A Mans Search for Meaning

A Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is book I am reading for my online english class. It is about small concentration camps and a boy who survived them. I just started the book so I havent really found out a lot of stuff yet. He explains that he worked his way up in the camp doing different jobs like digging water holes and building rail road tracks. The book is kind of boring right now and I dont really want to read another book on concentration camps because there sad. But I have to read it for my test online, its so hard! I really hope the book gets better and isnt to sad.

Currently

I am reading The Weight of Silence and I just stared reading A Mans Search for Meaning. I started reading A Mans Search for Meaning because I have to for my online english 12 class. It's an okay book so far, I'd rather read The Weight of Silence though because it's a lot more interesting. I read 103 pages this week and a total of 835 pages this semester.

Favorite Sentences:

1. "When we saw a monrade smoking his own cigarettes, we knew he had given up faith in his strength to carry on."

2. " Little does he know of the hard fight for existence which raged among the prisoners."

3. "It is about the crucifixion and the deaths of the great army of unknown and unrecorded victims."

Sentence 1 is my favorite because it really gives an inside to the concentration camps and what went on in them. Most books about concentration camps dont go into detail about the life there and what really happened.

The Weight Of Silence

I started this new book called the Weight Of Silence. It's soo good so far! It's about this 7 year old girl named Calli. She hasn't spoken one word for 3 years because of a traumatic event in her past! They haven't said what traumatic event was yet but I really want to no! Calli is a shy little girl and has one best friend named Petra. Petra is like Calli's voice for her. She and Calli go in the woods all the time and play together in their very small college town they live in. The book hasn't gotten to the hole problem yet but I'm hoping it will soon! My mom said this book is very suspenseful at the end. So I'm excited to see what happens through this book!

Sentence Of The Month & Currently

I started reading the book called The Weight Of Silence by the same author of my last book. The book is super good so fair, I have read 102 pages this week and a total of 732 pages this semester.

Favorite sentences this month:

1. "I dont know that anyone could have saved Bryan from herself. But I can save myself. I can be happy." This is one of my favorite quotes because it is at the end of the book right after after Byran commits suicide. This sentence sums up the conclusion and shows how even though Bryan is gone, Allison can still live her life.

2. "As I speed along I see the baby girls body rushing down the river, keeping pace with my car, trying to outrun the image." This is also my favorite sentence because it shows how Allisons past was haunting her and that she can not just run away from what she did.

3. "Leave her there. She's not your sister, she's a monster." This sentence is my 3rd favorite because it really shows how Bryan thinks of Allison. She hates her for getting pregnant and hates her for being her older sister.

Tuesday 5 Claims

Favorite Claims:
1. "The soothing, cheerful melodies and harmonies, light vocal instrumentation, and playful, relaxed rhythms in McFerrin's song, depicts a mood of lighthearted cheerfulness and soothing rejuvenation." -RocketGuild Blog

2. "In this contemporary dance, choreographed by Mia Michaels, the varied confusion of the movement, pain and romance shown through the emotion, the regret expressed through the dull costume choice, and the dominating and agressive use of space create a sense of lighthearted passion between the two dancers." -My Everyday Sticky Waffle Blog

3. "In this video from so you think you can dance, the dancers busy use of space, passionate facial expressions, and graceful, powerful choreography] expresses [a sense of compassionate intamacy and sincere confidence] -So Many Books, So Little Time Blog

4. "In this video of Adele preforming "Someone Like You" live, the audiance hears her explosive, elegant voice, with lyrics that have a powerful, motionless, old-fashioned message to them that creats a tranquil vibe throughout the theater." - T Rex Blog

5. "In this scene from Nick Cannons film Drumline, the aggressive and alert style, quick, narrow movement, and percussive, thundering rhythm] expresses[an alive sense of energetic celebration and modest jubilation]" -Case 1 Blog
My favorie claim is from T Rex. I love the video and the song and their claim is really descriptive and interesting. It describes the video really well and is specific.

Link to BookLover17 Blog. This is my favorite blog page so far becasue it is really original and creative and I love reading the posts and their blogs.

Sentence Blog

So I picked a picture of a ballet dancer to describe because I love dance and ballet is really fun to watch. Haha wish I could do it but one of my friends dose it and she loves it.

Observations:                             Adjectives:                                                               

Pleasant                                      Poised

Facial expression                        Passionate

Body Language                           Calm

Attire                                          Confident

Arm structure                              Admiring

Leg structure                               Complex

                                                   Strong

                                                   Elegant

                                               

Claim: This passionate picture shows a strong sturctured, elegant ballet dancer expressing her confident sharp body language, elegant attire, and complex poised position.

