The Lovely Bones Book trailer

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If you could be mine#1

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/930814274

If You Could Be Mine tells the story of Sahar, an intelligent ambitious teenager living in Iran who is in love with her best friend Nasrin. Iran is a dangerous place to be out of the closet, although there is hidden gay community, which Sahar is introduced to by her cousin Ali. 

It is at a party at Ali’s house that Sahar meets Parveen, a beautiful trans woman. Ali explains to her that the Iranian government sees trans people as a mistake made by God, a soul born into a wrongly gendered body. They’re not only accepting of transitioning, they will pay for gender re-assignment surgeries. Sahar wants nothing more than to be able to marry Nasrin, and take care of her forever, but she also knows that if she transitioned she would just be living another lie. 

If You Could Be Mine is written with simple, clear language, accessible by both YA readers and a potentially younger audience. I was brought along by the story’s narrative, even as I learned a great deal about Iran, its gender and sexuality politics, and the wealth of culture there.

A&D Discover the Secrets to the Universe

        As the friendship between Ari and Dante deepens, they become friends with each other’s parents; discover shared interests and different attitudes; and begin to awaken to feelings for each other that go beyond friendship, an intimacy with which Dante is far more comfortable and open than Ari. At one point, an encounter with a skidding car results in Ari saving Dante’s life, but suffering two broken legs in the process. Dante and his parents express deep gratitude but Ari, who tends to be uncomfortable with emotion (both his and other people’s) brushes off their thanks. Meanwhile, as an incentive towards recovery, Ari’s father buys him a truck and, after the casts on his legs are removed, Ari (after celebrating his sixteenth birthday) learns to drive, and revels in his new freedom. Around this time, he also discovers a sealed envelope with the name of his brother (who is in prison and who is never spoken about) on it.

Closing American Born Chinese

    After reading the second half of American Born Chinese, I was definitely surprised in the ending. Also in the duration of reading the book, I really liked all of it because it brought a new perspective on reading comic books. Graphic Novels do not catch my attention still. And eve still, this graphic novel is different because it had three stories in one. So even when reading this is was different from you standard graphic novel.
     The ending struck be and confused me a little because the characters began to switch up and characters began to change to other characters. For example, Chin-Kee becomes Monkey king, Danny and Jin become their true forms. Danny become Jin Wang and Wei-Chan bis the monkey King son. That became a little hard to follow but overall it was not a big issue.

     In my opinion I like how Yang, the author, incorporated issues of the real world. The struggles of acceptance and appreciation of where you come from was well incorporated in the story theme as well. I personally like to acknowledge her work as far as switching the characters to make the perspective of the reader change.

Opening American Born Chinese

     In American Born Chinese, We discover that it is a graphic novel and it is also three stories in one. A graphic Novel is a book in comic-strip format. It contains bubbles, and the actual thoughts of characters, pictures, lots of colors and many themes. Especially In American Born Chinese. It focuses on the stereotypes about  Chinese people at the same time incorporating The Monkey King, a folk tale that is derived form the Chinese culture. Although the story seems to be about Jin Wang, it starts off with the Monkey King story, then switches to Jin's story in the second chapter.

     Personally, I do not like graphic novels or the comic book format because I can easily get off track. In comparison to Brown Girl Dreaming, I could follow but I got distracted just from a line or two because I wanted to figure out what was going on. Sometimes I can read words but not comprehend the meaning of them, which is time consuming. But at the dame time, I can always produce a general idea of whats going on.

   Additionally, In this book I think its cool to incorporate real social issues, that are in reality, very big controversial issues. On the other hand, I dont like sugar coating anything.

http://www.shmoop.com/american-born-chinese/summary.html

Closing Brown Girl Dreaming

      I really enjoyed the genre of Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, I began to flow much better with the book. Its actually more intriguing to read just because of the format style. It made me appreciate poems a lot more as well. I am pleased that her experiences of living in the South as Well as the North, shaped her into become this awesome writer. I was surprised that her dream to be a writer carried on as well. Additionally, I was really interested because of the time era and because during the Civil Rights Movement Era, blacks were ridiculed and dismissed if they thought their writing needed to be published. So that could have definitely affected her thinking as far as, publishing a book about her life. 

