Reading Log Due April 20th

4/18/2018

BY NEXT WEEK, YOU MUST HAVE ONE OF YOUR BOOKS FOR THIS SEMESTER COMPLETELY READ!
1. Give us the title and author of the book you are reading as well as how far along you are in it (in the middle, towards the end, finishing up).

2. In a paragraph, draw a comparison between a theme, a character, an idea, a plot moment, or any other element of literature (writing style, diction, syntax, etc.) between what you are reading and one of the texts that we have read as a class.

For example:

"I am reading The Fault in Our Stars, and the main character, Augustus, is funny and cheeky. He even has a cigarette in his mouth all the time to feel rebellious, even though he never smokes it. Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet is very funny, and like Augustus, his death affects all the characters in the book."

For credit for collaboration
1) Read one classmate's post
2) Respond to their post with another connection you can make to another character, another piece of literature or art, or something that has happened in your own life.

For example:

"I liked reading The Fault in Our Stars as well! I think it's very interesting in the book when they talk about how small we are in the universe, but how much purpose we can have--that there are different kinds of infinities. I am reading a poetry book called 'How Small We Are' by Will Birch and it also reminds me of how small we are in the world."

OR

"I can connect to how funny Augustus and Mercutio are. I try really hard to be funny and I watch a lot of stand up comedy. I think Aziz Ansari is a funny character and have enjoyed watching him in Parks and Rec and in Master of None."

92 Comments

Gus King link

4/18/2018 09:33:17 am

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
I am on page 35

2. In Ready Player One the year is 2045 and the world is very different. James Halliday created a virtual reality game called the Oasis, and people don't really live in the real world anymore. People play this game non stop and you can even go to the school in the oasis. I can see a connection between the oasis and the parlor from Farenheit 451. In that story, Mildred is obsessed with the parlor and doesn't care about the real world, Wade is the same way in Ready Player One, they don't live in the real world and they let technology consume them.

luce

4/18/2018 03:33:06 pm

i can connect to how technology has taken over everything. i find myself to be a at a very bad place with technology and abuse it so that i just use it to turn my brain off instead of using t to challenge myslef

Mattia

4/18/2018 08:29:38 pm

I can connect this to the world that we live in now. Where ever I go I see people on phones or computers or tablets instead of speaking to the people right in front of them. Although technology is a great tool people everywhere seem to over use it immensely. And I am no different from other people, every morning the first thing I think about is to grab my phone and go on social media or to Netflix. This is defiantly something I am trying to change.

Allie Lorton

4/19/2018 11:36:40 am

I can connect this to our current world and the way technology is developing. Virtual reality used to be uncommon and hard to get, but now you can get one to just put your phone in for 10 dollars. I think the ability to get transported into another world is something we are coming extremely close to, and virtual reality will be the way that it happens. At the rate we are going, I think our society's technology will get to this point way before 2045.

Sebastian

4/19/2018 03:24:42 pm

I can relate theirs a lot of things today like technology that I get addicted to. I have a addictive personality.

Isaac

4/19/2018 04:06:48 pm

I can connect to this because some people stay inside and play video games all day and its like they aren't in the real world but live through the virtual world. This is also something i struggle with because some days in wanna stay up and play Fortnite with Gusboy42.

Ethan Rau

4/19/2018 04:12:56 pm

I can connect when I am at school and im behind on a piece of work nothing else matters as much as getting that thing done. I make sure to focus really hard to get it done.

Carson Cooley

4/19/2018 07:29:24 pm

I can connect to this because sometimes people get so caught up in technology they ignore everything else

Ian Rutger Will

4/20/2018 01:19:16 pm

Hi Gus,

I really enjoyed reading Ready Player One, I hope you enjoy it too. It reminds me of one book I read called "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari since they both show the development of humans. Ready Player One is more interesting though since it is a story about the future, while Sapiens is mainly about the past, but it does go into the future quite a bit.

-Ian Rutger Will

Grace

4/20/2018 07:57:11 pm

The book your reading reminds of Fahrenheit 451 from the beginning of the year. Technology took over everyone. That also happens now. Everyone is so engrossed into their phones and don't pay attention to what's really going on.

Chris link

4/22/2018 06:07:34 pm

I can connect this to the world because there are many people who are very very addicted to technology and don’t know what’s happening around them.

Kaden Dusharme

4/23/2018 09:00:52 am

I can connect this to the way younger generations are glued to technology. They are always using screens whether it's playing Fortnite or using social medias. Technology is very helpful and is a great tool but kids are more caught up in how they appear online than how they appear in person.

