Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Reading Response #4
Silvia Soriano "Bad Girls Dont die" by Katie Alender 12.12.12
Who has “power” in your text? How does that power get shown?
In the book "Bad girls dont die" by Katie Alender, its about a girl name Alexis, she use to have friends and be a normal teen, but when her best friend moved she isn't the same person anymore. She isnt very social anymore. Shes the opposite of normal. She doesn't get along with a lot of people. Her only truly friend is her sister, but her sister Kasey starts to act different each day. Her other only real friend is Carter, as boy that makes Alexis feel safe, comfortable. Alexis has to find out whats wrong with her sister, Kasey who is acting weird and weirder everyday. Alexis cant do this on her own, she needs the help from someone she doesn't really get along. She will have to put her differences aside to save her sister and figure out what is happening to her sister. Alexis is up to face something she never has witness before. She will make new friendships along the way and even a new relationship, that is if she makes it out alive.
In the Book "Bad Girls Dont Die" by Katie Alender, I say that Alexis has the power. She is the one that keeps looking in deeper to find out what is happening. She is the one that looks for answers and questions. She knows what to do and what not to do. She plans what she is going to do, she does what she wants without asking anyone else. Shes being the responsible one. Alexis doesn't just think of herself and her sister first, she also thinks of others before her. She even thinks about some of the people she doesn't like, and some that had made her life a nightmare. The power gets shown because she isn't afraid to confront this thing. She isn't afraid to look for answers and to unreveal the truth behind everyone's past. She plays with "Her" Game. She knows how to control her thoughts and emotions. How to talk people into telling her what she wants to know without her telling them what shes looking for.She has the brain, the heart, and the sneakiness of a mice.
On the other hand I also think that Megan, the friend of Alexis, or well the person helping Alexis with the whole situation, could also be the one that has the power in the text. She is one of the victims that "Her" is planning to go after. She is experiencing what it really feels like. She is a big part of the persons history, she has a big part in all of this. Also in Alexis life, even if its just as friends or just as helping her. Megan knows who to handle this kind of problems and situations , she has known to solve this problems for years, its one of her favorite things to do. Also this inst just about saving Kasey, she also wants to find out the truth about her history. Its her chance to unsolve her life also, what really did happened to her, to her mother, why did it happened. Was it "Her" fault also? Megan gets a win win out of this situation.
If I was in both Megan and Alexis situation, I would both want to save my sister from that and learn the truth about my life and my past. Either way, what will always come first is saving the lifes of others, making sure that this doesn't get out to anyone or anymore people that aren't involve in this, because it will just make people want to interfere and stop what your doing. Your doing this because you have to not because you want to. People life's depend on this. Its not just a game you can restart if you lose. You just have one chance to make it right.
In conclusion "Bad girls dont die" can be seen from many peoples point of views. Many people (Characters) could be the power in the text. It all depends in what way we see it in.What reason you think is the most important and why you think that.Its a book that will keep you wondering till the end. Every move they make will scare you.It will test your knowledge in every-way possible.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Reading Blog #3
Silvia Soriano "I know what you did last Summer" By Lois Duncan December 5 2012
Whose perspective is missing in this text? What would it be like if we put it back?
After reading the book "I know what you did last Summer" By Lois Duncan It made me realize that we all keep secrets, not because were embarrassed of them, but because we are scared of the consequences they might bring to us. The book "I know what you did Last Summer" is all about 4 friends hiding a terrible secret. All of them trying to move on with their life's and forget about the past. Them trying to be happy again. This book is almost all in Julie, one of the main characters point of view. She is trying to live the town to forget about everything that has happened. After Julie gets a threatening letter "I know what you did last summer" she tries to reunite the gang to find out who knows about their secret.The whole book is almost all in Julie perspective. Julie trying to be positive about the whole situation, but at the same time keeping it under cover, from everyone that doesn't know. A person perspective that is missing in the book is the person that is sending the threat, other known as Collingsworth Wilson, the victim of their accident half brother.We never got to know how he felt how he felt about getting revenge on them.
While reading "I know what you did last Summer", I always wonder why didn't they at least give us the person threatening them thoughts, emotions, ideas. Even if they didn't revel to us who he was. I guess it was fair that they didn't tell us anything about the "Person Threatening" them because this just made us want to read to the very end. It made our brains think more and deeper into the book. It made us try to get in the head of the "Person Threatening them" and Julie, and the rest of the characters head. It keeps us wondering till the end, making sure we pick up the clues its giving us, not leaving out any of them. The author must have wanted us to fall into her tricks so she can lead us of and into thinking another thing. So when we finish the book we would be wrong in the person we thought was "The person threatening them". Every mistake we made in reading it lead us further and further away from the truth . Its where our imagination and opinion, our instincts and creativity take place and take over.