Poet Of The Month

My favorite poem we have read this year is called "September 12, 2001" by X J Kennedy. It's my favorite because its really personal and he expresses his deep thoughts about what happened on 9/11. The beginning of the poem sounds dark and depressing but at the end it gives a sense of hope and liveliness. I hope we read more of X J Kennedy's poems in class because they are really interesting. My next favorite poem in class was called "First Kiss" by April Lardner. It's kind of a corny poem but it is kind cute too. Haha I'm not sure why it is one of my favorites but I like reading it because its funny and cheesy. "The Trail is Not a Trail" by Gary Synder is my third favorite poem. It just talks about a man driving in his car and walking on a trial. It is a little boring but I like it because it is simple. It reminds me of Robert Frost's "A Road Not Taken" and I love that poem.

Omg I definitely just found out that we have spell check on here! That's so awesome because i totally suck at spelling. Also this blog is late because I wasn't here on Friday so I didn't no what to do on the Friday blog.

Currently!

I finished These Things Hidden and now I am going to start The Weight Of Slience. It it written by the same author, Heather Gudenkauf! I love her style of writting, it is really interesting and different. I read 105 pages this week and a total of 630 this semester.

Favorite Sentences:
1. "Its all my fault. It wasnt her fault aboout the baby. I was mine."

2. "I know that I will never see Joshua Kelby-my son-again."

3. "I dont know that anyone could have saved Bryan from herself. But I can save myself. I can be happy."

Sentence 3 is my favorite becasue Allison took the blame for the murder that Bryan commited and in the end Bryan still couldnt find peace with what she had done but Allison could.

Ready For The Next

I finally finished my book!!! And oh my gosh let me tell you, it was amzing! I definitely recomend this book, These Things Hidden, to everyone! It got sooooooo good at the end! The whole book was good but at the end it was bam! You find out that Allison had twins and that Bryan, Allison's siter, was the one who actually killed the baby and drawed her in the lake! And the other baby they gave to Christipher, the father, to take care of. Christipher leaves town and has his sister and step dad take care of the baby for him but they can't so they leave the baby boy at a fire station. And get this, Allison gets a new job at a book store that is ruin by a lady named Clare and Clare adapted a son named Joshua && Joshua is actually Allison's son!! But Clare and Allison don't no that till the very end! On the other hand, Bryan, Allison's sister, finds out that Allison's son, Joshua, is alive and she try's to kill him! In the end Joshua doesnt die, luckily, and Bryan is so much regret that she commits suicide and jumps in the lake where she drawned the baby girl! I was freaking out when I read this, it's sooo amazingly good! It never has a dull moment!

Yayaya Almost Done!

This week I have read a total of 117 pages and a total of 525 this semester! I only have about 30 pages left of my book so I'll probably try and finish it tonight! The author, Heather Gudenkauf, wrote another book called The Weight of Silence. My mom is reading it right now so when she finishes, which will probably be in about 1 day, I think I'll start that book up! My mom said These Things Hidden is a better boom so far but she'll have to keep reading to see what happens at the end. I really like this author, her style of writing is really interesting and I never get bored reading her stuff. Hopefully I can find more then 2 books she has written!

Currently!

I have only a few more chapters left in my book, These Things Hidden, and I'm so excited to see how it ends! I don't really no what book I'm going to read next but I'm not sure if it can top this one I'm reading now because it's really good. The main character Allison is changing her life around now that she is out of jail and just got s job working at the local book store. I can relate to my book because I also just got a job! Allison was also 16 years old when she went to jail and I'm only 18 and the thought of going to jail that young is unimaginable. I wouldn't be able to comprehend it.

Favorite sentences:

1. "I am twenty one and I'm starting to look like an old woman."

2. "As I speed along I see the baby girls body rushing down the river, keeping pace with my car, trying to outrun the image."

3. "She didn't run away, she didn't yell and scream at me like I thought she would."

Sentence number 2 is my favorite because Bryann is having flash backs of the past and being tourrured/ haunted by her and Allisons mistakes. She keeps remembering the night of the murder and can't get away from it.

Friday Postt

Im still reading the same book as I was last week, These Things Hidden. It's soooooo long! This week I read 102 pages and a total of 204 pages this semester.

Favorite Sentences:

1. "I didn't mean to keep him a secret, but I did."

2. "Leave her there. She's not your sister, she's a monster."

3. "No clothes, no shoes, no boxes filled with keepakes. I've been erased."

Sentence number 3 is my favorite but I don't really no way. It was just a really good part of the book.