Kelly

4/23/2018 09:45:24 pm

I can connect this story with another book I have read in the past. Except in the book I have read the people had to put this special kind of headset for the virtual game where it looked like real life but once people tried to log out they couldn't and if someone from IRL tried to take the headset of the headset would transmit these type of microwave length that would fry the player brain and the same thing happened if your HP hit 0 inside of the game. It was an intence but awsome book.

Brenden Phipps link

5/1/2018 03:54:53 pm

I have a personal experience because I personally don't have a phone so I see everyone always plugged in and I am worried that it might get worse but hope fully it does not happen in our world.

luce

4/18/2018 03:31:02 pm

i just started reading the book called Uglies by Scott Westerfield. i am at the very very beginning of this book.

one comparison that i can already draw from this is when tally is sneaking out to go see a different town, i can connect it to the very end of the book the giver when montage in fahrenheit 451 leaves his old town because he tries to change how things work. or when romeo annd juliet run away from their parents

andrea

4/18/2018 07:46:28 pm

I can compare Tally leaving town to Katniss thinking of escaping all the Capitals drama and running away at night to go live somewhere else away from the capital.

Dani

4/19/2018 04:08:33 pm

I can connect this to a lot of different books. The one that pops to my mind is Paper Towns. I think that most kids don’t have a sense of belonging in there holmes and are looking for some adventure away from their lives.

andrea

4/18/2018 07:38:12 pm

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
I am not even half way along, I'm a slow reader.
In my book Katniss is strong a little cold at first until you get to know her playful caring side that will stop at nothing for her loved ones. For example when Katniss got engaged to Peta to keep her family safe from President Snow's rath. She can be compared to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. When Juliet fakes her death just to be with Romeo.

Evan

4/19/2018 03:23:47 pm

How I can connect to the Romeo and Juliet part of this story is because I know 2 people who are in love with each other, but no one of the couple faked or actually commit suicide.

Aulonnie

4/19/2018 09:38:39 pm

I can connect to the book because just like katniss if I was put in her situation I would do anything to protect the people I love and care about the most. Even if it was life risking.I do think she has a hard time letting people know how scared she can be, like her friends and family.She tries to act all tough.

Sienna

4/23/2018 06:48:20 pm

I can connect this to my life. I feel like whenever I start to become friends with somebody, the relationship is cold at first. Once we get to know eachother, both people are more engaged and have more fun together.

Andrew Tran

4/18/2018 07:57:27 pm

Book: Desolate Era
Author: 我吃西紅柿 or I Eat Tomatoes

Currently I am at the end of the series, and I have to say it’s actually intriguing. The main character, Ji Ning, has an unfortunate life in the real world. Plagued with a serious disease he dies and then is reincarnated into a world of cultivation. The very apex being vague was there is always someone stronger. Towards the middle of the book, something that always haunts him is the thought and physical representation of being weak and unable to do anything. In a major arc in the book, his Dao Companion is used as blackmail and is then killed. His will to revive his Dao Companion gave him motivation to get stronger. Lead by love he trudged through thick and thin to finally be reunited with her. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is also led by love and is his ultimate downfall. Both characters let love guide them to extreme lengths.

Tony

4/20/2018 02:24:07 pm

In The boy with stripped pajamas Bruno is in very much of an unfortunate scenario by Bruno being caught with the boy and the boy is taken away where he is tortured. Like with Ji Nings unfortunate like of dieng with because of a serious disease.

Mattia

4/18/2018 09:21:58 pm

1. I am still reading 4,000 miles, I am towards the end.

2. In the book I'm reading the main character, Leo, is very distant from his mother. They had an argument and now he stays with his grandmother. Leo to me gives me the impression that he is distant from people, especially his mother, and that he mostly cares about his hobbies that involve gardening, rock climbing, and anything that involves nature. He reminds me a lot of Mildred from Fahrenheit 451. How they both are distant from there families and and more interested in there own things. For Mildred being the the parlor and Leo being his hobbies.

Gus King link

4/19/2018 09:34:51 am

Hey Mattia,

I can definitely connect to Leo/Mildred. I love my mom, but sometimes I can be very distant from her. I think I do this because she embarasses me/annoys me. I still love her but I am a little distant sometimes.

Thanks,
Gus

Giovanna

4/21/2018 02:35:35 pm

This relates to Wade in "Ready Player One'". He too is distant from his aunt. He also is distant from the world, he spends most of his time in the Oasis.

Allie Lorton

4/19/2018 11:26:55 am

I am reading Planting Gardens in Graves by R.H. Sin and I am really close to finishing.
In the poems, one major idea that has been present in many poems is how people keep themselves in situations that are poisonous. Keeping yourself in that toxic relationship or home causes you to lose people because of how it changes you. I can connect this idea to A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry because their entire family was in a small home that caused them to fight and have disagreements, especially because they lived with their mom. Then, when they received the check, it created even more disagreements and made them think about if the home they are in right now would be more or less toxic than if they moved into the white neighborhood.

