Romeo + Juliet The Movie

            Something that really caught my attention in the movie was the different use of colors in Romeo + Juliet. This is actually my first even seeing anything that’s related to Romeo and Juliet. Before I just thought it was a whole bunch of gibberish. They were so confusing and half the things they said didn’t even make sense to me. So that’s why I never even tried to read about Romeo and Juliet or watch it.

            In the beginning like I said the use of colors really got my attention and also how the introduction was. Right off from the beginning of the movie they get into a whole fight scene between the Capulets and Montagues. The Montagues were wearing these Hawaiian shirts and the Capulets were wearing blue. The Montagues were kind of surrounded by such bright lights that whole scene. The Capulets were surrounded by blue and I thought it showed the viewers that the Capulets are elegant, by their fancy clothing and stuff. The difference of colors showed the differences between those two families. One more thing that was unavoidable to see was the close-ups. It showed the tension between the two families. It’s like as soon as they saw each other everybody was expecting a fight to break any moment. It was basically just a moment of time.

            Through out the movie the families stayed with their colors. I just started reading the play and I think the director of the movie did a good job with the interpretation so far. So far I thought the movie was great and I’m guessing the play will be even better.

8th Grade Super Zero Post

            I just started this book, “8^th Grade Super Zero” by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich. The thing that stood out to me was the author’s name. I didn’t even know how to pronounce it until I asked five different people and I’m still not sure how you pronounce it. So far in this book Reginald or Reggie has been made fun of ever since the first day of school. Why? He puked during the first day of school and now almost everybody calls him Pukey. The only two people who have his back are Joe-C and Ruthie who have been his friends since kindergarten.

            If you think that’s the only thing Reggie gets teased for your wrong. He turns out to be Vicky’s campaign manager. Vicky who’s weird and almost made fun of as Reggie doesn’t want to listen at all to Reggie’s ideas. Their competition Donovan and Justin who are the coolest guys in school run against them and Reggie just gets made fun of even more. It seems that every day that goes by for Reggie it gets worse and worse. He’s trying to stay low so the whole thing can blow over but that’s just not going to happen. I think it’s time for Reggie to stand up for himself. How about you?

            That’s kind of like the key idea in this blog post. Standing up for yourself. Don’t let people who bully/ tease you, get to you. Just ignore them and go on with your life. If they don’t stop and keep at it, weeeell I don’t really know the answer to that, but if you do be sure to write it as a comment. By the next blog post I’ll hopefully have answer of my own. J  

Blogs That Are AWESOME!!!

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I was reading through blogs and this one kind of stood out to me. The thing that stood to me wasn’t what Daisy was writing about but how she wrote it. It wasn’t formal at all. Instead of me reading it, it felt like a conversation. That’s what Daisy does well and I mean REALLY WELL. I always write formally and this kind of gives me a clue on how to write in your own voice. Plus when someone writes in their own voice instead of it sounding like an essay it keeps the reader interested and want to read more.

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            Zarrin is really amazing with the things she does to her blog posts. She’s able to write and elaborate so well. The thing that I think that makes her blog posts so good is that she gets straight to the point without giving too much away. By doing that she keeps her readers all the way to the end and on the edge of their seats. To make it even better she added vocabulary words. Her choices of words are unique and make her blog posts interesting.

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            Last but not least is Hannah’s blog post. Like Daisy she talks in her own voice and that makes it really better. But another thing is all the things she notices. She puts her expressions into her blog. It sounds like she was really excited to do her blog and that made it more interesting to read. Hannah really is infinite. J

Is It Really The End?

                                                                    Death is not the end
                                                             Death can never be the end.

Death is the road.
Life is the traveler.
The Soul is the Guide

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Our mind thinks of death.
Our heart thinks of lifeOur soul thinks of Immortality.

    

                                                                                                                                 

- By: Sri Chinmoy            

  

The first thing that popped up in my mind when I started reading was a picture of the sky breaking apart by some kind of light. That’s the image I always get when I think about death. I basically think of heaven. In the second stanza it talks about how death is the road, life is the traveler, and soul is the guide. I think what that means is death is the path you have to take while you’re alive. Your soul guides you through the path so it can move on. In the third stanza it talks about what our mind thinks and what our heart thinks. What I think is that what our mind thinks is fact and the thing our heart thinks is hope.

            I think this poem is about how you have to go down a dangerous path of death and you’re the traveler. You’re seeking for life down that path and your soul is helping you. There’s a constant struggle between death and life always. You just can’t avoid it. Even though you know death will always come at last but you’re hoping that you’ll live forever. What you don’t notice is your soul thinks about living forever but you don’t notice that because you’re worried about dying.

                                                   

It Not That Funny, Actually Pretty Serious

SPOILER ALERT!

In the book It’s Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, Craig Gilner gets to go to the best school in Manhattan’s Executive Pre- Professional. He passes the test that he had been studying for his entire 8^th grade year by getting all the questions right. If you think that’s it then wait until you hear this. Craig starts to fall behind everyone else in his class. He gets piles of weeks of homework just to get back on track.

