I Think...

Authors Note: I chose this piece to show my skills with predicting and to show word choice that will improve my scores. 

In the story Touching Spirit Bear there is a boy who is a maniac and hurts a kid so badly the kid almost dies. The kid who did the beating was sent to either a healing circle or jail forever and he had a choice to make. This kid chose the heeling circle which meant he would have to endure countless days and nights in the skin tearing weather. From my understanding I believe that this kid will endure the most painful thing he has ever had to endure and he must find his self as a whole and find his inner piece. In order to do this he will meet up with some of the most fearsome creature known to mankind.

The reason I think this is because in other stories I have read most of them have a climax that have some kind of incident in the middle or end of the story. The reason I also think this is because when I was previewing this book it talked about the pain he will have to go through in order to survive. Thus leading me to my theory, and that’s what I think will happen at the end of Touching Spirit Bear.

The Great Sadness

Authors Note: I wrote this to show the retelling of an amazing book that touched me and is a great book to learn a life lesson.

The Shack is a story about a family who is having a wonderful time. At least until the Great Sadness. When they walk into the shack there lives will be changed forever and their lives will never be the same. What they witness could either be the most horrifying thing or be the most amazing thing they have ever endured. 

The Outsider

Authors Note- I wrote this piece to show how extraordinary cause and effect is and how it ties in to our everyday lives.

Cause and effect is when something happens, and that is the cause, and what happens after that is the effect. Cause and effect takes place in almost every good story, we just don’t really think about it that much. It’s kind of like connecting the dots.

In the story The Outsiders, there is a major cause an effect  that takes place. In the story one of the main cause and effect scene is when the Socs jump the Greasers. That is the cause and the effect is there  is a fight that breaks out. Without cause and effect there wouldn’t even be a story to tell it would just be a bland old washed up story.  Another outstanding example is the Socs parents beat them, and the effect is they take their anger out on the Greasers

In our lives there is cause and effect every day. For instance, I drank three bottles of water; therefore I had to use the restroom. Even if we don’t try to have cause and effect we will still and always have it.  

Letters to God

Authors Note: This movie is one of the most touching movies and if you haven't seen it I encourage you to see it because it will change the way you think about life and how you act every day.

Letters to god is a movie about a boy who is suffering from cancer and writes letters to god and inspires neighbors, friends, and family. The child in the movie with cancer is an eight year old boy named Tyler who is an extraordinary kid who has family and friends that encourage him and love him. In the movie Tyler writes letters to god and the letters are read by a new mail man and the man is touched by the letters and wants to make Tyler’s life the best it can be.

This Movie touched me and it showed me that we should be thankful for what we have because we are fortunate for all of the great things in life; because there are people in life that don’t have everything that we have and aren’t as fortunate or have a serious disease or are in serious conditions. Be thankful for what you have because someday it may not be there.

Eye to Eye

Authors Note- The reason I wrote this was because I wanted to show people that there is another point of view that people aren't seeing. I also wanted to show the reader that it may not always look the same because it is told from one persons perspective.  

           

In  The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton , the Greasers try to survive without getting killed or beaten by the dreadful Socs; the Socs are a gang from the west side who are very wealthy and like to start fights and beat up Greasers for fun. The story is written in the Greasers point of view. From this perspective, a lot of events and characters are described in a way that creates pain or hurt in the reader about the Greasers who are abused by the Socs.

One way that the Greasers point of view influences the reader's interpretation is how their perspective shows that the Greasers just mind their own business all the time and how the awful Socs come and try to kill them for no reason. When a reader reads this story they feel bad for the Greasers getting beat up, but what the reader may not know is the Socs background story. As the reader I feel like if I knew the Socs story I would understand way they do the things that they do, but as a reader I don’t know that so I just have to go from what the book says.

However, the reader would feel a lot differently about the Greasers if the novel was written in the point of view of the Socs. For instance, the reader wouldn't think the Socs were so bad if they knew the Socs have had a rough time going through life, or if you knew that the Socs would get beat all of the time by their parents.

As you can see, the point of view of a story forces the reader to see just one side of the story. In The Outsiders, the narrator’s perspective makes the reader think differently about the Socs and makes the reader feel like the Socs are bad people and the Greasers are helpless and innocent. Understanding the narrator’s point of view is so important because if you don’t go by where the view of the writer is coming from, then the ending of the book will not make any sense because you think differently about the characters in the book; even if you don’t know the point of view of the other people you’re just going to have to trust the reader and believe what they say.

Blue Swayed Shoes

Authors Note- Shoes would be important because I wear them everyday.

Shoes can come in many different sizes and colors and they all feel different to. There are track shoes, basketball shoes, wrestling shoes, running shoes, dance shoes, soccer shoes and many many more. There are over a thousand types of shoes and you never know just which one you want.

When I was a kid there wasn’t many choices for me, but now there are a ton of options for shoes. I like shoes that you can run around in but are also cool at the same time. I think the shoe that I am talking about would probably be nikes. Nikes are cool feel good on your feet and can stay together for a long time to.

Sound

Sound in my life is super important because if there wasn’t sound then there could be no music. IF there wasn’t music in my life then nothing would ever be the same. To me and my family the way of expressing how you feel is by music. My family feels more connected with each other by playing music together.

My family will come together and we will have my brother on the saxophone, my papa on the harmonica, my ant on the guitar, my mom and piano, and last but not least me on the trumpet. As you can see music isn’t just a sound. It’s a way of life and a way of living.