In the book I'm reading 'You Have to Stop This' one of the main characters (Cass) has a mission. To discover a secret that her enemies (the Mid Night Sun, a group of scientists who have discovered the secret of eternal living) are also after. When she does, she is in a certain dream portal like state. She encounters an ancient mummy and asks him "Why did the ibis cross the Nile?" she feels as in his answer the secret will be revealed, he answers "To get to the other side of course Hahahahahaahaha!" Cass feels helpless she went all this way to find the secret and nothing, just a lame joke, but that is what she is stuck with.
I feel that she can dig deeper into this secret. The whole point of this secret is life. This secret when plainly looked at is saying "Life is a joke" but really if you dig deeper it says you are this ibis life is the Nile. And the Nile over all is much stronger than the ibis. But the ibis has no choice but to cross it. So as it treads through the water it will encounter some hungry alligators, or some harsh current. But it has to stay strong and not let itself be drowned by the Nile.
Life is a long journey that takes a long time to complete. And it isn't easy, sometimes it feels almost impossible. You just think to yourself wow time goes by so quickly but the years move by so slowly. So saying that the ibis crossed the Nile to get to the other side makes sense. You begin your life to complete it. And that is what they are saying to the midnight sun you begin your life to complete it not to make it last forever.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Siblings Going Deeper- Pseudonymous Bosch You Have to Stop This
I am reading you have to stop this by Pseudonymous Bosch. In it there are two men who are twin brothers fighting against each other, for one is preforming horrible deeds. He pretends to have stopped preforming these deeds and tries to gain his brothers respect, he does. But not for long. They soon find out that the man was lying to his twin. The twin who been lied to has a look of sorrow in his eyes as he yells at his brother telling him to leave.
I thought this is how strong family stays together. Even if they hate each other more than anyone in the world. They have such strong hate because they love them. I know this may sound confusing. But if a sibling does a horrible thing and the other one realizes it they absolutely despise their brother or sister its because now they can't bear to look at them. They had such strong love that when it was broken by this problem they hate them for it.
I know that if I ever lost my sister over an argument, I would feel horrible. And any chance I got to reunite with her I would take it. But if i found out she was lying to me about reconnecting, the tape I used to put my heart back together would just be washed away.
Once a couple years back I went into my sisters room looking for pennies for the penny harvest at my school. I saw a box on her shelf that was old and weary. I thought to myself
"Maybe this is where she keeps all her money and loose change! I won't take too much but just a few pennies and nickels." I took the box off the shelf and opened it hopeful. But then I found a pack of cigarettes. I was heart broken. She had always told me how smoking was such a horrible thing, and to never ever do it." I had trusted her word on it, but when I found out she had lied to me, I couldn't stand it. I closed the box and placed perfectly where it had been before, just another secret to keep. I didn't want to mention it because I was scared she would get mad at me for looking through her things. I loved her and didn't want to mess up our relationship.
I know that smoking is a big problem people can have (luckily it isn't for my sister.) And it can be addictive but everyday people stop smoking. Like a problem with a sibling your love for each other is so strong no matter how many times your trust has been broken. The problem can be broken.
I thought this is how strong family stays together. Even if they hate each other more than anyone in the world. They have such strong hate because they love them. I know this may sound confusing. But if a sibling does a horrible thing and the other one realizes it they absolutely despise their brother or sister its because now they can't bear to look at them. They had such strong love that when it was broken by this problem they hate them for it.
I know that if I ever lost my sister over an argument, I would feel horrible. And any chance I got to reunite with her I would take it. But if i found out she was lying to me about reconnecting, the tape I used to put my heart back together would just be washed away.
Once a couple years back I went into my sisters room looking for pennies for the penny harvest at my school. I saw a box on her shelf that was old and weary. I thought to myself
"Maybe this is where she keeps all her money and loose change! I won't take too much but just a few pennies and nickels." I took the box off the shelf and opened it hopeful. But then I found a pack of cigarettes. I was heart broken. She had always told me how smoking was such a horrible thing, and to never ever do it." I had trusted her word on it, but when I found out she had lied to me, I couldn't stand it. I closed the box and placed perfectly where it had been before, just another secret to keep. I didn't want to mention it because I was scared she would get mad at me for looking through her things. I loved her and didn't want to mess up our relationship.