     I think that it really important for people who don't necessarily identify with Jacqueline's specific experiences to read this book because you can always learn more with an open mind. Furthermore, connecting to a persons past experiences could also help one grown as well. Overall, it's not my favorite book but it dis allow me to be more open. Especially, with the formatting in poem style.

 

 

Opening Brown Girl Dreaming

       Opening up Brown Girl Dreaming, I expected it to be a novel about the title. An African American teen girl in our society today. I thought it would be about a girl who has trouble fitting in and why she couldn't fit it. I expected it to be in a novel format with every line to be a sentence, you know, the usual. But it's not. It's in poem formatting which is not common. Since it is in that format, I noticed that it is a lot harder to flow and actually know what going on, rather than in a regular book you could understand a single sentence.
       Diving into the book and beginning to read, the first few pages tell you that it's not in my generation but placed in the 1960's. It begins with Jacqueline being born in Colombus Ohio. It goes on and tells you that her parents got a divorce and how she's managing her life with that. After I her mom moves it describes how hard it is to live in South Carolina, as an African American girl.
        I've never read this book and by the looks of it I think I will appreciate it more than if it were in a regular format. I think the format and the poem structured book it what gets to me the most, in a positive way. I'm definitely going to like this book.

Final Thoughts on YDWTKYA

    I expected more out of the book , honestly. Only because I have zero tolerance for bullying. I'd wish more had been done as far as punishment because bullying isn't fun at all. I could lead people to do really drastic and sad things only because someone wants to point out flaws and sometimes not flaws at all. 
    Piddy fought Yaqui and all while it was being recorded there were so many laws being broken for one, and for two there was evidence that Piddy was being bullied. It frustrates me to see that even though there is clear evidence of a wrong doing, the wrong doer undergoes little to no punishment at all. After I continued to read to find out that the video was posted on social media, that made me more angry because now millions of people can see it. And then that began to create cyber-bullying. Yaqui had gotten immunity to the situation and that makes Piddy feel like she still won. Well at least I feel that way about the ending.
   Socially, this is quite known to happen around the world. Bullying happens every day, and it bothers me that kids have to go through it. The when they finally step up, and speak out on bullying, there is no lesson for the bully at all. Just a tap on the back of the hand. It makes me think if this had happen prior to Piddy coming to that school. There must have been another girl or someone she bothered before Piddy. But all in all, This has a more realist ending. 

Connecting Youth Lens to Eleanor and Park

     As we have read two different stories so far, Eleanor and Park is more fitting to connect to the idea of "Youth Lens". Eleanor and Park posses realistic backgrounds making the story connecting to the idea of youth lens. Youth lens consist of studying adolescents through education, media studies, youth studies, sociology and cultural studies. Other factors are included as well. But now that we know how Youth Lens plays a part in society we can definitely relate these categories to Eleanor and Park. 
    Through Education Eleanor  was smart. She was in two honors classes and maintained that throughout the story. At least I think she did. But she did not attend the best school ever. Her grades did not reflect upon what she was going through as far as failing, but instead she did mention that those classes were the only two that she could be in without people bothering her. 
   Youth Lens also uses a perspective lens to view and adolescents stage. For example, Eleanor had to grow up and mature for herself. she had to learn that handling the situation in a certain way would be the best option for her and her family. Also She became very dependent on Park, the only person that really was happiness in her eyes. So Youth lens is also a Emotional lens as well.
    Social class plays a huge role in Eleanor and Park because the environment that they all lived in helped shape Eleanor's perspective about most things. All these things should be considered when viewing adolescents through a Youth Lens.

