Text-to-Text

I can make a text-to-text connection to my book. I think that the Perks of Being a Wallflower can be connected to the other book I read this tri, the Fault in our Stars. The reason I can connect these two books is that both books are based off high-schoolers, with many problems. In the Fault in our Stars Hazel is dealing with cancer, and in Perks, Charlie is dealing with a lot of friend and family problems. Yes, they are different but they still connect in a lot of ways. Another connection of these two books is that as I've in a lot of my other blog posts, is that the books are very realistic. The authors tell you, the reader, how it really is for the characters. That is why I like the two books so much.

Final Assessment in English 1b

This is a revise of one of my blog posts: What Real Life Issues are Reflected in my Book

In "the Perks of Being a Wallflower" the author incorporates very realistic things that happen in the book, so it shows real life issues, especially in high school. Charlie doesn't "sugarcoat" anything in his letters or tries to make it sound better than what it is. That is one reason I like the book so much, because I don't want to read something that is fake all over.

The first real life issue that is in the book a lot, is the drinking and smoking of all of the high school students. Charlie goes to a lot of parties with his older friends, where they smoke marijuana and drink.This is an issue today with a lot of high school students. An example showing this is, "When summer came, Brad didn't have to worry about school or anything, so his drinking and smoking got a lot worse"(Chbosky 44). The author, Stephen Chbosky, tells how the parties are. He doesn't try to make everything more innocent or better.  Charlie doesn't really have an opinion on the drinking and smoking therefore he doesn't do it a lot.
Since teen drinking is mentioned a lot in my book here is some underage drinking stats.

Another real life issue that is in the book is the family issues that are in the book. Charlie doesn't have a perfect family. And I don't think anyone does. He feels guilty about his aunt's death, his siblings always fight, and his family doesn't always get along. This shows that Stephen Chbosky feels that no family is perfect. I agree with him. The real issues Chbosky incorporates makes it easier to relate to the book, and to really have a connection to the book.

Those are just some of the many real life issues that are in my book.

Conversation with a Character

I'm back to reading the Perks of Being a Wallflower. I am kind of sad though because even though its a good book, it's not going to be as good as the Fault in Our Stars. But, I hope I can finish the book before the school year is over.

If I could have a conversation with anyone in the book, I would obviously pick the main character, Charlie, because he has the most problems in the book. His life fascinates me the most. I would want to ask Charlie a lot of questions. Here are some that I would ask:

• Out of everything that has happened to you, what has impacted your life the most?
• Why do you feel like your aunts death was your fault?
• How different would your life be if your aunt never died?
• How many books did you end up reading and writing about?
• What was your favorite book?
• What would your life be with out Sam and Patrick?

 Those are just some of the questions I would ask Charlie, except I would probably have to leave out the part about his aunt because Charlie is really sensitive.

Book Review

I just finished "The Fault in Our Stars" and it was an amazing book. I recommend everyone for it. Especially if you like love stories, but when that's not what it is all about. There is other conflicts to make the plot more interesting. It isn't a big chick flick, so boys can read it as well. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.

Hazel has cancer that is slowly killing her. She doesn't want to make friends, because she doesn't want to hurt them when she dies. Her parents force her to go to a support group where she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus instantly starts flirting with Hazel. Hazel tries to push him away, but Augustus doesn't stop. They go on a big adventure together and fall in love. They have many problems and changes in their lives. I can't tell anymore because I don't want to spoil anything.

Why do you think the author wrote this book?

I haven't finished "the Perks of Being a Wallflower" yet, but I have started "The Fault in Our Stars." I think that it is a really amazing book so far. I have been reading it for two days, and I'm already on page 105.
I think that the author wrote this book to show that just because you have cancer, it doesn't mean that you can't be like everyone else. John Green shows this in the book because he doesn't revolve the whole book around cancer. It's about Hazel and Gus and their relationship. They act like any other teenagers, and John Green really shows that.
I really like this book so far, and I can't wait for the movie.

Krista Ramsey Introduction Activity

Here is a link to the article I read, by Krista Ramsey.
In this article Ramsey is talking about how when she saw the Opening Day Parade someone put there kid on a flower pot and then stood on them with his kid in order to see the parade better, and while he was standing on it the flowers went everywhere. She talks about how it makes her mad that someone paid a lot of money for those flowers, and someone works hard for them to look good, and then a selfish person would just ruin them.
The best line in this article would be "I watched your selfish action and felt a slow burn of insult and injustice." This line shows exactly how Ramsey feels about what the man did with his son. It shows how angry she felt, and how wrong she thought it was. Ramsey uses an elevated diction word choice, injustice.This word choice shows how angry and how wrong she thought it was.
Ramsey's writing style in this column is casual. Although she used some elevated diction, she was just expressing her feelings and she wasn't trying to sound fancy. A quote to show this is "And I stood there thinking of all the things I should have said to you and wondering why I didn’t." Krista Ramsey didn't sound professional or like she was talking about anything formal. It was like she was talking to one of her friends throughout the article.

Questions for Krista Ramsey
~What are the perks of being a writer?
~Do you ever have a hard time thinking about what to write?
~What is your favorite topic to write about?

I'm pretty far into my book, and I already have a book planned out to read next. I want to read "The Fault in Our Stars." Everyone that has read it before said that it was a really good book. I also really want to read it because the movie looks amazing. I definitely want to read the book before I watch the movie, which comes out in June. Shailene Woodley, who was in Divergent, is going to be the main girl character, which makes me really excited because she's a good actress. I hope that I enjoy it as much as other people that have read it did.


Here is the movie trailer.