NIGHT

NIGHT

        Night is a book that is very sad, and if you're very sensitive then a tear might excape at some point in the book. This book takes place in the times of the Halocaust, 1994. As we know, jews were being killed many different cruel ways. Not only them we're being targeted, others were but they were a great amount of people. Our Lit teacher always makes us think.. what if one of those jews could've found the cure for cancer? Anyway in my book a whole family is being separated. Elie Wiesel, the author was a survivor, and now he's telling his story. He goes through some long miserable years, that seem like an eternity. He sees horrible things, but he fights for his life. He looses some loved ones, but his mind changes a bit. This book is kind of heartbreaking, but it also teaches a very valuable lesson. It came to me like if it was trying to say "Keep your head up no matter what you go through" Face battles in life but never give up. Kind of like Never Say Never, or Believe. 

        In my book even though there were lots of conflicts as you can imagine. There was one person that was kind of like the "Words of the wiser". He gave advice to Elie. Elie's dad was very sick, he didn't want to eat, he just begged for water. A Blockalteste came close and asked him if he was his soon. Elie replied yes, the officer responded : "Listen to me, kid. Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself, and you can not think of others. Not even your father. In this place, there is no such thing as a father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone." After this he gave Elie advice as he continued, " Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations.." I thought this was very heartbreaking, but the man was kind of right. His father was very ill already, of course in my position i would've given my father, mother or sibling anything I could to help them survive. I think the author put this part in the story to help the reader understand how bad the situation was in this semi- chapter of the book. It is a very short book, but with a lot of thought in it. 

     

Summary & Plot DIVERGENT 3rd blog

Divergent

Imagine fighting, being afraid of being discovered for something that isn't even bad. Feeling guilty and praying to God that no one ever finds out your secret. Your secret of being different. Everyone's unique because they're all different. Not in this life. Tris is a young girl in the world of divergent. Divergent is a place where everyone gets separated based on their skills. Tris gets separated just like everyone else, but she goes to a though group and has to keep her secret, otherwise she dies. She finds someone that's just like her, Tobias. They both share a crazy life of divergent. Can they trust each other, or will they have to fight for everything they have? Of course a good book needs to have romance. Will the world of Divergent bring these two together? Find out!

The plot in this story won't be a house, library, not even in space. The plot as you might guess it is in a futuristic place, or society you can say, where people get separated based on their skills. Tris the main character discovers that she's Divergent, therefore she doesn't fit into one specific category of her special skill. If she is discovered, she will be killed. She tries to keep her Divergence a secret, but throughout her training, she reveals to the trainer, her ability to ace the test and that she is Divergent. Soon Tris and Four discover a plot to overthrow the government, killing hundreds in the process, and they must do what they can to stop it. With the power of Divergence, they may just be the only ones able to save their whole world.

Knight

NIGHT

In my lit class we're learning about the Holocaust and everything that led up to it. We started discussing a lot about it and we finally got books. We also got lit groups. My group was fortunate enough to get the book called Knight. My book is about this guy and his whole family getting sent to concentration camps. Right now we're at the part where they line them all up, spit on them, and tell them they're going to get burned like animals that they are. I think this is intense because why would you telling a person that? There's kids there. In my opinion its really messed up but its hard for me not to keep going since I have to wait for my lit group and the book is so short. Its really amazing but horryifing because there's always that part where you wonder what's going to happen to them? I really like this book and im looking forward to keep reading it.

Divergent

        

DIVERGENT

              I was reading the amazing known and award winning story. You might guess it just by hearing the word division. That's right, Divergent is the great book I read. This book has many amazing parts to it, and I honestly finished it in like a week because I would be reading up to 50-60 pages a night. In this breath taking book, society is divided into five social groups: Erudite, who prize intelligence over all else; Amity, who prize cheerfulness over all else; Abnegation, who prize selflessness over all else; Candor, who prize honesty over all else; and Dauntless, who prize bravery over all else. Where you live depends on your personality and your character.  Starting from sixteen years old, you have to choose which faction to stay in for life. But initiation into the factions is tough, and if you don't perform to their standards they might decide they don't want you- and you could end up as the worst disgrace of all- you might end up factionless; the forgottens of society. But, when protagonist Beatrice leads to make the choice at sixteen, she finds she isn't suited to one faction. She's suited to three- she is Divergent. And that is more dangerous than being factionless- or dead.