Carter Doan

4/19/2018 03:12:18 pm

You could also connect the "poisonous situation" idea to Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Despite their families hating each other, Romeo and Juliet stayed in their relationship, which led to lots of loss and pain.

Teia Ziegelman

4/19/2018 10:04:59 pm

I like this theme of that toxicity in relationships and it reminded me of what was being hinted at in Gamma Rays on how it changes the person depending on how much they're being affected by.

Sebastian A.

4/19/2018 01:07:28 pm

The title of my book is called Lord of The Flies and the author William Golding. I am in the middle of my book. One of the characters named jack all he wanted to was fight others be and cause problems. In Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is the same way.

Fredo Gonzalez

4/19/2018 03:29:28 pm

This reminds me of people in real life who just want to cause trouble, or gossip just because they find it fun or interesting.

joseph

4/19/2018 06:00:12 pm

I have read this book and I agree with this comparison that jack and Tybalt's personality's are similar.

Daniel Tamayo

4/19/2018 10:22:36 pm

I can agree with Sebastian and Joseph because I have read both of those books and I can agree the characters are very similar almost identical. They both even died in their stories.

cadayzia

4/19/2018 01:18:39 pm

I am currently reading "The Glass Castle" it is a 2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls. i am still at the beginning of the book im about twenty pages in. The book is about a girl, her family, and povert stricken struggle gone through in life. I cna connect this to farenhieght 451 because in both books they are running from something, and both get life changing memories

Aidan Tally

4/19/2018 03:14:59 pm

Hey Cadayzia,

I agree with the connection you made but personally i would connect the idea of running away from something to Mae the protagonist in Night in the Woods. Were she runs from her mistakes by moving away from everyone.

R. Hopper

4/23/2018 09:19:54 pm

Hi Cadayzia,

You could also connect the book you are reading with "Romeo and Juliet", because in "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo runs away to be with Juliet.

Carter Doan

4/19/2018 03:19:35 pm

I was reading Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (The Fifth book in the series) by Eoin Colfer. I just finished it. A large part of the story has Artemis throwing himself if crazy situations that very much contrast with his previously depicted character (The first 3 books), and becomes much more selfless. I can connect this "theme" to Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In R&J, Romeo first acts heart broken and is depressed. He just kind of mopes about for the first act or two. Later after his encounter with Juliet, he changes entirely and falls in mad love, despite his previous "relationship" with Rosaline.

Fredo Gonzalez

4/19/2018 03:24:54 pm

The book I’m reading is called Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. I'm just finishing up, I'm on the last 80 pages of it. In this book, there is a corrupt, cruel, and power hungry teacher named Professor Umbridge. Professor Umbridge does whatever she can to gain more power over the Wizarding School Hogwarts. She makes new rules to make the students more miserable, and all of her punishments are far too harsh.

Professor Umbridge reminds me of the firemen from Fahrenheit: 451 because of how cruel their punishments were. For simply reading a book in that story, they would throw you in prison, or burn your house down, and in some cases even kill you.

Maya Lewitt

4/19/2018 04:53:06 pm

I love this book!!

The whole idea of people being power hungry is very much real especially in current day life. Umbridge will do anything for power and some people now would fight for the power. They want full control but that isn't how life works.

Julian Canez

4/19/2018 06:41:56 pm

Hello Fredericke Gonzalez,

Great book, I feel like this can connect directly to world politics and how some leaders have risen to power through fear and greed.

Sincerely,

Julian Q. Canez

Aidan Tally

4/19/2018 03:26:21 pm

My book is The Hour of our Death by Philippe Aries, I just started. The book is all about how the westerns have a certain attitude of death that involves fear and disgust. I can slightly connect all this to Romeo and Juliet, because of its ideas of tragedy and death. In both books it shows ways of mourning from many different people and how everyone handles it differently.

Cole

4/20/2018 08:36:09 pm

Romeo and Juliet did show a quiet brutal way of dying. There were definitely some that were subtle like heart attacks. It quickly raised to death by disgusting infections, blood killing poison, and stabbing on the own personal. One thing they did in Romeo and Juliet which I find a bit strange is that they pushed off death. They talk about it like it is no big deal. That it is just a different part of life, no one seemed scared by death in Romeo and Juliet as it was casually talked about in certain dialogue.

