I am reading The Giver by Lois Lowry about a 12 year old boy named Jonas. He lives with his parents and sister Lily in a society that has no pain or war but is controlled by the government. Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory because he can see colors and no one else can do this.
I would not want to be Jonas! His job is to keep all the bad memories so they won't be forgotten. He has to feel the pain of these bad things and nobody else can feel this. But, he does have good memories that make him feel awesome and no one else in his society feels this way either. One example is when he feels the memory of sledding down a hill on a sunny day. I have good memories of sledding too so I could understand his feelings. I have done it before too and remember the great feeling of crusing down a hill in the snow.
The sled is also a good thing for Jonas at the end of the book. When he tries to save his friend and escape, he leaves his society on a sled and it looks like he is able to get to a normal life.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Summer Blog
Recently I finished the book Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is a really good book and I have learned a lot from it. There are many lessons that I learned from it. For example, I learned if you do the right thing, you will not get in trouble.
When you do the right thing, you can not get in trouble. Many kids learned that in the book. People were drinking, trashing the house, and texting pictures of naked girls. Tyler Williams did none of this, but still got in trouble. So you might belive that the lesson I told you isn't true, but you will learn in the next paragraph.
The lessons I learned made me believe in myself more than I did. Same went for Tyler. He was blamed for a lot of things, he knew he didn't do, but everyone else did think he did it. For a little while he wanted to give up and he didnt believe in himself. Later on when he was found not guilty and the kids that did do stuff got in trouble he believed in his self again and learned the lesson I did.
When you do the right thing, you can not get in trouble. Many kids learned that in the book. People were drinking, trashing the house, and texting pictures of naked girls. Tyler Williams did none of this, but still got in trouble. So you might belive that the lesson I told you isn't true, but you will learn in the next paragraph.
The lessons I learned made me believe in myself more than I did. Same went for Tyler. He was blamed for a lot of things, he knew he didn't do, but everyone else did think he did it. For a little while he wanted to give up and he didnt believe in himself. Later on when he was found not guilty and the kids that did do stuff got in trouble he believed in his self again and learned the lesson I did.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Summer Reading
I am reading Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is a very good book. It is about a guy in highschool named Tyler Miller. He got caught doing grafitti on the school and got in trouble and had to work over the summer as part of his punishment.
In the beginning of the book, Tyler doesn't feel good about himself. He thinks he's a loser and he hates his life. After working hard during the summer, Tyler looks different because he is all buff and grown up. That is when his life changes because the most popular girl in the school starts to pay attention to him and makes him feel good about himself.
I made a text to self connection when Iwas reading this book. Tyler Miller has a bad relationship with his father. His father and him do not bond well and his father doesn't do anything with him, and he is always late to any kind of event Tyler is in. Unlike Tyler, I have a good relationship with my dad. He does many things with me such as hunting and other outdoor activities. Plus, my family is close and Tyler's family seems to be messed up.
I haven't finished this book yet, so I want to know what happens with Tyler and Bethany at the end of the book and if he gets to date the most popular girl in the school or if she ends up being a mean girl.
In the beginning of the book, Tyler doesn't feel good about himself. He thinks he's a loser and he hates his life. After working hard during the summer, Tyler looks different because he is all buff and grown up. That is when his life changes because the most popular girl in the school starts to pay attention to him and makes him feel good about himself.
I made a text to self connection when Iwas reading this book. Tyler Miller has a bad relationship with his father. His father and him do not bond well and his father doesn't do anything with him, and he is always late to any kind of event Tyler is in. Unlike Tyler, I have a good relationship with my dad. He does many things with me such as hunting and other outdoor activities. Plus, my family is close and Tyler's family seems to be messed up.
I haven't finished this book yet, so I want to know what happens with Tyler and Bethany at the end of the book and if he gets to date the most popular girl in the school or if she ends up being a mean girl.
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