Book Title: Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy
Pages read this week: 63
Pages read last week(s):637
Total pages:700
weekly summary:The Baudelaire orphans meet another family relative.
weekly thought: This book deals with a lot of bad luck which the Baudelaire orphans had experienced a lot. To me bad luck is real. I believe in bad luck. Stuff like Friday the 13th scare me. Im very superstitious. The reason i am like this was because of one day when i was in elementary school. At first i didn't believe in bad luck. One day, it was Friday the 13th. unfortunately, i didn't know what it was. Then all the sudden i begin to get a lot of bad luck like tripping over rocks and losing my belongings. I was so sad. What i learn was that bad luck do exist and people need to be careful. If people are not cautious, then bad luck will cause a big problem. I know because i experienced them before and i still do now.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Oliver Twist chap 46-53( Blog 10)
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 74
Pages read last week(s):563
Total pages:637
weekly summary: we are introduce to another character named Sikes.
weekly thought: In this blog i will talk about Sike who is trying to hide his identity. Sike had a bunch of crimes he had commited so he liked people not to find out what he did. I can relate this to The Crucible because Sike is like Proctor who also did something bad. Like Sike, Proctor want to hide the awful thing he did which was adultery. In addition, both Sike and Proctor are afraid of guilt. Therefore they can not admit to themselves what they did was bad. I can also relate this to my friend's life. For example, when my friend broke his mother's vase. Because he was afraid his mom might yell at him, he denied breaking it so he blame it on his younger brother.
Pages read this week: 74
Pages read last week(s):563
Total pages:637
weekly summary: we are introduce to another character named Sikes.
weekly thought: In this blog i will talk about Sike who is trying to hide his identity. Sike had a bunch of crimes he had commited so he liked people not to find out what he did. I can relate this to The Crucible because Sike is like Proctor who also did something bad. Like Sike, Proctor want to hide the awful thing he did which was adultery. In addition, both Sike and Proctor are afraid of guilt. Therefore they can not admit to themselves what they did was bad. I can also relate this to my friend's life. For example, when my friend broke his mother's vase. Because he was afraid his mom might yell at him, he denied breaking it so he blame it on his younger brother.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Oliver Twist chap 39-45 (Blog 9)
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 63
Pages read last week(s):500
Total pages:563
Weekly Summary: Fagin the leader of the pickpocket group actions caused trouble in these chapters.
Weekly Thought: Like Blog 8, i won't be talking about Oliver. This blog will focus on Fagin, the pickpocket boss. Fagin is cruel man who used trickery to get what he wanted. Some people can relate to Fagin for example a criminal. If i can recall, there was one time when my parents told me there was this guy in Vietnam who uses kids to steal for him. Like Fagin, he blackmailed them to do his bidding and in my opinnion this was wrong. He would use the kids to go out in the city to steal and he gets rich because of this. i just don't understand how can a person do such a thing. I never knew anyone who stoop that low. Its just stupid how he tricked these kids and used them as pawns. If the police catch him, he should serve his time behind bars for the rest of his life. He definitely deserves it. The Children/kids that worked for him must experience love and kindness. They should play and do other kid stuff rather than stealing. However, because of him, they lived in a world of hate and sorrow. I'm hoping the police will catch him soon so they end his reign of terror.
Pages read this week: 63
Pages read last week(s):500
Total pages:563
Weekly Summary: Fagin the leader of the pickpocket group actions caused trouble in these chapters.
Weekly Thought: Like Blog 8, i won't be talking about Oliver. This blog will focus on Fagin, the pickpocket boss. Fagin is cruel man who used trickery to get what he wanted. Some people can relate to Fagin for example a criminal. If i can recall, there was one time when my parents told me there was this guy in Vietnam who uses kids to steal for him. Like Fagin, he blackmailed them to do his bidding and in my opinnion this was wrong. He would use the kids to go out in the city to steal and he gets rich because of this. i just don't understand how can a person do such a thing. I never knew anyone who stoop that low. Its just stupid how he tricked these kids and used them as pawns. If the police catch him, he should serve his time behind bars for the rest of his life. He definitely deserves it. The Children/kids that worked for him must experience love and kindness. They should play and do other kid stuff rather than stealing. However, because of him, they lived in a world of hate and sorrow. I'm hoping the police will catch him soon so they end his reign of terror.