Dani

4/19/2018 03:51:15 pm

I am reading Art of War by Sun Tzu, I am towards the middle of the book. The general theme of the book is about tactics and ways to beat your opponent when engaging in war or battle. All of our conflicts have to do with war, and defeating your opponent. Sun Tzu’s work is so famous I bet a few general from our classes conflicts used his methods to crush their opponents. My book is very similar

Ethan Rau

4/19/2018 04:20:54 pm

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I am finished with the book.

I can connect one of my characters Bilbo to Montag. Both of these characters strive to learn more. They both also enjoy doing new things. But the thing that motivates them most of all is in the end doing the right thing. Bilbo at the end of the book backstabbed his ally to help him become unblinded from greed.

Mafer Guerrero Garcia

4/19/2018 04:25:29 pm

The book I recently finished reading was Sisters by Raina Telgemeier . This book is about two sisters, the older's sister name is Raina and the younger sister's name is Amara. In the beginning Raina was very excited to be an older sister but once Amara was born she started feeling jealous and annoyed. Years past and their parents decided to make a road trip to visit family and in that trip for the whole ride the two girls fought. Amara almost died because of a allergic reaction and in that moment Raina realized how important her sister was to her.

Sofia

4/23/2018 10:16:54 am

Your book sounds really interesting I have a sibling not every sibling get along with each other but we all have our little arguments and we should always love them no matter what

lilliahna

5/30/2018 05:25:14 pm

Your book sounds really interesting I can kind of relate to that in some way. I am an older sister to my brother Grant we don't always get along but I love him and I know he loves me no matter what.

Maya Lewitt

4/19/2018 04:49:39 pm

Unbroken by: Laura Hillenbrand (Finished)

This book is about a WWII veteran named Louie Zamperini. He was an Olympic Runner and pilot in the war. In the book Louie struggles through a plane crash that left him stranded in the ocean for months but stayed strong. In A Raisin in the Sun the family had to stay strong after the drama that went down with them. The loss of money, Ruth’s surprise pregnancy, new house and Walters dreams, it was hard for them to deal with it all. But, they held on because they had faith in the family. Louie stayed strong knowing his family was somewhere waiting for him to come home after years.

Ethan Silveria link

4/20/2018 11:50:34 am

This reminds me of the book called, The Life Of Pi. The book is about a man who's family owned a zoo in India but the family later has to immigrate to America due to financial issues. They have to travel on a Japanese fishing boat but then a storm comes and Pi is the only survivor. He is left on a boat with a tiger, hyena and an orangutan that where shipped on the fishing boat from his zoo. He is then stranded out in the ocean for 60 days but later make it to a beach in south america.

Michelle Resendiz

4/20/2018 04:32:47 pm

Hi Maya,
This relates to one of the characters in the book Backlash. Lara was cyber bullied when her boyfriend said means things to her, which caused her to get a deep depression. She felt isolated from the world and she felt like the world would be better without her. Towards the end of the book her family and friends helped her with her depression. Lara soon realized that family and friends were important to her, and that she can make her life better by being positive instead of negative.

joseph

4/19/2018 06:08:17 pm

I am reading the book called The Beast of Noor I am currently in the middle of the book and so far its been a interesting read and I have enjoyed it a lot, anyways in the book there is a teenager named Miles Ferrell and he is very ambitious and takes risk, like when he snuck into his masters home to read a spell book which was forbidden. He reminds me of Romeo because Romeo took the risk to meet Juliet during the party even though he knew that she was a Capulet and he was a Montague.

Andrew Tran

4/19/2018 09:36:59 pm

Taking risks seems to be a big topic in the class books that we have read.With Fahrenheit 251, Guy Montag took the books knowing the consequences. Raisin in the Sun had Walter Lee invest in a risky deal. Whether it paid off or not adds a lot in a books plot.

Julian Canez

4/19/2018 06:37:38 pm

I am currently reading The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
I am on page 10
The main character,The Illustrated Man is a normal person who ended getting a tattoo or "skin art," as said in the book from an odd woman. I can relate the illustrated man to life itself. For everyone life is constantly changing internally and externally, for the illustrated man it's shown externally in illustrations. Another one of Bradbury's books, Fahrenheit 451 has a main character that goes by the name of Montag and his life completely changes with one interaction with someone. The illustrated man met a woman who did tattoos and that completely changed his life. It shows that one decision can change your life forever.

