Spoiler alert!!
In the book Hunted by P.C. and Kristen Cast I'v noticed a few social issues. One of the main ones that I've noticed is when someone important betrays you. In this book the high preistess,Neferet, goes against the house of night and betrays all the students, teachers, and most importantly their goddess Nyx. Not only does this cause a big problem in the house of night, but it causes a problem all over. She starts to worship Kalona, a fallen angel that is determined to get the main character, Zoey, in his grasp and his evil children called ravenmockers that are half human half man. But letting Kalona and his children get Zoey might mean the end of the House of Night, or the end of the world.
Now nothing like this could happen in the real world, but i have an idead of something similar that could. Now Neferet is in charge of that particular house of night, but what would happen if the governer of the state were to betray it? What would happen if he started to run the state his own way, not caring about anyone's rules but their own? most people might decide to keep following him or her, thinking that because that person is the governer, then everything must be okay. Well what if the congressmen from that state know that something is wrong, and nobody else believes it? Would they try to defeat him? I bet they would try to defeat
In the end though, justice is served in the text, but not with out much difficulty.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Social Issues Blog
In the book Dreamland by Sarah Dessen and I noticed a lot of hard things are happening in the book. One of the main issue I noticed was abuse. The main character, Caitlin, is being abused by her boyfriend for no aparent reason, other than making him wait a little while for her to show up. Other times she does nothing at all. She says she doesn't leave him beacause she loves him. I think that she should leave him, and do what is right for herself. Thats another issue in the book, doing what is right for themselves. The hard thing that happened in the beginning was that Caitlin's sister Cass left. At first nobody knew where she was or why she left. But eventually Cass started calling and she was forgiven. Cass ran away because it was what was right for her. She was tired of being perfect, for pleasing everyone all the time. And by running away and not going to Yale, everybody learned that she is not perfect. And Caitlin has been trying to be as perfect as Cass her whole life, and after Cass runs away, she has to even more. She tried to fill up the space her sister left behind. Like by joining the cheerleading squad. She knew it wasn't the right thing for her, she hated it. In the end she only did it beacause it was something Cass didn't do. But in the end she couldn't do any of the things Cass could do. She could replace her. And that was the right choice for her, to stop trying to fill her sister's shoes when she could barely fill her own. I think this is a valuable lesson. To think about filling your own shoes and doing what is right for you, before you start doing that for someone else.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Bridge to Terabithia
I just finished reading the book "Bridge to Terabithia", an old childhood favorite. As I read the book I found that it was boring and got even more boring as the book drowned on. I mean, when I was in fourth grade, I could see why I used to love it, but now I expect so much more from my books, and I guess it didn't live up to my expectations.
All that aside, I tracked the issue of gender and gender expectancy throughout the book. This was a very important issue in the book , especially when it came to Leslie. She came to school on the first day with jeans on while all the other girls had on their best dresses and looked at her funny. All her classmates teased her just because it wasn't normal for that small town. Then again at recess when leslie ran over to come race with the boys, Gary Fulcher started trying to cause her grief about it.
But, it wasn't just Leslie who had people expecting things of her, they did this to Jess too. One obvious time I could think of off the top of my head was after Leslie died and Jess was eating his pancakes. Brenda started trying to make him feel bad about how he was wolfing down food after his best friend died and Ellie said how boys aren't supposed to cry at times like that. Mrs.Aarons just agreed to it.
Now in the small town Leslie and Jess lived in, they are very old fashioned, but this still happens today, in a modern school. Like for example, girls are expected to like pink and be girly according to popular belief that is, so anyway if a girl shows up at school one day dressed as a complete tomboy, then she is bound to get some strange looks.
Gender issues play a big part in the book, but they also might play a part in your life.
All that aside, I tracked the issue of gender and gender expectancy throughout the book. This was a very important issue in the book , especially when it came to Leslie. She came to school on the first day with jeans on while all the other girls had on their best dresses and looked at her funny. All her classmates teased her just because it wasn't normal for that small town. Then again at recess when leslie ran over to come race with the boys, Gary Fulcher started trying to cause her grief about it.
But, it wasn't just Leslie who had people expecting things of her, they did this to Jess too. One obvious time I could think of off the top of my head was after Leslie died and Jess was eating his pancakes. Brenda started trying to make him feel bad about how he was wolfing down food after his best friend died and Ellie said how boys aren't supposed to cry at times like that. Mrs.Aarons just agreed to it.
Now in the small town Leslie and Jess lived in, they are very old fashioned, but this still happens today, in a modern school. Like for example, girls are expected to like pink and be girly according to popular belief that is, so anyway if a girl shows up at school one day dressed as a complete tomboy, then she is bound to get some strange looks.
Gender issues play a big part in the book, but they also might play a part in your life.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Archetypes Entry
To me, Charlotte is the mentor of the story. She helps Wilbur and she teaches him, she even saves his life.
Ever since the day the two met they made a strange pair, but there friendship over ruled that. Anyway, Charlotte has been teaching him since day one. The first time was when Charlotte said salutations. Wilbur asked what it ment, and so the teaching began. Every day Charlotte tought Wilbur something new. And when Wilbur found out he was going to die, Charlotte was the first person to try and help, and also the only person. She started to think up a plan, and made sure to have it pull through in the end. That's more then anybody has ever done for Wilbur. And it saved him.
