Firelight: Sophie Jordan
By: Caysi Simpson
The book I chose to read for my choice book report was the book Firelight, by Sophie Jordan. First of all, before I begin, I just want to say that this book was AMAZING!! All fingers up!! Anyways, the main character’s name is Jacinda. On the outside she normally looks like a regular teenage girl, but she holds a dark secret. Jacinda is normal height with fiery red hair, the kind a lot of people dye to get. The first personality I would describe for Jacinda is that she is very passionate. She is passionate for a couple of things. One thing Jacinda is passionate about is her secret. Jacinda is a draki, a type of dragon. And after her surroundings change, Jacinda will do anything to keep her draki alive within her. She is passionate about the powers it gives her, and most of all the freedom. Not only that, but she has to keep it a secret, so she is passionate about keeping her lips sealed; otherwise her draki (and possibly her) will be killed. Secondly, she is passionate about a boy named Will. She thinks about him constantly, and will put herself in danger to be with him. For example, her mother ORDERED her, with no hesitation, to stay home and not go on her date with Will. But Jacinda just snuck out the window, even though she knew there would be consequences later. The second characteristic of her is that she is daring/reckless, which isn’t the best thing. An example is in the beginning of the book, she risked transforming into a draki in daylight even though she knew that the hunters would be looking to kill her. She risked her life for a little moment of happiness. Lastly, she is ignorant. Not only of herself, but of the ones she cares about. There were instances in the book when I would be upset with her because it seemed like she didn’t care if everyone around her was miserable, just as long as she was happy. When she went into hiding with her mortal human mother and sister, they were happy. They were finally getting the normal life they’d always dreamed about. But Jacinda was miserable, she couldn’t transform into a draki, and she felt trapped. She kept risking voyages so she could transform, which put her mother and sister in danger. It made her happy, and she didn’t seem to care about anything but that.
I think that the author chose to put it in Jacinda’s point of view not only because the book is about her, but because I don’t think you would fully understand the plot of the book if it weren’t in Jacinda’s point of view. You wouldn’t feel the emotions that were intended. It was important to have the story be from her point of view because you need to know the situation she was living in. You needed to understand how trapped she felt, how going into hiding took every strength in her body, how if she took one wrong step, her life would be in jeopardy. If it were from anyone else’s point of view, the book wouldn’t be the same. First of all, because whenever something dangerous was happening to Jacinda, the author explained in detail how her heart would pound, how her breathing would halt, and how her thoughts would race. I think the author put it in Jacinda’s point of view because if it weren’t in Jacinda’s point of view, then you wouldn’t really get to KNOW her. You wouldn’t know the thoughts that echoed through her mind. In my opinion, if you don’t know Jacinda, then you won’t fully get the book plot. At the very beginning of the book, when Jacinda is going against rules to be a draki in daylight, it is extremely important to have the book be from her point of view. When she turns draki, the hunters see and start to chase her. It explains in Jacinda’s words and thoughts how she must use her instincts, strength, and control to escape alive. If it were written in the hunters’ point of view, then all you’d get out of it is that it’s a wild chase for a so called “mythical” creature that’s skin would look great on your furniture. If it were written in the hunters’ point of view you wouldn’t know that drakis are harmless creatures just longing for freedom. And if it were just the authors point of view and no characters’, then you wouldn’t understand the emotions of ANY character, which I think would make the book way more boring because you wouldn’t be able to fully visualize what’s happening, or feel what the character was feeling. Sophie Jordan did an amazing job in writing this book, but sadly I have to wait till September 2011 for the sequel to come out.