Carson Cooley

4/19/2018 07:26:24 pm

I am reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and I am on page 260. The main character is Katniss Everdeen and she had to take leadership in her family to survive. She is loyal and compassionate till the end like Juliet in Romeo And Juliet

Teia Ziegelman

4/19/2018 08:11:58 pm

The book I read this semester I didn’t enjoy or understand all that much but I did read a short story by Stephen King I really liked called Survivor Type. In the story the main character, Richard Pine keeps a journal of the crash and his life being stranded with only thousands of pounds of heroin, eventually resulting to self cannibalism. It kinda reminded me of the letters Eurydice's father wrote to her that documented the way things were in the underworld and how he felt. Pine slowly goes insane and you can read it in his entries, from starvation and drug usage his writing changes drastically, like the father's their emotions and hopes were documented for whoever would find it.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (cooper) :D

4/20/2018 08:32:41 pm

As soon as I saw the word cannibalism, for some reason I got reminded of Lord of the Flies, a book I haven't finished, so I don't really know what happens but I'm pretty sure that there's cannibalism in there somewhere.

Kaden Dusharme

4/19/2018 08:40:23 pm

I have finished reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien and am about to start the next book in the series The Two Towers.

On of the main characters in this story is a hobbit named Frodo Baggins. Early on, he is gifted the one ring and wants nothing to do with it. "I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened." After some time he learns the importance of the ring and takes on the burden of getting rid it once and for all. In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag was a firefighter that burned books until he witnessed a lady die for what she believed in. After having his morals questioned he became a reader because he wants to know why someone would die for them. Although this is just one example their are many connections thought these two texts about constant change.

Aulonnie Washington

4/19/2018 09:26:08 pm

I am reading The collected Poems of Langston Hughes, By langston hughes himself. So far I am in the middle of the book. I really like how it talked about his thoughts about love. Whether it had to do with family or in a relationship just like Romeo and Juliet but they more express their thoughts on love. “I love my woman..seductive as a dark eyed...passionate yet cruel,honey-lipped, syphilitic, beautiful soul. Her teeth are as white as the meat of an apple, her lips are like dark rips plums. I love her. Her hair is a midnight mass, a dusky aurora. I love her. And because her skin is the brown of an oak leaf in autumn, but a softer color, I want to kiss her.”

Angela Sanchez

4/23/2018 03:03:49 pm

I would love to read some of them and have some lessons from them. I also talk about love a lot and love his way of describing the lady.

Carolina Cruz

4/30/2018 12:44:31 pm

I would like to read that book after you because of how he described the woman that he would love being with and how he liked to kiss her it gave so much detail.

meca

6/20/2018 09:15:03 am

i like that you are reading a poem book because i want to read one to! i can connect to this because i always make little poems in my head because i like to rhyme. One of the lines I liked that you quoted was dusky aurora because it is something i never thought of.

R. Hopper

4/19/2018 10:07:21 pm

1. I am reading "The Colossus Rises", by Peter Lerangis.
I am just starting this book because I already finished "Miss Peregrine's House For Peculiar Children".

2. One of the main characters in this story so far is Jack, a thirteen year old with a rare genetic trait inherited from the prince of a long-lost civilization. The only way for Jack to avoid death is to go to a mysterious hospital on an island that is invisible to satellite and GPS. In "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo kills Tybalt and is expelled from Verona, even though he didn't want to leave Juliet. Jack's situation is similar because he also has to move to an unfamiliar location, even though he doesn't want to leave his past life.

Daniel Tamayo

4/19/2018 10:38:16 pm

1.I already read the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho not to long ago and I've been on a search for a new book so I've been reading comics for now until I find a good book.
2.One of the main characters from the book is Santiago and he is a Sheppard with a bigger purpose but I can make a connection with him to my teachers and the people that give me advice because he leads his flock to the right place and I feel like you guys are my Santiago and I am the flock of sheep because you guys teach me things and tell me things that will make me a better person later on in life.

Ethan Silveira link

4/20/2018 10:18:23 am

1. Give us the title and author of the book you are reading as well as how far along you are in it (in the middle, towards the end, finishing up).
Death By Black Hole by Neil Degrasse Tyson And I am on pg. 284 (towards the end of the book).

2. In a paragraph, draw a comparison between a theme, a character, an idea, a plot moment, or any other element of literature (writing style, diction, syntax, etc.) between what you are reading and one of the texts that we have read as a class.
I loved reading “Death By Black Hole” as it showed and taught me many interesting concepts, ideas and facts based on science and physics. One concept that interested and kind of frightened me was, that fact that if you are falling into a black hole the tidal forces of gravity from a black hole would,
once past the event horizon and close enough the the black hole’s singularity your molecular bonds for your cells structure would become stretched and (things are about to get gory) the lower part of your body which is closer to the black hole will have more gravitational effects starting from the center of your abdomen would rip apart from your torso pulling and ripping out most of your organs and bone from your mid section including your spine, diaphragm, intestines and liver etc.