Charlotte could aslo be portrayed as the hero of the story. Like I said before, she saved Wilbur's life. If anybody deserves to be a hero, it's Charlotte. But, I guess Wilbur can be a called a hero too. Like, in the end of the book when he got the egg sac, that could be considered heroic. But the problem with that is that I start thinking that Templeton is a hero. He was the one that brought Charlotte the words she wove into her web to save Wilbur. he was the one to get the egg sac down for Wilbur.
In the end, I really don't know who was the hero. I only know the mentor, Charlotte, and what she did for Wilbur.
Ever since the day the two met they made a strange pair, but there friendship over ruled that. Anyway, Charlotte has been teaching him since day one. The first time was when Charlotte said salutations. Wilbur asked what it ment, and so the teaching began. Every day Charlotte tought Wilbur something new. And when Wilbur found out he was going to die, Charlotte was the first person to try and help, and also the only person. She started to think up a plan, and made sure to have it pull through in the end. That's more then anybody has ever done for Wilbur. And it saved him.
Charlotte could aslo be portrayed as the hero of the story. Like I said before, she saved Wilbur's life. If anybody deserves to be a hero, it's Charlotte. But, I guess Wilbur can be a called a hero too. Like, in the end of the book when he got the egg sac, that could be considered heroic. But the problem with that is that I start thinking that Templeton is a hero. He was the one that brought Charlotte the words she wove into her web to save Wilbur. he was the one to get the egg sac down for Wilbur.
In the end, I really don't know who was the hero. I only know the mentor, Charlotte, and what she did for Wilbur.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Connecting Annotations Blog
1st annotation. p12.
In the book this is where I first notice that E.B. White seems to be saying that things don't last forever, no matter how much you want it to. Like on this this page I wrote how Fern doesn't want to give up Wilbur, and Wilbur doesn't want to give up Fern. They both don't want things to change, but they have to, that is life.
As the book went on, I started to see this more and more. The idea that nobody wants anything to change, but of course they can't have that. On p 49 there is a very clear example. It is when the sheep tells Wilbur that he is going to die and be turned into ham. I wrote about how mean that was and how Wilbur thought it was going to last, that he was going to live forever. I mean, I know how he feels. When my grandpa died in 6th grade, I didn't know that was going to happen. I didn't even think about how things could change like that, for the worst. But things changed. Nobody is moping around everyday anymore. Life moved on. We did too, but we still can't forget him. This makes me go to the thought I had in the end of the book.
On p 183, Wilbur was so happy to be alive, and everybody (especially Charlotte) was happy he was alive too. But Wilbur wasn't happy. He took Charlotte for granted, and thats what we all do, and what we all shouldn't do.
In the book this is where I first notice that E.B. White seems to be saying that things don't last forever, no matter how much you want it to. Like on this this page I wrote how Fern doesn't want to give up Wilbur, and Wilbur doesn't want to give up Fern. They both don't want things to change, but they have to, that is life.
As the book went on, I started to see this more and more. The idea that nobody wants anything to change, but of course they can't have that. On p 49 there is a very clear example. It is when the sheep tells Wilbur that he is going to die and be turned into ham. I wrote about how mean that was and how Wilbur thought it was going to last, that he was going to live forever. I mean, I know how he feels. When my grandpa died in 6th grade, I didn't know that was going to happen. I didn't even think about how things could change like that, for the worst. But things changed. Nobody is moping around everyday anymore. Life moved on. We did too, but we still can't forget him. This makes me go to the thought I had in the end of the book.
On p 183, Wilbur was so happy to be alive, and everybody (especially Charlotte) was happy he was alive too. But Wilbur wasn't happy. He took Charlotte for granted, and thats what we all do, and what we all shouldn't do.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Charlotte's Web Entry #1
In the book I've noticed that E.B. White manages to hide little tips and things for little kids all throughout the book. I think that he does this because he hopes it will help the people that will read the book. For example, in the beginning of the book when Avery comes downstairs and asks if he could have a pig too Mr.Arable answers that she was up at daylight and now she has a pig. I think here E.B. White it saying that if you wake up early you get rewarded, which is a good message for little kids. He does this in many other places in the book but i can't find anymore right now.
One thing that I like about the book so far is that it is written from Wilbur's view for the most part. Little bits are Fern's or Charlotte's. Bu anyway I like it when it is Wilburs view because you kind of get to see things at the other end of the line. I mean seriosly, would a pig really know that he was going to die? And if he did would he react like Wilbur did? The world will never know. Bu tfrom this book you can get an idea.
One thing I don't like about most of the book is that so far the book has really been limited to just Wilbur's pen. I feel like E.B. White should have described the outside more, especially when Wilbur really wanted to get out. I feel like he could have said how Wilbur was itching to get outside and sit under the apple trees or something like that. But I can't change that. Nobody could change that.
One thing that I like about the book so far is that it is written from Wilbur's view for the most part. Little bits are Fern's or Charlotte's. Bu anyway I like it when it is Wilburs view because you kind of get to see things at the other end of the line. I mean seriosly, would a pig really know that he was going to die? And if he did would he react like Wilbur did? The world will never know. Bu tfrom this book you can get an idea.
One thing I don't like about most of the book is that so far the book has really been limited to just Wilbur's pen. I feel like E.B. White should have described the outside more, especially when Wilbur really wanted to get out. I feel like he could have said how Wilbur was itching to get outside and sit under the apple trees or something like that. But I can't change that. Nobody could change that.
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