I like to throw in quotations, and parenthesis a lot.  I like to use little side statements, that add that voice.   Like this, "All of those underground caverns and hidden passageways underneath a city really capture how, once again using the term, radical..."  These show that I like to make things very obvious in my writing.  Also I love using a little sarcasm, this only works for me with quotations though.

I use some pretty short sentences just to show that they are really easy to see if you read the book.  I only make long senences when I want to explain something that I think is more dificult to see to the reader.  This is an example of a short and sweet sentence, "She has joined the Dauntless." 

Divergent

First I am going to talk about how her making the decision to go to dauntless instead of abnegation affected her family.  If my parents raised me a certain way, and all of a sudden I first of all, left, but then changed my entire lifestyle.  I know that they would be pretty confused and angry possibly.  Think about it this way, if you had two children that you raised to be with you for the rest of their life,  then they stab you in the back and switch to a different family. Think about how hurt you would be as a parent.  I would feel like I didn't do a good job, otherwise they would have stayed.  I would be sooooooooo nervous for them, and scared that they would either die, or not pass the initiation.  Then they would become a factionless person.

I wonder how the rest of the society feels about these parents.  I would feel like they would start to mock you a little bit, for losing your kid.  But the faction abnegation is not allowed to judge, so really, would anyone even care?

We're raising our kids to go out and explore the world. But what happens when they do? By Krista Ramsey

This Column is all about the "loss" of your children when they move away, and how sad you are.  Then it explains that is is actually the parents' fault, they are the ones that pushed you so hard, and told you that there was a place for you somewhere in the world, and to follow your dreams.  They just don't realize that they are sort of pushing them away to do bigger and better things with their lives than just sit near home doing a job they may not love.  Click here to go see the column for yourself.

"It's the most humbling lesson of parenting: We may be in charge of the prologue, but only they get to write the story of their lives."  is the final sentence in this column.  It really puts your whole life into perspective I think.  It shows that parents have a huge influence on you when you are really young. But once your gone, its up to you to influence yourself into doing things.  You wont have parents to tell you what's a good or bad choice.  Its all you now!

She has a sort of "as a matter of fact" kind of voice in her writing.  Also she can be a little sarcastic which makes it fun to read.

If I could ask her three questions, I would ask:
How did you get the inspiration to write this piece on teens moving out?
What is the coolest place you have gotten to go to get a story?
What is your process for finding interesting things to write about?

Divergent

So, I never did finish reading this book last trimester. I'm glad that I didnt because now I have something to read.  First of all, I would like to say that I am really enjoying the book so far. I just finished chapter seven.  At this part she is getting a tour of where she will be staying for hopefully the rest of her life.  She has joined the Dauntless.  It is the most radical faction in this world.  They jump on and off moving trains, they jump across really tall rooftops, and many die.

In my mind, I compare this underground system of rooms to the teenage mutant ninja turtles underground sewer.  I know that sounds a little weird, but that is what it reminds me of.  All of those underground caverns and hidden passageways underneath a city really capture how, once again using the term, radical these guys are. they live underground and the only way down there is by jumping down into a dark pit that has a net in it.  CRAAAAAAZZZZYYY!!!

Fahrenheit 451 Montag Characterization

In Fahrenheit 451, the main character is Montag. He is a fireman, a husband, and friend. First of all, I will be honest and say that I didn't like him very much at the beginning. He was this "bad guy" fireman. The fire department in this book is much different, instead of putting out fires, they start them by burning books. Basically, he just seemed like another fireman. But what I realized later was that he is a dynamic character. This means that he changes throughout the book. By the end of the book, he was more of a revolutionist I guess.

He worked outside the law so he could have knowledge from books that he stole and then hid in his house. When I read this book, I picture a 30 year old guy that has a pretty wife, and a nice house in a utopian society. He had brown hair and blue grey eyes. I found a picture online that fits what I thought he looked like. Here he is.

final blog post

Click here to go to my character post.  This post is one of my best posts because it really explains how she changes in the start of the book.  In the post it says, "she always thought she would just end up being in the class called abnegation."  This really shows the starting feeling that she has in the book.  Later, my post says, "She went with the dauntless at the ceremony."  This is explaining that once she finally had that big decision of her lifetime, she really didnt do what her parents would want or even what she thought she had wanted just a little earlier in the book.  I think that in this post, I made this clear.  At the start, she only cared about what her family would think of her, and now she is doing what she wants to do.
 My goals for the next trimester are to read a book every month, I will have a lot more time without marching band.  If my teacher doesn't make us write, I won't do it in my free time.  I'm not very good at annotating, thus I will want to get a lot better at that, even though I don't like to.  I really want to be able to write longer pieces and not get bored or completely to broad on the topics. that is something I wish to get better at.

Analysis/Divergent

I am always saying that I hate reading, but really it is just when it is a bad book. I have found out that when I love a book, I constantly read it.  with divergent I hope it has these things put into it, if it does, it will definitely get me hooked quick.  the first thing is good character development.  I hate it when a story is so great, but you know almost nothing about the character you have been reading about.  the next thing is an action scene in it somewhere. I love reading those in my head and making them sound all fast paced. I only need one of those. It reminds me of the hunger games.  One, because there are classes (districts), two there is one character that is singled out at an annual event, and three, the action all ready in the book.  I hope I am right and it is a little like hunger games. that was probably one of my favorite books of all time. there was action, great character development and overall it was a fun read.  I think Divergent will get there soon.