I know that smoking is a big problem people can have (luckily it isn't for my sister.) And it can be addictive but everyday people stop smoking. Like a problem with a sibling your love for each other is so strong no matter how many times your trust has been broken. The problem can be broken.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Kind of a spoiler alert- They always come back- Harry Potter Year 2
He grasped it around the ankles and turned it upside down.
"This is what you have to do," he said. He raised the gnome above his head and started to swing it in great circles like a lasso. Seeing the shocked look on Harry's face, Ron added, "It doesn't hurt them - you've just got to make them really dizzy so they can't find their way back to their gnome holes." He let go of the gnomes ankles: It flew twenty feet into the air and landed with a thud in the field over the hedge
In this paragraph Ron and Harry are deGnoming Ms.Weasleys garden. Ron explains that the gnomes will come back even after they are launched out of the garden. This made me think of problems in life. If you just push them out of the way the will come back. What you need to do is kill them and zap them out.
Its like the gnomes they will get dizzy and for a while not be able to find their homes but dizziness doesn't last your whole life. They will find their home again. And i know this may sound intense but if they could just zap them with their wand, the gnomes wouldn't be able to come back. And the worst part is if you don't deGnome the garden regularly they will reproduce and overtake you whole garden.
So like if you just let a problem sit there in the air, just like all your other problems the will start to pile up and become overwhelming.
"This is what you have to do," he said. He raised the gnome above his head and started to swing it in great circles like a lasso. Seeing the shocked look on Harry's face, Ron added, "It doesn't hurt them - you've just got to make them really dizzy so they can't find their way back to their gnome holes." He let go of the gnomes ankles: It flew twenty feet into the air and landed with a thud in the field over the hedge
In this paragraph Ron and Harry are deGnoming Ms.Weasleys garden. Ron explains that the gnomes will come back even after they are launched out of the garden. This made me think of problems in life. If you just push them out of the way the will come back. What you need to do is kill them and zap them out.
Its like the gnomes they will get dizzy and for a while not be able to find their homes but dizziness doesn't last your whole life. They will find their home again. And i know this may sound intense but if they could just zap them with their wand, the gnomes wouldn't be able to come back. And the worst part is if you don't deGnome the garden regularly they will reproduce and overtake you whole garden.
So like if you just let a problem sit there in the air, just like all your other problems the will start to pile up and become overwhelming.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A Big Famous Head- Bossy Pants- Tina Fey
In Tina Fey's book she shows a picture of herself now with a caption saying who I am now, and picture of her as a child with a caption saying who i long to be. I found this interesting how she was such a big star but could admit to having that secret dream. Not only that but she isn't scared to share things from her personal life. Like when she was little she got slashed in the face by a stranger, and still has the scar. But she didn't photoshop it out of the picture of her on the cover.
It just proves how strong a person she is, she isn't scared to admit the truth and show her real self. Other celebrities are scared to show their scars they take as if its something ugly they should hide from the world around them. Then they will look perfect.
This might 'help' them and their image, but they let things like that also ruin their image. If they didn't care the press wouldn't care. It's all about how you carry yourself. And when they spread their bigheadsyndrome people think thats what they should be like. So if they say cover your scars with this product people will think thats what she is doing? Ok I will use it too.
The worst part is its the younger kids and teens who pay attention to these things. Adults don't pay as much attention because they have less pressure from society they know who they are! But kids and teens have only begun their life and they aren't sure how they want to live it.
It just proves how strong a person she is, she isn't scared to admit the truth and show her real self. Other celebrities are scared to show their scars they take as if its something ugly they should hide from the world around them. Then they will look perfect.
This might 'help' them and their image, but they let things like that also ruin their image. If they didn't care the press wouldn't care. It's all about how you carry yourself. And when they spread their bigheadsyndrome people think thats what they should be like. So if they say cover your scars with this product people will think thats what she is doing? Ok I will use it too.