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Book Report #3
BOOK REPORT #3: Caysi Simpson
I read Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George. This book is told from the view of two different people, so there are two main characters I can talk about. The first character is a 19 year old girl named Rose. She is a princess of the village Bruch, eldest of her eleven younger sisters. Rose has dirty blonde hair, and to most she looks much older than she actually is. One way I would described Rose is responsible. She is responsible because for one she is the eldest and therefore has the most responsibilities as a princess. Also, since her mother passed on she has to fill in with her Father, King Gregor. The biggest reason is because every 3 nights, she and her eleven sisters have to go down a magical staircase to the land of King Under Stone. This is the place where they must dance from midnight till dawn for this evil King. This shows Rose is responsible because it is she who gives her sisters the strength to go this underground world. It is Rose who makes sure they return back home to the real world safely each night. Another word to describe Rose is brave. Being the eldest of twelve Rose has to stay brave and strong through all their duties as a princess. And it is Rose who, in the end, uses bravery to break the spell of their curse with King Under Stone. She risks her life to save her sisters, so that they no longer have to live their cursed life. Plus, in my opinion it takes bravery to even step INTO the underworld. One goal of Rose’s is obviously to free her and sisters from the curse. They can’t tell anyone of this curse, and get little sleep because of it. With bravery, responsibility, love, and determination, in the end they are freed from their curse.
The second main character was a 19 year old boy named Galen. Now, OBVIOUSLY 19 year old Rose plus 19 year old Galen HAS to equal something, but you’d have to read the book to find out! Anyways, Galen has short, brown hair, and is extremely tan (because he WAS a soldier who fought in the army, so he was outside a lot). One characteristic of Galen is that he is sweet. I think he is sweet because when he got a job as one of the King’s gardeners and met Rose, he sent her a shawl and flowers to show Rose that he cared about her and thought about her. Also, towards the end of the book he risked his life to save her and her sisters from their curse (which he found out about). He didn’t care if he died, just as long as the princesses survived. Another characteristic of Galen is that he is brave, like Rose. A reason is because he was in the army, and when you are in the army it takes heart and bravery to survive and fulfill your duty. And at only 19, I think that is a big commitment for Galen, but he did his duty without complaint and remained strong through it all. Also, Galen followed the princesses down to the underworld and risked his life to save them. The main goal of Galen was to first find out the secret of the princesses and then to save them from it. He fulfilled his duty in the end, and was rewarded greatly.
There were MANY conflicts in the book. One external conflict was that Rose and her eleven sisters were under a curse, and couldn’t tell anyone about it, and had no way out of the curse either (except of course to commit suicide). Every 3rd night they had to go down to the world of a cold hearted, not-even-a-human King, and dance for him. Not only did they have to dance for him, they had to dance with his twelve sons! After years of dancing for him, on top of it all they find out they have to marry the sons! They hoped desperately for a way out, but telling anyone will only harm those people. They searched for years of a way out, but could never find one. When Galen came along, they finally had hope. This is not only an obstacle for all the princesses, but for all the people trying to find out WHAT it is they are hiding as well.
An internal conflict of the character Rose is that she has to take care of all her sisters. I think Rose felt a little guilty, because she couldn’t find a way to free her and her sisters, and being the oldest her sisters looked to her for hope and answers. Rose has to deal with the stress of taking care of her sisters, the duty of being a princess, and the fear of returning to the underworld where there’s almost NO happiness. Rose tries to save them, but she can’t find one. She searches through her mother’s and King Under Stone’s diaries, but the pages with the answers to solve their problems were missing. If I were in Rose’s situation, I would probably do the same thing. I mean, I wish I could say I would do more and free me and my sisters right away, but I got from the book that it wasn’t that simple, and trying to get free meant risking the lives of the ones that I love. I would have searched everywhere; I would have searched for every clue as to what would free me and my sisters. I would also tell my sisters that everything would be alright and that sunshine eventually comes out after a long storm. I would be the best sister and princess I could be. I think the way Rose handled the conflict is exactly how I would have, and it fits the type of person she is. With a little help from Galen, Rose protected her sisters and beat the curse. All it took was a little help from someone with the ability TO help. Rose took hold of things responsibly and using bravery, defeated King Under Stone and saved her and her sisters. This book was extremely good, and it touched my heart.
