Reading Blog 15

Reading Blog: 15

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Making Connection

A part of this book where Kathrine, Michael, Michael's sister and her husband went skiing and Michael had to help Kathrine get off the lift by pushing her off, and help her down a ski path. It reminds me of the time when I went to go ski and my friend Via had to help me get off and help me ski down an about 30 ft starter ski path. (Don't judge me...)

Reading Blog 14

Reading Blog: 14

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Literary Criticism

In the book of Forever, I noticed a strange type of writing from the author. What the writing is like, is it gives you enough information to be able to image a few parts and no more, a very strict amount of revealing information. Now this writing is very different from most other authors, as others describe every carpet strand, or give about as much information as saying blue is the colour of the sky to a colourblind person. This is different, and why I think it is different is to leave enough info for the reader to make up some of the story imagery in their head instead of sticking to one image or none.

Spiritual Blog 10

Bible Blog: 10

Type: Questions and Answers

Q:What if us somewhat God was like the stages of grief? (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.)

A: I think this could be, as these stages don't always come in the respective order. As soon as God found that Adam and Eve ate some of the apple, he left and the two felt depressed by the loss of their saviour. Right after that Cain and towns after turned to violence and what can be explained by anger. Acceptance of God still being here starts with Moses and every prophet connected with God, onward. The bargaining came when Jesus came and everybody begged for him to touch them, they touch him, and to stay and travel with him.

Bible Blog Post 9

Bible Blog: 9

Type: Religious Comparisons

In this I will compare the laws of the Christians and ones related to God to the law of modern day. Well for starters there is the sixth law which is to not murder and the law is the same between both modern and bible law, the seventh and eight as well which is do not commit adultery, or rape of a child, and considering rape of any age in normal law is illegal and stealing is also illegal from anywhere. Those are about all laws I could find that I could compare.

Reading Blog Post 13

Reading Blog: 13

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Pure Emotion

One part of Forever has gotten me a bit mad! It's this part where after a party, Michael and Kathrine returned to Kath's house and spent some time alone... where Michael got into Kath's underwear while she said nothing. This kinda pisses me off considering that they have been together for barely a month and they are already very sexual. Especially Micheal who tried to pull his thing out on Kathrine when she didn't want him to.

Reading Blog Post 12

Reading Blog: 12

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Making Connections

I feel like I can make a connection with in this book to real life, as with when Kathrine's grandparents warn Kathrine about sex and pregnancy. My dad constantly warns me about not getting a girl pregnant and never leaves me alone about it no matter how much I say that I won't, and gets me peeves me as it does with Kathrine and her grandparents.

Reading Blog 11

Reading Blog: 11

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Prediction

In the current part of my book, Kathrine and Michael had private time in a room in Kathrine's house. After some kissing Michael tried to get under Kathrine's shirt to take it off. When Kathrine said no Michael stopped and said sorry, but because of what happened I feel like at some point of the book Michael will try to get sexual again, disobey Kathrine when she says no and basically rape her causing them to break up and Michael to be arrested for sexual assault.

Reading Blog 10

Reading Blog: 10

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Literal Compare/Contrast

This story reminds me of a movie I saw called The Fault In Our Stars (which story line is copied from the book of it) in the sense of two people falling in love almost admittedly with each other while dealing with an problem or an emotion. Katherine and Michael, the characters of Forever, seem to try to deal with their emotions making them seem insecure while Hazel and Augustus, the characters of The Fault In Our Stars, deal with cancer and another deals with another problem called osteosarcoma.

Reading Blog 9

Reading Blog: 9

Book: Forever by Judy Blume

Type: Making connections

Nearly at the very beginning of this book it talks about a few girls who obsessively have sex just to feel better. I know I am young but I have had a few friends who have had or want sex so they can feel loved. And just as in the book some of the girls have talents such as the smarts to do anything but barely notice that and feel often sad and lonely and crave sex.

Spiritual Blog 11

Alexander Enriquez

Type: New Light (?)

11-13-14

So I have had a semi-recent experience where one of my really close friends got bad grades and her grandparents threatened to take her back to her country. I was really scared and down that she was going to go away and I was never going to see her again and I couldn't do anything. My friends tried to help me to believe she'll stay or come back but I didn't listen to them. When I was going to sleep I started thinking and hoping that she'll stay. The next day she came to school saying that she'll stay if she can keep good grades and I was very happy when my friends said they'd kick in to help. What I think happened, is when you even have faith, even if you are an atheist such as I, whatever is anywhere does its miracles.

Reading Journal 3

Reading Journal #3

Type: Compare/Contrast
Book: Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 2
Stories: Snow White/Jack & The Beanstalk
Author(s): Ralph Tedesco & Joe Tyler

Snow White-

Same: The "Mirror, mirror, on the wall" quote.
Queen appointed men to kill Snow White, and bring her lungs and liver as proof.
A huntsman allowed Snow White to escape and never come back.
Dwarfs tended for her cares.

Grimm Version: The dwarfs killed her with fire and pain.

Zenescope Version: The Queen had a niece who was Snow White.
The dwarfs went cannibals on Snow.

Jack & The Beanstalk-

Same: Jack needs to get money for his family.
Jack trades for magic beans which his family didn't belive would work.
Who ever Jack is with slap/throw the beans out into a convenient hole in the ground.
The beans grow into the clouds.
Jack went up the bean stalk with out telling anyone.
Fee-fi-fo-fum!!!
Jack made two trips for the golden egg laying animal and the harp.
The giant noticed the harps voice and chased after Jack.
Jack cut down the beanstalk

Grimm Version:  Jack is a younger boy who went to go get money for the family.
A fairy told Jack what lies ahead.
Jack meet the giants wife and got fed by her.
A hen laid golden eggs.
Jack's family lived happily ever after.

