The Pregnancy Project

      So I started the book, The Pregnancy Project, which is actually a memoir, by Gaby Rodriguez. So far, Gaby just explains that her family had a lot of problems growing up, and that her mom, sisters, and brothers becomes teen moms, and dads. Then about how when her sister Jessica had a baby, Gaby's mom and Jessica would get into fights because Jessica would go out and party, and make Gaby watch her baby. Then Gaby's grandmother got pneumonia, and Gaby and her mother went to live with Gaby's grandmother for a little while. Then after a while, Gaby and her mom move back to their own house.

     Although I haven't read the whole book, I already know the theme. Its to not believe in stereotypes, which basically means to not believe what people hear or say. Stereotype: a certain image that certain people hold because of there looks, race, or religon. Stereotypes are often brought up when you say certain words. For example, many stereotypes can be blonde girls, jewish people, mexicans, and white girls. Stereotypes are a problem. You can't just say something about someone, because you read about other people that followed this religon or appearance, and then expect them to be cool with you when you say something offending about them.

That Time I Joined the Circus; finished

      As you know, I started the book 'That Time I Joined the Circus' (which I started last week) and that book is now finished. Its was a great book and I really liked it. So last time I updated, Lexi got her own trailer. Nick helped keep the customers under control, and after a while Nick eventually left, and after that, Lexi's trailer was shut down. After a few weeks, Nick came back and told Lexi that they couldnt be together. Then Lexi went to work with Lina at a mini game (Lina sprained her arm). Then while singing a few songs with Lina, Lexi looked into the crowd and saw Eli (her ex-bestfriend) and fainted. When she woke up, she saw Eli, Nick, Lina, and Louie. They were all asking what was going on, and after Lexi and Eli talked, Louie let Eli work in the circus too. Nick eventually went back to Florida, and it was now winter, so the circus was shut down. Lina, Liska, Eddie, and Louie went to go see relatives, so Lexi was now alone. She then asked Jamie to help her learn to drive. Jamie asked where they were going, and wasn't surprised when Lexi said Florida. After driving long ways, they found that Eli was sleeping in the back. Once they got to a motel, they bought clothes, and went to the club that Nick owned. Once they got there, Lexi saw a shocking sight. Her mother was on stage. After talking with Callie (Lexi's mom) they decided to stay for Christmas then go back to New York. With Eli. Once in New York, Lexi and Callie got an apartment and Lexi went back to school. Around the end of the book, Lina had flown Lexi down to the circus, and announced that Jamie and her are engaged. Lina also mentioned that Liska had gone to Florida to go to college because she had some friends there. They all had fun until Lexi went back to New York. Long story short, Lexi and Eli got together, and Eli is going to Colombia, Lexi is going to Tisch (which is an acting school) and at the end, they met in the middle at a diner, and thats the end. It was a great book and I recommend it to all.

      Since this is the last blog I decided to do a character analysis on Lexi. Lexi is a sarcastic, smart, amazing girl. At first she has an okay life, but then her dad dies. Her lawyer, said that his mom was in Florida, and that he would help Lexi find her. She ended up buying a bus ticket and went to Florida. But then a man named Louie found Lexi and let Lexi join his circus. At first Lexi is hesitant, but then gets settled and makes friends. She had originally set out to find her mom, and ended up in a circus. Then when she got used to the circus, she found her mom. I think that things didn't work out the best for Lexi, but at least she got to be happy in the end.

That Time I Joined the Circus

      I have decided to abandon Matched, and I started the book 'That Time I Joined the Circus' by J.J Howard. Ever chapter is different. The even numbers are from her past in New York and the odd numbers are from when she is in the circus. This book is actually really good. It about this girl named Xandra, but when she gets to the circus, changes it to Lexi. At first she is only cleaning up and helping or at the concession and novelty stand, and doesn't have many friends, then one of the acrobats, Lina, becomes friends. This really changes Lexi because Lina's dad, the guy who hired her(Lewi), decided to let Lexi have her own trailer. Another thing that happened was, Lexi and this guy Jamie were getting along, and Jamie kissed Lexi, but when Lexi told Lina, but Lexi could tell that Lina had a crush on Jamie, so Lexi backed off. But later in the book, Lexi meets another guy named Nick and starts to like him. He helps her out with her trailer, which is a fortune teller, and Nicks mom used to run the trailer, but later quit. Nick ended up helping Lexi with the trailer, and getting decorations.