YDWTKYA #1

   
                                            

         The new book were reading in Lit Interpretation is called "Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass" by Meg Medina. So in he opening of the book we learn that Piddy, the main character, is a high school student. Just by knowing that we know there is always going to be issues and drama in high school. So, in her situation we find out that Piddy has a threat over her head. She finds out through girl named Vanessa. She learns that Yaqui Delgado has a problem with her. And obviously from ourbook title there will be major issues. She doesn't know what she did to deserve the threats either. 

   
          Pages 1-88 tells us that she lives with her mom and move right before the start of school. So she doesn't know any children and no one that attends the school. They move because their apartment is in shambles and is falling apart.
   
          I think that as far as poverty, we can relate Eleanor and Park to YDWTKYA because of the social class that they are categorized in. Financially unstable, they had to move because of monetary reasons and her being Latina also categorically puts her in a lower status. But surprisingly, the group that picks on Piddy is also the same nationality that she is; which is Latin. So even when you are placed among those who share the same qualities as you do, you might still end up with the short end of the stock and will be left out.
   

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        The meaning of this picture was created to show that even the people that we trust to protect us are using their power as an advantage to get away with unjust actions such as police brutality. This photo depicts white officers beatings on what seems to be a black person. The underlying idea is that police brutality is more than likely to happen to a black person rather than a white person. Not ignoring the fact that there are other races that have experienced police brutality too, but in the most popular cases there has been no justice for blacks. This image is communicated through animated characters. 
       The creator presumes that the viewer knows about police brutality and how real it is. He presumes that the audience is either a victim of police brutality. And even if she/he is not physically is not a victim, the creator knows that somehow the audience was affected by the idea of police brutality towards a human. The affect that this ad might have on the targeted audience is to get them to understand that this is a serious matter, at least to those who are affected. Even through an animation, we recognize the seriousness in this image. It may have also been created to bring up an up-rise or to make the audience feel emotional. 
 

 

   The new ideology I conveyed was to add "Blue Lives Matter" in the middle of the photo because it is very ironic how the people who look up to the men who supposed to carry out oaths to protect us, lives are in jeopardy. Not saying that all policemen are corrupt because that not the case. But the most popular cases of police brutality end up with a life lose. And usually a black person. There has been many instances where there had not been any consequences for a policemen who had intentionally went against their oath to protects each citizen, regardless of color, race, or gender.
   I fell passionate about both ideas conveyed above because I have younger brothers and sister who will have to grow up in a world where the justice system as well as the government system is corrupt.
 This relates to the original ad because it takes a visual representation of police brutality and then ironically going against "Blue Lives Matter". That slogan was created after "Black Lives Matter". The original slogan "Black Lives Matter" was specifically about the justice system and the unfairness towards blacks. It was never meant to degrade anyone who is not black. 

End of Feed

      I think the book definitely picked up at the end. I really liked he book and definitely recommend it to read just for enjoyment. It makes you think more critically about America, just because America is supposed to be the most wealthiest country in the world. And our technology advancements are always improving. It also makes you think critically about yourself as well just because we don't realize how much we use technology everyday. 

         As far as comparing Feed to Eleanor and Park, I really think it relates through poverty. Poverty as far as social status and what that could do to teenagers in a controlled society. In Eleanor and Park, social status played a major issue in he book because Eleanor was bullied in school everyday, by peers as well as her stepdad. and in Feed, if you didn't have a Feed you would be financially unstable and you couldn't get any jobs. So as far as using a poverty lens they definitely relate through social status.

       There were also many interesting  parts of the book that made you think more about human life and how people are apart of a collective conspiracy in a way. But people are blind to it. That's an idea always tinkers with me. 

Feed #2

        I am so appalled by what's been going on in the book so far. As I continue to read, apart of me wants to continue and finish the book but the other half just wants to never pick up the book again. It's has become more interestingly disgusting and I want to read it with my eyes closed. Reading about lesions and how the cuts and gashes and sores on your body is perfectly fine in Feed does make you want to skip over that part. And the Feed is so controlling as well as convincing that people think of it as a trend. One part of the book, where Quendys walks into the party with her fashionable lesions all over her body somehow excited me. Because I was going to think maybe someone was going to reject her. But everyone embraced how cuts and sores. Marty even commented and said she was hot. 
       In comparison to America today, we do have customs like plastic surgery, getting braces, outrages fashion trends that people do give into. Each of these idea like braces for example, some cultures would never think of putting very tight metal brackets on your teeth to get them straight, and in turn, be more attractive to society. America is socially controlled by the media as well as social and political figures. Just like the Feed is doing to their society. 

