Outside Reading 10

Two-Way Street
By: Lauren Barnholdt

I read a lot more of the book Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnhodlt. I like this book a lot but sometimes it is confusing. This book is confusing because it is told in two different point of views and because it goes back and forth in time. This book is excited but frustrating because right when something exciting is happening in the past the chapter will end and the next chapter will be of the future again. I think the theme of this book is that you never know if you truely want something until you have it. I think this because one of the main characters Courtney always wanted to be with her best friend Lloyd, but when is finally is she realizes that it isnt what she thought it would be. Although this book is confusing sometimes and frustrating I still really like it and would recomend it for people to read.

Outisde Reading 9

Body Peace
By: Jess Weiner

For this outside reading I found an article in Seventenn magazine called Body Peace, by Jess Weiner. This article was all about making yourself look good, and dress well no matter what shape or size you are. In this article it says you don't need to change your body to look good. I think the theme of this artice is to be happy with who you are and never change yourself. In this article it says, "No matter what your shape, everyone has struggled to find a sliver of peace..." This quote is basically saying that you shouldnt worry about things so much because most of the time everyone else is going through the same thing. At the end of this article it says that everyone deserves to look good and feel great.

Outside Reading 8

Two-Way Street
By: Lauren Barnholdt

I read a few more chapters of the book Two-Way Street, by Lauren Barnholdt. In these chapters the two main characters start their road trip together and they are not having fun. When Courtneys ex-boyfriend, Jordan, broke up with her he told her it was because of another girl that he met on the internet, but in these chapters you find out that he lied. I think the theme of this book is that some people dont always say what they mean, but they usually have a good reason to not tell the truth. I am liking this book more and more with every page I read because every page there is a different twist or turn, and you find out new things about the characters all the time. I am still not very far in this book so I don't know too much about it yet but I will read more and write more for my next blog post.

Movie/Television heros

For my heroes in a box project I choose to do Movie/Television Heros. These heroes are people that a lot of people know who they are, and also look up to them. I think the qualities of television or movie heros is someone that helps others, goes on some kind of adventure, and has some kind of goal they need to accomplish.

Top 10 Movie Heroes
1. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) "Schindler's List" (Stephen Spielberg, 1993)
2. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
3. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) "Aliens" (James Cameron, 1986)
4. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Stephen Spielberg, 1981)
5. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
6. Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), ''Dirty Harry'' (Don Siegel, 1971)
7. Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) "Spartacus" (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
8. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) "The Silence of the Lambs" (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
9. James Bond (Sean Connery) "Dr No." (Terence Young, 1962)
10. Neo (Keanu Reeves) "The Matrix" (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1999)

This is the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird', it is also a movie and the hero in this movie is Atticus Finch, who is on the list of the top ten movie heroes. From this artifact I realized that movie or television heroes do not have to be a spy or go on dangerous adventures, or anything like that to be a hero. Atticus Finch is a lawyer that helps anyone that he can, and that is what makes him a hero.

This video is from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. I choose this because it represents the adventures that the television portrays heroes to go on all the time. This type of hero is most common in most television shows and movies. In this film Indiana Jones is the hero and goes on an adventure and I learned that heroes can make mistakes, not everyone is perfect, so not every hero is perfect.

This image is of the television show Heroes. This show is about a lot of different types of heros with different powers and abilities and trying to deal with them. This show taught me that not every hero wants to be a hero, or wants to have their powers/abitities.

When searching on line for how the internet portrays heroes I found this quote. This quote taught me that even if heros don't want their power, or haven't yet figured out who they are, they still will do whatever they can to help others and to fix bad situations. I think this quote is true for all heroes, and if its not then they are not really a hero.

CONCLUSION:
When I researched Movie/Television heroes on the computer I found that there are basically to different types. The first type of movie/television heroes is the kind that goes on danagerous/thrilling adventures like Indiana Jones or has a special ability or power that make them a hero like the characters in the television show Heroes. The second type of movie/television heroes that I found was the type that has no ability, no powers, and doesnt even go on adventures, but they still help people in anyway they can and are a figure that many people look up to like Atticus Finch from the film, 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' I also found that television and movie heroes are people that do good things all of the time and try to help make things better no matter what they have to do.

Outside Reading 7

Two-Way Street
By: Lauren Barnholdt


I just started reading the book Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnhodlt. I like this book so far even though I'm not very far yet. It is about a girl who just broke up with her boyfriend and now she is forced to go on a road trip to college they planned when they were dating. I think the theme of this book is that no matter how much you tell yourself something, your heart knows the truth. This basically means you should listen to your hearts most of the time, and not your mind. I also think this book is interesting because it is told in two different points of views. Half of the chapters are told in the girl, Courtneys point of view, and the other half of the chapters are told by her ex-boyfriend, Jordan. I don't really have a lot more I can say about this book because i just started it and nothing really big has happened yet.

Outside Reading 6

Death by Texting
By: Cheryl Brody

I recently read an article in Comso Girl magazing and it was called 'Death by Texting' and was writen by Cheryl Brody. This articles is about how texting and multitasking do not mix. In the article it says, "doctors from the American College of Emergency Physicians are seeing a rise in injuries and deaths from texting while walking, biking, inline skating, and driving." (Brody 1). I thought this article was interesting becuase almost everyone texts while doing other things and don't even think that they could be putting themselves and others in danger. This article tells a few stories about how texting has hurt people like a 13-year old girl that got first-degree burns on her stomach, legs, and arms while texting her boyfriend as she cooked noddles, and a 16-year old boy that walked into a telephone pole while texting a freind and suffered a concussion. I think the point of this article is to teach everyone to stop texting and multitasking because it is very dangerous and to spread the word to others.

Outside Reading 5

Last Christmas
By Kate Brian

I just finished reading the book Last Christmas by Kate Brian. This book is the prequel to the Private series by Kate Brian. I really liked this book because you never know whats going to happen next and something big always happens when you least expect it. This book has many themes or main ideas but i think the most important one came in a quote from the book, "You never know what people are capable of until they're pushed to their edge." (Brain 198). This quote is saying that people can surprise you, and you never know what some people can/will do. I like these books so much that I wish I read them slower because the next book doesnt come out until December and that is a long time to wait. I would recomend these books to everyone.

outside reading 4

The Last Christmas
By: Kate Brain

I just started reading The Last Christmas by Kate Brain. This book is the prequel to the series called Private. This book is different from the Private books though because it is not told by the main character. The Last Christmas is in the point of veiw of a girl name Ariana Osgood. Ariana tried to kill the main character in on of the private books, and The Last Christmas explains why. I really like this book so far because it makes you never want to put the book done. I got this book yesterday and i am already on page 72. I think the theme in this book is that there is a reason for everything; a reason why people do what they do and why things are what they are.

Outside Reading 3

Revelation
By Kate Brain

I just finished reading the book Revelation by Kate Brain. This book is the 8th book in a series called Private.
Reed Brennan goes to a boarding school named Easton, where a girl in her dorm was found to be murdered. In this book Reed spends almost all of her time trying to figure out who killed her, when in the end it turns out to be Reeds best friend. The only person in her dorm the Reed did not put on her list of suspects, was the murderer. Reed discovers that her best friend, Sabine is the sister of the girl that tried to kill her one year ago.
I really like these books because they always have different twists and thing that you never expect. I think the theme of this book is that you need to be careful with who you trust because in the end on page 237 Reed says, "All those months I lived with her. All those months i trusted her with everything. And all that time she was lying to my face." (Brain, 237)