Extending the Theme

     In the beginning I can honestly say that I was not looking forward to reading the book. The few first pages were boring and not exciting but now that I have read the book and we have done some discussions in class, I have a whole new insight on what the book is about. I now realize that those boring parts help lead up to all the main actions; Boo Radley, the trial against Tom Robinson and the life of Scout and Jem Finch. The novel didn’t really speak to me, there were a few times when I felt like I was in the book, one of the characters, and hanging with Scout and Jem twenty-four seven. But then again there were other parts in the book when I just wanted to skip it and read the next section. Defiantly the first chapter was one of the worst for me. I was really bored with the information about Maycomb and Simon and the Finches. I wanted to get into the action and suspense of the novel. 
     To Kill A Mockingbird does in some ways mean more than a novel to me. One way is that this almost seems like a diary written by Scout. Sure everyday isn’t dated and it doesn’t start out as Dear Diary,... but it does tell what happened to Scout and Maycomb. This book is pretty much a book about life lessons: Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, stand up for yourself and others, and don’t be afraid to be different. Some lessons I have learned from the novel are respect, and once again: Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, stand up for yourself and others, and don’t be afraid to be different. These are all super important and are key aspects of life. 
     To me, To Kill A Mockingbird is almost like a historical novel. There are some parts where it is boring and you just want to skip it but you know you can’t because something may come up later in the story that relates to that part. You just want to put the book down and do something else that you can have fun with or go outside or read something else. As for example: the very beginning when the author is talking about the history of Maycomb, some parts when Atticus is talking to Jem and Scout like at the beginning of chapter 10 and just some other small sections here and there. But when it is exciting the whole situation changes. Like during the trial,  all the parts with Dill and Boo, the fire, the jail scene and when Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell. Those are only some examples of the thrilling, page turning, exciting, impelling, wild parts of the book. Those are most of my thoughts towards and on this novel. Overall To Kill A Mockingbird was well written and a good book.   (:

My Boo Radley 2nd Blog entry

       I was told that my passi (pacifier) was sort of like my Boo Radley. At first I wasn’t interested of letting it go. I never wanted it to leave my possession. I was scared that if I didn’t have it something bad would happen. I did not want it out of my sight and if it was I was scream and cry until i got it back! I was so attached to it that it isn’t even funny now (: I know that “my Boo Radley” is probably a lot different then everyone else, and to tell the truth, this is a hard subject. I seriously can’t think of anything. I don’t know of something that frightened me or was instrumental in your development my childhood to adolescence.  
       I don’t know if I could relate my experience to Scout and Boo’s. Mine is so different that it is hard to fine something that makes them similar. Scout was always wondering if Boo was real, alive, dead, or just made up. She only realized that through a few events, he was trying to show her and her brother Jem that he was real. My passi can’t talk, walk, live or die. It is just a piece of plastic and rubber that can calm little kids down. This is a hard subject to type about. I don’t have a person that is “my Boo”. I mean I don’t have or know of something or someone that was mysterious, something that scared me or intimidated me , or something that I didn’t understand. Scout did though, her “Boo” was Boo Radley. She had a person/thing that was all those things to her yet my passi isn’t a person so it is hard to compare the two.
       In the turning point though, I don’t need my passi anymore. Having it as a younger child now helps me realize that I don’t need anything like that to calm me down or comfort me. I have people around me that love and care for me. You wont see me walking around with it in my mouth and that is a good thing. I’m just guessing that most high school students has had one in one point in their life. Not everyone but I am assuming a majority of us have. Scout didn’t grow out of Boo Radley as I did my passi. But once she walked him home to his front porch she never sow him again. My “Boo” can relate to that. After I grew out of my passi and my parents took it away, I never sow it again. Both of our Boo’s have disappeared and aren’t going to return.

First Assignment (:

    I love to read but only certain books. If I’m not interested in the book through the first few pages than I wont get into it. I’ll read it but i won’t think about, if I find I a book that I like and enjoy, I will never put the book down and sometimes I imagine myself as the main character. I used to love to write short stories about my own characters when I was in elementary school. I am a good English student. I don’t really know how to answer the question...
    People who follow my blog can expect funny and well thought out answers.  Sometimes my personality will come out in my writing and people will notice/ expect that I love to put (: (smiley faces after something that is happy or exciting). I honestly don’t know how I will enlighten the on-line world, I mean I can sometimes add a little humor to my answers but then again some people may not thing it is funny. I can make a new point of view to literature to the class and or to the books.
    The meaning of English class is to discuss books and how we think they were written and or structured. To talk about characters, plots, and if the book was too our own likings or not. English is a four-year requirement for college bound students because the higher in English you go, the more advanced it gets. It is important to take four years of English because reading, writing and communication are niceties to learning. You need all of those topics to become successful in anything you do.
    Excelling in English will help me to become a stronger student and having a new meaning towards discussion and books academically. It will help my personalty to be more of an open person and to talk out in class because I am such a shy person.