If I Stay pt. 2

In my book If I Stay, Mia has been in a terrible accident with her whole family. Now the rest of her family are in the waiting room. She tells us the backgrounds of everyones life. Like how her parents met, how they were before, how she met he best friend. She sees everybody, but no one can see her. Her grandparents come into the room where all these tubes are in her, and her grandfather calls her Duck, it was a nickname when she was little and she has this little feeling that things will get better.

The conflict in this book is self vs. self. It shows us that Mia is seeing everyone. she has the ability to walk, and she looks like she has no injuries. But, then she looks on one of the hospital beds and see herself lying there with tubes in here and laying unconscious. I figured it was self vs. self because in the book it says, "It shows her lungs are healing and her internal injuries are stabilizing. The question mark is still the brain contusions,". It tells us that she has the possible chance to still be alive, or die from severe brain injuries.

If I Stay

In the story If I Stay, Mia gets school cancelled because it starts snowing. Since, they live in Oregon the amount of snow they had, their mother calls off for work, and they all plan to visit their parent's friends and their grandparents. Mia tells us how she feels different from her family, how they are trying to decide which station to listen to on the car ride over. As they are driving her favorite type of music comes on, classical. But then she hears a big bang, and she sees the car accident. She sees her dad, her mom, she then sees what she thinks is her brother, but it is her. She doesn't want to look for her brother because she's scared to see what happened, so she just stays there and listens to the classical music as it dies out to.

Sign Post; In this book, there is a memory moment. It is when Mia goes to the hospital. Her and her brother, Teddy, get separated after being in an accident. Mia goes to one in a city where her boyfriend took her on their first date. She tells us how everything went that day. How they met, how him and her parents got along. She keeps thinking about all the memories she had with each of her family members.

Goals 2k15

In 2015 what I want to accomplish is passing 8th grade with no grades below B's. I will do this by taking notes in every class. Study for tests and be prepared, being prepared will make the test simpler for me to take it. When I ask questions it will help me understand to help me pass the classes. When I finish 8th grade, with my grades up, it will make me happy knowing that I can actually finish things I started.

Also by the end of 2015 I want to still be on the Mustang team. To be as good as the Freshman League, cause they play Juniors. I can do this by practicing twice a weak. Working on my dribbling, passing, shooting. Staying fit will allow me to run without losing my pace. I need to know that once I step on that court nothing is impossible only if I make it. I need to have confidence, doing this I will try out for the Morton freshman team and make it.

Lit Circle Blog

Korrina the main character is trying to stay loyal to the Germans. Hearing her mother talk about how she doesn't care about whats going to happen makes Korrina angry. She has this thought about turning her mother in for even talking like that. Then her parents make the choice to hide Jews behind her wardrobe. It angers her but she soon learns to get over it. The Gestapo (the officers who come and check if Jews are in the house) come to check Korinnas house in the middle of the night. Korrina has this fear of getting caught, now she knows she cannot be loyal if there are Jews in the house.

The conflict in this book is man vs self. I know this because Korrina is deciding with herself if she should turn in her parents or not. Also she wants to be loyal to German but she has Jews behind her wardrobe, she already knows to herself she has betrayed the German. In the story it says "Hadn't she recently told her mother she had nothing to fear from anyone  because she was a loyal German? Now she was a traitor and it seemed she feared almost everyone". It also says "'And our Führer is going to do all this?' 'Of course' Frae Rehme put down her sewing 'At whose expense? At what cost?' Korrina stood up 'Mother, I can't believe your talking like this!'"

Holocaust Response

Many people stood bystanders in the Holocaust because they didn't say anything to help and stick up for Jews, so they thought they didn't think it was okay to have a right to say anything now. I believe they stood quiet because if they stood up for a Jew, they had the fear of being killed. Jews resisted against the Nazi's because they were tired of being treated horribly in the ghettos. They resisted by rising up and attacking the Nazi's in the ghettos, shooting at them, and shooting at their tanks. I might have been a bystander because if they're not bothering me, I won't do much, I would try keeping myself alive. But, at the same time, I would be an up stander because I like to help people when I'm happy, and if we make it through the whole war with them alive, I would feel happiness because I helped someone who could've died.

Girl Stolen pt. 2

Cheyenne, being blind, is in the middle of nowhere with 4 men. One, helping her feel comfortable, feeding her, letting her feel comfortable. Second, always touching her when no one is around. Third, absolutely doesn't care about her, leaves her alone, just wants ransom money. Fourth, controls everyone, not afraid to hurt whoever gets in the way. Griffin, the son of Roy, is one year older then Cheyenne and helps her try to escape. Cheyenne doesn't know he's willing to help though.

The point of view in this book is third person. I know this because it calls them out as there names, not as "he or she". It is like someone outside of the story is telling it, a narrator, not one of the characters. There was so many quotes that it got  me confused most of the time, but I think I got it. It says in the story "one thing Cheyenne hadn't thought about," and "she knew Griffin had no idea what she was doing."

Girl Stolen

The book I am reading is Girl Stolen. It is about this girl, Cheyenne who tells her stepmother if she can stay in the car while she goes shopping. Then someone comes into the car real fast and drives off.  The person stealing the car didn't even know Cheyenne was in the back seat. She scares him and he explains that he only wanted the car. But if he only wanted the car, why doesn't he let her go? He can, but he can't, because he can let her go, and she can call police. Also, Cheyenne couldn't, because she's blind.

In the book there is an Aha Moment. I know this because it says "It was a thousand little things that told Cheyenne something was wrong. Even the way the door closed hasn't sounded right. Too fast and too hard for Danielle. The breathing was all wrong too, speeded up and harsh. Cheyenne sniffled. The smell of cigarettes. But Danielle didn't smoke and, as a nurse, couldn't stand anyone who did. There was no war the person driving the car was her stepmom." This is important because Cheyenne is now in danger. She will need a way to escape without getting caught. She's also blind, so it will make it harder.