Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Something New
So this past weekend I watched the movie The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson on Netflix. After watching the two and a half hour long movie in Swedish with English subtitles (an English version is being made), I instantly knew I had to read the books. So Sunday afternoon I picked up the copy of the book my mom had and began to read. So far it has been pretty boring, however I have only read 32 pages. The first, and one of the main, characters has been introduced, Mikael Blomkvist. He is a journalist in Sweden who just recently has been put on trial for publishing false information. So far, that's about as exciting as it has gotten. Plus I've been told the book doesn't really pick up until page 130. Only 100 more pages to go...
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday Response (Survey)
After taking the survey, I was given the result of being the Guardian Portrait of the Supervisor. After reading it I realized it was actually quite true in regards to myself, but don't get me wrong, I'm not superstitious or anything.
Currently
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Pages read this week: 152
Sentences of the Week
1. "I wonder if she'll enjoy watching me die."
2. "The more likable he is, the more deadly he is."
3. "Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there."
I haven chosen these as my favorite sentences of the week for different reasons. The first quotation stuck out to me just because the speaker is questioning whether someone will enjoy watching her die. I am not too sure of how many people would actually get pleasure out of this so it struck me as being quite odd. The second quote also stuck out to me because like the first one, it is also dealing with death. In this quotation Katniss is realizing that the more friendly Peeta is towards her, the more she begins to realize it is just an act, or so she thinks. As for the third one, I chose it because it is something that I can relate to. People that are kind to me are ones that I want to be surrounded by in my life, so I tend to keep them close.
Pages read this week: 152
Sentences of the Week
1. "I wonder if she'll enjoy watching me die."
2. "The more likable he is, the more deadly he is."
3. "Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there."
I haven chosen these as my favorite sentences of the week for different reasons. The first quotation stuck out to me just because the speaker is questioning whether someone will enjoy watching her die. I am not too sure of how many people would actually get pleasure out of this so it struck me as being quite odd. The second quote also stuck out to me because like the first one, it is also dealing with death. In this quotation Katniss is realizing that the more friendly Peeta is towards her, the more she begins to realize it is just an act, or so she thinks. As for the third one, I chose it because it is something that I can relate to. People that are kind to me are ones that I want to be surrounded by in my life, so I tend to keep them close.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Practice Makes Perfect
After having to say goodbye to her family, Katniss leaves District 12 to prepare for the games. The boy tribute that was chosen from District 12, Peeta, seems very friendly towards Katniss, but she knows all too well that it is just a mask;after all, they will be trying to kill each other in a few days. There have been various people in my life that I have had to be kind to no matter how much I dislike them, it just depends on the situation you're in. My peers in school, people I take dance with, and even family members are just some examples of some of the people I wish I could avoid, just like Katniss wishes to avoid Peeta. If only there was a way they both could survive the games.
Now Katniss and Peeta are both at the Capitol where they are preparing for the games. From head to toe makeovers to game practices, these two are experiencing it all. There have been numerous times when Katniss will just describe the food they are served while at the Capitol, because they are served so much food and foods they have never even tasted before. When served orange slices in one of her meals, Katniss recalls being given an orange by her father for New Year's Eve for the first and only time. I found this to be quite interesting considering she kept calling oranges delicacies, in which most probably would not say the same for oranges.
Katniss continuely grows more aggravated with Peeta as he continues to act kind towards her. As odd as this might seem, it just makes her angry since she is supposed to kill him in a couple of days and she doesn't want it to seem as if she is killing a friend. Even though she doesn't want to be friends with him, I know she likes him, maybe even more than just friends, so it's depressing that she keeps pushing him away. Eventually, she all together stops talking to him, knowing that she must kill him in order for her own survival.
While practicing, all Katniss does is wish to get out of this foreign place and back into her mother and sister's arms, but she knows with the Hunger Games in her future, this dream will most likely never come true.
Now Katniss and Peeta are both at the Capitol where they are preparing for the games. From head to toe makeovers to game practices, these two are experiencing it all. There have been numerous times when Katniss will just describe the food they are served while at the Capitol, because they are served so much food and foods they have never even tasted before. When served orange slices in one of her meals, Katniss recalls being given an orange by her father for New Year's Eve for the first and only time. I found this to be quite interesting considering she kept calling oranges delicacies, in which most probably would not say the same for oranges.
Katniss continuely grows more aggravated with Peeta as he continues to act kind towards her. As odd as this might seem, it just makes her angry since she is supposed to kill him in a couple of days and she doesn't want it to seem as if she is killing a friend. Even though she doesn't want to be friends with him, I know she likes him, maybe even more than just friends, so it's depressing that she keeps pushing him away. Eventually, she all together stops talking to him, knowing that she must kill him in order for her own survival.
While practicing, all Katniss does is wish to get out of this foreign place and back into her mother and sister's arms, but she knows with the Hunger Games in her future, this dream will most likely never come true.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The Fight to the Death
I have decided to read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins since I've heard so many good reviews about the book. In it, the main character Katniss has just volunteered to take her sister Prim's place in the so called hunger games. Each year the hunger games take place in the country of Panem in which one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts must participate in the event. This is how the games came into place:
"Just as the clock strikes two, the mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read. It's the same story every year. He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America. He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained. The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which brought peace and prosperity to its citizens. Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. Twelve were defeated, the thirteenth obliterated. The Treaty of Treason gave us the new laws to guarantee peace and, as our yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games."
Basically, the competetors, called tributes, chosen unwillingly must fight to the death while they try to defeat various situations such as " a burning desert to a frozen wasteland." As I've been reading this, I can't imagine what it would be like to live in this country. The fear the children face before the tributes are announced must be unbearable. Even to have an event like this in one's country so the people do not forget about what had happened in the past is crazy to me. I feel like this could be similar to having mock holocausts every year so we wouldn't forget about the one in the past. Clearly it's not logical. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go through it...
"Just as the clock strikes two, the mayor steps up to the podium and begins to read. It's the same story every year. He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America. He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained. The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which brought peace and prosperity to its citizens. Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. Twelve were defeated, the thirteenth obliterated. The Treaty of Treason gave us the new laws to guarantee peace and, as our yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games."
Basically, the competetors, called tributes, chosen unwillingly must fight to the death while they try to defeat various situations such as " a burning desert to a frozen wasteland." As I've been reading this, I can't imagine what it would be like to live in this country. The fear the children face before the tributes are announced must be unbearable. Even to have an event like this in one's country so the people do not forget about what had happened in the past is crazy to me. I feel like this could be similar to having mock holocausts every year so we wouldn't forget about the one in the past. Clearly it's not logical. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go through it...
Friday, August 19, 2011
Well, it's Friday and I just can't seem to get this terribly annoying yet catchy song out of my head.
http://www.schooltube.com/video/0bb8adf3c3e639a2cfb1/Rebecca-Black-Friday-OFFICIAL-VIDEO
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