Independent Reading Groups -- Mini Book Clubs

If you were in a character’s place what would you do differently? 

If I were in a character's place, mainly Holden, there would be many things that I would do differently. First, I would try very hard in school, so hard that I won't even come close to failing because in the story, Holden doesn't even try one bit and ends up failing out of four schools. With this in mind, it's obvious that Holden has no future because what is there for Holden if he can't even use his brain to succeed. I understand that his brother and one of his schoolmates die which causes him to be in the emotional state that he is in but at least he could try while being in school. Also, I will not be so judgmental about so many people because it makes you look like a bad person. For example, if I were to call a bunch of people fake in a way where they lie to other people and mislead them and I end up doing the same thing to others, I will be a hypocrite and no body will like me or want to be friends with me. So what I would do if I were in Holden's place is that I would just be myself. If I were to call people fake I wouldn't even try to be fake myself. You will gain a lot in life if you'd just be yourself cause when you do that, people see that you are a good person. One more thing that I would do if I were in Holden's place is that I wouldn't run away from my family to a run down place in New York where my life could be in danger. In the story, all Holden's family was trying to do was help him but he didn't want their help and ran away. 

Independant Reading Groups

The book that me and my group will be reading is Catcher in the Rye. The action in the story takes place in December 1949 in a hospital. This does matter because depending on what year a story takes place in, it affects the characters because if the setting took place like in the 30s or near the 30s the characters will be different than characters that are from the 90s. Some of the characters in the story are Holden Caulfield, Ackley, Stradlater, Jane Gallagher, Phoebe Caulfield, Allie Caulfield and D.B. Caulfield. The plot of the story evolves around Holden Caulfield's life. The one narrarating the story is Holden Caulfield, who is in fact the main chara

PLN 4

My opinion about the tweets and post that I read about the Miami Marlins is that there are a lot of people that have something to say whether it is about the Marlins or someone or something that is related to the Marlins. More of the tweets that I saw were positive rather than negative. According to the article that I read about Ozzie Guillen's interview about the comments made about Castro, I believe that he won't have much support from the fans because following the comments that were made, nothing could be done to get the support of the fans. In result, the Marlins home games might be not as crowded as they usually are.

Comments On Topic Related Article

This is a photo of a bunch of Cuban protestors and above it says that the news conference that was held for Ozzie Guillen to speak failed to convince the people that were hurt by the comments that were made by Guillen that were about former Communist Fidel Castro. I agree with this article because most of the people who were hurt by the comments made by Guillen were cuban and might of have some family that were under Castro's control. I would be hurt as well if I were a Cuban citizen when these comments were made. By reading this article, I predict that the Marlins will be approaching a huge storm, meaning that since most people do not like Ozzie Guillen for the comments he made, Marlins might not get that many attendance's by fans at home games, which in result, will cause the organization to be in jeopardy because no if no fans attend a marlins game or not that many show up, not a lot of money will be made.

Introduction: My Topic

The topic that I am going to choose to talk about is the Miami Marlins. The Miami Marlins, used to be called the Florida Marlins, is a new team in the MLB dating back to the beginning of the 2012-2013 Baseball season. They have a new stadium as well which is where the Orange Bowl used to be in Little Havana, about 2 miles west of Downtown. Their new stadium is called Marlins Park and the name of their old stadium was Sun Life Stadium. Both arenas differ because the new one is a tad bit bigger and has a retractable roof so they can either play in door or out door. They have a new manager this season and his name is Ozzie Guillen. Guillen used to manage the Chicago White Socks. Before they changes their name, the Marlins used to have the colors Black, Grey, White and Turquoise but now their colors consist of Black, Red – Orange, Silver, Blue, Yellow and White. Since the Miami Marlins are a new team, their start this season seems to be a little bumpy because not only has the logo and the colors change but there are some new players and new staff members. 

The Things They Carried - Essay Assignment

The stories that I will be talking about are 'The Man I Killed' and 'Ambush'. I will prepare to discuss these stories by talking bout the different elements: The setting, the characters, the plot and the theme. The theme that ties to 'The Man I Killed' is guilt and responsibility. The Theme in 'Ambush' is pretty much the same as 'The Man I Killed' but also has the theme of imagination because he imagines that his daughter is an adult and tells her about the story of My Khe. The setting in 'The Man I Killed' is in My Khe following the murder that O'Brien had committed. The setting in 'Ambush' is at O'Brien's house where he is talking to his daughter about the story of My Khe.

'Style' Blog

If i were in the same scenario as the men when they encoountered the dancing girl, I would react to her strange tactics in a way where I would have no clue what is going on because everything that belonged to this girl was destroyed so I would expect her to be distraught rather than happy, so happy that shes dancing.