     The genre of this book is Science- Fiction/ teen fiction. I know its science fiction because it has a lot of technology and everything and it also talks about the future. I know this book is also teen fiction because she goes through all the hard work of being a teen, but except with like 10,000 more problems in her life. This book is very intense, it has many parts where you're just like "what?" because you start noticing life isn't like that but then those other thoughts come in mind such as "what if.. " what if the world was like this? So, it starts becoming very intense specially trough-out the middle of the book when one of the problems resolves an even bigger one continues! This book's genre helps me understand the book and its conflicts, also it makes me want to read another science fiction novel.

Upstander Summary

UP-STANDERS

In my opinion the Holocaust was a terrifying event in the history of life. I hate how all these people got killed for NO REASON at all. I think thats really messed up and some people were just scarred for life. There were many bystanders and up-standers in this event. Although many stood by and watched, there were only some who actually stood up for others. Some of them got famous, some of them didn't. Some made a difference by just doing an act of kindness as little as just saying hello to a jew. However, many stood by as a result of fear. Fear overcame their mind and soul, and even though many of these people wanted to yell and scream to help them, they couldn't because they knew their lives were in danger, and their family were too. I think I would've tried to help, even if I just helped them by hiding them or just giving them food. Also, since the beginning of the whole discrimination I would've made a plan like if it was to protect my own life or family. Maybe buy a house far away in a farm or something so I could hide more there and they wouldn't be found, kind of like how other up-standers did it. I think others had courage to stand up to the Nazis because they just pictured themselves in these positions, some kind of strong motivation that kept them going. Just because many stood by doesn't mean others did as well, and i picture myself as an up-stander as well.

Poetry & Assessment on sweatshops

     

  In my article called "Bangladesh Factory Owners Surrender In 2012 Fire That Killed 112" it talks about these poor people that got stuck in a factory that was on fire because their boss wouldn't let them get out! The argument in this article is obviously the way that these workers were being treated really bad. Not only did more than 112 people die but also these workers can barely live. The argument in this article is that the government is trying to do the right thing and put the managers that are responsible for the tragic death of 112 people in jail. I know this because in the articled it says, "As we reported soon after the deadly blaze in November 2012, three managers who allegedly prevented workers from fleeing the burning factory were arrested, but the owners had remained free." This shows me and makes me understand that these poor workers had to struggle with this without anybody defending them, luckily the government becomes the herp in this situation. I think this isn't right because no one deserves to die unfairly, many of these workers had a family, mothers with their children, where are their relatives going to go now? I hope this case gets into the hands of justice. 

          The argument in this poem is that this person feels so lost in their own thoughts. Her work is the only thing she wonders all day about. When will it be over? Never because she needs it and can't do anything about it. She's all trapped in her work. Just like in the poem it says "I get lost in the frightful tumult, My self is destroyed, I become a machine." This person feels so lost and hurt, she's worked so much that she started feeling like a machine, a robot. She doesn't feel like a human. The poem is different from the article because it expresses more of the person's feelings. How she's slowly dying inside. I wouldn't like to feel like this, just imagine doing the same job everyday, getting payed almost nothing and on top of it being treated horrible. Imagine having to do this for the rest of your life because you're either being threatened or because you just simply have no other choice since your family is so deep into poverty. I understood the poem better than the article because the article is more like the news, what happened, why, and what is the solution. The poem expresses feelings, it makes you wonder and just think for a minute how you would feel if your life was like that. Workers work for need, no one needs to take advantage of that. 