Zenescope Version: Jack is a grown man with a child who went to go get money for the family.
Jack went into the castle without acknowledgement of what is/may be in there.
First thing Jack found was tons of gold.
A goose laid golden eggs.
When Jack cut the stalk, it landed on his house killing his wife and child.

Spiritual Blog 3

Spiritual Blog 3
Type: My Testimony

Even though I'm an atheist, I feel like there is (kinda) some experience with God.
While moving on into high school, I was always treated by my family and other people in a bad way. When during the summer I felt like committing suicide at that time. When I came to North Shore I felt things become different because people started to treat me well, especially Brithney Neal, who I still live for today.
During the time I came out of my anger and depression I felt as something, or even maybe God, was with me to help show me these people.

Spiritual Walk 1

Spiritual Walk Blog - 1
Topic: Questions and Answers

Q: Why is there still sin in the modern world?

A: One, to test the evil of mankind. Two, some of you are deserving of the sins of others (beatings, etc). Three, to test the good souls and see if they are willing to protect others. That is all I will say.

Readking Journal Week 2

Reading Journal 2
Book: Grimm Fairy Tales part 1
Parts: Hansel and Gretel/Rumpelstiltskin
Made by: Joe Tyler and Ralph Tedesco
Compare/Contrast

Hensel and Gretel:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HanGre.shtml#top

Same:
- Both families are poor.
- In both the kids go out to the forest.
- Jack put down crumbs that soon were missing.
- Kids found candy house.
- Witch found kids.
- The witch locked Hansel up while using the other for work.
- Gretel was able to escape.
Different:
- Hansel and Gretel walked out on their own will on Zenescope.
- In kids version they returned once then were stranded.
- In Zenescope Hansel died from the witch who came back from the fire.

Rumpelstiltskin:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Rum.shtml

Same:
- A poor family had a daughter spin a straw of gold.
- Short man takes a possession of the daughter so she can make the straw of gold.
- The short man and the girl traded off twice.
- The king married the daughter.
- Rumpelstiltskin gave the new queen three days to figure out his name.
- On the third day she said his name.
Different:
- In the kids version a fox told a messenger Rumpelstiltskin's name while in the Zenescope version a man told the messenger.
- After the name was said, Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half in the kids version, while in the Zenescope he came back and killed the child.

Spiritual Walk 2

Type: The Natural World

A few days back when it was raining extremely hard, but after the rain the sky was a very beautiful. I brought this up because it kinda reminds me of what I've been told and read about God, and that he is a very powerful being that can allow some type of bad things happen (considering people may have caught colds/may have died in that weather) but he also allows beautiful things to happen as make some peoples dream come true of seeing a wonderful sky and such.

Reading Journal 1

Reading Journal Week 1.

Book: Grimm Fairy Tales Volume One (Red Riding Hood - Cinderella

Author: Joe Tyler & Ralph Tedesco

Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment

Compare/Contrast:

The stories that will be compared are Grimm Fairy Tales's versions of Red Riding Hood and Cinderella to the children versions of these.

Red Riding Hood
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LittRed.shtml

Same:

- Red Riding Hood had to take a basket to her grandmother

- There was a wolf who had beat Red Riding Hood to her grandmothers house and devoured the grandmother.

- Both had a death of a wolf.

- There was danger to both Riding Hoods

Different:

- A girl opened a book and was basically put into it.

- There was a man who was a Werewolf in the Zenescope version.

- Grimm Brothers specified what was in the basket.

- In the Grimm Brothers version there was a huntsman while in Zenescope there was a lumberjack.

- Red Riding Hood got a weapon from the lumberjack in Zenescope's version while in the other she traveled with no weapon.

- The wolf killed Red's grandma in Zenescope's while in the other she was trapped inside the stomach.

- Red was swallowed in Grimm Bros. and in the other she fought against the wolf and the wolf was killed by the lumberjack.

Cinderella

http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/cinderella/

Same:

- Cinderella was treated horribly by her god mother and sisters.

- Family went to a ball where the prince would be who would choose who to marry.

- Cinderella was visited by a fairy mother that made her pretty.

- There was an afternoon time limit to her prettiness.

- Prince went around with a glass slipper to try to fit on an unknown girl who turned out to be Cinderella.

Different:

- When Cinderella was thrown down into a basement in Zenescope's version she was haunted by voices until she made a bargain to do anything for a new life. The fairy god mother then came and took Cinderella's soul so Cinderella could live a new life.
- At the end of Zenescope's version, Cinderella casted a curse upon her sisters and god mother in which crows tear their skin until they die, then the prince shows up. In the other, the prince shows up and the sisters keep on living with extreme jealousy.

Madd Project and stuff

Heyo! My name is Madd, and this is who I am! I am a high school teen who loves gaming in different genres of games (sandbox, RPG, first person shooter, etc.) and one of my favorite games is Minecraft! One other favorite thing of mine is Martial Arts, I want to take Krav Maga or maybe Boxing, but as if now I am taking Jujitsu and am a Green-Black belt. I also like to travel a lot, and I have been to Hawaii, Mexico, Japan, China, Maine, New Hampshire, Florida multiple times and Massachusetts multiple times. I have to say that Japan was the best trip with the best weather and having great architecture and cultural history. My favorite type of music is Rock and any other type of Rock like genre and my favorite band is The Offspring.