Summary On Devils Arithmetic And Aha Moment

In my book a girl named Hannah lives with her jewish family. One day she had a special dinner with her whole family.  She drank some of the wine and she got drunk.  She walked to her room as she dazed off into a different world back into 1933-1945.  She faded into Germany back when the Holocaust was starting.  She just got captured by the germans and is on her way to what she thinks its a concentration camp. Her and her family were on the verge of getting married but they didn't because they were captured by the jews. They Just arrived at the train station.

In my book recently my main character Hanna has just had an Aha moment.  They were just captured and were sent to ride along in a truck with Nazis.  Then they stopped but when they stopped Hanna thought to her self "wait the trains!". I stopped and asked my self how might this change things? In my opinion this is going to change by all the characters from Hanna's family freaking out and causing chaos.  I think i just found the conflict to my story. 

Holocaust Response

In my opinion I believe that people would stay quiet and keep there opinions to them selfs because they knew that if they were to try something to save a jew they would get killed immediately or sent to a concentration camp. No body had the nervous to stand up  for the Jew's because they knew that the Nazis had more power than them. Now there were cases were some germans did standup for the Jews and would hide them in there houses or farms because they did not like the fact that the germans tried extinguishing the jews away. I would have probably stayed quiet and wouldn't of done anything because in common sense the germans had lots of power, more than the jews or normal germans. For example, a german family of 7, hiding 3 or 4 jews in there house because it was the dads idea, this puts all of them at risk him his wife his kids and the jews.  I would try to make a difference if there were enough people to help me and the jews, but if no one helps that leaves me against all the germans, thats like a 5 year old against Hulk Hogan. 

Summary And Plot On Hoot

Im reading a book called "To Kill A Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee.  So far I am Part 2 Chapter 31, The sherif came into there house and realized that Jem's arm was broken. She also found out Boo Radley saved her and the 2 kids lives.  The sheriff was asking them questions, They were arguing wether that killing Bob was self defense or just plain crazy. After a couple minutes they realized that Bob fell on his knife thus killing him.

The plot of this book is when Bob attacks the judges widow. She was walking home from a halloween party.  She did not know she was being watched, he was planning to kill her and the 2 kids.  However Boo Radley intervenes and saves her and her 2 kids. He then stabbed Bob killing him, he then carried the body to Attics house. The cop try's helping Boo by saying that they tripped over a tree root and stabbed his self. In my opinion this was the plot of my book.

Workers Rights

Article

So the other day I was reading a article called  Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127. After reading this article I thought to my self Why?. Why are so many people put threw things like these, they deserve better. People need help from the government and the government has to help. These people were put threw all this pain and suffering to make our garments, the least we can do is help. The government has to inspect these buildings and make sure there a safe working environment. 1,127 people lost there lives because of a building that was not checked to be safe. In my opinion this is horrendous, how can people be put threw this. What happened too human rights? These people need the government to enforce there rights. Something that made me think more was "How come no one came to a senses and said lets check the building?". I thought about that because the building got on fire in November and killed 112. Why? You should read the article and tell me what YOU think.

Poem

The argument in the poem was how the worker felt trapped. She feels as if she is a machine that does the same thing over and over. The article explains how she say's "Seconds, Minutes, and hours go by - the days and nights sail past quickly" I understood this as her not realizing time passing by. The article is different from this poem because the article explains about a event that occurred when this poem explains about how the character goes threw everything daily. For example her daily thing or job, all the pain and suffering. I understood the poem as a informative like it was telling you about her daily thing or what goes on in her head everyday. You should read the poem and find out what people go threw when they make your clothes.

Hoot Summary and Reflection

Summary

So I am reading a book called hoot and is really interesting. For example, its a about a group of kids that try to save owls. The main kid is called Roy and his best friends are Napoleon Bridger or Mullet Fingers and Beatrice or curly for short. One of the big things thats occurring in the book is how Roy is being bullied on his way to school. The bully nicknamed Roy "Cowgirl" because well roy is from Montana.  Later in the book Roy makes one friend, his name was Napoleon or Mullet Fingers and he also made friends with this girl in his class her name is Beatrice leap, but she hates Roy. Until she starts realizing his a good guy. Then later on the form a group and right now there trying to save the owls from being removed from there homes to build a building. Come back next friday to see what else is new.

Reflection

I liked this book allot, it was really interesting and informative. The book would be a bit boring at times but when it would hit the climax it would get intense and good.  It would make me want to read more, for example when I would finish reading my 20 pages I would read until I finished the chapter because it was so good. I did not like the fact that there is not a sequel. The end of the book left me hanging, it did not explain what happened to the owls in the end or what happens to mullet fingers. Does he actually move in with his sister, will he care about school? I think that next year in high school i'm going to chose to read this book again because it was enjoyable. I dislike the bully, he was so annoying. He would always try to beat up Roy, he was just jealous that Roy was better than him. Roy was also a new kid so that might have been another reason why he bullied him. 

"Big Field" Summary & Conflict/Theme

Summary

I have finished my book yesterday and I found out that Hutch and Darryl become really close friends. But, he still had to play 2nd base. Hutch's life was about to begin.Also Hutch's dad let Hutch continue his dream after his base ball team wins the championship. After all the problems and arguments with his dad in the end he started remembering when he played. Hutch's supportive dad was back. still had to play 2nd base. Hutch's life was about to begin. In my opinion this story was like a life lesson to me because many people say i'm useless or ill never make it stuff like that.  And this story spoke to me, a wake up call saying "don't let anyone ruin your dreams because if you try hard enough you can

Conflict/Theme

There was on conflict I do remember and that was when Hutch was moved to play second base because the "all star" was already playing on that position. It really didn't bother him but he started hating Darryl.  The tension was low until one game when they went off on each other. This conflict was man vs man or Hutch vs Darryl. On the other hand the theme was "Don't let anyone ruin your dreams because you can actually make it. Hutches dad kept telling Hutch he couldn't make it to stop trying and in the end Hutch made it and surprised his dad. 