Oliver Twist chap 30-38 (Blog 8)
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 62
Pages read last week(s):438
Total pages:500
Weekly Summary: Oliver's life seemed to get a little better but his past still haunted him.
Weekly Thought: For this blog, I won't be talking about Oliver but instead I will talk about Rose, a penniless girl, and Harry, a wealthy guy. What made me decide to talk about them was because in one event Harry ask Rose to marry him, but Sadly, Rose refused. This was an interesting event because it dealt with how love connected with social status in the novel. During the Victorian Age, marriage was mostly for economic reasons. In addition, people married others in their same social class. Therefore Rose couldn't marry Harry. She's afraid she couldn't give him an economically profitable and socially acceptable marriage. However, i think this is stupid. I know she loved him but because of her social status, she don't want to. It doesn't matter who you are and where you're from. If you truly love someone, then nothing matters. In my opinnion, love is a powerful force in the world, and also it's what makes us human. If a couple really love eachother then nothing can stop them from loving eachother. Without love, the world is nothing. If a person love someone really much, nothing can break that bond and i mean NOTHING can break it.
Pages read this week: 62
Pages read last week(s):438
Total pages:500
Weekly Summary: Oliver's life seemed to get a little better but his past still haunted him.
Weekly Thought: For this blog, I won't be talking about Oliver but instead I will talk about Rose, a penniless girl, and Harry, a wealthy guy. What made me decide to talk about them was because in one event Harry ask Rose to marry him, but Sadly, Rose refused. This was an interesting event because it dealt with how love connected with social status in the novel. During the Victorian Age, marriage was mostly for economic reasons. In addition, people married others in their same social class. Therefore Rose couldn't marry Harry. She's afraid she couldn't give him an economically profitable and socially acceptable marriage. However, i think this is stupid. I know she loved him but because of her social status, she don't want to. It doesn't matter who you are and where you're from. If you truly love someone, then nothing matters. In my opinnion, love is a powerful force in the world, and also it's what makes us human. If a couple really love eachother then nothing can stop them from loving eachother. Without love, the world is nothing. If a person love someone really much, nothing can break that bond and i mean NOTHING can break it.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Oliver Twist chap 23-29 (blog 7)
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 53
pages read last week(s):385
total pages:438
weekly summary: Oliver gets even more in trouble as he keep on working for the pickpocketers.
weekly thought: Oliver in the novel seems he couldn't get out of the group. This is related to being in a gang. Well being part of a gang to me is like getting a death wish. From what i heard when a person joins a gang, it's very hard to get out. If a person want out then surely they will be in a serious situation. I heard that the only way to get out is death and because of this, a lot of people die for no good reason. People who want to join a gang, are people who is searching for companionship (just like Oliver). The need for companionship drives people to accept groups/communities that accept them in return. People who join will easily be corrupted and manipulated. People that once were kind and gentle souls are turned into wicked human beings. I know because my sister had a friend once. Her friend used to be a nice guy but after he was accepted in a gang, all that change. He became a bad person. He ignored everyone including his old friends and his family. Unluckily for him, he was shot by a rival gang member. He died at the age of 18. I use this as a reminder why people should not join gangs. Not only does it hurts you, it also hurts other people who deeply care about you.
