"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
The book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is about a freshman named Charlie. The quote is about how once you have lost everything there is nothing you can do but be free to do anything.
Charlie has had a hard time entering into high school alone. His only friend Michel committed suicide. His aunt also passed which caused him to feel lonely. Charlie meet two people that made him like school. Sam and Patrick are seniors in high school and are brother and sister. Sam and Patrick introduce Charlie to their friends and he is then considered "one of them". Charlie has a crush on Sam.
Ever since Charlies friend died he has been lonely. But if he hadn't died Charlie probley wouldn't have meet Sam and Patrick. He also wouldn't have fell in love with Sam. Its been a very emotional time for Charlie.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Quote Connection
"It takes a
great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up
to our friends.” J. K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K Rowling's quote is saying that yes you have to be very brave to stand up to someone that opposes you, but you have be even braver to stand up to your friends.
In the book Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian Percy and his friends are trying to prevent Kronos and the Titans from destroying Olympus. Even though the Gods might not be Percy's friends but he stands up to them by denying them to turn him into a God. Then Percy makes all of the Gods to promise that they will claim all of their children. This take a great deal of bravery because well you're standing up to Gods and your standing up to what his your friends and family.
J.K Rowling's quote is saying that yes you have to be very brave to stand up to someone that opposes you, but you have be even braver to stand up to your friends.
In the book Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian Percy and his friends are trying to prevent Kronos and the Titans from destroying Olympus. Even though the Gods might not be Percy's friends but he stands up to them by denying them to turn him into a God. Then Percy makes all of the Gods to promise that they will claim all of their children. This take a great deal of bravery because well you're standing up to Gods and your standing up to what his your friends and family.
Critical Lens Quotation on Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength" - Henry Ward Beecher
This quotation is saying that good things cannot come out of brute and physical strength, but being efficient with the strength you have and getting the full value of your strength. This quotation is almost perfectly made for the main character, Alex Rider, in Ark Angel.
Alex Rider is a 14 year old kid. But he is not your average 14 year old, he is a special operations spy for MI6, the British Intelligence agency. He was chosen because he is mentally strong and can often outsmart his enemies. Alex has completed many difficult missions for MI6.
The situation which showcases Alex demonstrating the quotation is when Alex is in the St. Dominic's hospital. A sniper had attempted to murder Alex a few days before...unsuccessfully. He was being treated in the hospital when he snuck out of his room to get some fresh air. He was about to open the door into the main lobby of the hospital when he saw several men in leather coats. He stayed and watched through the window. They shot the receptionist. He heard the men talking and they were looking for a boy named Paul Drevin. Alex's eyes widened as he realized that Paul Drevin was the awkward boy in the next room. He quickly ran up the stairs back to his room. It's in the middle of the night so Paul is still asleep. Something inside of Alex just made him want to help the boy, even if it would endanger himself. Alex switched the room numbers and names of the two rooms as a plan was formulating inside of his head. The men came up to the Alex's floor and Alex opened the door of his room and stood down the hall. When the men asked if Alex was Paul, he nodded. Alex ("Paul") turned and ran. Now Alex had 4 armed and dangerous men after him and Alex was a 14 year old injured spy with nothing to defend himself. But Alex had some tricks up his sleeve... Alex ran and hid behind a large machine. The men had split up so Alex could hear one man's footsteps racing toward him. When he passed, Alex slammed two large pads into the neck of the person. That machine was a 300 defibrillator and it know sent electricity through the man's body. He was unconscious. 1 down. Alex went back into hiding. When the next man came, Alex hit him, full force, with an oxygen tank. He dropped to the ground. Alex ran to the physical therapy department. 40 seconds later, when another man came, Alex was ready. Alex had made a makeshift catapult using an elastic exercise band and 10 pound medicine ball. He tied the exercise band across the corridor. He released and another man was unconscious. The last man came chasing after Alex and Alex strategically led him into a room labeled MAGNETOM. The man was face to face with Alex and he said to come with him or Alex dies. The man took a step forward and his gun was stripped out of his hand. Next the man went flying into a large cylindrical machine. The man was wearing a metal watch and the machine was an MRI scanner. It was over.