Bystander

Bystander

       Starting in a new school is never easy. Eric is the new kid in seventh grade and he needs new friends. He meets the "cool kid" named Griffin. When you're new in town, and a school its kind of hard making decisions on who to hang out with, you don't really know how the person is. Griffin seems like a nice, confident, and popular kid. Eric figures that if he's popular then, he must be nice. After a coupe of weeks of getting to know Griffin, Eric sees a bad side to him. Griffin always seems to be in the middle of trouble and bad things. In addition, if Griffin doesn't like you, or if you get on his bad side then you can become the target of the whole school. Soon things start puzzling into pieces as Eric starts getting drawn into Griffin's dark world, he starts seeing that Griffin is nothing but a liar, bully, thief and mean kid. Eric wants to get out and do the right thing, but in one flash passing moment he goes from the bystander to the bully's victim. This book made me realize how fast things can change, and how your whole life can change just by trying to do the right thing. Many things can put you down, but you have to fight through them to get what you want, and do the right thing, not only for yourself but for others as well. 



         Fights, bullying, mean mugging, all of these are examples of the conflicts going on in my book Bystander. As you already know, Eric is the bystander until he tries to do the right thing, and soon becomes the victim. The conflict in this book is that Eric is a new kid without knowledge about the kids that surround him. He tries to hang out with the Griffin, the guy that seems cool, nice and popular. But, after a while he figures out that Griffin may not be like he looks like. He sees kids get bullied by Griffin, he tries to do the right thing and stop the problem but he soon goes from the bystander to the victim. Now, Eric is being bullied by Griffin, he's the target of not only Griffin, but the target of the whole school. Will he be able to stop the bully? Or will someone stand up for him like he did for others? Find out in this breath taking book, read it and find out!




       

Do Sport Fans Go Too Far?

                                Do Sport Fans Go Too Far?

           This article is the best article I have read all my life! Of course I'm only 13, but oh lord! This article talks about something so true and something that really interests you, specially if you're a sports fan. "Do Sport Fans Go Too Far?" well, do we sport fans? I don't think you need a summary to already know what this is going to be about. I'm a BIG soccer fan! According to the article, sport fans take sports too seriously, specially when they are big serious games like the "Fifa World Cup" or the "Super Bowl." Do we really? I know I do. I still remember the day that Colombia lost to Brazil (2-1) in the world cup. I was in Colombia, and when the referee blew the last whistle to announce that we were done, and all the effort we put in that world cup was over in one game we just fell on the floor and cried our hardest. (At least I did) It was one of the saddest days, no one whistled, danced, cheered, nothing, everyone was just in tears. Everyone was calm, of course some people were furious, others were just throwing chairs around but, it was much calmer than when we won all those other games. Every time Colombia won a game in the World Cup, people just went crazy, throwing white powder everywhere! The police even banned it, but no one cared, that was our little celebration. Do I think this article is true? Yes, I do because i know what its like to yell like crazy when my team wins a game, and cry when they lose one. That's the fun part of being a fan, you laugh, cry, yell, shout but still get back up to watch those breath taking games!

Lovetorn Summary and Point Of View

                                              Lovetorn 

                                                               By; Kavita Daswani

           Imagine moving your whole life across the world, not being able to see your family, friends, neighborhood, nothing just a fresh new start. For others it sounds like a terrifying idea, but others would just love to not see the same faces and start out fresh. Shalini is a young teenage girl that had to move her whole life. She's from India and she left someone really special in her life to move to L.A  because of her dads work. Not only has it been an awful experience for her, but her mom is incredibly mad. They all hated the idea of leaving their whole life behind. The presence of her family back in India, the noise of a crowded table just makes her miss home and she's only been in L.a for 2 hours. Furthermore, can you imagine waking up next to the person you love, the sight of his beautiful eyes and glorious hair. Well, that is not how Shalini felt at all! Shalini left "the love of her life" behind back in India. She feels sad and lonely but a new person comes in her life and makes her feel far more special than her old love mate. Can he change her situation? Or will things get tough between their love? Find out!



