Blog Post 5

This weekend, along with the rest of Mrs. Bross' english class, i read the first 14 pages of the columnist packet. I felt that all of the stories were a little pointless and i did not enjoy reading any of them other than the last two, showing how different men and women are. I didn't enjoy the other columns because the topic did not appeal to me or was a topic i had no idea about, or all in all had no care for. The column about hockey bored me, because i had no idea who or what they were talking about. The column about the Boston Marathon made me a bit frustrated because they were jumping all of the place talking about basketball and football and baseball, then talking about certain people, nothing really about the Boston Marathon itself, which i found completely pointless, speaking that the title made it seem as though the column would be about the Boston Marathon. "An image a little too carefully coordinated" felt very dragged on. I didn't understand the overall point to the column at all, it talked about different people wearing clothes then something about meeting the president in sandals, there is no literal meaning or reason for that column- for me, anyways. The column about Kate Middleton's dress wasn't even about her dress, just designers she could choose from to design her dress or even about someone else's wedding dress, i didn't see the point to that column either. I found the last two articles to make the most sense out of all of them, only because i can really relate to them, when it comes between my father and my arguments about little things, and how different opinions could be just between the different genders. 

Overall, i find the columnist unit, so far, to be a bit confusing and somewhat pointless, especially when the topics aren't even about what they're supposed to be about. 

Blog post 4

Individual Self-Expression is Important

Lauren Thomas, Alexander Amaya, Alexis Branscum, Courtney Cavallo & Rachel Stapleton

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Quotes

• “They want to know what I do with all my time. I tell them that I sit and think. I won’t tell them what.” (Bradbury 20)

• “After all, when we had all the books we needed, we still insisted on finding the highest cliff to jump off of. But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what fools we are.” (Bradbury 86)

• “We never burned right…” (Bradbury 113)

Individual self-expression is important to our understanding of the story because we’re able to identify characterization throughout the story as well as understand the different point of views between the multiple characters. 

Individual self-expression in our society today plays a major role in helping people get their ideas everywhere to help change the world in a positive way. It is important for us to study and be aware of this theme so that this is made possible. 

Timeline

• Montag’s encounter with Clarisse.

• Woman refusing to leave her burning house.

• Faber’s conversation with Montag.

• Montag’s final scene with Beatty.

Blog post 3

A year or so ago, I started watching this T.V. series called The Lying Games. The show got cancelled so I decided to start reading the book that went with the show. I'm almost finished with the first book of the series. At the very beginning of the book, I absolutely couldn't stand it because it was different than the show I had just watched. I stopped reading it for a few months, then when I picked it back up to try again, after I had forgotten some stuff about the show, it started getting really interesting to me. It's honestly been a little hard to even put the book down now.
This book is about these twins, who get separated as babies, and didn't know about each other until just before their 18th birthday. The twins, Emma and Sutton, had just gotten ahold of each other and planned on meeting. Once Emma got there, things started happening- people where mistaking her for Sutton. Emma soon figured out, by a note, that Sutton had died and that she had to keep pretending to be Sutton or she'd die as well. Sutton and Emma had lived completely different lives so it's really hard for Emma to get used to all this or the fact she wasn't able to tell anyone about what happened. The twins' birthday is just a week away at this point, and no one has noticed that Sutton is missing, nor does anyone care that Emma left her foster home. Emma is doing everything she can to figure out who killed Sutton and why they did it, and so far she has thought of a million reasons why it could've happened.
This book has me on edge about any last detail that happens, even with me knowing most of the outcome because of the T.V. series. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone that likes reading mysteries and trying to figure things out as it goes, also I recommend it if you haven't seen the show at all, or in awhile. Although, the show is definitely a must see- if they'd continue it again..