st century meaning for super heated compressed sand

in the book Glass by Ellen hopkins a girl named Kristina gets addicted to crystal meth and she has a child, lives with her parents, has a starter job at a 7/11,and met a new guy named trey.  Now she is back on cigarettes too but not just that her parents know she is using again so now trouble is brewing up.  But what i want to focus on are how the antagonist forces are working against the protagonist.

in the book the antagonist force is the crystal meth because she said she can control her use but now it is almost every few hours of the day she is using.  this is slowly killing her one and two it is taking control of her life her mind and everything else.  some perfect examples are hat she is in love with some one because of it.  her baby might have been killed because she couldn't wake up and save him.  And she really isn't eating or loving any one just the guy and her drugs.  And so far she learned the dangers and all that but she really isn't learning the big picture how it is tearing her and her from her family apart.

everyone in the world has an antagonist in there life.  it may not be as severe as crystal meth but there is still one and that force can change your life exactly like the crystal is doing to Kristina.  but all you need to do is overcome it and you can control your life and stay away from a big life changer like crystal meth.  But it is never easy to overcome an antagonist but it is possible.

i believe that even  the smallest things need the most help.  In the picture above it is a 3d chalk drawing of batman and Robin saving the artist from a building but he is really against a small garnet wall.  And when a man is going to jump off a  building that is a problem but so is a man falling on the side walk and having to lean on something for support.  even these problems need some kind of help from a pep talk to helping some one up.  Even some thing big might need just a pat on the back and a small problem may need a year of therapy so that is why i believe in some small problems need the most help.

Some evidence that supports my theory is that i seems lie the man is resting or recovering from a fall or maybe something else. And just that makes his mind seem like he was jumping off a building and he needs the best of the best to rescue him aka superheroes.  And the building is on fire so it also seems like the house represents his death and the super heroes his guardian angels or his life plus him jumping or not is him deciding on to live or die, go to the light go away from the light.  But it isn't just applying to him anyone can crouch there and get the same message or some of life problem.

this connects to humanity because everyone has problems and some are bigger than others and some need more help to get rid of than others.  And everyone has moments where the problem is a life and death situation and there is an involuntary choice where you live or die that instant.  And it connects to humanity because this is a piece of art but it involves humans to give it its message.

The all-star that needs a spotlight

in this post the all-star mentor is Bashir

and a link to bashir's super fantastical extra spectacular blog

i think Bashir's blog really is focused on what he is talking about and doesn't go off topic.  Also that he shares his ideas then asks question to the reader like they know they answer so then that gets the reader to find out.  also how when he is observing and inferring it prepares the discussion for extending out side the book. he also has an extra paragraph which isn't just to help back there point his is a simpler explanation so it sticks with if you didn't get it the first time.  

new lover and or new best friend

i believe that peeta will replace gale as katniss' best friend.  i think this becasue in the book peeta is building a very well friendship with katniss in the games and katniss' love is becoming real.  Some of my evidence comes from the last few pages when katniss is talking to peeta about how the love was for the games and how it wasnt and peeta asks how much of it was fake and she said she doesnt know.  also when peeta was asleep katniss was going to go hunt and she kissed peeta for real and not for the games.  and at another point when they where in the cave they were sharing life stories with each other and really connecting.

i see that katniss is really bonding and caring for peeta and i think katniss will really stick with peeta and sort of drift slowly away from gale.  i think this not just because they were bonding so much in the games but after you come out of the games you change an example is haymitch.  a champion of the games but a drunk because of it.  so when katniss comes back she would be happy to see gale but might not b so close to him since she was away so long.  Not just that but since katniss has been really trying to keep the star crossed lovers act up and it sort of is starting to become reality but in a very minor way.

in reality a lot of friendships become love and some also interfere with each other.  not just that but people change over time and other people change so some people become more fond of each other or more distant.  also more people enter your lives so other people are just moved to the side.  sometimes it is a problem but sometimes it isnt because they are just used to it or were about to do the same thing.  just overall people are replaced maybe for love maybe for connections or maybe because they just want to for unkown reasons.

The sequel to the giant whale that flies and

(((SPOILER ALERT)))

In Goliath by Scott Westerfeld we are brought back into the world where there is raging war happening between clanker machines and darwenist creature creations.  We are back to where Alek the royal prince is back on the Leviathan which is a gigantic whale looking airship made up of thousands of other organisms. Along with Alek is his crew and the leviathan crew also with Alek's new best friend Dylan.  But for now i will be writing about Dylan instead of Prince royal pants.  In the book I think Scott Westerfeld's theme for Dylan was sort of an obvious one because he sort of said it in the first few pages but not just that but the way Dylan has to act.  So what I believe the theme for Dylan is that: anything you see or believe might not be what you think it is.

In our case Alek believes and sees Dylan as the BOY that is best friends with him.  While count Volger sees and knows Dylan is really a girl in disguise to be in the air force.  The reasons why Alek dosen't notice this is because there are so many distractions around him he just doesnt focus on Dylan to notice it.  Some of these distractions are the routes they are taking and how they affect him.  Is he any use on the ship or just a waste of hydrogen.  And what secrets are the commanding officers not sharing with the crew and Alek etc.

Now coming into reality there are so many things that aren't true and I would call them illusions.  There are so many illusions around us some not so obvious then others and some are supposed to be intentional and some are just not. an example of one that is obvious are optical illusions and intentional illusions are magic tricks.  but really illusions are the things people dont see or expect to see and believe what they are.  A good example are secret agents they disguise them selves as a citizen or native and know one notices because know one observes some one so in detail to find there secrets.  another reason they are an illusion is because they act as a regular native would so they can past as that native.