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THE END.
I read Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George. This book is told from the view of two different people, so there are two main characters I can talk about. The first character is a 19 year old girl named Rose. She is a princess of the village Bruch, eldest of her eleven younger sisters. Rose has dirty blonde hair, and to most she looks much older than she actually is. One way I would described Rose is responsible. She is responsible because for one she is the eldest and therefore has the most responsibilities as a princess. Also, since her mother passed on she has to fill in with her Father, King Gregor. The biggest reason is because every 3 nights, she and her eleven sisters have to go down a magical staircase to the land of King Under Stone. This is the place where they must dance from midnight till dawn for this evil King. This shows Rose is responsible because it is she who gives her sisters the strength to go this underground world. It is Rose who makes sure they return back home to the real world safely each night. Another word to describe Rose is brave. Being the eldest of twelve Rose has to stay brave and strong through all their duties as a princess. And it is Rose who, in the end, uses bravery to break the spell of their curse with King Under Stone. She risks her life to save her sisters, so that they no longer have to live their cursed life. Plus, in my opinion it takes bravery to even step INTO the underworld. One goal of Rose’s is obviously to free her and sisters from the curse. They can’t tell anyone of this curse, and get little sleep because of it. With bravery, responsibility, love, and determination, in the end they are freed from their curse.
The second main character was a 19 year old boy named Galen. Now, OBVIOUSLY 19 year old Rose plus 19 year old Galen HAS to equal something, but you’d have to read the book to find out! Anyways, Galen has short, brown hair, and is extremely tan (because he WAS a soldier who fought in the army, so he was outside a lot). One characteristic of Galen is that he is sweet. I think he is sweet because when he got a job as one of the King’s gardeners and met Rose, he sent her a shawl and flowers to show Rose that he cared about her and thought about her. Also, towards the end of the book he risked his life to save her and her sisters from their curse (which he found out about). He didn’t care if he died, just as long as the princesses survived. Another characteristic of Galen is that he is brave, like Rose. A reason is because he was in the army, and when you are in the army it takes heart and bravery to survive and fulfill your duty. And at only 19, I think that is a big commitment for Galen, but he did his duty without complaint and remained strong through it all. Also, Galen followed the princesses down to the underworld and risked his life to save them. The main goal of Galen was to first find out the secret of the princesses and then to save them from it. He fulfilled his duty in the end, and was rewarded greatly.
There were MANY conflicts in the book. One external conflict was that Rose and her eleven sisters were under a curse, and couldn’t tell anyone about it, and had no way out of the curse either (except of course to commit suicide). Every 3rd night they had to go down to the world of a cold hearted, not-even-a-human King, and dance for him. Not only did they have to dance for him, they had to dance with his twelve sons! After years of dancing for him, on top of it all they find out they have to marry the sons! They hoped desperately for a way out, but telling anyone will only harm those people. They searched for years of a way out, but could never find one. When Galen came along, they finally had hope. This is not only an obstacle for all the princesses, but for all the people trying to find out WHAT it is they are hiding as well.
An internal conflict of the character Rose is that she has to take care of all her sisters. I think Rose felt a little guilty, because she couldn’t find a way to free her and her sisters, and being the oldest her sisters looked to her for hope and answers. Rose has to deal with the stress of taking care of her sisters, the duty of being a princess, and the fear of returning to the underworld where there’s almost NO happiness. Rose tries to save them, but she can’t find one. She searches through her mother’s and King Under Stone’s diaries, but the pages with the answers to solve their problems were missing. If I were in Rose’s situation, I would probably do the same thing. I mean, I wish I could say I would do more and free me and my sisters right away, but I got from the book that it wasn’t that simple, and trying to get free meant risking the lives of the ones that I love. I would have searched everywhere; I would have searched for every clue as to what would free me and my sisters. I would also tell my sisters that everything would be alright and that sunshine eventually comes out after a long storm. I would be the best sister and princess I could be. I think the way Rose handled the conflict is exactly how I would have, and it fits the type of person she is. With a little help from Galen, Rose protected her sisters and beat the curse. All it took was a little help from someone with the ability TO help. Rose took hold of things responsibly and using bravery, defeated King Under Stone and saved her and her sisters. This book was extremely good, and it touched my heart.