This scene clearly shows Alex using his strength efficiently and wisely. Alex was an injured boy and he was able to take down 4 professional kidnappers. It just goes to show that greatness is not in being strong but in using strength wisely.
This quotation is saying that good things cannot come out of brute and physical strength, but being efficient with the strength you have and getting the full value of your strength. This quotation is almost perfectly made for the main character, Alex Rider, in Ark Angel.
Alex Rider is a 14 year old kid. But he is not your average 14 year old, he is a special operations spy for MI6, the British Intelligence agency. He was chosen because he is mentally strong and can often outsmart his enemies. Alex has completed many difficult missions for MI6.
The situation which showcases Alex demonstrating the quotation is when Alex is in the St. Dominic's hospital. A sniper had attempted to murder Alex a few days before...unsuccessfully. He was being treated in the hospital when he snuck out of his room to get some fresh air. He was about to open the door into the main lobby of the hospital when he saw several men in leather coats. He stayed and watched through the window. They shot the receptionist. He heard the men talking and they were looking for a boy named Paul Drevin. Alex's eyes widened as he realized that Paul Drevin was the awkward boy in the next room. He quickly ran up the stairs back to his room. It's in the middle of the night so Paul is still asleep. Something inside of Alex just made him want to help the boy, even if it would endanger himself. Alex switched the room numbers and names of the two rooms as a plan was formulating inside of his head. The men came up to the Alex's floor and Alex opened the door of his room and stood down the hall. When the men asked if Alex was Paul, he nodded. Alex ("Paul") turned and ran. Now Alex had 4 armed and dangerous men after him and Alex was a 14 year old injured spy with nothing to defend himself. But Alex had some tricks up his sleeve... Alex ran and hid behind a large machine. The men had split up so Alex could hear one man's footsteps racing toward him. When he passed, Alex slammed two large pads into the neck of the person. That machine was a 300 defibrillator and it know sent electricity through the man's body. He was unconscious. 1 down. Alex went back into hiding. When the next man came, Alex hit him, full force, with an oxygen tank. He dropped to the ground. Alex ran to the physical therapy department. 40 seconds later, when another man came, Alex was ready. Alex had made a makeshift catapult using an elastic exercise band and 10 pound medicine ball. He tied the exercise band across the corridor. He released and another man was unconscious. The last man came chasing after Alex and Alex strategically led him into a room labeled MAGNETOM. The man was face to face with Alex and he said to come with him or Alex dies. The man took a step forward and his gun was stripped out of his hand. Next the man went flying into a large cylindrical machine. The man was wearing a metal watch and the machine was an MRI scanner. It was over.
This scene clearly shows Alex using his strength efficiently and wisely. Alex was an injured boy and he was able to take down 4 professional kidnappers. It just goes to show that greatness is not in being strong but in using strength wisely.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Quotation Connection
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk's quote means that you are not fully free in life until you have lost all you have cared about.
In the novel, We Are Soldiers Still, Harold Moore goes back to Ia Drang to meet with old enemies after both of the sides lost many of their own. Moore goes back and and talks about the battle with the old NVA Generals, something that takes a lot of courage and strength to do. Moore lost some of his friends in the battle and saw other Americans die. When Moore was talking to a General, the General said "your machine guns killed my son".
Chuck Palahniuk's quote means that you are not fully free in life until you have lost all you have cared about.
In the novel, We Are Soldiers Still, Harold Moore goes back to Ia Drang to meet with old enemies after both of the sides lost many of their own. Moore goes back and and talks about the battle with the old NVA Generals, something that takes a lot of courage and strength to do. Moore lost some of his friends in the battle and saw other Americans die. When Moore was talking to a General, the General said "your machine guns killed my son".
Quotation Connection Blog
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
This quote describes the main character, Charlie in the novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephan Chbosky. This quote is saying that once a person has lost everything, that they begin to do things freely. Charlie experiences just this in this novel.
