I am almost done with the book, Into The Wild. I really like the book, but it is also very touching and sad. The book has a different type of impact on me than many other books due to it being a true story about a real person. It's not some fiction hero, it's about a real guy, who had sort of a tragic accident.
I have noticed as I read this book the comments some people have said about the guy, Alex. People call him stupid, ignorant. They say he deserved what he got. I don't really see how people can say that when they are talking about another human being. It's monstrous if you ask me, that people can criticise someone like that, when they don't even know the whole story.
One reason not many people have been able to piece together the whole situation with how Alex died and who he was and stuff is because he was a really complicated person. I know, all people are complicated, so I guess that Alex wasn't actually any more complicated than many other people. But not many people understood him well, like really understood him. So through our eyes, he was a very complicated person.
All in all, I have respect for this guy, because he went out and did what he wanted to do, he followed his heart. Not a lot of people do that to the full extent like he did. Even though he died doing it, atleast it was what he wanted to be doing.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Bloggy
I am in the process of reading the book “into the wild.” At first I thought that I wouldn’t really like it, because I figured it would be just another fiction boy gets lost in woods book. But I soon found out that it was actually non-fiction, and a very interesting, touching story about a young man who has a very unique, and pretty interesting view of the world and how people live their lives.
I have found that I really like books where the character/person has a new and sort of unique way of looking at things. The book “catcher in the rye” is a good example of this. I know a lot of people who don’t like it, but I think it is a really good book. I think that this is why I like “into the wild” so much. By looking through the eyes of the character I get to see the world from another point of view.
At first I didn’t think that I would like this book, but now, about half way through the book, I have found that it is actually quite a rich book, and that I really like the book a lot.
I have found that I really like books where the character/person has a new and sort of unique way of looking at things. The book “catcher in the rye” is a good example of this. I know a lot of people who don’t like it, but I think it is a really good book. I think that this is why I like “into the wild” so much. By looking through the eyes of the character I get to see the world from another point of view.
At first I didn’t think that I would like this book, but now, about half way through the book, I have found that it is actually quite a rich book, and that I really like the book a lot.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Ever Lost
I just started reading a series that I found, Everlost. I do not remember the author right now, and I am feeling too lazy to get the book out to see who the author is, so I'll just add the authors name in another time.
Anyway, back to the book. Everlost is a really good book, and I really like it. I think that in a way it reminds me of harry potter. The books are very different in almost every way. The writing styles, plots, and characters are not really similar at all. But there is one thing that I find similar between them. Both authors created an entire set of their own rules of gravity, physics, and recreated the world for their books. Both in a different way.
The whole, creating a new world thing in this book sort of just makes it creepier than it already is. The book is a bit weird, and I get the idea that who ever wrote it is a very unique guy, or girl. But behind all the weird characters, and crazy story lines, there's actually some important messages that I am getting from the book.
Reading this book I realized something. I may have a lot of problems in my life. And I may do a lot of stupid things without thinking too much about it. And I may take a lot of risks, without thinking of what I am going to do if I mess up. But this book has made me come to realize something. Even with all of that, I'm still lucky. The way that this book made me realize this is, well, all the kids in this book are all dead, so right there I am already a whole lot better off than them. Just thinking about that made me think that I should stopping bitchin' about my problems, and beating myself up for small mistakes, and just enjoy life as it comes at me.
Anyway, back to the book. Everlost is a really good book, and I really like it. I think that in a way it reminds me of harry potter. The books are very different in almost every way. The writing styles, plots, and characters are not really similar at all. But there is one thing that I find similar between them. Both authors created an entire set of their own rules of gravity, physics, and recreated the world for their books. Both in a different way.
The whole, creating a new world thing in this book sort of just makes it creepier than it already is. The book is a bit weird, and I get the idea that who ever wrote it is a very unique guy, or girl. But behind all the weird characters, and crazy story lines, there's actually some important messages that I am getting from the book.
Reading this book I realized something. I may have a lot of problems in my life. And I may do a lot of stupid things without thinking too much about it. And I may take a lot of risks, without thinking of what I am going to do if I mess up. But this book has made me come to realize something. Even with all of that, I'm still lucky. The way that this book made me realize this is, well, all the kids in this book are all dead, so right there I am already a whole lot better off than them. Just thinking about that made me think that I should stopping bitchin' about my problems, and beating myself up for small mistakes, and just enjoy life as it comes at me.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
BOOK RESPONSE
I recently just picked up the graphic novel version of Heroes, and I found really interesting. In Heroes, Every character is important, they are not "Just another person." They are special. Pete can fly, but he doesn't know how people would react if he told them. The knowledge that he is important, and "meant for something... Bigger" boosts his self confidence in a huge way. He wants to be somebody big, lately he has been left behind standing alone in his brothers huge shadow of fame and importance. But what can he do? His brother is a congress man.
