Plot

Exposition: She's at home thinking before she goes to bed.

Rising Action: She tries to harm herself by trying to overdose because Syd makes fun of her in front of the whole cafeteria.

Climax: She goes to therapy for her eating disorder and suicidal problems.

Falling Action: She stops trying to harm herself whenever there is a problem.

Resolution: She's confident, gets friends, and her gets over eating disorder.

Short Stories

After reading a few short stories in and out of class, I kind of like them a lot better now. My favorite one was Da-Duh. I liked how the writer formatted and had her story the way that she did. I also liked how she made it in the first-person point of view. The ending surprised me though... I didn't expect Da-Duh to end up being dead. Or at least the way she died. The only confusion that I have with short stories is that I need help with annotating. After all of the short stories we read in class, I still don't get what or how exactly you're supposed to annotate something. 

Reading time: 120 mins
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chybosky

Reading Response #6

The Boy In the Striped Pajamas

Total Time 100 mins

20 mins of Literacy Narrative Readings

I started to read this because Lexi recommended it to me. She read it this summer I believe, and wanted to pass it on to me. This book was in a pretty old time... 1942 during World War 2. I don't prefer "old" books, but Lexi and I have similar taste in things so I decided to go on with the book. So far its been okay... not a book that I would recommend. It just doesn't fit in my category of books that I like to read. I think I might go on to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower because I watched the movie and enjoyed it. 

In class, we have been reading and annotating many short stories. My favorite one of them all was Da-Duh. It was actually one that I cold understand from the start, where I could actually focus in on a specific thing. We mostly focused on character in class. We had a quiz on identifying character... but I forgot to read and annotate so I couldn't take it. Suckssss. We get to write a short story ourselves, and I'm actually kind of happy to do so. My story is going to be about a girl named Ana Mae Jones. Ana Mae has problems with her though. She suffers depression and is suicidal... She only has one friend really, her councilor Ms. A. Ms. A is one of the reasons she still alive today....

Anna Mae.

Why?

Why does everyone hate me? Why am I always the victim? Why am I like the meat that everyone preys on? I just wish it would all just stop. All of the rumors, the hate, the drama.... just all of it. Why can't I have a normal life? Where people are actually nice to me. Where I could just engage in conversation without having someone make fun of me. Having many many friendships and people to talk to. Why can't I walk down the hallway and smile at someone and get a smile back in return... instead of people laughing in my face, getting ignored, and eyes rolled. 

At least I have Ms. A. Where would I be without her today? She's been there for me at my worst times. She was there to help me when I just wanted to be gone from the world. She helped me get over problems that I didn't even think I could get over. From my eating disorder that I had, to whenever I was about to overdose into a coma... she was there to bring me back to reality. 

I owe her that...

E-Book

I wouldn't really mind having an E-book for our class to share and insert their pieces into. I would just was to change a few things of my narrative so that it would be well off to go public where everybody can see it. I think if we let another set of eyes look at my paper we'd be good for the E-book on my part. I think it would be great if the class would design like a cover page to make our E-book stand out from the others. 

Jill's Literacy Narrative

We all got to class and sat down in any open chairs that were there. I sat in the only open desk there was which was by Jill, Lexi, and Alyssa. I'm kind of happy that that was the only chair that was open because I wouldn't have had the chance to hear a great narrative on how she liked reading. I was into Jill's paper the whole entire time, and I really enjoyed listening to her tell us her background of reading as a child. She had many different vivid details that describes each and everything so well. Her use of words were precise and had the correct meaning. 

Reading Response #5

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Chapter 11-22
120 mins



Well I managed to get my literacy essay finished... Well the first rough draft done. To be honest it was a little harder than writing a blog post. You had to have way more vivid detail and describe a story so well and thorough. I decided to do mine on the time in my childhood where reading was an important asset to me and all of a sudden I had lost it. When I was little, I had had a dream to write a book A book about the The Princess and the Frog... Azzie writing a book? Ha. Who would buy it? Blind people? Anyways, I tried to pursue that dream at such a young age, and actually had it in my mind that I would be successful... But It really could of happened... I really could of been a writer. I also wrote about how I transitioned to being such an avid reader, to a reader that barely wanted to read and have anything to do with reading. Once again, i am trying to force my body to read pleasantly... well not force. 

Dialogue.

"Hey Bria."
"Hey Azzie girl."
"Are you ready for the game tonight?"
"I'm always ready to kick butt."
"*laughs* I understand. By the way, who do we play?"
"Central I think."
"Good, a easy win."
"*laughs* I have to get to class, see you at the game"
"Alright Bria, bye."

Reading Response #3

Monday - 10 mins - shattered

Wednesday - 10 mins - shattered

Thursday - 10 mins - shattered

Friday - response to i have a dream speech - 17 mins - in class - 10 mins - shattered

Saturday - 45 mins - shattered

Sunday - This is water - 10 mins - Shattered 15 mins

Shattered by Elizabeth Lee is a about a girl who can't want to get out of high school. It's her last day of driving to school, waking up early, getting things out of her locker, and more school stuff that we all hate. She's been in the same town all of her life and known the same people in high school since pre-k. She started getting feelings for one of the boys in her clique, and when she was about to tell him something, he died. 

This is another good book that I have come across. At first it was boring, but then I got into it. I like this book because I can relate to her with a lot of things. A lot of things instead of my guy friend dying. That must of been a horrible thing to go through. I could never imagine what I would do if one of my closest friends died so suddenly. I hope to be able to continue liking this book and to continue to try and finish it. I need to try and break my habit of giving up on books when they seem boring at the moment. 

I Have A Dream...

I began to watch the Martin Luther King Jr. speech because it was the day that he gave it to the world 50 years ago. To start off, the introduction music sunk me in. I don't know why, but it just did. I noticed for the first time how they introduced him to the stand how even white people were clapping for him. I thought that they despised him and black people at the time... Well most of them. I mostly observed white people in the audience. Another shocker to me. During the whole speech I was engaged. I usually zone out of many things. 

MLK was an important aspect for the black ethnicity. He and many other leaders made a path for black people. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to attend Episcopal as I do today. Black people wouldn't be able to do a lot of things as they would today in world. This generation of African American need help. Some of us just aren't living up to what MLK nor God would approve. I notice that white and black people use the word "nigga" freely now. We should know not to say that because we have came a longggg way to go back to where we've started.