Sacrafice- Harry Potter 7

        In Aztec Culture people would sacrifice themselves to their god. They believed that human blood would help sustain the earth. They need the earth to survive without it they would be floating around in space. It keeps them sheltered, happy, protected, and alive. It is irreplaceable. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows without sacrifice, love does not exist. Love is the root of sacrifice, and love is believing and caring in someone. Throughout the whole Harry Potter series everyone makes huge sacrifices, and that proves just how strong they really are.

        First, Harry’s mother, Lily Potter sacrificed herself because she loved Harry. She wanted Harry to live not only because she loved him but because she knew he would go on to do great things! She knew he had a strong power in him, and he was young, and had his whole life to live.

         Second, in chapter 36 the Malfoys sacrificed their relationship with Voldemort and the Death Eaters so they could leave and be a family with no one over powering them. They not only left a dangerous psychopath but created a possible enemy. They turned on someone they once worshiped. But they did this for love. Voldemort had completely split up their family. He tried to turn Draco into a murderer, and take over what they had of a family!  Belatrix, may understand love but in a different way than good, its not sacrifice but selfishness. She “kisses up” to Voldemort because she wants to be his favorite. The one that will always be safe, and Voldemort would never kill. She loves herself too much to understand or even pay attention to other people. It’s not even Voldemort she loves. She does all these evil deeds for her own benefit.

          Third, in the big battle (chapter 36) Belatrix Lestrange is about to kill Ginny and Mrs.Weasly jumps in front of her and kills Belatrix. She truly showed sacrifice. Like Lily Potter no hesitations, it took her a second to decide. I love my daughter and I can’t loose her. Her decision didn’t only save one life but so so many others. If Belatrix hadn’t died then, she would have killed many others not only in the battle but after it. We make choices for the ones we love, we can’t go back and regret because love beats regret.

           Fourth, everyone thinks of Neville as a forgetful coward, but in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows he proves them all wrong. While Harry, Luna and Ginny were all gone he took over! In chapter thirty four pg.695 Neville says “Harry, you’re not handing yourself over are you?”  He knows that so many people will die in this battle and possibly including himself. But he wants to fight and sacrifice himself for what he believes in. For what can truly change the world.

             Fifth, as Harry was walking to the forbidden forest he thought about life and death. How so many people had died for him, and dieing for him right at that moment. He thought about how so many times he had come so close to death. But he had sacrificed himself to stop a horrible person. He didn’t need time to think it over he just knew what was the right thing to do. But on his walk to death he thought a lot about it. For the first time in his life he was really scared. He couldn’t face Voldemort with a hope that he would defeat him, he was going to die no matter what. But he did it any way and that proves that even without hope sacrfice beats all.

We do crazy things for the ones that we love and look up to. But really are they crazy, or just brave? 

An extra Push-Tween Bot Kacie Kinzer

 In this photo, what seems to be a little cardboard robot with a wheel is being pushed by a persons hand. This reminded me of a tween, they have their arms forward and are ready to go with a smile on their face. Happy and excited to discover the world.  But it can be scary trying new things.

 The world is a big place, and you never really notice how big it is until you open your eyes. Have you ever seen a picture of a room or a place and then actually gone to that place and realized WOW this is a lot bigger than I thought it would be! Well that is what it can feel like!

This feeling can be scary alone in the big world. But there is always someone behind you. They might be giving you that extra push, but you can still fall back onto them. Like when you first learn how to ride a bike. I remember when I was learning how to ride a bike, my dad kept on holding the back of my bike seat pushing me a little bit harder little by little. I would keep on looking back at him seeing if he was still holding on. Every time he would let go, I would stop the bike. But finally I forgot to look back, and I realized, I was riding a bike! It was scary at first but with trying again and again, made it fun and interesting!

Now I know I wasn't a tween in the 2nd grade but getting out there and exploring a new thing is just like taking your first step out of the world, but you always have someone to help you in the end!

Allstar mentor Gabi A Club House for Books

I think that the all star mentor is Gabi! I love all of her posts, i find them meaningful and interesting, always a new thought uncovered. She takes an idea and makes logic of it, but in such a way that it is something to really think about. I love how in all of her blogs she goes the extra mile. Especially in this past one Owing People. I think its great because she has such an interesting way of writing it. She goes into the story and explains it, but then comes back out and writes about what she thinks. Then she will say a sentence about the story. To go back to her main point. I feel this is SO IMPORTANT! With out this you lose the root of the idea. And i think its a GREAT way to keep an idea alive, with out repeating yourself! I think I can learn from her to write my posts in more of an interesting way!!!

The other side- Pseudonymous Bosch SPOILER ALERT

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.

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.

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.

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.