Book Report

When Harry Meets SCARYThis review is about the new Harry Potter book when this was written was The Chamber of Secrets.  It talks about how Harry is entering a knew chapater and playing Quidditch and how he is entering Hogwarts again. It also talks about the movies and books get darker as the progress through. Finally it says how the second movie special effects could have been better.

 Syriana

The review talks about how this is probably one of the best movies about oil trade. It is also hard to follow but the review says the movie isn't meant to be easy to follow. The plot is so complex we aren't suppose to follow it we are suppos to surround it. Also that the characters aren't really aware of the plot so why should the people who watch it be involved as well.

 

 Watchman

The person who reviewed this movie strongly disliked the film.  He thought the movie was very long and dragged on.  He believed there was to many characters which made it hard to focus on one main story line.  He was very harsh on the way the characters appeared on screen. One of his comments was "Last and hugest is Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who is buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker."  This brutal statement really captures his thought on the movie and the dirctor itself, from this line you can tell he strongly hated this movie.

On Turning Ten

What is Collins trying to say with this poem? 

He is trying to say that there comes and age when you have to give up childish things. 

How does he capture childhood and the process of growing up?

Collins shows how the things that bring us happiness seem to disappear and not seem as special anymore.  He also shows how children feel invinsible growing up and nothing could harm  them. 

What makes this poem effective?

 The way he goes through each year of his life and all the different things this kid wanted to be or thought he could do makes you see how much different children and adults are from eachother.  What also makes it effective is how the child thinks that when you turn 10 you have to forget all the childish things you enjoy and leave them behind.

 how does this fit into your own life experience?

This fits into my own life and because there is a point in life were you start to leave behind the childish things and gaining more responsibilities and becoming more of and adult. You are leaving childhood and entering adulthood.

Beauty/Evil/Denial

BEAUTY
In this one my definition would be that there is only one kind of beauty and you can only achieve that kind of beauty with Dove products. There is only a certain kind of beauty and you need a certain hair type to get it and need to be in your underwear to show your true and natural beauty by only creating it with these products.

DENIAL
Denial has two types of meanings and one of the meanings was twisted into another meaning somewhere along the line. If your in denial about somethings you need a 12 step recovery plan to get you out of denial.

EVIL
A lot of people associate evil with George W. Bush, and evil has different levels and evil came from the Book of Jobs. With the tiniest about of evil the happiest person can feel the evil inside and make a turn for the worse. And how people act upon evil.

Definition Essay/Spring Break

1.Yes there are some areas I would have done, like giving the different types of yankees and they are similar to what I would define.
2.The allusions add a more understanding of the definition and I didn't get some of the allusions but I understood most of them and the ones I didn't get was fine because I got the understanding of it.
3.I do think the author delt with what a Yankee is not too much he should of spent more time with saying what a Yankee is.
4.Yankee might be one of the first genuine American characters to disappear.

Spring Break
My spring break I spent in Ohio with my brother most of the time. I looked for prom dresses,which I couldn't find. I got frozen yogurt a lot with my brother. I got my first job at Dairy Queen and work some days. I went shopping for new clothes. Worked on things for my grad party and played outside with my 5 year old brother. I took my 14 year old brother and his friend tee peeing which was fun. I say American Reunion with my boyfriend, and I spent Sunday(Easter) with my family and just hungout all day with them. All in all my break was pretty good.