Friday, September 26, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Deathwatch 9/18
Prompt:Setting and Characters
Pages read: 100-150
The setting is in a desert the name is not given. It is in the middle of the day and that is when the sun becomes most deadly. Since Madec is trying to kill Ben, Ben is heaving to run to places that normally people would not see. He stayed in an abbandoned house to take shelter for a night he also was able to see a beautiful sunrise that shined the most beutiful light. Not every place was good he also had to walk across on open dry desert he had with no food and no water.
Madec is a brutall and a no mercer kind of guy. When Ben agreed to help him find a bighorn ( a rare animal that you can only hunt with a permits witch is very hard to get) Madec would shoot anything that moved. After a couple of days Madec finally thought he found a bighorn he took the shot but when they go to retrieve the body Madec found that it wasn't a goat but a human. Madec shot a person walking in the desert alone and looking for civilization but Madec is so brutall you didn't want to bring the body back to town because he dident care enough to. In the end after some arguing Madec threatened to kill Ben but instead of shooting him he made Ben take of all his clothes and then started to chace him across the desert.
Ben on the other hand was a rationalist and was the thinker. He only took the job because he needed the money for school. He hated Madec from the beginning he thought Madec was a cruel and selfish person and been just wanting to get it over with. So hen Madec shot thaterson Ben wanted to bring him back even if he dident know the man, Ben wanted Madec to go to court because Ben was so used to Madec killing things that he thought maybe it wasn't on accident. So when Ben was on the run he was able to survive the elements and stay away from Madec only because he new the enviornment so well.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Ten Books That Changed My Life
1. Unstoppable: Tim Green
This book spoke to me personally because it reminded me to never give up on something that you love. First he had an abusive family but he kept on trying to make is life better. He ended up getting away from that abusive family and started living with this very loving family who took care of him and gave him the option to do whatever he wants. That is when he chose to play the sport he loved the most.
2. 13 Reasons Why: Jay Asher
This book impacted my life because it made me realize that the smallest thing hurt the most. In this book the character takes her own life but right before her death she sent tapes to 13 different people. These 13 people are the ones that influenced her with her decision and what I noticed is that a lot of the reasons are the small ones that people wouldn't really think could hurt a person.
3. Out Of My Mind: Sharon Draper
Out of my mind helped me realize how lucky I am to not have a disability. This book was very emotional because this girl in the book wanted to fit in because of her disability even though she was a very kind and polite girl. It's sad because no one gave her a real opportunity to show her intelligence and feelings.
4. The Giver: Lois Lowry
The Giver made me realize that the world could be a hole lot worse. I am always focusing on the negative things about this world rather then the positives. This book made me think a little bit more about what is good in life and once I thought about it I found that there are a lot more positives rather then negatives.
5. Mice Of Men: John Steinbeck
This book helped he find the true power of friendship and not just something that is convenient for you. In this book the friendship was not convenient at all one of the friends always was holding the other friend back from getting rich but he kept on hanging out with him because they were good friends. I sometimes forget about the power of friendship and how much you really need your friends to make it through life happily.
6. Esperanza Rising: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising reminded me to appreciate what I have because it could all be taken away from me before I know it. In this book Esperanza had everything a girl that age could want she had money a loving family and beautiful dresses until it was all taken away. Just like Esperanza I take my life for granted sometimes and I think that my parents will always be there but in reality they wont be there one day and that is what this book made me realize.
7. Hatchet: Gary Paulsen
This book taught me to never give up even if things looks like it is impossible to accomplish. In this book the character had to survive in the wilderness for months by himself. He even survived a tornado, I know sometimes I don't try my best on something because I think it is to hard I give up because I am loosing but this one book should me that it could get a lot worse.
8.Wonder: R.J. Palacio
Wonder helped me realize that I should be happy for who I am. I say this because I sometimes wish I was another person because they had money or something else. In this book the character never really wished he was another person even though he dose not look like the other kids at school. Knowing that I wish I was someone else and I don't have a deformity or anything like that makes me feel disappointed in myself because I now know that I could be a lot worse.