People often want to think of themselves as important somehow, somehow different than everyone else. It would be pretty crappy if you knew that you were nobody and couldn't do anything about it. But that's not true, even if your not destined to help safe the world like Pete, your still special. No one else deals with the same stuff you do everyday, there are certain things that we have all done, that would make others piss their pants if they had been in our position. I'm not sure if this is what really makes everyone important, and different, but it is definateley a part of it.
Pete has this thing about that he is meant for something bigger, than everyday life. I'm not sure but doesn't that sound kind of like destiny? When you are meant for something bigger, something you can't control, that's destiny. Destiny plays a large role in Heroes. Hiro, a japanese man who has just discovered his immense power to bend the time and space continuem teleports himself to New York and discovers a comic magazine that displays his future on its very pages. I think this is destiny, when your future turns out as predicted, it means that you were meant to do something, something that you have no control over.
If you have no control over your life, and what will happen to it and in it, then that is pretty scary? Yeah, even though it would be cool for me too know I was going to be a hero and save the world, it would also be scary to me. I like to be confident that I can do what I want to do, that I have a reasonable amount of control over what happens to me and what I do. But in most heroic stories, like heroes, it was the heroes destiny that makes them succeed. This means they had no power over it. If you have no power over your life, then it is not even your life, you are like a chess piece, or a person in the matrix, there is no point in living. If it is not your life to control.
Does having a destiny really mean that you don't have control over your life? In Heroes Hiro had a destiny, but he still had to work through problems, and use all his strength and mind power to get to where he wanted to go, and to do what he had to do. I think that maybe the characters in Heroes aren't being forced to do anything, they are being led along a guide lines that somehow is predicted what they will decide to do. Destiny isn't a stiff future that you must take, it is more of a loose guidelines that helps you decide right from wrong.
If destiny actually was something that you would end up doing no matter what, then it would suck, everyone would have a stiff position in society, from the moment they were born. Destiny is more like a little guy from the future that is telling you what you did, so that you can do it again. Destiny is hard to understand, I think that in the real world, destiny is more a guideline of what you would most likely do in a situation, based on your values.
People often want to think of themselves as important somehow, somehow different than everyone else. It would be pretty crappy if you knew that you were nobody and couldn't do anything about it. But that's not true, even if your not destined to help safe the world like Pete, your still special. No one else deals with the same stuff you do everyday, there are certain things that we have all done, that would make others piss their pants if they had been in our position. I'm not sure if this is what really makes everyone important, and different, but it is definateley a part of it.
Pete has this thing about that he is meant for something bigger, than everyday life. I'm not sure but doesn't that sound kind of like destiny? When you are meant for something bigger, something you can't control, that's destiny. Destiny plays a large role in Heroes. Hiro, a japanese man who has just discovered his immense power to bend the time and space continuem teleports himself to New York and discovers a comic magazine that displays his future on its very pages. I think this is destiny, when your future turns out as predicted, it means that you were meant to do something, something that you have no control over.
If you have no control over your life, and what will happen to it and in it, then that is pretty scary? Yeah, even though it would be cool for me too know I was going to be a hero and save the world, it would also be scary to me. I like to be confident that I can do what I want to do, that I have a reasonable amount of control over what happens to me and what I do. But in most heroic stories, like heroes, it was the heroes destiny that makes them succeed. This means they had no power over it. If you have no power over your life, then it is not even your life, you are like a chess piece, or a person in the matrix, there is no point in living. If it is not your life to control.
Does having a destiny really mean that you don't have control over your life? In Heroes Hiro had a destiny, but he still had to work through problems, and use all his strength and mind power to get to where he wanted to go, and to do what he had to do. I think that maybe the characters in Heroes aren't being forced to do anything, they are being led along a guide lines that somehow is predicted what they will decide to do. Destiny isn't a stiff future that you must take, it is more of a loose guidelines that helps you decide right from wrong.
If destiny actually was something that you would end up doing no matter what, then it would suck, everyone would have a stiff position in society, from the moment they were born. Destiny is more like a little guy from the future that is telling you what you did, so that you can do it again. Destiny is hard to understand, I think that in the real world, destiny is more a guideline of what you would most likely do in a situation, based on your values.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
SEVENTH SON
I am currently reading a book called seventh son. The book is really interesting because it is about the times when people were immigrating to the Americas when white people first found it. But there's a twist, this is about those times, but it's fictional, there's all sorts of folklore and magic in it. I think one reason that I find this so intriguing is because I already know the events of that time preiod so I have a good idea of some of the elements of the story. This makes it much easier for me to focus on understanding the more complicated parts of the story.