          I am doing the signpost; A-ha Moment. I want to do this A-ha moment when Lexi told Lina that her and Jamie kissed. When Lexi first told Lina that her and Jamie kissed, Lina just said that she should watch out for Jamie, because he is kind of a player. This is where Lexi finally realizes that Lina likes Jamie, and decides to back off of Jamie. I think that this is one of the biggest A-ha moments that Lexi has because she was really oblivious to notice that Lina does like Jamie. After noticing that Lina likes Jamie, Lexi backs off. She stops talking to Jamie, and kind of ignores him.

Native Americans

Native Americans were marginalized and pushed aside when more people came to America. Some were even killed. I think that the Americans thought that Indians weren't important, and were savages. The Americans thought that they were more civilized, and that they can change the Native Americans into a duplicate of Americans. As time went on, the Americans went through with this act and Captain Pratt did something not many people thought of doing. Making a school for Native American children. The school was told to be nice, and caring, but in reality it was bad and scarring. The children placed in the school were taught to be more civilized. It describes what it was like on page 13. "It was not Pratt's plan to simply educate these children and teach then English. He also planned to "civilize" them-to strip them of their traditions and ways of life. Pratt believed that children needed to completely abandon their "Indian-ness" in order to succeed in America" is how the text explained the way that Captain Pratt, taught at Carlisle.

I think that the purpose of Shanice Britton's essay was to inform the readers that there are still Native Americans around the USA, that are still being marginalized today. Her essay is basically explaining that Native Americans are still around the US and that they should be treated just as normal as any other person. She also explains what kind of traditions that her tribe does. Many things have been passed down from generation to generation, like hunting, and fishing with a "gig" She also eats traditional Native food like, deer-meat stew and deer jerky. There is also a tribal language that some people in her tribe know. Shanice's essay is really just showing that there are still Native Americans in the US and we should value and appreciate them because they have been through so much, and still have a happy spirit.

Matched

       I recently started the book Matched by Ally Condie. This book is set in a futuristic presence where this girl named Cassia Reyes gets assigned two different matches at her Match Banquet. Although I have only read a few pages, I know that Cassia gets assigned two different matches because before the book officially started there was a small, one page prologue. It explained how her match was Xander, her best friend, but after a few seconds, she gets assigned a different match. Once the book officially starts, it says that they were on an air train, which has me to believe this is in a futuristic presence. They are on there way to the Match Banquet and then I stopped reading because it was late at night.

      I am doing the signpost; Again and Again. I picked this signpost, because in the first couple pages, the book kept saying 'Matching Banquet' or 'Match' and even though I only have a small idea what their life is like, I can't really tell why they keep repeating this. I think that this 'Match Banquet' is basically when a teen becomes a certain age, they dress nice and go to this banquet hall. What happens is that, the society picks the person you spend the rest of your life with. The pick the person you marry, and are supposed to love, and from what I read, Cassia got two different people. I think that the society is only doing this because they think that it is better that they pick their match, than you fall in love with someone and things happen, and this creates drama. I think that government in this book, is trying to make the perfect society so nothing gets messed up again.

Eleanor & Park; finished

         I recently finished my book, Eleanor and Park. I loved the book, but the ending wasn't satisfying. So what happens is, Eleanor and Park relationship gets stronger and stronger, when Richie finally snaps. Eleanor finds out that Richie is the one writing the inappropriate notes on Eleanor's notebooks. He calls her multiple bad words, and she later flees. Thats when Steve and Tina find Eleanor in trouble and invite her in Steve's garage. They talk, and Steve wakes up Park (who's house was across the street) and Park goes and gets Eleanor. Eleanor tells Park she is going to her uncles in Minnesota, and Park offers to drive her. She later waits in the car, as Park waits for his parents to go to sleep. Once their asleep, Park gets the car keys and has his own money, when his dad finds him. His dad is okay with him going, and gives him more money. Park then starts driving, and 20 pages later, they are at Eleanor's uncles. Eleanor's aunt and uncle automatically take her in, as Park drives away. Park makes it home safe, and finds that his mom was very worried. Although they are far away, Park sends packages and letters, all the time, but Eleanor never replies back. Later, Park gives up and stops sending mail. He writes it, but never sends it. At the end of the book, its Park's point of view, it says he has some mail. He gets a postcard. From Minnesota. With three very caring words on it, for Park.

