Sold by Patricia McCormick is a book about a young 13 year old girl who gets robbed of her childhood. I had myself resisting at many of the sexual parts in this book. But it was so interesting I just kept on reading.
I was resisting because I was so unfamiliar to the text. I mean I knew about human traveling but I never actually read anything about it, and I was also resisting because this girl is the same age as me and I could never imagine myself in her shoes doing the things she did. There was a lot of descriptive parts that are just pure disgusting, but I felt that the resisting made me realize what a good book this really is, because It actually made me think about all these tings that are going on int his world that is just wrong.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Freak The Mighty- Social Action Issues
What really hard things are happening in the text ?
I think stereotypes are a really big thing happening in this book (Freak The Mighty). People say "Like Father like Son" but in this case, when your father is a killer you don't want to be like him. But since Max is a spitting image of his old man everyone assumes he will be just like him.
No one wants to befriend Max because of his fathers actions and how people label Max. Labeling is also a big thing happening in the text, Max is labeled as the big mean kid of Killer Kane, just because of his size. It's not his fault he's tall, and he hit his growth spurt faster then any one else.
Because of this labeling and all these stereotypes Max's self esteem and self confidence are crushed. These are really big issues, that aren't just basically written in the book, you have to look within the words and really think in Max's mind. No one wants to be known for being the Killers son. He isn't proud of that, and doesn't want that. He doesn't even bother to make friends at this point, Because he knows he's not gonna make any.
Stereotypes and Labeling and self esteem and self confidences being crushed are really hard things happening in the text, and these things really make the book what it came out to be.
I think stereotypes are a really big thing happening in this book (Freak The Mighty). People say "Like Father like Son" but in this case, when your father is a killer you don't want to be like him. But since Max is a spitting image of his old man everyone assumes he will be just like him.
No one wants to befriend Max because of his fathers actions and how people label Max. Labeling is also a big thing happening in the text, Max is labeled as the big mean kid of Killer Kane, just because of his size. It's not his fault he's tall, and he hit his growth spurt faster then any one else.
Because of this labeling and all these stereotypes Max's self esteem and self confidence are crushed. These are really big issues, that aren't just basically written in the book, you have to look within the words and really think in Max's mind. No one wants to be known for being the Killers son. He isn't proud of that, and doesn't want that. He doesn't even bother to make friends at this point, Because he knows he's not gonna make any.
Stereotypes and Labeling and self esteem and self confidences being crushed are really hard things happening in the text, and these things really make the book what it came out to be.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Arche-types Hero; Templeton
I think that Templeton is the hero all along. The author EB White portrayed him as the villain, he made Templeton seem so evil and selfish, but without Templeton, Charlotte would not be able to write any words, Templeton was the one that brought Charlotte the words. Templeton was the one who bit Wilbur's tail when he fainted to wake him up again. Templeton was the one who brought Charlotte's babies to Wilbur, and yeah, Wilbur did have to sacrifice is food for Templeton to do this but no hero is perfect and it's not like he's waiting 24-7 for a mission. But Templeton is sort-of the misunderstood hero who many people don't like but, hey. Not all rats are evil, sure they're conniving and nasty but sometimes you gotta give somebody a chance an don't judge them for being who they are. I believe that Templeton is the hero. Believe it or not, he's the one who saved Wilbur's life.
Connecting- annotations
It's really bothering me how no one appreciates Charlotte ( except the animals of course) Everybody like Lurvy or Zuckerman never say anything about how Charlotte is the one that's making the webs, only how Wilbur is the one standing under it maybe for once they would say that "wow,we have one heck of a spider !" But, no one ever does. I think that Wilbur shouldn't be the one who is getting treated so special .He's not doing anything that's worth all this attention, once again he's just standing under the web, but they should really realize who's on the web actually making it.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
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CHARLOTTE'S WEB ♥
I think that friendship and trust are two of the most important themes in Charlotte's Web. Wilbur has to have a lot of trust in Charlotte, because he is literally putting his life in her tiny spider hands. Don't you think that's a lot to handle for a little spider? But Charlotte comes through with her promise and her plan works, All this time, Charlotte never asked for anything in return. After Charlotte dies, Wilbur takes care of her babies as a return for Charlotte. Charlotte is a really good friend, she basically wastes the rest of her life helping her friend live, it's like she gave up her life for his.
Another example of trust is with Fern. All the animals have to trust Fern because she knows about Charlotte's plan, and usually most people wouldn't trust a 8 year old girl, so all these animals are depending on Fern to not tell anybody.
So, I think trust and friendship are the highlights of this book. Wilbur's life is depending on Charlotte's Web.
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