Feed #1

     Feed by M.T Anderson is really interesting. When I began to read it, I questioned our tech in the world today and how controlling it is, in comparison to the feed. Anderson narrates the testify form the first person point of view. He is a teenage boy in a th future society. Everyone in his environment seems to have these chips implanted in their heads that reads their behavior and and has some type of output or suggestion. In other words, like a reaction. It's very interesting to use these words because when you think about it, it does not sound human at all but more android and programmed.
     
      This guy meets a girl, named Violet and they have a spark. I noticed that every character that I have come into contact with is the same, expect for Violet. They are all the same down to the vocabulary and their dialect. The word "like" came up very much. Surprisingly, in our society today we have a common dialect in our generation as well.
     
         In comparison to the plot of this story, our generation and as our years progress we all share one things that advances all the time across the world: technology. Technology is everywhere and is growing rapidly. To the phone the can now be submerged in water and be completely fine, to how we learn (computers, televisions, internet), we all share that commonality with one another. And as time progresses and tech progresses, more and more people are being pulled in and seeming to be hypnotized by the screens of phones and computers sets.

Eleanor and Park #3

     Eleanor and Park was such an interesting book. I didn't expect the end to be so, sort of, dead. It seem like through the book the had built up so much detail and so much events for her to just leave at the end of the book. I love the beginning and middle but not the end. I feel liked the end was more tragic, more tragic then her just moving to another state (that Park clearly has the address to and has driven there himself) it would've been a lot better. I say this because the ending was so typical. I could guess what was going to happen next after she had ran away. I don't want to say the book was a disappointment but it certainly was no surprise either. The author created so much detail and tension between the two characters as well as the reader to just say at the end of the book, she had to move away.
       I like the ending as far as what happened though. She moved away to her Uncles so that she can be safe from her stepdad. I also felt like this was empowering for readers who went through something in parallel and they finally want to do something about it. I'm glad that this book was published. I also admire how the author included reality for the reader. He included detail on what he wanted the reader to feel. And he did that very well. Although, I feel like ending should have been different, it was safe. As in, the reader felt comfortable with it.

 I'm starting to believe the characters, Eleanor and Park are very odd. Not in a demeaning manner but in a interesting manner. I always get excited once I find out something new. And the story is always seeming to take turns, like when Park put the eyeliner back on. Eyeliner or any kind of makeup generally has a feminine connotation to it and the idea that you think of is female when you see makeup. So that was shocking to me.

In addition to this, I really admire how the author incorporate how the two think. As in, as soon as something takes place you know what's each other is thinking. You know everything.

Eleanor and Park

        I can't stop reading this book! As I began to read Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, I notice myself being pulled in by its unpopular cast. Usually in love stories, you have two characters usually having multiple qualities in common from the start. But in Eleanor and Park there a multiple characteristics of the two that are completely opposite. For example, race, class and culture. I believe that is what pulled me in. I found myself reading beyond the assigned chapters. As I continued to read, I noticed that some of the actions displayed by Eleanor and Park I had done in grade school. I found it so funny and just really enjoyed reading the text. I always wanted to know more about Eleanor and Park and what was new.
So, in the first few chapter you get to know each other characters, but not in your typical description-of-character way. You get to know the character as if you were in the book. You figure out what they like, what their intresters are, how they think. Soon after character introduction, tension begins to rise between the two chracters, Eleanor and Park. A familiar and interesting tension most of us can relate to; affection. From then, there rising affection between the two began to grow stronger and stronger on each bus ride. It's very intriguing because it isn't your typical love story. I can absolutely agree with New York Times on "Eleanor and Park" describing it to be "...a beautiful, haunting love story."