Ian Rutger Will

4/20/2018 01:14:54 pm

Storm of Steel
Ernst Juenger
Complete

In Storm of Steel by Ernst Juenger, Ernst Juenger documents his experiences as a soldier in France during WWI. In the book, he was injured 14 times and he was awarded the Pour Le Merite, Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class, and the badge of The Order of Hohenzollern. He describes the war in immense detail, to a point which makes you feel like you are actually there. His resilience in the book is very similar to Romeo’s persistence for Juliet in the book, since he overcomes his struggles even though it leads to his death.

Tony

4/20/2018 02:11:58 pm

1. Give us the title and author of the book you are reading as well as how far along you are in it (in the middle, towards the end, finishing up).
The boy with stripped pajamas.
Page 101( Finishing Up)

2. In a paragraph, draw a comparison between a theme, a character, an idea, a plot moment, or any other element of literature (writing style, diction, syntax, etc.) between what you are reading and one of the texts that we have read as a class.
A plot moment that happened was when Bruno started to interact with the boy with stripped pajamas after he didnt like him because of the way he looked. Like with Fahrenheit 451 when guy montag and Clarisse interacted but guy montag wasent too fond of her because of her bright/weird personality.

Mafer Guerrero Garcia

4/20/2018 04:51:22 pm

I watch the movie before but never read the book, I like this story because it’s a great example of how we shouldn’t Judge others by the way they look because never know their situation or what are their personality.

Michelle Resendiz

4/20/2018 04:25:19 pm

1. The book I am reading is Backlash. The author is Sarah Darer Littman. I'm just finishing up the book.
2. The main character Lara is really outgoing. In the beginning of high school, she started to get popular and she even got in the cheerleading team. That helped her gain her confidence since she had depression when she was younger. She is part of a political family so that means for her that means that she is pressured to be perfect. But for her she believes that making the cheerleading team will make her better than her ex best friend Bree.

Grace

4/20/2018 08:02:27 pm

I’m reading If You’re Reading This by Trent Reedy. I just started it but I’m fully confident I can finish it by next week. In my book, Mike and his family, don’t have a lot of money. His mom works two jobs, Mike is always working when he’s not at school and his dad is no longer alive to contribute to the income. Mike’s dad died in Afghanistan while at war. But during war, he would write notes every night to Mike and gave them to a friend who would send them to Mike after his father died. This reminds me of A Raisin In The Sun because the grandpa left a legacy behind and so did Mike’s father.

Sami Cormack

4/20/2018 10:31:44 pm

The part about how the friend sent Mike letters after his father died reminds me a lot of the show "The End of the F******* World" on Netflix. In the show we find out that Alyssa, one of the main characters, idolizes her father (who was divorced) because he has sent her a card every year without fail and wrote amazing things, though she has never met him. But, she finds out later that her mom has been writing the cards, not her father. Her father is actually a very selfish person, someone who Alyssa does not idolize.

cooper (kewbow)

4/20/2018 08:27:09 pm

1. I'm reading History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera and
I finished this book and only cried about 20 times.

2. This book is very emotionally heavy, so you could relate it to Romeo and Juliet because it is a sort of tragedy, but it has a happy end. One of the characters, Theo, is dead, so I guess you could relate him to Romeo but only in that aspect. I suppose you could also draw a comparison of Theo's love for two different people, like Romeo's love for Rosaline and then Juliet.

Cole Leahy

4/20/2018 08:31:43 pm

I’m currently reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I’m half way through it right now
Harry Potter, is a slightly popular person at Hogwarts. His intelligence is above average and many people from other houses love him. There are of course people who don’t like him, they appear to have little to no reason to besides the fact that Harry is not like them. He reminds of Romeo from Romeo and Juliet. A charming male who is respected by both sides. They find no reason to be rude to him as he only shows kindness to both houses, even though his house hates the other house. However, Tybalt has a hatred towards him and there was never a clear answer on whether or not Tybalt had a reason to hating him. He never did harm to Tybalt or his family and he never planned on doing so. It appears from the context that Tybalt doesn’t like him just because Romeo is not like him. Malfoy, Harry’s nemesis, doesn’t stray far off from that type of hatred. Only hating Harry for not being like himself.

Natalya

4/23/2018 09:37:53 am

I would say that Harry Potter would be better as Mercutio than Romeo. This is because he is just really nice but the is lets of a rule breaker.

Sami Cormack

4/20/2018 10:13:38 pm

1. I just recently finished the book Scott Pilgrim vs.The Universe (Volume 5) by Bryan Lee O’Malley.

2. Scott Pilgrim met Ramona Flowers, who is his current girlfriend, through his dreams. He always had dreams about this girl who he had never met. However, one day, he was in the library with the girl he was with at the time, Knives Chau, when he saw her. He saw the girl who was in his dreams all along, she was real, and he knew instantly he was in love with her, even though he was with his girlfriend. This scenario reminds me a lot of the whole “love at first sight” aspect of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo saw Juliet for the first time, he instantly knew he was in love, even though he was supposed to love Rosaline. Just like when Scott saw Ramona for the first time and he instantly fell in love, even though he was with his girlfriend.