Pages read this week: 53
pages read last week(s):385
total pages:438
weekly summary: Oliver gets even more in trouble as he keep on working for the pickpocketers.
weekly thought: Oliver in the novel seems he couldn't get out of the group. This is related to being in a gang. Well being part of a gang to me is like getting a death wish. From what i heard when a person joins a gang, it's very hard to get out. If a person want out then surely they will be in a serious situation. I heard that the only way to get out is death and because of this, a lot of people die for no good reason. People who want to join a gang, are people who is searching for companionship (just like Oliver). The need for companionship drives people to accept groups/communities that accept them in return. People who join will easily be corrupted and manipulated. People that once were kind and gentle souls are turned into wicked human beings. I know because my sister had a friend once. Her friend used to be a nice guy but after he was accepted in a gang, all that change. He became a bad person. He ignored everyone including his old friends and his family. Unluckily for him, he was shot by a rival gang member. He died at the age of 18. I use this as a reminder why people should not join gangs. Not only does it hurts you, it also hurts other people who deeply care about you.
oliver twist chap 15-22 (Blog 6)
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 70
pages read last week(s):315
total pages:385
weekly summary: Oliver faced consequence as he continued to stay with the pickpocket group.
weekly thought: When i read the novel this week, i found out something very unique. It involved the relationship between clothes and identity. When Oliver wore a formal suit as a disguise, a person ask him what he would do when he grow up. To his surprise, no one ask him that question before when they saw him as a poor orphan boy. This shows how clothes linked to a person identity. This is part of class distinctions. In Vietnam, I noticed a lot of people don't have nice clothes, and from my other 2 blogs, you know it is a poor country. One day as I went around the city, I couldn't but noticed a lot of people were looking at me and I was also looking at them because their dirty old clothes caught my eye. It was kind of scary the way they look at me. I thought they assume I was a ghost or something. Well as i kept on going around the city, a lot of lottery ticket sellers bugged me to buy tickets. I think about 30 sellers came up to me, and i was very fustrated. I don't understand why they are coming to me. Then it hit me, I remembered that my parents told me that the sellers would only try to sell to rich individual. However, how could they see me as a rich person? Well i soon found out that i was wearing some nice clothes (not really it was mostly like a nice shirt and jeans that i got a year ago) and this was somehow an indication I was rich. And soon I found out the reason why a lot of people were looking at me. It's weird but thats how it works in Vietnam. People can figure out what class (first, middle, and poor) you belong in by just looking at what you are wearing.
Pages read this week: 70
pages read last week(s):315
total pages:385
weekly summary: Oliver faced consequence as he continued to stay with the pickpocket group.
weekly thought: When i read the novel this week, i found out something very unique. It involved the relationship between clothes and identity. When Oliver wore a formal suit as a disguise, a person ask him what he would do when he grow up. To his surprise, no one ask him that question before when they saw him as a poor orphan boy. This shows how clothes linked to a person identity. This is part of class distinctions. In Vietnam, I noticed a lot of people don't have nice clothes, and from my other 2 blogs, you know it is a poor country. One day as I went around the city, I couldn't but noticed a lot of people were looking at me and I was also looking at them because their dirty old clothes caught my eye. It was kind of scary the way they look at me. I thought they assume I was a ghost or something. Well as i kept on going around the city, a lot of lottery ticket sellers bugged me to buy tickets. I think about 30 sellers came up to me, and i was very fustrated. I don't understand why they are coming to me. Then it hit me, I remembered that my parents told me that the sellers would only try to sell to rich individual. However, how could they see me as a rich person? Well i soon found out that i was wearing some nice clothes (not really it was mostly like a nice shirt and jeans that i got a year ago) and this was somehow an indication I was rich. And soon I found out the reason why a lot of people were looking at me. It's weird but thats how it works in Vietnam. People can figure out what class (first, middle, and poor) you belong in by just looking at what you are wearing.