Then the pressure and depression start. First as soon as he notices he wants to suicide he gets medicine to counter act his depression called Zoloft. But as soon as he starts to feel better after a few weeks and feels like he can take on the world he stops taking the Zoloft. WELL THAT WAS A DUMB KNUCKLE HEADED MOVE HE DID THERE! He ends up in a mental hospital. When he starts noticing that all the people in there are WAY screwed up then him and starts noticing that the one thing that makes him feel better is making brain maps he starts to handle his depression. Then he transfers to an art school.

Craig just wanted to go to the best school he knew about. He wanted to lead a good life, have a happily family, a nice car, and a nice house. What he didn’t notice is that if he probably did get all that he would end up at a mental hospital, and this time for a VERY LONG TIME. I guess it’s kind of like a life lesson here, make your career something you love to do so you won’t have to feel all of the pressure that Craig did, and you’ll probably won’t start thinking about suicide or even commit it. WE WOULDN”T WANT THAT!!!!! J

Ewwww Snape, The Hero?!

First thing is that Snape isn’t really a bad guy for people who still thinks he’s creepy and weird. In the early beginning of book #7 he’s at a meeting with the Deatheaters. He was the calmest out of all the Deatheaters at the meeting when Voldemort entered. I’m guessing the reason for that was because Voldemort trusted him the most. No one was really thinking that he might be a double- agent and working for Dumbledore. Later on the teacher at Hogwarts that taught about Muggles was killed. Snape couldn’t help it. It was either save her or the whole population of Wizards and Muggles. It was an important sacrifice that had to happen.

            If it wasn’t for Snape Harry wouldn’t have possibly found the Gryffindor sword and be able to destroy the Horcrux. In the beginning of the series I guessed it looked like he hated Harry. I’m guessing the reason for that was because he was the son of James. James used to bully Snape when they were young, that kind of blinded Snape to know that actually the only one who was doing the bullying was Draco. Then in the sixth book he kills Dumbledore. That made him look like the bad guy. But really he didn’t want to blow off his cover. His job was to help bring Voldemort down in any way possible and that meant sacrifices.

            The thing that I wanted to really figure out the most was why he agreed to help bring down Voldemort? Ever since he was a little boy he thought of joining Voldemort. Snape followed Voldemort’s tracks and eventually joined him. He would hang out with people that would do mean things like Dark Magic and who wanted to join the Dark Lord. His environment was nothing but joining Voldemort and doing cruel things with Dark Magic. So what made him turn back? Who or what was that light that showed him the right way? It was Lily. He had always loved her. Then when Snape found out that Lily would die by Voldemort he tried to warn them through Dumbledore. It was because of how deeply he loved and desired Lily that Snape was able to turn his head and come back, away from the darkness. I guess in a way he was Harry’s guardian but just didn’t show it the way you would expect to. Was it revenge that made him want to kill Voldemort?

Atherton: The House Of Power

Basically all I’ve read in this book is about a boy named Edgar finds a book in the cliff that he always climbs on. Since he can’t read the book because it’s not allowed in Tabletop, he has to climb all the way up the vertical mountain and finds a boy, Samuel who can read it to him. They only read a few pages of it before Edgar has to go back down so people won’t notice he’s missing. On Edgar’s second visit to the Highlands (on top of the cliff where Samuel lives) Samuel gets caught with the book and is locked up in a room. Edgar escapes and climbs back down. The Highlands is sinking down into Tabletop and they start fighting. Edgar finds a page from the book in his pocket and captures one of the people from the Highlands (Sir Emerick) and tells him to read him the page. Sir Emerick lies and tells the boy there’s a second book in the Flatlands (a barren wasteland full of creatures that nobody has seen). So Edgar takes the trip down to the Flatlands. It takes him a few days and he ends up with his shoulder bone popped out of its place, a missing pinky, and a concussion. But the good thing is he still livesJ.

            I actually found this book in my house. It was just laying there on a table and I never seen it before. I asked my dad if someone left it in his car and he said maybe. The cover looked really cool and I picked it up and started reading. I just wasn’t able to put it down once I started but since I’m only human I have to go to sleep sometimes. But even then it would be the only thing on my mind. I would always be thinking what would happen next. Then a few days later my sister said it was a book she borrowed from her school’s library. I WAS BUMMED OUT WHEN I HEARD THAT. I thought I would have to stop reading it and give it to her. But since she’s nice she let me borrow it for a weekJ.

            If I would have found out that I went all that way down to a barren wasteland of DEATH I would have been pissed off. It kind of brings me back to the saying all is fair in love and war. But I’m pretty sure there are limits to that. What kind of cruel human being would send a 12 year old boy down to his death? I guess in a way Edgar cheated death and he’s probably thinking of revenge. Edgars really tough to do something so dangerous like that. He did something that no one was able to do or have the guts to do. It just shows how much of a fighter Edgar is and will do almost anything.