Kaleah Salustiano

4/21/2018 12:17:59 pm

I like how you talk about a boy in his dream and has a darkness of love and hope in a girl he sees. Relating it to Romeo and Juliet is a nice aspect and it gives both of the books an interesting vibe.

Kaleah Salustiano

4/21/2018 12:13:56 pm

Book Tittle: The Circuit Stories From The Life of a Migrant of a Child by Francisco Jimenez. I just finished book and just started reading this book.

In this book it talks about a little boy trying to go over the fence with his family and to get to California to have a better life. Francis went over the 'La Fenceta" when he was younger. This boy is from Tlaquepaque, Mexico and earned his Phd with learning Language arts. The Jimenez family went to the fence shortly after WW2 and get a better job and school at California. Once getting at California his dad got a job of picking strawberries and harvesting other plants. This relates to Romeo and Juliet because when Romeo went over the stone wall to see the beauty of a girl he first saw, he wanted love from her. These two books are so similar that they get over a wall or fence to get something they want or have a better life.

I can connect this book into my life because recently on the news many illegal immigrants from Mexico are getting deported. This is sad seeing family members getting deported and trying mohave their kids have a better life, but it hurts them because the kids get hurt when their family is getting separated. The book is from 1943 and how Francisco Jimenez got emigrated to America, but many people are getting deported from our law and for many decades. I relate to Francisco working hard and loving to his family. He wants to get a better life and help him his family grow.

Giovanna Hamed

4/21/2018 02:32:17 pm

I am reading "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. I am in the beginning, page 35.

There is a competition in the Oasis. Whoever cracks all the clues and finds all 3 keys will own the Oasis and earn over two billion dollars. Wade and all the other players have been searching for this and haven't found anything. The Oasis was Wade's escape from the harsh world. Wade's dream is to find the egg. I thought that he connects with Walter from "A Raisin in the Sun". They are both so passionate to get to their goals. Walter wants to open up a liquor shop and Wade wants to find the easter egg. Money is involved in both of those too, but in a slightly different way. Walter needs money to do his dream and Wade will get money if he finds the egg.

Jack Chambers

6/5/2018 04:08:56 pm

i have read ready player one and it reminds me of another book i read called the eye of minds. ready player one reminds me of that book because it was about a kid who gets away from the world by going into a video game

Liam Travassos

4/21/2018 08:47:50 pm

1. I am reading ready player 1 by Ernest Cline and i have just started it

2. I can draw a connection between our main character Wade Watts and our juror number 8 from 12 angry men in that they are both persistant and and very smart but not very popular with their opinions

Natalya Metzger-Key

4/23/2018 09:14:31 am

Just finished reading Order of the Phoenix. By J.K Rowling.

For this book I am going to say that I feel like Tybalt is very much like Bellatrix or Malfoy. This is because they both want to kill people but they also are loved by there family’s and Malloy is a kid like Tybalt. The one main difference is that Tybalt dies and Malfoy does not die. The reason why Bellatrix works is because she does die and she is a very evil character.

Daniel C

4/23/2018 09:26:15 am

The book that I was reading is The house of the scorpion,and the main character, Matt, is a clone of El patron. After him finding out he met three other kids and fell in love with one of them. (maria) He sneaks out trying to be with her. Matt reminds me of romeo because they both would do anything to see their loves and they cant be away from them for long without feeling sad.

Sofia

4/23/2018 10:12:55 am

The book I'm reading is Annie's baby the author is Beatrice Sparks.
so far I like the book I finished it.

Its about a girl named Annie who fell in love with a boy in her school that treats her really bad he rapes her and she ends up forgiving him he hits her and forces her to do things she doesn't want to and always blames herself for the problems between them she does get pregnant and gives the baby away.
I don't think this book relates to any of the book we've read but i really enjoyed the book

Angela Sanchez

4/23/2018 02:56:52 pm

I got to read Wonder were Auggie is one of the most inspirational characters in this novel. He is a kid that has had twenty-seven surgeries and he has some medical mysteries that doctors still haven’t figured out. He is simpatic and funny but gets bullied in school.

Sienna Dudas

4/23/2018 06:42:26 pm

I just finished my book called The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison. I think that the conflict is similar in this book and Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet there is a conflict of Capulet vs. Montague, and in The Butterfly Garden there is the conflict of The Gardener vs. Maya. In both books, the two sides have some sort of connection within the conflict, such as how Romeo and Juliet love eachother even though they are on opposite sides of the conflic's sidest. In The Butterfly Garden, The Gardener is friendly to Maya and the girls, but has a dark side that only comes out occasionally.

