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Mymuna Hossain                                                                                                        12/22/11

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        One of those hideous books where the mother dies:

        In this book the main character is Ruby, the story begins with the mother dying. That’s what made me thought that the title was very similar to the story. This was not the case; there was a whole other twist.

        This story really brought out Ruby’s feelings and how she had to adjust many things because her mother died. There were many shocking events. This story seems predictable but it wasn’t. This book was really cool when she learned that she had a movie star father.

        If this book had the father’s point of view, it would really change the way the story flows. The author had a really specific and straight foreword theme. I really loved the surprises that I got at the end of the story. I recommend that if you’re looking for a good book to read this would be the one. 

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     In the book, One of those hideous books where the mother dies , you get a lot of what she feels about seeing her father but judging by the title it seems like the story was going to be about the mother dying and stuff. This text sot of makes me think about justice, and what the character feels about not having her father around with her. Now she has to fly over to meet him because her mother died.
     I think if justice when I read this text because I don't think its fair that both her parents aren't taking the responsibility of taking care of her,instead 1 of her parents were the mother. I feel bad for ruby the main character, when she was little for her birthday all she wanted was to see her father. when she didn't receive that gift she bursted out in tears. Most kids don't have to cry because there always with them.  
     I think justice could be served now because the father has to give ruby a place to stay and care for her. ruby has a lot going on in her life,but still it doesn't seem like she felt sorrow for her mom. this story is really sympathetic but still i wished the author had added more about the mother and her death.
     all in all, i haven't read the whole book but im going to finish it. The author really gives nothing on how the mom dies so its confusing. i hope the dad shows some justice later in the text too.

Faking 19: the conflict

     In this book faking 19, Alex the main character is 17 and her best friend M is too. I think the main conflict in this book would have to be that she is faking her age to be nineteen. The reason is that she really likes this guy named Conner but he's twenty three. So she has to fake her age so that she could be with him. She met him while she was going to Los Angelos with M after school. They were both at a mall and Conner saw her, and after a while of chatting he asked if he wanted to go to an art gallery that just opened. They followed him, without knowing ages. she assumed he was twenty. She had to fake her age when they met again in a different friend's party. The were talking in a room that looked like the cabana, when he had asked her what she was studying. she lied and said some kind of college. Conner sort of doubted her and asked about her age! This is where the tension was building in the story. she had lied and said she was nineteen.
     This little white lie was really big. I think in this section Conner sort of thought she was lying but didn't want to be mean. I think even though alex might of thought this was just one small lie, this has a really big impact in their relationship. I feel like Alex is going to start to look older and act older so she could fit in with the older people.
      There are many differences of her and Conner. Her family cant afford to pay for college. Conner has already finished college and his family is rich. I don't really think this relationship is going to work out. If she really wanted there relationship to work i think she should just come out clean, rather than her getting busted by him.
     Alex has other problem's to worry about like her school work. she has been lacking in  doing her homework, failing classes,and so much more. while before she used to get straight A's. the guidance counselor is really watching her,she thinks all of this lacking leads to using drugs. this has blew alex off, she knew she would never hurt herself that way, neither did M her very best friend.
     so now Alex is trying her best to make her relationship with Conner work. what she should be doing is fixing her grades but still she is hesitating. even though she has much to much to worry about its never about herself, its always about what happens with her friends. so Alex is very sweet but she needs to start on her own life first!

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Mymuna Hossain                                                                                                        11/17/11

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                                                           Blue is for nightmares

            In the book blue is for nightmares, the main character is Stacey. She is in a boarding school, her dorm roommate is Drea. They have been dorming for over two years together. Stacey always performs rituals and Drea is the best roommate she could have.

            Stacey performs rituals by burning candles, then running her hand around the fire with oil all over her finger. She does all of this so that she can stop having nightmares about Drea. She doesn’t tell her this though. It all started at the beginning of this year, after summer vacation. She thinks that she is able to see the future and does not want to any more. The first time she performed her ritual, it had no effect on the nightmares. She even carved Drea’s initials on it, to stop the nightmares from happening. She found out it was because while she was having the nightmare she through the candle on the floor along with the crystal rock she had. So the candle had not burned all of Dreas initials.     

            That same day Drea had woken her up because she was choking herself on her own. Drea had been shocked of why those nightmares kept on repeating, but Stacey clearly had no answer. Stacey had been wetting her bed, she kept dreaming about how she was being chased by someone, while she heard Drea wailing. Drea hadn’t noticed that at all though.