So yeah, it is a really good book, I am only about half way through it so I still am missing some parts of the story, but the issues and the plot is starting to come together for me now.
So yeah, it is a really good book, I am only about half way through it so I still am missing some parts of the story, but the issues and the plot is starting to come together for me now.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
BOOK RESPONSE
Taking it too far. Sometimes a joke goes too far, and someone gets hurt. Sometimes a prank doesn't work quite right, and someone gets hurt. When you are doing something you have to be aware of the consequences. People can get hurt, without you meaning to hurt them, you shouldn't do things that are risky, illegal or dangerous that involve other people. Because when someone gets killed, your tight.
In the book, Swear To Howdy by, Wendelin Van Draanen The two main characters, Joey and Rusty are best friends. One night Joey and Rusty are out by the river at night, they sneak out a lot, and tonight they have a plan. Joey decide they should make a fake ghost and scare someone. But the plan goes all wrong. They scare the driver of the car so bad they she drives into a pole. When they find out the next day that the driver was Amanda Jane, Joeys big sister, and that she's dead, they feel absolutely terrible.
Everyone makes mistakes, its part of life. Making mistakes, and trying to fix them and make them right. And then learning from them. But when you make a mistake you should admit it, you should come out and say that you did it. If it is just a little mistake then it's fine, don't bother coming out with it. Then you'll just get in trouble for a little thing. If it is a big mistake and it actually affects someone in a major way, or if people have been hurt, you need to come out with it. Or else the guilt will eat away at your soul little by little until you can't stand to look at yourself in the mirror.
In the book, Swear To Howdy by, Wendelin Van Draanen The two main characters, Joey and Rusty are best friends. One night Joey and Rusty are out by the river at night, they sneak out a lot, and tonight they have a plan. Joey decide they should make a fake ghost and scare someone. But the plan goes all wrong. They scare the driver of the car so bad they she drives into a pole. When they find out the next day that the driver was Amanda Jane, Joeys big sister, and that she's dead, they feel absolutely terrible.
Everyone makes mistakes, its part of life. Making mistakes, and trying to fix them and make them right. And then learning from them. But when you make a mistake you should admit it, you should come out and say that you did it. If it is just a little mistake then it's fine, don't bother coming out with it. Then you'll just get in trouble for a little thing. If it is a big mistake and it actually affects someone in a major way, or if people have been hurt, you need to come out with it. Or else the guilt will eat away at your soul little by little until you can't stand to look at yourself in the mirror.
Making mistakes is part of life. And along with mistakes come consequences. All mistakes have some sort of consequence, sometimes good sometimes bad. If it's just a little mistake the consequence might just be you learning from that mistake. If it's a big mistake, you might go to jail. Joey and Rusty never thought of the consequences of what they were doing, and what could happen. If they had stopped and thought about it, they probably wouldn't have pulled that prank in the first place.
Joey and Rusty have made lots of mistakes together while planning their adventures. Once they were shooting squirrels that were digging up Joey's driveway, and they accidentally shot Joey's Dad's cat, Mouser. But they didn't come out with it, because they figured they would get into more trouble than it was worth, so they swore to Howdy they'd never tell a soul. When they accidentally helped cause Amanda Jane's death, they couldn't keep it a secret, they tried and were successful for several days. But the guilt was too much, and when Joey tried to shoot himself in the mouth, Rusty decided it was time to tell the truth, for once.
Joey and Rusty have made lots of mistakes together while planning their adventures. Once they were shooting squirrels that were digging up Joey's driveway, and they accidentally shot Joey's Dad's cat, Mouser. But they didn't come out with it, because they figured they would get into more trouble than it was worth, so they swore to Howdy they'd never tell a soul. When they accidentally helped cause Amanda Jane's death, they couldn't keep it a secret, they tried and were successful for several days. But the guilt was too much, and when Joey tried to shoot himself in the mouth, Rusty decided it was time to tell the truth, for once.
Nothing goes perfectly as planned. No one can see into the future perfectly (as far as I know) and see exactly what is going to happen, and what it is going to do to who. It isn't realistic. So when you are going to do something think: could this hurt someone? Because a lot of the time people never expect the bad things to happen to them. So they are surprised when they actually end up messing up.
People make mistakes, everyone does. Some things are best kept a secret, and some things aren't. People need to be careful, even if it is just a joke, it can still hurt someone. Even if it was an accident, it still happened. Nothing goes perfectly as planned, and if you hurt someone, or mess something up, you should admit it. Everything has consequences and you need to be prepared for them.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Book Response
I recently just read a book called the Hogfather, Michael recoomended this book to me and it's kinda wierd. Death is covering for the Hogfather (a character similar to Santa Claus) on Hogwatchnight because the Hogfather has been kidnapped. Death feels very strongly about giving all of the children, rich or poor, the same quality of presents, in his opinion everyone is equal and should be treated equally. Death's assistant Albert strongly disagrees. Death's understanding of Hogwatchnight is that everyone should be happy and get good presents. Everyone, meaning, the rich and the poor. Albert says that the thing that makes people happy is when they know that they have more than other people. Therefore Albert believes that they should give the rich kids lots of toys and the poor kids few toys, because this will make all the rich people feel joyful. But Albert is not thinking about the poor.