         So, Im doing the signpost Tough Questions. Theres a really big one for Eleanor. More like 3. The first is if she wants to go to Minnesota. Yes, she wants to leave the wrath of Richie, but she ran out of the house, leaving her family behind. This is the big question. Does she want to be safe, or does she wants to risk her life saving her family. She later decides to leave her family, because she knows their is a high probability of her dying if she went back to the house. Another big question is if when she leaves, does she wants to have a long distance relationship with Park, or save him the pain, and break up with him. Yes, her and Park love each other, but she doesn't want to have a long distance relationship, because she knows it won't work. She ends up, breaking up with him, and going into her aunt and uncles house. She loves Park, but does want him to get hurt if she just doesn't have time to talk to him, or write letters to him. The last tough question that Eleanor has, is writing back to Park. After Park dropped Eleanor off, he has sent many letters about his day, and what the big news is back at school. It wasn't easy for Eleanor to write a letter. Every time she started to write it, she couldn't write the words she wanted. She ended up crying and throwing the unfinished letter away. At the end of the book, Eleanor sends a postcard, with the three words everyone wants to hear. Now the book didn't say the words, but the way it was described makes me sure the words were, I love you.

Eleanor & Park

      As you know, I am reading Eleanor & Park. From the last time I updated on Eleanor & Park (which was yesterday) and a lot has happened since then. So far, Park invited Eleanor back to his house, but made her cry and she left. Eleanor then skipped school the next day, and that was the last day before winter break. On Christmas Eve, at the store, Park and his mom saw Eleanor, her sister, and her two brothers. When they got home, Park's mom went to her room and cried. When Park's mom came down, she told Park that she know understands how Eleanor is because Park's mom had a big family too. Park's mom asked Park to be extra nice to Eleanor because she knows how she feels. Later into the book, Park knocks on Eleanor's window and she sneaks out with him. They end up by the school, and they kiss. After that, Eleanor and Park's relationship was stronger and they respect each other more.

         I am doing the theme. So far, I think the theme is that it doesn't matter how you look, you should accept people for who they are. Like how in the first few chapter, Tina continually bullies Eleanor. Whether its calling her ugly to fat to sticking pads on her locker. Then on the bus, Steve kept calling Eleanor 'Big Red' and Park and Steve got into a fight. This example shows that you shouldn't call others names, because something might happen to you. Park accepts Eleanor for how she acts, dresses, and keeps things to herself, and still loves her. Eleanor accepts Park, and probably always will. Eleanor and Park are one of the cutest couples in the books I've read. Other than Hazel and Augustus. I think that Eleanor and Park accept each other for who they are, and just deal with each others personalities and families. Eleanor and Park are made for each other, and I can't wait to keep reading it.

Eleanor & Park

         I recently started reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. It is such an amazing book. I really do love it. So the format of the book is kind of weird. It will switch back and forth between Eleanor and Park. So far, I have learned at Eleanor's mother and Eleanor's father are split up, Eleanor's mother is married to a man named Richie, Eleanor has a sister, two brothers, and a baby siblings. I dont know the gender of the baby, but her sister's name is Maisie, she has two brothers, Mouse and Ben, and Richie will often yell at Eleanor's mother. Park is very different. Park is half Korean. His mother is a very nice Korean lady, who also has a salon. Her father is American, but met Park's mother when he went to Korea for a war. Park has one brother, Josh. Park is one of the shortest people in his family. Park and Josh take taekwondo, simply because their dad wants them to. Eleanor and Park met on the bus, when Tina, a girl in their class, was making fun of her, so Park let her sit next to him. After a while, Park noticed that she was reading his comic books, and the next day, gave her some to read at home. After awhile, Eleanor and Park get really close. They hold hands, and talk, and laugh, but didn't make it 'official'. Eleanor is often bullied at school. But one day, Eleanor tells Park that she is babysitting her dad's fiancee's kid, and will call him. After a while of talking on the phone, just when Eleanor had to hang up, Park said that he loved her. That Monday, a boy named Steve, said something mean to Eleanor, and Park beat him up, and called Eleanor his girlfriend. Park was suspended and his mom said he wasn't allowed to have a girlfriend, as long as he was grounded. Once Park got back to school, he didn't tell Eleanor that he wasn't supposed to have a girlfriend.