The worst part is its the younger kids and teens who pay attention to these things. Adults don't pay as much attention because they have less pressure from society they know who they are! But kids and teens have only begun their life and they aren't sure how they want to live it.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Closet -Bossy Pants Tina Fey
In the book Bossy Pants Tina Fey explains how she had a friend who was gay but he still hadn't quite "come out of the closet." People say "come out of the closet" but what really is the closet? A place to know who you are but not wanting to admit it to the world around you. A place to be scared of not being accepted. The closet is such a dark place and maybe it takes people so long to come out of it because they cant find the light. Without the light how can they find the door.
This society puts so much pressure on people for being different. But then why do they say be your self, if who you really are isn't good enough for them. Coming out of the closet isn't that easy. It seems as if the closet would feel like a safer place to be, you alone accepting yourself. But if you accept yourself what does it matter what they think?
No matter what, you are a human being and you shouldn't hide from the world in a closet just because someone doesn't accept you. So really what " not coming out of the closet" means is the pressure that this society puts on someone will lead them to be something they aren't and make them hide their true emotions.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Partial Spoiler alert- The Sorting Hat- Harry Potter Year 1
I am reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. In one chapter Neville goes into Gryffindor house with his legs locked, after Malfoy had casted a spell on him. After that Neville says he doesn't deserve to be in Gryffindor, but Harry replies yes you do, the sorting hat put you here, and this is where you belong. I found this interesting how they all know the sorting hat is right. And he knows where you belong.
But really he just knows where you want to be, and that reflects who you are. For instance later on in the series I remember Dumbledor telling Harry, that the sorting hat had almost put him in Slytherin, but Harry had wanted to be put in Gryffindor so badly that they put him there. This shows Harry didn't want to be a dark wizard or be led to a selfish future, but he wanted to be noble and courageous. So if Neville thinks he doesn't deserve to be in Gryffindor even though he wants to, he is wrong.
Life isn't always about who you are, but who you want to be. What you aim for in life reflects your thoughts, and opinions. As long as you follow a path in life where you know is right and reflects your values then you are who you want to be.
But really he just knows where you want to be, and that reflects who you are. For instance later on in the series I remember Dumbledor telling Harry, that the sorting hat had almost put him in Slytherin, but Harry had wanted to be put in Gryffindor so badly that they put him there. This shows Harry didn't want to be a dark wizard or be led to a selfish future, but he wanted to be noble and courageous. So if Neville thinks he doesn't deserve to be in Gryffindor even though he wants to, he is wrong.
Life isn't always about who you are, but who you want to be. What you aim for in life reflects your thoughts, and opinions. As long as you follow a path in life where you know is right and reflects your values then you are who you want to be.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Memories- Homecoming by: Cynthia Voigt
"Oh yes i loved my children. I had a lot of love to give those day, to my husband too. But it got turned around. I got turned around. I let myself get turned around." Her grandmother waved her hand lightly brushing away the cobwebs in the corner of the room.
In this scene Dicey is speaking with her grandmother, who is telling the story of how she has no one to love in her life anymore. I thought that at the end when her grandmother brushes away the cobweb in the corner it shows she is brushing away the memories she once had with her children. A spider takes a very long time to weave her web. She has to be careful, this is her home. Just like memories you have to be careful, memories take a long time to be built. And what happened once will stay with you forever.
A spider web will be destroyed in the wind, rain, or by human. But spiders rebuild them. So they are never without a place to live. Memories may be ignored but the essential ones will never be forgotten. Memories build who we are, with out them we have no experience no knowledge of right from wrong. Life can't be lived properly with out memories. Just like a spider can't live with out its web.
Her grandmother stills loves her children, even when she says she doesn't. If she didn't love them, then she wouldn't be lonely. Because she would know there was no one out there anymore that could make her happy again. But she knows they are still out there and more then anything she wants to see them. Her thoughts may say no, but her gut says yes.
Her grandmother stills loves her children, even when she says she doesn't. If she didn't love them, then she wouldn't be lonely. Because she would know there was no one out there anymore that could make her happy again. But she knows they are still out there and more then anything she wants to see them. Her thoughts may say no, but her gut says yes.
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