Friday, November 9, 2007
oliver twist chap 6-14
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 64
pages read last week(s):251
total pages:315
weekly summary: As the story progress, Oliver met a group of pickpocketers. Joining them, Oliver faced further consequences.
weekly thought: When the book talked about pickpocketers, it reminded the time when i saw a group of poor kids who tried to pickpocket a tourist in Saigon. As a poor city just like London in the book, the city is full of pickpocketers who steals anything that seems valuable to them. Also, to make it worst, there weren't alot of cops on patrol in the city. One time when i went to a the market, i saw a group of ordinary kids just playing, nothing supsicious right? Well, you're wrong. These kids were planning to pickpocket a person. They mostly target tourist but fortunately for this tourist, the kids weren't able to steal anything. I know stealing from other people is wrong and we should not do it. However, the point is that these kids were stealing just to survive. They were very poor( ragged clothing and no shoes) and in order to live, they needed money but its impossible to get a good paying job in Vietnam. Its not that the kids were bad or anything. They were young boys and girls around 5-8 years old. Come on they dont know what's right or wrong. Please remember i don't favor stealing, i'm just telling you, the reader, why they had to do what they did.
Pages read this week: 64
pages read last week(s):251
total pages:315
weekly summary: As the story progress, Oliver met a group of pickpocketers. Joining them, Oliver faced further consequences.
weekly thought: When the book talked about pickpocketers, it reminded the time when i saw a group of poor kids who tried to pickpocket a tourist in Saigon. As a poor city just like London in the book, the city is full of pickpocketers who steals anything that seems valuable to them. Also, to make it worst, there weren't alot of cops on patrol in the city. One time when i went to a the market, i saw a group of ordinary kids just playing, nothing supsicious right? Well, you're wrong. These kids were planning to pickpocket a person. They mostly target tourist but fortunately for this tourist, the kids weren't able to steal anything. I know stealing from other people is wrong and we should not do it. However, the point is that these kids were stealing just to survive. They were very poor( ragged clothing and no shoes) and in order to live, they needed money but its impossible to get a good paying job in Vietnam. Its not that the kids were bad or anything. They were young boys and girls around 5-8 years old. Come on they dont know what's right or wrong. Please remember i don't favor stealing, i'm just telling you, the reader, why they had to do what they did.
oliver twist chap 1-5
Book Title: Oliver Twist
Pages read this week: 63
pages read last week:188
total pages:251
weekly summary: This is a story of a boy named Oliver who was borned in a world of poverty and misfortunes. From chapter 1-7, readers can notice how Oliver was struggling for survival.
weekly thought: From reading this book i can recall a time when i went to Vietnam during the summer. Over there, i made a new friend who was somewhat similar to Oliver. Like Oliver, he had faced many problems as he grew up. He was very poor and he also had no parents. In order to survive, he had to go in the city to sell lottery tickets to people and the job did not pay very well( Out of 10 people he asked to buy, only 1 bought a ticket). He mostly gave all of his shares to this manager though. He was a nice guy, and he told me he wanted to go to school but in Vietnam you have to pay to get an education, and he didn't have alot of money. I felt so sorry for him i lend him some money just to help him out.
Pages read this week: 63
pages read last week:188
total pages:251
weekly summary: This is a story of a boy named Oliver who was borned in a world of poverty and misfortunes. From chapter 1-7, readers can notice how Oliver was struggling for survival.
weekly thought: From reading this book i can recall a time when i went to Vietnam during the summer. Over there, i made a new friend who was somewhat similar to Oliver. Like Oliver, he had faced many problems as he grew up. He was very poor and he also had no parents. In order to survive, he had to go in the city to sell lottery tickets to people and the job did not pay very well( Out of 10 people he asked to buy, only 1 bought a ticket). He mostly gave all of his shares to this manager though. He was a nice guy, and he told me he wanted to go to school but in Vietnam you have to pay to get an education, and he didn't have alot of money. I felt so sorry for him i lend him some money just to help him out.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Burning Bright_blog 3
Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury
pg 110-178
( because the novel ends on pg 178, i will finish reading the remaining pgs for the week today)
In part 3, Montag was being hunted by the government. In the end, he survived, and he soon came back to the ruin society to lend what help he could.