While reading "I know What you did last Summer" I also asked myself another question, why was the book almost in all of Julie perspective? Did Julie have the biggest plot in the book, was Julie the one that was suppose to find out who the person was. Was she the one that was suppose to get the gang back together. Was Julie the key to everything, she was the person that was the one that pushes everyone to help and find the truth. In my opinion Julie was like the key to everything. She was the "The Person Threatening" them most likely target because she was the one that did want to go back and help the person they killed. She was the one that wasn't the most strongest person to keep the secret. Julie was a person that have felt the most guilt out of all of them. The one that actually cared about the person. The one that didn't want to just leave and not do anything about it. She was the one that wanted the most to forget about all of that, but couldn't.
In my opinion if I was Julie, and I was forced to keep that secret I would lose it. The guilt would just be eating me in the inside, it would be killing me from both the outside and the inside. I wouldn't be the same Person anymore. I had lived and watch a person die right in front of me, and what could I do noting? Why? Because my friends didn't let me, they made me keep it a secret. They did this to me,so when we stopped talking it was like trying to forget about it and they were helping me for once about it.They wouldn't be a reminder of what happened that horrible night.
In conclusion, their could have been many ways that this story could have gone that would have made the book more interesting and that could have made us wonder more, and keep us thinking longer and deeper. Made the book more entertaining. Could have given us the exciting taste in the book. Different perspective could have given the book many leads. It could have taken the book in many different directions and different endings.
Whose perspective is missing in this text? What would it be like if we put it back?
After reading the book "I know what you did last Summer" By Lois Duncan It made me realize that we all keep secrets, not because were embarrassed of them, but because we are scared of the consequences they might bring to us. The book "I know what you did Last Summer" is all about 4 friends hiding a terrible secret. All of them trying to move on with their life's and forget about the past. Them trying to be happy again. This book is almost all in Julie, one of the main characters point of view. She is trying to live the town to forget about everything that has happened. After Julie gets a threatening letter "I know what you did last summer" she tries to reunite the gang to find out who knows about their secret.The whole book is almost all in Julie perspective. Julie trying to be positive about the whole situation, but at the same time keeping it under cover, from everyone that doesn't know. A person perspective that is missing in the book is the person that is sending the threat, other known as Collingsworth Wilson, the victim of their accident half brother.We never got to know how he felt how he felt about getting revenge on them.
While reading "I know what you did last Summer", I always wonder why didn't they at least give us the person threatening them thoughts, emotions, ideas. Even if they didn't revel to us who he was. I guess it was fair that they didn't tell us anything about the "Person Threatening" them because this just made us want to read to the very end. It made our brains think more and deeper into the book. It made us try to get in the head of the "Person Threatening them" and Julie, and the rest of the characters head. It keeps us wondering till the end, making sure we pick up the clues its giving us, not leaving out any of them. The author must have wanted us to fall into her tricks so she can lead us of and into thinking another thing. So when we finish the book we would be wrong in the person we thought was "The person threatening them". Every mistake we made in reading it lead us further and further away from the truth . Its where our imagination and opinion, our instincts and creativity take place and take over.
While reading "I know What you did last Summer" I also asked myself another question, why was the book almost in all of Julie perspective? Did Julie have the biggest plot in the book, was Julie the one that was suppose to find out who the person was. Was she the one that was suppose to get the gang back together. Was Julie the key to everything, she was the person that was the one that pushes everyone to help and find the truth. In my opinion Julie was like the key to everything. She was the "The Person Threatening" them most likely target because she was the one that did want to go back and help the person they killed. She was the one that wasn't the most strongest person to keep the secret. Julie was a person that have felt the most guilt out of all of them. The one that actually cared about the person. The one that didn't want to just leave and not do anything about it. She was the one that wanted the most to forget about all of that, but couldn't.
In my opinion if I was Julie, and I was forced to keep that secret I would lose it. The guilt would just be eating me in the inside, it would be killing me from both the outside and the inside. I wouldn't be the same Person anymore. I had lived and watch a person die right in front of me, and what could I do noting? Why? Because my friends didn't let me, they made me keep it a secret. They did this to me,so when we stopped talking it was like trying to forget about it and they were helping me for once about it.They wouldn't be a reminder of what happened that horrible night.
In conclusion, their could have been many ways that this story could have gone that would have made the book more interesting and that could have made us wonder more, and keep us thinking longer and deeper. Made the book more entertaining. Could have given us the exciting taste in the book. Different perspective could have given the book many leads. It could have taken the book in many different directions and different endings.
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