My thoughts on "Call Of Duty"

I read the article "Call Of Duty" by Michael Paterniti.  This narrative nonfiction article was about how a army soldier and his dog had a bond that was strong enough to bring them back together after a terrible incident.  Jose Armenia was an ordinary guy that had a thing for the army, so when he got to the age of 18 he enlisted him self in the marines. In my opinion I think it was smart of him to make this move because were he lived it was gangs and drive buys so he actually stood up for him self.  He was assigned a dog named Zenit, from that day on they were an elite team for the army.  Finding deadly bombs in the ground so the wouldn't go off was there daily job. When I found out that Jose and Zenit would walk on ground that is infested with land mines and then try to turn it off without setting it off.  This job in my opinion takes allot of guts because what if you mess up and it explodes? After a couple land mines the turned off there was one more but that one went of instantly putting Jose in a comma. He woke up and was severally injured,  they had to amputate both his legs.  He knew he couldn't do some things he wished to do in the future. But there was something missing, his best friend Zenit. I imagine the felling that Jose felt after losing both his legs, not being able to finish some of his dreams and most of all losing his best friend.  Jose filled paper work and letters and everything he could to adopt his buddy Zenit.  They finally said yes and jose drive 3 hours with his wife to pick Zenit up, he finally met his best friend once again. I thought that this article was heartwarming because I remember when I lost one of my toys when I was a little kid and it felt like the end of the world for me I imagine Jose's felling because his was a DOG his BEST FRIEND not a lousy toy.  I thought it was pretty sad how veterans don't get to take there dog with them after they get injured or retire because the dog is a partner not some lousy piece of machinery.  I think we should change that, in my opinion I would love to bring my partner with me home after I retire because we probably grow a strong bond and thats how Jose felt. I really liked this story and I hope to read another one like it soon.

Mike Lupica: The Big Field

I am reading the book, "The Big Field" and so far I have learned that Hutches Life has changed. He is a base ball player that has just moved to a new team called the Post 226 Cardinals.  Hutch Plays short stop and it turns out that when he went to this new team they already had one. His name is Daryl and he is projected to become a pro player when he grows up. There was a problem with this thou,  his father was a professional baseball player and he had to quit because he was not quiet "fit" for this kind of ball game. The problem with this is that Hutch is a baseball player and his dad well dislikes the sport.  His dads perspective is that the sport wont get his son anywhere in life just like what happened to him. This is what I have found out so far keep reading for the whole book.

In my opinion the book is in 3rd person point of view.  I think of this because there are parts were the character reads "He" "She" "They" "Is" etc. For example this sentence tells me the POV isn't 1st. "He and Hutch did not say a word to each other since they talked before infield." Here the narrator says "he" and then says "Hutch" I knew from there it was not 1st person because Hutch wouldn't say his name when he was talking like that. He would have referred to it as "Me" or "I". This is why I think its a 3rd person POV.

The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

Greg Ridley, he's not your average student for on he is not very good when it comes to a math equation. His dad try's his hardest to push his kid to do better like every other parent but it just doesn't seem to work with Greg.  Greg pays attention more to sports then to his academics, this is what bothers his father. One day he walked over to some abandoned building were he used as cover because it was raining.  He then meet this one man named Lemon Brown, he started telling his life story and how he made it to were he was now. He explained that he always gets jumped by thugs that try to steal his "treasure".  They appeared when Greg was there with him, so Lemon tried to scare them off. He then told greg to go home after they left, "it is not safe here" he said. So greg went home already knowing about the lecture his dad was going to give him.

After reading this book I was mind blown how he used to be a worker well more of a musician. He would get paid like normal to pay for his wife and son Jesse. I imagine how it felt to lose your wife and then your son then going poor ad losing all your money.  Thats unthinkable, Lemon Brown taught Greg a lesson how life is not easy.  This changed Greg, Lemon put Greg's thinking cap back on and put him on back on track.

Monster Full Book Summary & Character Analysis

Monster Full Book Summary

Have you ever been sentenced 25 years to prison and told you'll never be able to leave and this also started over a stupid reason.  Well for Steve thats exactly what happened, he wanted to be called a "man" but he went to far to reach that "goal". The book explains what Steve is going threw, all the flash backs and insight into our main man.  It makes the reader feel as if he is part of the book and actually feel like he is in Steve's shoes.  I recommend this book to not just you but to my fellow class mates.

Character Analysis 

Steve is a teenage african american male, it is hard for him not to be involved in trouble around his neighborhood. These neighborhoods are not like any other, there's trouble around every corner. Its tough for parents to teach there kids whats wrong from right here so they just stop trying. Steve is one like no other he likes to be open around other tough and strong men. He hopes that sooner or later they consider him a man to. But because of that is pushed too far and might never see day light again. 

Monster- Summary

So far I have found out that Steve has been arrested by the police. People now him as "Monster" for his crime full acts. He was sentenced to trial and lost. All he can do is wait for luck, Or for early parole. But he is realizing what he did and regrets everything.