As the novel ended we, the readers can see the practice of censorship is extremely bad to a society. Readers can see a connection to the novel, Anthem written by Ayn Rand. In this novel, it coincides with Fahrenheit 451 as both protagonists lived in a society that practiced censorship and both novel depicts how the protagonist struggles in the world/society. Though Fahrenheit 451 is shorter than Anthem, they both demonstrate how a world/society with censorships are dystopias. Bradbury and Ayn Rand both show us in their novel that censorship can lead to the destruction of a society.
pg 110-178
( because the novel ends on pg 178, i will finish reading the remaining pgs for the week today)
In part 3, Montag was being hunted by the government. In the end, he survived, and he soon came back to the ruin society to lend what help he could.
As the novel ended we, the readers can see the practice of censorship is extremely bad to a society. Readers can see a connection to the novel, Anthem written by Ayn Rand. In this novel, it coincides with Fahrenheit 451 as both protagonists lived in a society that practiced censorship and both novel depicts how the protagonist struggles in the world/society. Though Fahrenheit 451 is shorter than Anthem, they both demonstrate how a world/society with censorships are dystopias. Bradbury and Ayn Rand both show us in their novel that censorship can lead to the destruction of a society.
The Sieve and the Sand_blog 2
Farenheit 451
pg 69-110
Montag in part 2 met a man name Faber who "told him of a future in which people could think..." Unfortunatley, as he broke the law ( possession of books) Beatty, the fire captain and also the antagonist found Montag unusual action that made him suspicious.
Throughout the novel, reader can see, Montag is living in a society that practice censorship; a society where no one can freely think. I can see this can connect to the past. For example people like Joseph Stalin practiced censorship. He believed that books were bad because they could cause serious harm to the society. Many of these people who enforced censorship were trying to stop the citizens from not thinking on their own and because of that they could not question the government. The issues on books can also be link to slavery in the United States where most African slaves are not allowed to read and learn. If the slaves are educated, they can go against their masters. Therefore reading was prohibited to slaves.
pg 69-110
Montag in part 2 met a man name Faber who "told him of a future in which people could think..." Unfortunatley, as he broke the law ( possession of books) Beatty, the fire captain and also the antagonist found Montag unusual action that made him suspicious.
Throughout the novel, reader can see, Montag is living in a society that practice censorship; a society where no one can freely think. I can see this can connect to the past. For example people like Joseph Stalin practiced censorship. He believed that books were bad because they could cause serious harm to the society. Many of these people who enforced censorship were trying to stop the citizens from not thinking on their own and because of that they could not question the government. The issues on books can also be link to slavery in the United States where most African slaves are not allowed to read and learn. If the slaves are educated, they can go against their masters. Therefore reading was prohibited to slaves.
The Hearth and the Salamander_blog 1
Fahrenheit 451
pg1-68
In the beginning of the novel, we are introduce to Guy Montag, a fireman whose job was to burn books and structures that housed them. Before, he was a burner of books, but as the novel progresses, he became more intrigue of books and what they hold.
Part one shows how a society that did not allow books. Books are considered bad and must be destroyed. Society that have this opinion are mostly disfunctional societies to me. I say this because books are very important because they fill our heads with valuable informations. Without books, societies that are full of uneducated citizens will lead the society to ruins. If i didnt read books, then i wouldn't be here writing this. I wouldn't know anything mostly if there was no books to fill my head with informations. Therefore, books are very important to my life and are paramount in education.
pg1-68
In the beginning of the novel, we are introduce to Guy Montag, a fireman whose job was to burn books and structures that housed them. Before, he was a burner of books, but as the novel progresses, he became more intrigue of books and what they hold.
Part one shows how a society that did not allow books. Books are considered bad and must be destroyed. Society that have this opinion are mostly disfunctional societies to me. I say this because books are very important because they fill our heads with valuable informations. Without books, societies that are full of uneducated citizens will lead the society to ruins. If i didnt read books, then i wouldn't be here writing this. I wouldn't know anything mostly if there was no books to fill my head with informations. Therefore, books are very important to my life and are paramount in education.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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