Kelly

4/23/2018 09:38:24 pm

Prodigy by Marie Lu, this book was so awesome to read I have already finished it.

Prodigy has some similarities with the book 12 Angry Men. In both stories, there is the main protagonist that is trying to defend someone but is unsure if they are making the right choice. Like in Prodigy, Day betrayed the Patriots Rebels who promised him that if he helped them infiltrate the republic and assassinate the Primo elector that they would help him find his younger brother which the las Elector send in to kill his family and kidnapped his younger brother. He betrayed his allies for the ray of hope he had in the new elector wondering if he had made the right choice. A similar thing happened within the book of 12 Angry Men when the one man stood up for the kid saying he was innocent. Proving his point several times, But still in the end even though he won over all of the juries he still had a doubt in himself and the boy and wondered if the boy had actually murdered his own father and if he had made the right choice of proving the kid innocent.

Brenden Phipps link

4/24/2018 09:16:03 am

BY NEXT WEEK, YOU MUST HAVE ONE OF YOUR BOOKS FOR THIS SEMESTER COMPLETELY READ!
1. Give us the title and author of the book you are reading as well as how far along you are in it (in the middle, towards the end, finishing up).Dragon By Clive Cussler I am finishing it up the story is at the end of the climax at this point.

2. In a paragraph, draw a comparison between a theme, a character, an idea, a plot moment, or any other element of literature (writing style, diction, syntax, etc.) between what you are reading and one of the texts that we have read as a class.
There is a common Idea amongst books and that is that you never kill the main character which is also common in my book because the author has almost killed the main character many times like he was about to get cut in half by a katakana but his friend hit the other guy with the katakana in the head saving his best friend. In shakes pier there is one main character and a couple of side main characters which one of them is mercutio which he kills of so shakes pier breaks the rules.

Isaac Ellis

4/24/2018 02:21:54 pm

My Book is called the Alchemist i am in the middle of it. One Character thats in it is the sheaperd. He is a sheaperd boy who loves to travel and is very optimistic and looks at the good things at things which i can connect to because i love to travel and seeing new places and i like to look at the good side of things. I just overall connect to him because he just has a positive attitude and just tries his hardest to find the light in a dark place thinking good and having a good attitude.

Yamileth Flores

4/24/2018 04:00:15 pm

Title: The Bean Trees
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
I am in the middle section of my book.

I am reading the book The Bean Trees and the main character is named Taylor Greer. She is a woman who is traveling away from home and is exploring different places.During her journey she brings along with her an old car.She stops at a diner to eat once she goes inside she spots a round mysterious woman with a blanket over her face and body. Once Taylor has finished with her food she leaves the diner and she goes and sits in the driver seat of her car that has no windows. She notices the mysterious woman approach her. The lady speaks to Taylor asking if she can take care of the child. Taylor was confused until the lady shows her the child she is carrying under the blanket. She sets the child on the passengers seat of Taylor's car. Taylor is now left with a big responsibility and not knowing much of the child next to her. This part of the story connect to Rome and Juliet when Friar Lawrence married both lovers knowing his full actions. Just like the mysterious woman who knew what she was doing when she left Taylor with a child.

Josh Baker

5/2/2018 09:09:21 am

The title of the book is the art of war by sun tzu and I'm towards the end of the book

The book is about war so a book we have read in class that shares a somewhat common theme would be romeo and juliet because the capulets and the montagues have been at war with each other for a very long time. This is about the closes comparison I could draw between the art of war and any other dook we have read in class as far as I could remember.

Daniel C

5/14/2018 07:56:54 pm

The title of this book sounds interesting and it would be cool to hear more about it. It would also make the connection to Romeo and Juliet easier to understand.

Meca

6/5/2018 03:10:50 pm

I am reading the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, and the main character is August. He is super shy, insecure about what he looks like, and sensitive. August has a disability, mandibulofacial dysostosis. An inherited condition in which some bones and tissues in the face aren't developed. August is very different from the character Romeo from Romeo and Juliet. August is very small and weak, Romeo is a tall handsome teenager.

Jack Chambers

6/5/2018 03:55:46 pm

I am reading Target: America Hitler's plan to attack the united states by James P. Duffy and i'm done with the book.

My book is about world war two which was a huge war and that connects to romeo and juliet. In romeo and juliet the montagues and capulets are in a war like world war two. My book also connects to the effect of gamma rays on man in the moon marigolds because the setting of gamma rays is in 1935-1940 and world war two started in 1939 and ended in 1945 so around the same time period.

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