THIS WAS 1,053 WORDS!!!!*****
THE END.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
2nd Choice Book Report!!!
Choice Book Report #2
By: Caysi Simpson
I read the book Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. The main character of this book (the first of 3 others) is Percy Jackson. He is a twelve year old boy with dyslexia and ADHD. He’s been to so many schools in his lifetime, and he’s not entirely sure why. That’s when he’s finds out he’s a half god, and the son of Poseidon. So danger sort of just comes to him. In the beginning of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s just a misunderstood person. No one helped him through his schooling, which is why he got such bad grades like D’s and F’s. Plus, Percy is a half god, so not many people understood why he could do such weird actions, and therefore they kept away from him. I also think that Percy was obedient in the beginning of the book. His mom kept sending him to different boarding schools, telling him it was because of his grades (when really it was because monsters had caught his demigod scent and were going to come after him). And he would follow his mom’s orders and be sent of to another school where he would be ignored and embarrassed by the teachers. In his last school that he went to there was one teacher (who ended up being magical himself) who really pushed Percy and told him that he was expected to do very well in that class. Percy didn’t want to let his teacher down and was even kind of afraid to, so he would study his best and work as hard as he could to make that teacher proud. Overall my impression of Percy was pretty good, I didn’t hate him, but I didn’t quite love him.
By the end of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s brave. An example is that he accepts this quest, even though it means going into the underworld and possibly never coming out. Percy battles monsters, Gods, and demons and still manages to make it out alive. I found that pretty impressive. Another is that Percy stood up and completely back talked to the God of War, Ares. And of all the Gods, Ares is not one you would want to talk back to. So I think that makes Percy pretty brave, and maybe a little stubborn for trying to beat the God of War in an argument. Also he never left behind his friends and saved them when they were in danger. Another characteristic of Percy Jackson is that he is a loving person. His mom is a very strong woman who protected Percy his whole life. Percy loves her with all his heart and stands up for her when his stepdad Gabe is being a complete jerk to her. Part of the reason Percy went into the Underworld was to save his mother (because he found out that she wasn’t quite dead yet, her body was alive but frozen into a gold statue). The last characteristic I found of Percy is that he is smart. In the beginning of the book I didn’t think a kid with dyslexia and ADHD could be very smart. But by the end of the book I realized that there are different kinds of smart. Percy may not have been very smart in school, but when it came to survival and battling, Percy was a natural with quick reflexes. Percy is especially skilled in water, since his dad is Poseidon; Percy has a special power with water. In the end my overall impression of Percy is that he is a brave fighter and a loyal friend.
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a mixture of action, comedy, and love. I liked how this book made me jump up and down in excitement when I thought that Percy and his friends weren’t going to make it out alive. I laughed at the sarcasm the author Rick Riordan put in even at the most intense of parts. And I smiled at the parts where Percy wouldn’t leave his friends no matter what. And the part where he walking talking about how much he looked up to his mother and how much she meant to him. This book was full of all of that. I recommend this to anyone who liked to action and sarcastic comedy books. Also if there is someone interested in Greek mythology, this book is full of information about the Greek Gods and the world they live in. It got me very interested in Greek Gods, so I want to find other books about Greek Gods so that I can learn more. This book was good enough that I plan on reading the next three books in the series. I recommend this to a wide variety of people, mostly teens my age. Unless you don’t like fantasy, action, or comedy I would definitely read, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief.