Charlie is a 15 year old boy just about to enter high school. But then, Charlies best friend, Michael, commits suicide for some reason that no one knows about. Charlie is then forced to start high school alone. Charlie has never been able to step outside of his comfort zone. He has always been a very shy and Michael has basically been his only friend.
So now, Charlie basically has no friends. But, that soon changes when he meets two people that will change his life forever. Charlie meets Sam and Patrick, two seniors that go to his school. At first, it is a little awkward between them because they really didn't know each other. But, once they start to open up to each other, it becomes a completely different story. They slowly start to form a friendship that will change Charlie's life. Charlie finally has friends that he can open up to and really connect with.
Throughout the novel, Sam and Patrick include Charlie in their own friend group. Charlie gets invited to all of their parities that they have, and whenever they hang out. Charlie begins to become "one of them". They guide Charlie through high school and help him with any problems he may be having outside of school as well.
This situation really affected Charlie in a very positive way. If Michael would have still been alive, Charlie would have never met Patrick and Sam and every other person in their friend group. He would have stayed his isolated, shy self and would never be the person he is today. The fact that he lost his one great friend, allowed him to open up and meet a group of great friends.
This quote describes the main character, Charlie in the novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephan Chbosky. This quote is saying that once a person has lost everything, that they begin to do things freely. Charlie experiences just this in this novel.
Charlie is a 15 year old boy just about to enter high school. But then, Charlies best friend, Michael, commits suicide for some reason that no one knows about. Charlie is then forced to start high school alone. Charlie has never been able to step outside of his comfort zone. He has always been a very shy and Michael has basically been his only friend. So now, Charlie basically has no friends. But, that soon changes when he meets two people that will change his life forever. Charlie meets Sam and Patrick, two seniors that go to his school. At first, it is a little awkward between them because they really didn't know each other. But, once they start to open up to each other, it becomes a completely different story. They slowly start to form a friendship that will change Charlie's life. Charlie finally has friends that he can open up to and really connect with.
Throughout the novel, Sam and Patrick include Charlie in their own friend group. Charlie gets invited to all of their parities that they have, and whenever they hang out. Charlie begins to become "one of them". They guide Charlie through high school and help him with any problems he may be having outside of school as well.
This situation really affected Charlie in a very positive way. If Michael would have still been alive, Charlie would have never met Patrick and Sam and every other person in their friend group. He would have stayed his isolated, shy self and would never be the person he is today. The fact that he lost his one great friend, allowed him to open up and meet a group of great friends.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Week of April 15th-- Critical Lens Quotation Connections
This week, you will focus on making a connection between a quotation and one of the independent reading books you have read from September until now.
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment
that
something else is more important than fear.” Ambrose Redmoon
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do
anything.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength" Henry Ward Beecher
- Choose one (1) of the following four quotations:
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,
but just as much to stand up to our friends.” J. K Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
something else is more important than fear.” Ambrose Redmoon
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength" Henry Ward Beecher
- Copy it to the top of your blog entry.
- Begin by connecting the main idea of the quotation (what the person is saying) to a character and a situation in one of the independent reading novels you have read.
- Use the rest of the entry to explain the specifics of this connection-- for example: which character has lost everything? Why and how did she lose everything? As a result what happened to her? Was this a positive outcome that highlighted her strength or was it negative and the loss caused the character to plummet.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Ark Angel-Connections
I have been reading Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz and I really like it. I am about 70 pages into it but it's a fast-pace book so many things have happened in those 70 pages. So far in the book, I have already noticed several connections in the book. I feel that there are connections in the book that relate to both myself and the real world.