There are many people in our world that believe in making the rich richer and the poor poorer.Albert is like all those people. I don't really understand why some people think this way because in my opinion it is really stupid. Maybe they feel that if they make the rich richer, then the rich will help them. Or maybe they think that there is no hope for the poor, so they don't even bother to try to help. It's not fair though, they are treated like they are not human. I think that the people like Death, who believe in treating the rich and the poor more equally, are much more sensible. If the people in government only helped the rich, then no progress would be made. But if they helped the poor then there would be no poor people, so the money usually being spent to help the poor could be spent on something else, and everyone would have a job. Therefore there would be more productive work going on in the world.
When Albert was a little boy he was "poorer than a church mouse" and every Hogwatchmorning when he took down his stocking, he got nothing. Eventually he got used to it and to him Hogwatchnight was just another night. I think that he may have noticed that he, a poor boy, got nothing on Hogwatchnight, and all the rich kids got loads of toys. Now Albert is a grown up and must think that all the poor kids should get nothing, and that all the rich kids should get everything. Albert thinks that this is the way it should be because this is the way it has always been. Death thinks that things should change.
If I were in Albert's position I would give everyone loads of toys. I would want to give the poor kids the toys they wanted. I would want to make sure that they didn't miss out. But unfortunately some people feel that if they didn't get something, then nobody should. It is wrong but it is true. Albert was treated very unfairly when he was a kid, so he must feel that since he was treated badly, then ever poor child should be treated badly. Sometimes past experience affects peoples lives greatly. Often times people who are mean, brutal, or just not very generous are the way they are because that is how they were treated when they were kids. These people don't understand that they shouldn't treat other people based on how they were treated a long time ago. Also, if you treat people badly because of how you were treated when you were a kid, they will just hate you. They know nothing about your past. To them you are just a mean, nasty jerk.
It is wrong to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, because it makes absolutely no sense at all. It is also not right to do what Albert did. Albert wanted to treat the poor kids unfairly because of his past experience, he did not realize that what he was doing was wrong. It is bad to treat others unfairly based on how you were treated when you were a kid. Other people may not understand your situation, and will just hate you.
There are many people in our world that believe in making the rich richer and the poor poorer.Albert is like all those people. I don't really understand why some people think this way because in my opinion it is really stupid. Maybe they feel that if they make the rich richer, then the rich will help them. Or maybe they think that there is no hope for the poor, so they don't even bother to try to help. It's not fair though, they are treated like they are not human. I think that the people like Death, who believe in treating the rich and the poor more equally, are much more sensible. If the people in government only helped the rich, then no progress would be made. But if they helped the poor then there would be no poor people, so the money usually being spent to help the poor could be spent on something else, and everyone would have a job. Therefore there would be more productive work going on in the world.
When Albert was a little boy he was "poorer than a church mouse" and every Hogwatchmorning when he took down his stocking, he got nothing. Eventually he got used to it and to him Hogwatchnight was just another night. I think that he may have noticed that he, a poor boy, got nothing on Hogwatchnight, and all the rich kids got loads of toys. Now Albert is a grown up and must think that all the poor kids should get nothing, and that all the rich kids should get everything. Albert thinks that this is the way it should be because this is the way it has always been. Death thinks that things should change.
If I were in Albert's position I would give everyone loads of toys. I would want to give the poor kids the toys they wanted. I would want to make sure that they didn't miss out. But unfortunately some people feel that if they didn't get something, then nobody should. It is wrong but it is true. Albert was treated very unfairly when he was a kid, so he must feel that since he was treated badly, then ever poor child should be treated badly. Sometimes past experience affects peoples lives greatly. Often times people who are mean, brutal, or just not very generous are the way they are because that is how they were treated when they were kids. These people don't understand that they shouldn't treat other people based on how they were treated a long time ago. Also, if you treat people badly because of how you were treated when you were a kid, they will just hate you. They know nothing about your past. To them you are just a mean, nasty jerk.
It is wrong to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, because it makes absolutely no sense at all. It is also not right to do what Albert did. Albert wanted to treat the poor kids unfairly because of his past experience, he did not realize that what he was doing was wrong. It is bad to treat others unfairly based on how you were treated when you were a kid. Other people may not understand your situation, and will just hate you.
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