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By: Caysi Simpson
I read the book Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan. The main character of this book (the first of 3 others) is Percy Jackson. He is a twelve year old boy with dyslexia and ADHD. He’s been to so many schools in his lifetime, and he’s not entirely sure why. That’s when he’s finds out he’s a half god, and the son of Poseidon. So danger sort of just comes to him. In the beginning of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s just a misunderstood person. No one helped him through his schooling, which is why he got such bad grades like D’s and F’s. Plus, Percy is a half god, so not many people understood why he could do such weird actions, and therefore they kept away from him. I also think that Percy was obedient in the beginning of the book. His mom kept sending him to different boarding schools, telling him it was because of his grades (when really it was because monsters had caught his demigod scent and were going to come after him). And he would follow his mom’s orders and be sent of to another school where he would be ignored and embarrassed by the teachers. In his last school that he went to there was one teacher (who ended up being magical himself) who really pushed Percy and told him that he was expected to do very well in that class. Percy didn’t want to let his teacher down and was even kind of afraid to, so he would study his best and work as hard as he could to make that teacher proud. Overall my impression of Percy was pretty good, I didn’t hate him, but I didn’t quite love him.
By the end of this book my impression of Percy is that he’s brave. An example is that he accepts this quest, even though it means going into the underworld and possibly never coming out. Percy battles monsters, Gods, and demons and still manages to make it out alive. I found that pretty impressive. Another is that Percy stood up and completely back talked to the God of War, Ares. And of all the Gods, Ares is not one you would want to talk back to. So I think that makes Percy pretty brave, and maybe a little stubborn for trying to beat the God of War in an argument. Also he never left behind his friends and saved them when they were in danger. Another characteristic of Percy Jackson is that he is a loving person. His mom is a very strong woman who protected Percy his whole life. Percy loves her with all his heart and stands up for her when his stepdad Gabe is being a complete jerk to her. Part of the reason Percy went into the Underworld was to save his mother (because he found out that she wasn’t quite dead yet, her body was alive but frozen into a gold statue). The last characteristic I found of Percy is that he is smart. In the beginning of the book I didn’t think a kid with dyslexia and ADHD could be very smart. But by the end of the book I realized that there are different kinds of smart. Percy may not have been very smart in school, but when it came to survival and battling, Percy was a natural with quick reflexes. Percy is especially skilled in water, since his dad is Poseidon; Percy has a special power with water. In the end my overall impression of Percy is that he is a brave fighter and a loyal friend.
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a mixture of action, comedy, and love. I liked how this book made me jump up and down in excitement when I thought that Percy and his friends weren’t going to make it out alive. I laughed at the sarcasm the author Rick Riordan put in even at the most intense of parts. And I smiled at the parts where Percy wouldn’t leave his friends no matter what. And the part where he walking talking about how much he looked up to his mother and how much she meant to him. This book was full of all of that. I recommend this to anyone who liked to action and sarcastic comedy books. Also if there is someone interested in Greek mythology, this book is full of information about the Greek Gods and the world they live in. It got me very interested in Greek Gods, so I want to find other books about Greek Gods so that I can learn more. This book was good enough that I plan on reading the next three books in the series. I recommend this to a wide variety of people, mostly teens my age. Unless you don’t like fantasy, action, or comedy I would definitely read, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Choice book report #1
Choice Book Report: By: Caysi Simpson
For my choice book report I read the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. In this book the main character is a teenage girl named Ruby. Ruby is a fair skinned girl with fiery red hair. In the beginning of the story, Ruby’s personality is somewhat independent because she had to fend on her own most of her life and learned that she can’t depend on anyone, they’ll leave you, treat you like dirt, or not notice all the things you do for them. She pushes herself away from others, afraid that if she gets too close to anyone, they’ll leave her. So she keeps herself at a distance from everyone, staying in her own little bubble of comfort. Ruby’s drunk, irresponsible mom suddenly disappears and Ruby is sent to live with her older sister (whom left her). When Ruby lives with Cora and gets this new life her personality changes. At her sister Cora’s, she lives in a nice house and is sent to a nice school, something completely new to Ruby. With this new life comes a new personality for Ruby. She makes different friends, and lets go of her old ones. She opens up in ways she never did before. She finds acceptance in others, and also finds acceptance in herself as well.