Connection to myself
I felt a connection in this book between Alex Rider, the main character, and myself. Well, first of all, Alex is always thinking on his feet. When he has problems, he always creates out-of-the-box solutions. I feel that this "creative thinking" that Alex Rider has is also a part of my own skill set. When Alex is tightly locked in a room on the seventh floor of a burning building, he doesn't waste any time in escaping. The first thing he does is he studies the room. After studying the room he concludes that since the building is a very old building the frame must be rather weak. So, he starts walking around the room trying to find a weak spot in either the walls or the ceilings. After a while(under the pressure of smoke filling the room quickly), Alex finds that there is a soft spot in the ceiling. Coughing from the smoke, Alex reaches his hand and punches a hole in the ceiling. He then cupped his hands, grabbed on the ceiling, and brought himself up. He was above the room. He crawled several feet then slammed his foot down to the other side of the room. He then maneuvered himself out of the burning building just in time. It's both Alex's creativity and never give up attitude that allowed him to survive. I think that I show the creativity and attitude that Alex shows whenever I play sports. If something doesn't go my way(and it's almost impossible for EVERYTHING to go your way), I can always battle through it and end up in the win column.
Connection to the real world
Apart from the personal connections I share with Ark Angel, I think there is a real world connection demonstrated in the book. In the book, there is a "terrorist" group called Force Three. They get their name from the fact that the Earth is the third planet from the sun. This "terrorist" group has strange intentions however. Force Three has very radical and extreme thinking. Their goal is to stop polluting and preserve Earth's natural beauty. However, they will do anything to achieve their goal. They kill rich businessmen who make their money from oil drilling, they kidnap children and ask the parents for money in order for safe return, and they will terminate anyone that gets in their way. They are "ECO-freaks". Their leader, Kaspar, even has the entire world tattooed on his head and face. So, even though Force Three has good intentions, they seem to ignore their values whenever they're killing and kidnapping people. I think that Force Three connects with some terrorist groups throughout history. Their intentions are often,"Make the human race a better one," or "make the world a stronger place." Which in their own minds sound good. However, the way they plan to do so is usually extreme, violent, and puzzling when considering what their goal is. So, Force Three, like some terrorist groups have very contradicting goals and ways to achieve those goals.
Connection to myself
I felt a connection in this book between Alex Rider, the main character, and myself. Well, first of all, Alex is always thinking on his feet. When he has problems, he always creates out-of-the-box solutions. I feel that this "creative thinking" that Alex Rider has is also a part of my own skill set. When Alex is tightly locked in a room on the seventh floor of a burning building, he doesn't waste any time in escaping. The first thing he does is he studies the room. After studying the room he concludes that since the building is a very old building the frame must be rather weak. So, he starts walking around the room trying to find a weak spot in either the walls or the ceilings. After a while(under the pressure of smoke filling the room quickly), Alex finds that there is a soft spot in the ceiling. Coughing from the smoke, Alex reaches his hand and punches a hole in the ceiling. He then cupped his hands, grabbed on the ceiling, and brought himself up. He was above the room. He crawled several feet then slammed his foot down to the other side of the room. He then maneuvered himself out of the burning building just in time. It's both Alex's creativity and never give up attitude that allowed him to survive. I think that I show the creativity and attitude that Alex shows whenever I play sports. If something doesn't go my way(and it's almost impossible for EVERYTHING to go your way), I can always battle through it and end up in the win column.
Connection to the real world
Apart from the personal connections I share with Ark Angel, I think there is a real world connection demonstrated in the book. In the book, there is a "terrorist" group called Force Three. They get their name from the fact that the Earth is the third planet from the sun. This "terrorist" group has strange intentions however. Force Three has very radical and extreme thinking. Their goal is to stop polluting and preserve Earth's natural beauty. However, they will do anything to achieve their goal. They kill rich businessmen who make their money from oil drilling, they kidnap children and ask the parents for money in order for safe return, and they will terminate anyone that gets in their way. They are "ECO-freaks". Their leader, Kaspar, even has the entire world tattooed on his head and face. So, even though Force Three has good intentions, they seem to ignore their values whenever they're killing and kidnapping people. I think that Force Three connects with some terrorist groups throughout history. Their intentions are often,"Make the human race a better one," or "make the world a stronger place." Which in their own minds sound good. However, the way they plan to do so is usually extreme, violent, and puzzling when considering what their goal is. So, Force Three, like some terrorist groups have very contradicting goals and ways to achieve those goals.
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