Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Totally Low Diction (like seriously!)

Last weekend I went to my totally awesome friend's house for her big b-day party. For a b-day cake, we had these way sweet chocolatey cupcakes with chocolatey frosting, chocolatey sprinkles, and a chocolatey filling, which was called chocolate(y) ganosh, or something. They were SUPER sweet.
We watched this frikin' awesome movie called "Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time". Most of it totally ruled, except for the end, which sucked and ain't very good. Seriously! Why? Because everything that happens in the movie gets reversed after the main character goes back in time!! I mean seriously! Also, the movie is so romanticish, and then everything that happens never happens, and it's totally sad, because the girl comepletly forgets the guy, but they get married anyway. The end...WHAT KIND OF ENDING IS THAT! Ahem...

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Outside Reading

  • I am reading Wuthering Heights, and I'm loving it! So far, not one part of it has been boring at all. I think one of the things about this book that makes it good is the characters. They all have such interesting and realistic personalities. One moment I like a character and the next thing that they say makes me hate them or like them even more. I think that well written characters make a good book.
  • I'm thinking a literary element I might choose is characters. In the novel, the colorful personalities of the characters helps trigger the plot. The qualities and behaviors of the characters make the plot.
  • Wuthering Heights kind of reminds me of a book I read called, When You Wish, because both books are about love and the way it affects people peoples' lives. Though the writing styles are comepletely different.
  • I honestly have no ideas about what to do for a creative project.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Extending the theme

One theme in To Kill a Mockikngbird is the way siblings always stick together through thick and thin, carinng for each other and looking out for each other. A part that stood out to me in this book was the way Jem and Scout were so close to each other. I have a little sister named Glory, who is four years younger than me, just like Scout is four years younger than Jem. It was easy to relate to Jem (even though I'm not a boy) while reading To Kill a Mockingbird. The way Scout was always sticking to Jem and following him everywhere was very similar to the way my sister did when she was little. Jem and Scout's relationship helped me to realize just how loyal siblings are toward each other. I also realized a little more about how special and precious my sister really is to me.

P.S. I showed this to my sister and at first she frowned and looked angry. Then I told her to read the rest of it and she smiled.