I would say at the beginning Ruby is self-dependent. An example is when Ruby is first brought into her sister’s home, whom she hadn’t seen in years, she tries to run away because she isn’t used to being loved and watched after. What makes Ruby from others was that when she changed, she accepted that and TRIED to keep her new and better life.
By the end of the book Ruby transformed into a new person, because when she got this new life she got new friends. One important friend is a guy names Nate. Nate has some issues at home with his father, and when Ruby finds this out she tries to help Nate. This is very different from the Ruby at the beginning of the book, because the old Ruby only took care of herself and didn’t care about much else. Another way Ruby changes is that when she moves in with her sister, they start taking care of her, and since she’s always been used to taking care of herself she’s not used to it. Ruby is used to doing her own dishes, making her own money, cooking her own food, because there was no one there except her drunken mom to help her out. Until her mom disappears too. But she finds out that letting others help you out in life isn’t such a bad thing after all.
I chose to do the theme(s) of the book because there are a lot and I felt the author really reached out to her readers when she wrote it. One theme from this book was family. Throughout the book Ruby is trying to figure out what family means to her. Is family her mom, who left her and never showed she cared? Or is it this new life she’s given with her sister and her sister’s husband? In the end, the theme of the book was that family is the people in your life that never leave. It doesn’t have to be by blood. Family is the friends and loved ones who stick with you through all the bad times and are always there for support. Family is family. They are the people you want with you till the end. They are the people that hold a piece of you in there heart. I think this is a big theme that Ruby learned at the end of the book, and I think Sarah Dessen wanted all her readers to understand this. I can connect to this theme because I know that EVEN THOUGH me and my family argue and disagree and “joke around”, we will always be there for each other, and that goes for all my friends too.
There was also another theme in the book that really spoke to me. In the book Ruby has a necklace with a key around it; the key belongs to her past house, and her past life. The key to me represents a ton of different things. 1) The key can represent a door in your past that you locked shut and erased. 2) The key can represent the future, and the many doors/choices that you can choose to open for yourself. 3) The key can represent the key to happiness and that you have to open your door (life) and let others into it. The key can mean all those things, which gives the reader something to think about. It can mean ALL those options too.
Those are the themes to the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. THANKS FOR READING!
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For my choice book report I read the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. In this book the main character is a teenage girl named Ruby. Ruby is a fair skinned girl with fiery red hair. In the beginning of the story, Ruby’s personality is somewhat independent because she had to fend on her own most of her life and learned that she can’t depend on anyone, they’ll leave you, treat you like dirt, or not notice all the things you do for them. She pushes herself away from others, afraid that if she gets too close to anyone, they’ll leave her. So she keeps herself at a distance from everyone, staying in her own little bubble of comfort. Ruby’s drunk, irresponsible mom suddenly disappears and Ruby is sent to live with her older sister (whom left her). When Ruby lives with Cora and gets this new life her personality changes. At her sister Cora’s, she lives in a nice house and is sent to a nice school, something completely new to Ruby. With this new life comes a new personality for Ruby. She makes different friends, and lets go of her old ones. She opens up in ways she never did before. She finds acceptance in others, and also finds acceptance in herself as well.
I would say at the beginning Ruby is self-dependent. An example is when Ruby is first brought into her sister’s home, whom she hadn’t seen in years, she tries to run away because she isn’t used to being loved and watched after. What makes Ruby from others was that when she changed, she accepted that and TRIED to keep her new and better life.