         I am doing a character analysis on Eleanor. Eleanor is very quite, usually talks to no one, but Park. Eleanor is a little on the bigger side, and has bright red hair. Eleanor lives with her mom, her sister, her two brothers, a baby, and Richie. Richie is Eleanor's mom's husband. Richie is a very mean man who constantly gets drunk and yells at Eleanor's mom. On Eleanor's first day of school, she was being bullied on the bus, by Tina. After a while, Park let her sit next to him. As the book goes on, Eleanor and Park's relationship go from sitting next to each other to sharing comics to discussing them then a relationship. The relationship started as just holding hands, but then Eleanor goes to Park's house, then Park beats up Steve and basically makes it official there and then. Eleanor has two friends, DeNice and Beebi. They are both African-American and became friends with Eleanor after Tina and her friends called her fat, and stuck pads on her gym locker. They are now good friends and hang out frequently. Until next time!!

Death Cure

      Since I have finished Eleanor Roosevelt and have almost nothing else to read, I decided to read the third book in the Maze Runner series. The Death Cure. I haven't really read much, but so far it is great. At the end of the last book, the gladers, the girl gladers, Teresa, Aris, Jorge, and Brenda make it to safe haven. They all get nicer clothes, take showers, eat, and just hang out. Thomas decides to take a nap, but when he wakes up he's in a different room. He hears Teresa in his head, but all she says it that WICKED took Thomas away from the rest of the group. After he is informed about his where a bouts, he tells Teresa not to contact him through their minds anymore.

      So far, this book is amazing. I decided to talk about the connection between Thomas and Teresa. It is very strong. Just by the way they react to each other with everything they do. Like when Teresa and Aris were forced to kiss, Thomas had a cringe attack. Or when Thomas told Teresa that he couldn't trust her anymore, she flinched, like it was the worst thing to hear. They can also communicate telepathically, which is pretty cool. Thomas and Teresa have a strong connection, that I dont think could be broken easily. I can tell that later in this book, they will all find each other, and Teresa and Thomas will still be as strong, as before. Maybe even stronger. Hopefully Thomas and the gladers meet up again. I am really excited to read the rest of the book.

Eleanor Roosevelt; finished

       As you know, when I finished The Scorch Trials, I started Eleanor Roosevelt. A few days ago, I finished Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1905, Eleanor and Franklin settled down in New York. The next year, they had their first child, Anna. They had four more children after that. James, Elliot Franklin Jr, and John. In 1910, Franklin began his work in politics. He ran for New York state senator and won. In 1921, Franklin got Polio. Franklin couldn't walk or talk. Eleanor wanted to help. She went places Franklin couldn't, and was asked to make speeches. She also wrote articles for newspapers, and fought for laws that would help others. When Franklin was president and the Great Depression started, Eleanor was his 'eyes and ears' as the book says it. People wrote to Eleanor about their problems and sometimes she received more that 30,000 letters a month. After Franklin died, and she was no longer the first lady, she still wanted to help. In 1945, President Truman asked her to join the US delegation to the United Nations.


        Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing lady that everyone strives to be. She was a person who always believed that you could do anything you put your mind to. Eleanor was a lady who wanted to help everyone. From the poor to the working-class to her husband. She was a brave young lady who went through a lot from a young age to old and still went on to help people. She had 4 children and still worked hard to provide for them and help her husband with anything he needed. Eleanor Roosevelt is a good, strong woman who deserved to be remembered for the woman she was.

Scorch Trial done. Eleanor Roosevelt??