            I haven’t read the whole book I just started and it seems really interesting. I want to know mostly why? And what? These illusions are. I wished that I had read more but so far I haven’t been resisting text or seeing any of the social action critical thinking questions yet! I am looking forward to reading more so that I will be able to say more too!                  

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Mymuna Hossain                                                                                                          11/3/11

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                                    Social action question # 3: who’s perspective is missing?

Title: Rules Author: Cynthia lord

            In the book, rules by Cynthia lord the main character are Catherine. All she ever wanted was a normal life. Of course she doesn’t get a normal life in her perspective. Her little brother has autism, she has always helped in every way she can. She even wrote down rules for David. I think she has a really normal life and she should be happy.

            The perspective that is missing in this book is their father. He never talks about if he was happy or not. So you can’t really tell if he’s even there for them. We get mostly Catherine’s perspective and how she feels & thinks about stuff. Her mother’s perspective is also visible, and you can see how she feels about her son. The only one who you couldn’t even tell was there was the dad. I think the author wanted his perspective to stay out because it would become a little too emotional. Also Catherine thinks the world only revolves around David but the author probably wanted to keep that out to prove it wrong. That’s why the author also kept the fathers perspective out.

            All in all, the fathers perpective was the one that was missing after all. Authors have a reason for doing what they did. I can only guess and come up with the reason for the missing perspective but I can’t prove why. It was a really good book and I really enjoyed reading this book. I learned so much from characters perpectives. Also I figured out what happens when one of them are missing!

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Mymuna Hossain                                                                                    10/21/11

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                             Blog post # 4

I am reading the book “freak the mighty”, by: Rodman Phil brick. The two characters in the book are freak and mighty. Max had a problem we’re his body grew faster than his brain. Max actually never had a brain until freak came along. People were afraid of max Max has always been called stupid, dumb and slow.  Max learned how to be alone. But that changed. Until freak came along everything had changed. Freak was weir and a small body. But he had a pretty big brain. Together they were called “Freak the Mighty”. Together Freak the Mighty was one.

          Freak the mighty all started in day care. One day in day care max was an angry kid. He was called the kicker, because he just kicked everybody. Kevin called himself the robot man because of his leg braces he had to wear. After a couple of days Kevin stopped coming to day care. But then the boys lost contact with each other.

          Freak had moved down the block from max. Max had met freak a long time ago in daycare. It was very fortunate that freak and max found each other. Without freak max would still be called dumb, slow and stupid. Without max, freak wouldn’t be able to have a friend to interact or to rely on. Toether they are freak the mighty!

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Mymuna Hossain                                                                              10/13/11

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                   Free write expansion:

Question:  what about the experience was rewarding?

The experience of going back and rereading a book was exciting! The chills or thrills you get from the book were rewarding. The feeling of questioning what and when something happens is always there. When you read a book it seems likes you’ve known the character forever. –comment: this is interesting because it’s true after you read a book you never forget the character.

I think it is really interesting because when you get to know the character it feels like the author makes me feel like I’m unique. It’s like you’re always there for your character. It’s actually a fun feeling.

Question: what does the author want you to think, feel, or know?

When I’m reading I feel like the author makes me feel like I’m the spy, looking into the book to get some answers. – Comment: I really like this! I never really thought about this.

Well, sometimes I like thinking outside of the box. Some time it’s better to think deeper into what you actually think about a book.

Same Question….

This author wanted me to know that life is a different place for everyone. In the book there were many worlds and different people.-comment: this is good you should add more different? How?

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Mymuna Hossain                                                                                      10/7/11

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Title: A Wrinkle in Time

Author: Madeleine L’Engle  

Question: What do you think is the most significant part of a journey for Meg? Is it a particular land or encounter with a specific character? Why?

         

I think the most significant part of the journey for Meg was when she had to go back to Camazots and rescue Charles, her brother, from “It”. Ms. Witch tells Meg that she has one thing that “It” does not have. That was the love she has for her brother. Once she has concentrated on the love she has for Charles, she brings him back to his normal self. She took him out of the trance. Then they tesser through time and in through the wrinkle, to reconnect their family. I thought this was the most significant part because now she doesn’t have many things on top of her and everything else. She can stop worrying about her father and start fresh in school. Now she has more time with her family. Also it shows how much she cares about her brother and her family. She would risk her life just for her family to reunite. Now to her family she is the real “hero”.                                                           

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Blog: Archetype

The hero: Margaret Murry, because she is the main character.

The mentor: the MS’s who help her understand about the tesseract and the weapon she has that the it does not.

The shadow: it because his evil forces take over and Meg has to fix it.

The shape shifter: Charles Wallace because the it tries to control him but then Meg un controls him by love and Charles comes back to the good side.