Fahrenheit 451 Narrative

As I sat at home alone watching tv I noticed that I couldn't focus on the tv. Or anything for that matter. "I can't think straight." I told myself  All I can think about is that poem. I've never heard anything like that. There isn't a tv wall in the world that could make me feel the way that poem did. I can still hear Montag telling me to go and think about my empty life. My life isn't empty is it? I have money, tv's, and "friends". But I need something more. 

I began to cry again. I knew that I need something else to fill the void inside of me.  I haven't felt this emotional in forever and it was all because of a book. Are books really the answer? I kept telling myself no of course not books are evil. They make people different and different is bad. But deep down I knew this wasn't true. Has my whole life been one big lie?

  I want to know more. I want to read. But how could I without anyone knowing. Maybe I could steal one from Montag. Or maybe get Mildred to steal it for me. She might be willing considering how often those two have been arguing lately. I need to read

Book 1 Project

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   As we all know Peak made the summit of Everest and I was thinking if he can do it why can’t I? Then I thought of a bigger picture. If he can do it why can’t everyone summit Everest? So Thoughts turned into action. I did everything in my power to get people to summit Everest. But I didn’t want people to climb alone or with random strangers here at The Peak Fan Experience! We pledge to make everyone who is a part of this stupendous endeavor also part of a bigger cause, a family. “You don’t have to be alone to feel alone.” As a group you will all receive training, equipment, and advice. From the book we know being lonely can have a very bad effect on people so everyone will also be assigned a partner or best friend. This individual will be there with you every step of the way providing support and encouragement. But remember another thing we learned from the book, “A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you.” We will all start at the bottom together and reach the top together. At the Experience you will learn to put aside material possessions like the monks and remember the things that are really important. The 3 F’s Family, Friends, and last and certainly not least Fun! And trust me mountain climbing is fun but it’s not the most important thing, the only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.”

Although climbing Everest would be a fantastic adventure, I think it could also enlarge our fan base as a whole. There are millions of people who are interested in rock climbing and surely not all of the have read peak. So what if we introduced peak to them. That's thousands of new people reading the book. Then those people tell someone about the book and cycle keeps continuing! Pretty soon the peak fan base could reach the scale of Harry Potter! Then Roland Smith would notice the expanding attention and be forced to make a sequel. This alone would greatly increase the attention of peak, not to mention all the possible merchandise! We fans get more content and Roland a Smith gets more publicity it’s a win win! So what are you waiting for if you're really a peak fan prove it. Call us at 1-800-123-4567

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Peak

Hey guys, I am pleased to tell all of you that after 23 days of 2015, I have finally started a new book. I have stared reading "Peak" by Roland Park. I'm about half way through the book and I can certainly tell you that it deserves its numerous awards. "Peak" is about a 14 year old boy that moved from Montana to NYC because him and his mom went to go live with his stepdad. By the way,  Peak is also the name of the boy. It is a very unusual name. It was given to him because both his mom and his birth father are climbers. Peak loves to climb and he hates his new life in NYC. So he starts scaling skyscrapers, yes scaling skyscrapers!, And gets caught he has to go live with his real dad for three years. His dad lives in Thailand! Peak living with his dad is supposed to be strictly for rehabilitation purposes. But his father, Josh, has other plans. He is secretly planning to have Peak become the youngest person to climb Everest. Peak was shocked at the news,“For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.” Climbing Everest should be a great opportunity to not only make history but to also for Peak to get to now his father.

Peak also features many interesting sub plots along his way to summiting Evrest.

My personal favorite one is his school work. After Peak is arrested, he is asked to keep a journal and complete it for school, not that anyone actually believed that they would allow Peak back into school or anywhere in the U.S.A for that matter,. It's cool to see the tiny mini stories in comparison to the actual book. Little things like this is why I would definitely recommend that you guys read Peak.

         

Why do You Read?