        So yes, I have finished The Scorch Trials, and after my new book, I will start The Death Cure. The Scorch Trials was an amazing book, and I recommend it to all, as long as you read the first book. I have done a Book Talk on The Scorch Trials that you can check out under the page, My Projects. The book that I have started is a nonfiction book about Eleanor Roosevelt. It is by Lucile Davis. Although it isn't very long, it has amazing details and information. I have not finished it yet, but I have read enough to know that Eleanor was an amazing person, that helps other out of the kindness of her heart.

       So far I have learned that Eleanor was a shy child who was favorited by her father. Her father was a man who loved to help the poor and sometimes brought Eleanor along to learn the ways of helpfulness. Helping made Eleanor feel helpful, and useful. At the age of 8, her mother died. Even worse, 2 years later her father died. She was sent to live with her grandmother. At the age of 15, Eleanor went to England to go to a school called, Allenswood. At the age of 18, Eleanor went to New York and continued helping others. Believe it or not, Eleanor and (future husband/president) Franklin were distant cousins. They saw each other at parties, and later started to date. In 1901, Eleanor and Franklin got married. Even though this is all I read, I still need more information to do my last project.

Scorch Trials; Last week?

              Hello everyone! I would just like to inform that I have been reading WAY more lately and might finish this week. So last time I blogged I talked about how Winston had been attacked and Newt, Thomas, and Minho are about to go outside. Newt  proposes that they use their sheets to block their eyes, and dont get burned. After a while of walking and seeing a few cranks, they hear screams. It goes on for awhile, while the Gladers are still walking. They keep walking until Thomas notices a building with a girl in front. Thomas agrees to go and check it out. The girl quickly runs inside. Thomas follows and see that its Teresa. They have a moment before Teresa asks for Thomas to leave, so they wont be in danger. Thomas runs out and starts to run towards the city. Everyone quickly runs after Thomas so that they are only a few miles from, what I started to call, 'Ghost Town' Minho decides to have everyone rest. The next day, when everyone is awake, they get to the outskirts of 'Ghost Town' and find an old man. He talks about how there is bad people and they shouldn't go to the city. As they leave the man, it starts to storm. They all start running and soon people are starting to get hit by lightning and falling. The others just keep running. Then Minho gets hit by lightning. Thomas quickly rolls mud on Minho and sets the fire out. He helps Minho up and carries him to the nearest building. Once they are inside, they all sleep. After a good sleep, a crank falls from a big hole in the ceiling. Minho later attacks him and other cranks come down too. Thomas asks the crank, Jorge, to speak with him to come to a compromise. Jorge later takes Thomas on his offer, which is that him and a girl named Brenda go with him to get the cure. Thomas agrees, but wonders about the other cranks. Jorge says not to worry about it. So all the gladers, and Aris of coarse, go and get some food, and Brenda starts to take a liking to Thomas. She has constantly flirted with him and saved him from the ceiling, that happened to be falling on top of everyone while they were eating. Brenda drags him away from the other gladers and they have a moment. The question is, who does he have more feelings for? Teresa or Brenda?

             I decided to do a character analysis on Jorge. He seems to be a crazy, wild, strait forward, head strong guy that follows his own rules. Jorge and the other gladers met by the talk of food. Like when he came from the ceiling, its not like he fell. The book literally said,"He looked up just as the others did. A face looked down at them from the shredded remains of the third floor, that of a young Hispanic man. His eyes were slightly wild, and Thomas felt a belt of tension cinch inside him. "Who're you?" Minho shouted. Then, to Thomas's utter disbelief, the man jumped through the jagged hole in the ceilings, falling toward them. At the last second he crumpled into a human ball and rolled three times, then sprang up to his feet" The funny part about Jorge is that he is Hispanic and will sometime say "muchacho " or "hermano" Muchacho means 'young man' and hermano means 'brother' Its funny because, if you haven't read my 'About Me!" you would see that I have a little brother and sometimes when I get home, I will go into his room and pick him up greeting him with a "Hola mi hermano" which most times he will giggle at, so when I read Jorge say it, I said in my head "Hey, I know that word" If I am totally being honest, I really like Jorge. He is outgoing and sounds really fun, as long as you dont get on his bad side.