9. The Giving Tree: Shel Silverstein
The Giving tree showed me the power of giving back. I usually take take and take from people but never really say thanks to that person. Just like in the book when the tree kept on giving him things but the boy never said thanks or showed any kind of love to the tree. What I think is that the smallest things like a hug a thanks or something that comes from the heart are the things that make a persons day. The thanks dont have to be big all the time and that is what this book taught me.
10.
The Eleventh Plague: Jeff Hirsch
This book taught me that we need to help are planet instead of destroying it. To often the people of this world take life for granted and think that it could always be fixed. In reality life is a very precious thing it to many miracles for life to exist on this planet and we just destroy this world by polluting the air and water the two most important things we need to survive. This book made me think more about the future of this earth rather then just the present day.
This book spoke to me personally because it reminded me to never give up on something that you love. First he had an abusive family but he kept on trying to make is life better. He ended up getting away from that abusive family and started living with this very loving family who took care of him and gave him the option to do whatever he wants. That is when he chose to play the sport he loved the most.
This book impacted my life because it made me realize that the smallest thing hurt the most. In this book the character takes her own life but right before her death she sent tapes to 13 different people. These 13 people are the ones that influenced her with her decision and what I noticed is that a lot of the reasons are the small ones that people wouldn't really think could hurt a person.
Out of my mind helped me realize how lucky I am to not have a disability. This book was very emotional because this girl in the book wanted to fit in because of her disability even though she was a very kind and polite girl. It's sad because no one gave her a real opportunity to show her intelligence and feelings.
4. The Giver: Lois Lowry
The Giver made me realize that the world could be a hole lot worse. I am always focusing on the negative things about this world rather then the positives. This book made me think a little bit more about what is good in life and once I thought about it I found that there are a lot more positives rather then negatives.
5. Mice Of Men: John Steinbeck
This book helped he find the true power of friendship and not just something that is convenient for you. In this book the friendship was not convenient at all one of the friends always was holding the other friend back from getting rich but he kept on hanging out with him because they were good friends. I sometimes forget about the power of friendship and how much you really need your friends to make it through life happily.
6. Esperanza Rising: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising reminded me to appreciate what I have because it could all be taken away from me before I know it. In this book Esperanza had everything a girl that age could want she had money a loving family and beautiful dresses until it was all taken away. Just like Esperanza I take my life for granted sometimes and I think that my parents will always be there but in reality they wont be there one day and that is what this book made me realize.
This book taught me to never give up even if things looks like it is impossible to accomplish. In this book the character had to survive in the wilderness for months by himself. He even survived a tornado, I know sometimes I don't try my best on something because I think it is to hard I give up because I am loosing but this one book should me that it could get a lot worse.
Wonder helped me realize that I should be happy for who I am. I say this because I sometimes wish I was another person because they had money or something else. In this book the character never really wished he was another person even though he dose not look like the other kids at school. Knowing that I wish I was someone else and I don't have a deformity or anything like that makes me feel disappointed in myself because I now know that I could be a lot worse.
9. The Giving Tree: Shel Silverstein
The Giving tree showed me the power of giving back. I usually take take and take from people but never really say thanks to that person. Just like in the book when the tree kept on giving him things but the boy never said thanks or showed any kind of love to the tree. What I think is that the smallest things like a hug a thanks or something that comes from the heart are the things that make a persons day. The thanks dont have to be big all the time and that is what this book taught me.
The Eleventh Plague: Jeff Hirsch
This book taught me that we need to help are planet instead of destroying it. To often the people of this world take life for granted and think that it could always be fixed. In reality life is a very precious thing it to many miracles for life to exist on this planet and we just destroy this world by polluting the air and water the two most important things we need to survive. This book made me think more about the future of this earth rather then just the present day.
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