Why do you read? Do you like to learn and be informed? Or do you just want to escape from reality and relax a little bit? I personally read for a lot of different reasons. Mostly I read for pleasure and making myself think. When I read fictional stories I like to ask myself a lot of what if questions to make it seem more real. Like what if the events of the Hunger Games happened or there actually was a such thing as wizards. Reading gives me an escape and lets me travel into my imagination and thoughts. However, I believe that reading for pleasure is not possible when people are forced to read. When kids are forced to read books with a time limit and a genre that they don't enjoy they end up growing up to hate reading. This is why I read for pleasure at a calm pace, unless the story is really interesting, where I can absorb all that the text has to offer. Reading is a privilege not a right, some people can't afford books or can't even read! So its important not to take it for granted. Knowledge is power.

I read because I'm bored and want to hear the stories of different people from different background from a different world where I can just dive in and learn about their stories. I want to go to a fictional place where anything is possible and nothing is out of bounds. I read to learn and study what, when, where, why, and how. Finally, I read because I love to read.

Semester 1 Reflection

What's up guys? This semester is coming to a close and its always nice to look back and reflect on what you've done. So that's exactly what I'm doing!
     This semester I read 6 books, including summer reading, 3 independently and 3 in class books. Although they aren't all entreating, they are all fun to blog about. My personal favorites were Divergent and Game Changers. Game Changers being a sports book and Divergent being more of an action, dystopian literature book. I myself am more into sports books than action books. Why? I have a deep fear of getting attached to a character and then that character dies. I also feel a closer connection to the characters in a sports book because I also play sports. I chose. These kinds of books because these were all I knew and I was afraid to step out of my comfort zone. Now that I have had a semester to be exposed to different kinds of books, I like way more types of books.

      Looking back at my previous blogs, I noticed a major improvement. I now use more variety of sentences, add quotes and widgets, as well as engage with you guys while I'm blogging. All of which are in the criteria for a "Superior" blog post. Things for this type of blog include: using diction, sentence structure, and engaging style. I have improved in all of these areas  but I still am not at the the place I want to be at. Comparing then to now there is major improvement.

     This is only the beginning of what I hope will be a long blogging career. If I am going to have a long career I need to have improvement. I want to complete the three goals I have set for myself. Number one, I want to start including diction and figurative language in my posts. Looking back I don't think I ever did that. Number two, I need to post on time. There were big gaps between posts sometimes and a superior blogger would never do that. Finally number three, I want to start adding videos to my blogs. in the past I didn't because I saw it to be time consuming but now I know that it is useful in describing books. All of these technics will help me become a superior blogger and I cant wait to try them out next semester.

   

          

The Sequel

As you guys know I really enjoyed "Divergent" and knowing that there was a sequel. I had to get my hands on it.

I did some reaserch on the book and some critics say this book is even better than the last. On Goodreads it was rated 4 stars. I was also looking at some of the quotes from the book. My favorite being,"Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind." Good to see that Tris hasn't changed I guess. 

I can't wait to start reading this book. Between Tris' personality and the plot of the last book. I can't imagine what excitement Veronica Roth has in store this book.

A Long Way Gone

As you know from my previous post I have taken an interest in Multi cultural memoirs, The next book on my " To Read List " was " A Long Way Gone " By Ishmael Beah. As the reader, I saw a young boy who had a bright future being altered into a killing machine. Ishmael is afraid of fighting and had nightmares about dying. In Chapter 2 he has a very graphic description of one of his nightmares. He is pushing a wheel barrel with a corpse inside. The body has been riddled with bullets. When he unwraps the body he is looking at himself.

In the book Ishmael lives in Sierra Leone when it is going through a civil war. I took this dream as foreshadowing of events that may become true. Either he would become a soldier, or he would be killed. Tension builds and Ishmael joins the army," I am tired of living in fear " joining the army was one of the biggest turning points in the story. Slowly, Ishmael became a monster, " Killing had become as easy as drinking water " While in the army Ishmael did things that in the past he would have viewed as unthinkable.