Scorch Trials, Week 4

          Well, all the gladers made it into the Flat Trains. After a few hours there is a kids that starts screaming and thrashing and falls on the floor. When the screaming stops, Thomas goes and checks it out. When he does, he finds that the kids head is covered in a metal ball. They all decide to keep going and see if anyone else gets 'Metal-Balled' Only one more person got 'Metal-Balled' and a little later, Minho says that he found a staircase. After running up the staircase, they get to the top and think it is a dead end. Then Minho and Newt find a handle and open it, to see the outside world. It is bright, scolding hot outside, so they leave the door, a crack open and wait for everyones eyes to adjust. As they were waiting, Thomas heard a scream. It was Winston. This silver goo had gotten on his face. Winston was on the stairs trying to pull it off repeatedly before Thomas grabbed a bed sheet and helped him pull it off. Once it was off the silver goo 'flew' off and just left. The way the book described Winston, was horrifying. The book described Winston as "...a mess. Curled up into a ball, shaking. The hair on his head had vanished, replaced with raw skin and spots of seeping blood. His ears were cut and ragged, but whole. He sobbed, surely from the pain and trauma of what he had been through" After that, Minho had him, Newt and Thomas go outside, while a few gladers picked up the mess Thomas made when he went to help Winston, and a few went to help Winston get up and walk toward the door.

            Throughout the whole book, one word that is used a lot is sickening or disgust. I think that they use those words more in the first 17 chapters than the whole first book. They use it to mostly describe what they see and what they are going through. Like in the beginning, when they found dead bodies hanging from the ceiling, the book described how the gladers looked with disgust or how the scene was sickening. Or when Thomas had a 'sickening' thought about something but pushed the thought away. Or when Thomas was feeling the face of the boy who got 'Metal-Balled' and didn't feel a neck or head, where they are supposed to be, and felt a metal ball instead. Dashner described it as disgusting and bloody and gory, it just sounded sickening. So far this is a good book and I am about to start reading way more than I was before.

Scorch Trials: 3rd week

            AS you know, I am reading The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. Last week, a lot of stuff happened, but this week, even more did. After a few days in the room apartment place, and the gladers ran out of food. They then, find a bathroom and drink water, almost everyday. After a few more days, the gladers find food in one of the other rooms. They also find a man, in a suit, behind an invisible wall. After a few hours, the man speaks and says that they are apart of stage 2 of the trials. The first stage was the Maze and the second, is the Scorch Trials. He says that the next morning, at 6am the gladers have to get ready and go through this thing called a Flat Train. He says that they have to go fast because whoever isn't in the Flat Train by 6:05am, will be executed. So the next morning, they all wake up at 6am and they all go through the Flat Train, before 6:05am.

            Since last week, a lot has happened. This week I am doing the signpost contrast and contradictions. The character I picked to do this about is Thomas. Ever since Teresa went missing, Thomas has been acting weird. He has been quiet and doesn't really interact with everyone anymore. He also found out that him and Aris can speak telepathically. I think that since he found this out, that he felt like he lost Teresa forever and is becoming more distant from the other Gladers. Another person who is acting weirdly, is Newt. Ever since he found out that his tattoo said he was the glue and that Minho was the leader, he acts like he isn't fit out to be the leader. Before this, Newt was the one who always called the shots, and became the leader type. But ever since he say Minho's tattoo, he kept convincing Minho that Minho was the leader instead of himself. After a lot of convincing, Minho finally said ok on being the leader. Then after that, Newt started acting, distant, and would really just stay in the background when Minho would give a 'pep' talk.

Another Week of Scorch Trials

         Like I said last week, I am reading the Scorch Trials by James Dashner. The Scorch Trials are a sequel to the Maze Runner. Since last time, They met a kid named Aris. He was stuck in the Maze, but instead of a bunch of boys and one girl, there was a bunch of girls and one boy. While they were talking Thomas saw a tattoo on Aris. It said something about being in Group B subject 1. He was called 'the Partner' All the Gladers had it too, but theres were Group A. There was the leader (Minho), the glue (Newt), and Thomas' said he was supposed to be killed by Group B.