By the end of the book Ruby transformed into a new person, because when she got this new life she got new friends. One important friend is a guy names Nate. Nate has some issues at home with his father, and when Ruby finds this out she tries to help Nate. This is very different from the Ruby at the beginning of the book, because the old Ruby only took care of herself and didn’t care about much else. Another way Ruby changes is that when she moves in with her sister, they start taking care of her, and since she’s always been used to taking care of herself she’s not used to it. Ruby is used to doing her own dishes, making her own money, cooking her own food, because there was no one there except her drunken mom to help her out. Until her mom disappears too. But she finds out that letting others help you out in life isn’t such a bad thing after all.
I chose to do the theme(s) of the book because there are a lot and I felt the author really reached out to her readers when she wrote it. One theme from this book was family. Throughout the book Ruby is trying to figure out what family means to her. Is family her mom, who left her and never showed she cared? Or is it this new life she’s given with her sister and her sister’s husband? In the end, the theme of the book was that family is the people in your life that never leave. It doesn’t have to be by blood. Family is the friends and loved ones who stick with you through all the bad times and are always there for support. Family is family. They are the people you want with you till the end. They are the people that hold a piece of you in there heart. I think this is a big theme that Ruby learned at the end of the book, and I think Sarah Dessen wanted all her readers to understand this. I can connect to this theme because I know that EVEN THOUGH me and my family argue and disagree and “joke around”, we will always be there for each other, and that goes for all my friends too.
There was also another theme in the book that really spoke to me. In the book Ruby has a necklace with a key around it; the key belongs to her past house, and her past life. The key to me represents a ton of different things. 1) The key can represent a door in your past that you locked shut and erased. 2) The key can represent the future, and the many doors/choices that you can choose to open for yourself. 3) The key can represent the key to happiness and that you have to open your door (life) and let others into it. The key can mean all those things, which gives the reader something to think about. It can mean ALL those options too.
Those are the themes to the book, Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen. THANKS FOR READING!
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
New York Memoir!
New York Memoir: By: Caysi Simpson
The bustling streets, the car horns honking, calls of “TAXI!” echoed out of different people’s mouths. I gawked at New York City in daze. I suddenly felt smaller than I usually did.
I hightailed forward to catch up with my mom, afraid to lose her and the rest of my family on the crowded sidewalks of New York City. There were so many neon signs flashing OPEN, so many stores and restaurants, so many people…
I was overwhelmed by it all. Never before had I been to such a busy place.
We spent a majority of the trip walking to new spots sightseeing. There were a lot of skyscrapers, but the biggest building of all was the Empire State Building, reaching around 381 meters!!!!! At the time though, I was around 9/10 years old, I wasn’t really impressed by a building. It was REALLY tall building, that’s all I was sure of at the time. The thing that impressed me was the Toys R Us store, which had a ferris wheel INSIDE the store!!! And about 3 different levels filled with nothing but toys! It was kid heaven!
Of course I couldn’t spend the whole time there, so I followed my family to more buildings, not much impressed by them and continually complaining about how much my feet hurt. I was thankful when I got to sit in a car and rest my sore feet for a while. When we got back to St. Cloud, I realized that the place I once thought was so big, was really quite small compared to New York City.
Monday, September 27, 2010
MEMIOR!
Memoir:
My first impression of Florida was that is was HOT!!! REAL HOT!!! I hated it, I was used to the Minnesotan weather. Stifling hot, in fact, I thought I was going to die. We got to the thankfully air conditioned hotel and unpacked and ate out, getting a good nights sleep for our busy day tomorrow. And the rest of my busy week for that matter.
My week was really eventful, going to two different, amazing and intense water parks. 3 different Amusement parks, and a bunch of shows, including Cirque de Soleil. My favorite was the Aquatica water park, where they had this slide where you went underwater into a pool with dolphins!!! Even though it was a slow ride, it was pretty exhilarating!!! I was pretty worn out by the time we got back on the plane no our way to Minnesota. I was tanned, sun burnt, and full of tons of stories to tell my friends.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
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