           Time for POV! Point of view! Yay, well we all know there's first persons, second person, and third person point of view. But, did you know there's more than just one first person? Bloggers! I welcome you to third person Omniscient, and third person limited! Third person omniscient is when the author uses he, she, her, his, they, It's the thoughts of every character are open to the reader. Third person limited is when The author uses he, she her, his, they, and it only tells the main character’s thoughts. Well too much information but just wanted to make it clear. In my book Lovetorn, its first person point of view. I know its first person point of view because in the book it says "I thought of the house I had been born in, the huge rambling structure that was the most imposing bungalow on its quite side street in Bangalore". Here the main character Shalini is trying to explain that she really misses her life back home and as you can see it is in first person point of view. 

Lemon Brown Blog

                                          Lemon Brown

I read an amazing story about this guy called Lemon Brown. This fascinating story starts by showing fright and ends up as a warm caring story which is just amazing how the mood changes! Lemon Brown is a homeless man with "a treasure"! Homeless but with a treasure? This book gave me a reaction of shock, because he has so much spirit, and even though he's homeless, he always has something to remember! This story connects to homelessness because it shows that this guy Lemon Brown, is homeless and lives on abandoned places, but it also teaches us that not every time homeless people are alone, sometimes they have a spirit or a thought to keep going for. I just found really interesting how this guy keeps his head up no matter his economic situation. Also, Greg the kid that saw Lemon Brown changed his attitude a lot through the story. I think he changed thanks to Lemon Brown, and seeing how Lemon Brown was proud of his family even if they weren't someone big. Lemon Brown lost his family, and I think after that Greg learned how to appreciate his dad.

This Song Will Save Your Life Summary

                       This Song Will Save Your Life

                                                     By; Katerin Martinez

"I smile all the time so that nobody knows how sad and lonely I really am." This is a quote, which is very wise and most people can relate to. In my book "This Song Will Save Your Life" there is a girl named Elise. This is an amazing, entertaining story about a girl struggling to find friends, or at least that one person to always be there for her. She tries once, she succeeds but fails extremely big afterwords. I don't know how she can take all this pain of being lonely. Everyone has at least that one person to talk to during the day, to sit at lunch, or to even express their thought to. Well, not Elise all she finds is herself lost in her room, just in deep thoughts of loneliness, without anyone to help her or give her advice. But, then there's a twist in her life where she won't get lost in thoughts or pain, but in music. "Music is my escape from the world" Can music finally heal her pain? Can a song save your life? Well, it changed hers and mine!

Character Analysis

Character Analysis

The Fault In Our Stars 
     Analysis by: Katerin.

The two main characters in the book “The Fault In Our Stars” are Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters. Hazel Grace is a very negative person, let’s say her life changed after she was diagnosed with cancer. After that, Hazel has been a very dry negative person, kind of waiting for death. Then there’s Augustus, a charming, caring boy who just loves life and is grateful to have it. Augustus never gives up, he is also battling with cancer and even though its hard for him as well, he still manages to get up and get trough it. I guess its true what they say that two opposites attract!

The Fault In Our Stars Summary

Summary

The Fault In Our Stars
      By: John Green

The fault in our stars is an inspirational story that will probably make you cry! This outstanding book is about a girl named Hazel Grace. Hazel, has a health problem .. Cancer. Hazel was detected at a young age with this 2. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has done nothing but sit around waiting for time to past. When they detected her with Cancer it was like her life ending experience, she really had no faith, she believed death was coming soon. Hazel doesn’t like to go out, talk to people.. nothing of course understanding her condition. Her mom soon makes her go a therapy group with other people that have cancer. There she met Augustus Waters, but can this little twist change someones life completely? After she meets Augustus Waters, someone that is fighting cancer just like her, she starts seeing the world in a different and more positive way. Hazel’s story is about to be rewritten. Augustus, the guy that will change everything, make life have a meaning again, but can they fight this deadly disease together? Or will this love story finally have an ending?