I returned to my #1 favorite book... DIARY OF A WIMPY KID!
after depressing myself by reading the horrible true journeys of drug and crystal meth addicts I have decided to start reading the diary of a wimpy kid book. In this book Greg Heffley 's main issue is his own personal economic chaos. Trying to support his virtual family, an online animal support game he tries to please his chihuahua that gets sad or depressed when he doesn't have new stuff. Not enfocusing on the actual book I wanted to discuss a subject: how far would we go to make someone we care about happy.
Many teenagers have a girlfriend or boyfriend that since they "hooked" up they have to be together all the time, and the male in the relationship (LOL) always have to pay the bill or the one that has to sugar coat the female. But why? Why is it that it's just WRONG if we don't? My response to this is simple: sexism and ignorance. From long before in the Shakespeare era, the male always hooked up with the mate, made the charm happen, or made the first move, but what if the girl has to do the first move? Does it really make us less "man" by letting this happen. Are we really trying to feed our ego's to keep doing a stupid ritual?
Many kids want to be known. Plain and simple. They don't want to be hidden away, or in other words, everyone wants to be famous. But how far are you willing to go and actually change who you are to please or fit in with the crowd your in or want to be in? How far are you willing to go to be cool? I think that one should be themselves because if someone is smart or talented that should be enough good recognition instead of the daring bad recognition one should have to be known out in public.
Don't change or don't stretch yourself out for other people. Good night bloggers!!!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Finished Beautiful Boy!!!
As if the book would never end, since the book was based on the author's son Nic's addiction to drugs the book couldn't end until Nic's addiction to drugs was no more. At the end of the book David Scheff learns not to blame himself for his son's addiction because the addiction was really being fed by other problems and missing factors in his life.
David as well other people that loved Nic were impacted by Nic's addiction, so in other words, it was his addiction that was the antagonist. Throughout the book David goes through an emotional journey because he truly loves his son. David had sleepless nights knowing that his son could have wounded up on the streets without shelter, or in a hospital bed due to an overdoses of crystal meth in a world that was still fairly new to him-he was just 21 years of age- There was also the worry of having Nic hurt his loved ones by hurting them physically or by breaking into their houses and stealing money as well as pills and medications. David also had the worry of his son never recovering from his addiction. David felt hurt and betrayed that his son that was a genius in school, loving to write would lose all his aspirations, dreams, and hopes in life.
David suffered an almost fatal hemorrhage, he thinks that it was from his sons addiction that really caused it. David was also very strong where everyone told him give up on your son he isn't getting better, he is not coming back, and he is lost, but how could he give up on something that means so much too him, someone that has a chance even though it's a small one.
David was glad at the end of the book, and he had wished he could have finished his book a lot sooner, but he was just glad that he had his son that was safe and he still hopes that he stays sober. David never gave up on his son and it was that small hope and that fear that kept him trying and trying over and over to help his son get sober.
David as well other people that loved Nic were impacted by Nic's addiction, so in other words, it was his addiction that was the antagonist. Throughout the book David goes through an emotional journey because he truly loves his son. David had sleepless nights knowing that his son could have wounded up on the streets without shelter, or in a hospital bed due to an overdoses of crystal meth in a world that was still fairly new to him-he was just 21 years of age- There was also the worry of having Nic hurt his loved ones by hurting them physically or by breaking into their houses and stealing money as well as pills and medications. David also had the worry of his son never recovering from his addiction. David felt hurt and betrayed that his son that was a genius in school, loving to write would lose all his aspirations, dreams, and hopes in life.
David suffered an almost fatal hemorrhage, he thinks that it was from his sons addiction that really caused it. David was also very strong where everyone told him give up on your son he isn't getting better, he is not coming back, and he is lost, but how could he give up on something that means so much too him, someone that has a chance even though it's a small one.
David was glad at the end of the book, and he had wished he could have finished his book a lot sooner, but he was just glad that he had his son that was safe and he still hopes that he stays sober. David never gave up on his son and it was that small hope and that fear that kept him trying and trying over and over to help his son get sober.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Review to Blog
In this post I will be writing a review on Sidney D.'s blogpost from 813. Her Blogpost from 5 weeks ago is on a book she was reading called Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. I have never read this book before but Sydney's blogpost on the book not only showed her passion for reading the book but it also inspires others to read the book.
Sydney says that the book is about a teenage girl who dies and goes to an after death place called Elsewhere. This setting is very unique because unlike heaven or another after death place religion implies, it doesn't have a cliche setting that people might imagine but a totally new setting that could only be pictured by reading Elsewhere. In this place where dead people go to after dying, people live their years backward, in other words they anti age until they are babies and then sent back to Earth to live their lives with another family. Elsewhere could also be described as very similar to Earth, except that your dead to actual Earth. Because someone would never to be living the same exact life in Elsewhere like Earth it makes the book interesting.
Another interesting thing of the book Elsewhere that Sydney writes is that this girl can't find love on Earth and she is mostly a nobody, but in this place everyone is somebody and everyone is accepted for who they are and they are glorified for the talents they can share with the rest of the community which kind of rises the question, How perfect is this place? and Can this places rituals be adapted to Earth today? and How hard are our worlds issues?
Sydney does not give away so much to tell you the story in her blogpost, but she does give us enough information to grab our attention and gives us information to want the book right away. I also think that the perfect combination of her review and the book itself is enough to make a reader want to read the book.
Sydney says that the book is about a teenage girl who dies and goes to an after death place called Elsewhere. This setting is very unique because unlike heaven or another after death place religion implies, it doesn't have a cliche setting that people might imagine but a totally new setting that could only be pictured by reading Elsewhere. In this place where dead people go to after dying, people live their years backward, in other words they anti age until they are babies and then sent back to Earth to live their lives with another family. Elsewhere could also be described as very similar to Earth, except that your dead to actual Earth. Because someone would never to be living the same exact life in Elsewhere like Earth it makes the book interesting.
Another interesting thing of the book Elsewhere that Sydney writes is that this girl can't find love on Earth and she is mostly a nobody, but in this place everyone is somebody and everyone is accepted for who they are and they are glorified for the talents they can share with the rest of the community which kind of rises the question, How perfect is this place? and Can this places rituals be adapted to Earth today? and How hard are our worlds issues?
Sydney does not give away so much to tell you the story in her blogpost, but she does give us enough information to grab our attention and gives us information to want the book right away. I also think that the perfect combination of her review and the book itself is enough to make a reader want to read the book.
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