Gift I Would Like

There are many things that I would like on Christmas. I would like to get a hover board for Christmas but it's too "dangerous" as my mom says. Besides that I would be happy with just some new clothes for Christmas. I'm usually happy with anything I get because I know it's the thought that counts when you receive a gift from someone. 

Quote

This quote would mean many things to me. When I see this quote "everyday is a second chance" I think that if one day is bad the next day can be better. When I think of this to me it means if you made a mistake you can always fix it the next day. Today may not be a good day but that wouldn't mean tomorrow won't be better. I like to know that you can start out fresh the next day not having to worry about the other day and just move forward from the past. 

Shift

The book I read was "Shift" by Em Bailey. I think that the theme for "Shift" would be don't judge someone before you get to know them. I think this would be the theme because in the story the main character Olive quickly judged the new girl Miranda by what she heard around the school. She noticed many strange things about her and considered her a "shapeshifter" after something she read on a website. Olive thought how Miranda killed her parents because that is what everyone was saying. According to the book it says "I don't know what I thought a possible parent murderer would look like, but it certainly wasn't this thin, pale creature, trailing along behind Mrs. Deans. I leant closer to the window, wanting a clearer view." This explains how Olive thought Miranda really did murder her parents. She heard rumors all over the school that she assumed that Miranda really did kill her parents which was why she didn't have parents. Olive didn't know anything about Miranda until she found out the truth.

     There is also another piece of evidence from the book to support my theme. In the book it says "Because if that was true - if she had murdered her parents after all - what else might be? Miranda's expression didn't change. 'I remember the accident,' she said. 'Even though I was only two. We'd just driven past a playground with a slide shaped like an elephant. I was desperate to play on it but my parents wouldn't stop. I screamed and screamed. I felt so angry, strapped in my car seat like that - and I wanted to hurt them. I remember willing the car to stop, willing it with all my might. And then it did stop..... By crashing into a tree.' Miranda's face was grey. 'They both died instantly." This explains how Olive quickly judged Miranda that she murdered her parents when she didn't really do anything. Her parents died in a car accident all along and Olive quickly judged her before she even got to hear the true story. So that is why I think that this is the theme.

Quarter 2 Goals

My goal for quarter 2 is to get all my homework done on time. I will also try to not get any falcon fouls this quarter along with no detentions. I will do this by turning in my homework and checking schoology most often. For quarter 2 I will always be in time to class and turn in work so I don't receive any fouls. I am also trying to get better grades this quarter and I will try to really focus on my work.

The Outsiders Movie

The movie and the book are similar in many ways but they are also different in most parts. One way its different is that when Dally got shot, he didn't hold up the gun at the police. He tried to outrun them and they shot him. I also noticed that Dally went into a store and he held up a gun at the store person and not the police the way it says in the book. The movie is similar to the book though because in both the book and movie Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids from the church. It's also similar because Johnny tells Ponyboy to stay gold before he died. I noticed that the book and movie seemed to be a lot more alike than different in some ways.

Twisted

The theme of twisted is that once you do something people will always judge you from your past. In twisted the main character Tyler vandalized his school by spray painting in the walls and got arrested. Some people ignored him and kept their distance ever since the incident. In the book is says "People had ignored me when I was Nerd Boy, but that changed after I was arrested. A third of my fellow students kept their distance, like I might be wearing a bomb strapped to my wais. Another third looked down their noses at me because I had to work with the (gasp) custodial staff. The third third was all thumbs-up and "Yo, Tyler!" Because spray-painting a couple thousand dollars worth of damage to the school and getting my very own probation officer made me their hero." This shows how people looks at Tyler differently after doing one simple thing. Others looked up to him while others didn't. Throughout the book people still see him differently and treat him differently even accuse him for things since he was arrested.

My Heritage

In Romania it can be similar to America in some ways. For example, the holidays are no different than the ones from here. We celebrate Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and other holidays too. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving or 4th of July though because Romania is in Europe. There are a lot of different things in Romania that are different from here though. Money for example is different in every place in the world. If Romania instead of dollars we have "lei". 5 lei would be around $1.27 which is not a lot. 1 leu is not much at all. It would be only $0.26 which is not much at all. When you think of $50 that seems like a lot because it is but 50 lei would only be $12.72 in the U.S. It seems like a lot of money but when you compare lei to dollars it's not much at all.

Outsiders Theme

I think that the theme of the story is the conflict the greasers have with the Socs. It seems like almost every part in the book leads back to something the greasers and the Socs did. I think this is the theme because in the outsiders it says "we're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." This shows how much the greasers and socs don't lik each other. Not only does this say in the beginning of the book but also in the middle and end. Near the middle of the book it says "I stared at the Socs coolly. Maybe they could scare us to death, but we'd never let them have the satisfaction of knowing it." This actually shows another part in the book where the Socs and greasers encounter each other again. Another part that shows that this might be the theme is at the end where it also says "I went back to stand with Soda and Steve and Two-Bit then, because the Socs were arriving. Right on time. They came at in four carloads, and filed out silently. I counted twenty-two of them. There were twenty of us, so I figured the odds were as even as we could get them." This is where the greasers were gonna fight the Socs so this shows the conflict the greasers have with the Socs which is why I consider it the theme.

Biggest Fears

After reading part of The Outsiders I realize how tough the characters act but how every one of them has a fear. Even the socs. fear something. The socs. act like they don't fear anything but when they saw that Johnny killed someone..... They ran away as fast as they could showing how frightened they were. Everyone in the gang is afraid of something. Soda has real feelings too and you can tell this when he had his horse taken away. He cried so much and he feared losing the horse which he did. Reading this book I noticed that Darry fears something too. He tries to take care of Ponyboy and he makes sure nothing happens to him. Even Ponyboy acts all tough when really he is scared of many things too. He acts tough and that he doesn't fear anything but he fears losing people and even fears the socs. When he encountered the socs. In the beginning he remembered what happened to Johnny and he just froze because he was so frightened. Surprisingly even Dally fears losing people he loves. Dally doesn't care about anything or anyone first of all but when Johnny died at the end he totally broke down and even let himself get killed. This shows that Dally did care and also feared something. So, almost every character in this book acts tough when they all have a fear of their own.