          I picked the signpost tough questions. I picked tough questions because Thomas and the Gladers were brought with a very tough question. Whether to trust Aris or not. They just met Aris, but no one is sure if they can trust him just yet. When him and Thomas were talking, Aris admitted that he could speak telepathy with his friend, in the other maze. Thomas later found out that Aris' best friend, the girl he could talk with, was killed. I think that even though, him and Thomas had a very heart to heart conversation, Thomas and the Gladers are still trying to find out if they can trust Aris or not.

Scorch Trials

        Scorch Trials is the sequel to the Maze Runner and written by James Dashner. I just recently started to read this book. The story starts off, with Thomas and the other Gladers in a room. They all seem to be asleep, when suddenly, Thomas wakes up, due to Teresa talking with him through their minds. They are talking just fine, when Teresa yells for Thomas' help. But Thomas is in to deep of a sleep and when he finally wakes up, he cant hear Teresa anymore. When he wakes up, he finds the other Gladers, looking very scared. He looks at the windows and sees these people with flesh hanging off their skin. They call themselves cranks and tell the Gladers to kill them.

        For my second paragraph, I decided to do a character analysis of Thomas. Thomas is nice and sweet, but he is also very smart. He came up with a way to get out of the maze and they did. Thomas is really brave. Like in the first book, Thomas went into the maze without permission. Then in this book, he was really determined to find Teresa. Thomas and Teresa have a very special connection. Not only do they know how to talk to each other, through their minds, but they have amazing chemistry. I mean, they really get to know each other, and later you can see/read that they really hit it off. So far, I really like this book.

My Quarter Goals

       One academic goal that I have for this quarter is to get straight A's. I will achieve it by spending more time and work into doing my homework and to study for tests and assessments. I want to achieve this goal because my grades have been a little low lately and I want to raise it so that have something to be proud of. I really like having good grades. Everybody does. I just think that having good grades can lead me too a good college. Wouldn't that be the real success?

       I think one personal goal, that I definitely have is to focus on finding books that I can really get into. I recently abandoned the book, 'Lovely Bones' I am going to start 'Scorch Trials' which is the sequel to 'Maze Runner' I really want to find books that I can read and not get bored. And thats very hard, because I have a short attention span. I will achieve this by finding books that are not only recommended to me but that appeals to me. I want to achieve this because I can barely find books that appeal to me. Last year I abandoned a lot of books and I am trying extra hard to find books that I can read and doesn't bore me.  

Lovely Bones- Winter Break Blog

        As I was reading, I kind of got bored. I think that it was good at the beginning but as the story went on, it got a little boring. What happened was that, Susie was looking down, from heaven, viewing her family. Her family has a had to deal with her death and it was hard, from the way Susie described it. Like her dad, destroyed bottled ships that him and Susie made together. Bottled ships are wooden ships in glass bottles. He also went into her room and started to cry. At the end him and Susie's little brother had a moment and I think that Susie's dad will handle the death more easily.

       I decided on doing a signpost. So in this sign post I noticed a Memory Moments. When Susie was looking down, she remembered her 11th birthday and when everyone was sleeping. She went out and looked at her present. It was a camera. She took that camera and stalked a girl that was walking by her house. So when she went around back she saw her mother. She forgot about the girl. She explained that she has never seen her mother, just sit still. It was unusual to her. Then she talked about the kind of relationship her and her father had.

Lovely Bones- Winter Break Blog

     When I read chapter 3 of 'Lovely Bones' its basically talked about how, on Susie's way up to heaven, she passed this girl named Ruth. Susie and Ruth went to school together yet were never close. Ruth had this dream about how Susie was running toward Ruth in the schools parking lot. But Ruth didn't know it was Susie. She was a ghost. Ruth described it as: "It was a female, I could sense that. It flew up out of the field. Its eyes were hollow. It had a thin white veil over its body, as light as cheesecloth. I could see its face through it, the features coming up through it. the nose, the eyes, the face, the hair"

      There was a lot of conflict in this chapter. Like how later on, Ruth saw 2 of Susie's friend, and then how she smoked a cigarette. She was saying how, when someone dies, and their souls are going up to heaven, they touch someone. It could be just a light, gentle poke, but apparently we feel it. Like how someone says that they feel a chill, its actually a soul touching you. I think that the book it amazing so far. It really made me care for the characters, even though they are not real.