2nd Quarter Blogging starts: King of the Mild Frontier

    In my first quarter I didn't do so hot. I think that the Blogs that I actually did do were not so bad, but I do know and realize I could have done much better if I had really and truly tried. I know for a fact that I could have and should have shown more effort and care about the blogs. I don't think that I really concentrated that much on my work. I also didn't finish my final project (all the blogs together and animo) and I know that lowered my grade a lot.
    This time I want to work harder and finish my blogging on time to raise my grade up. I think that doing the blogging and everybody reading the same book is a good idea. First off, we have already done blogging before and I think it would now be a little easier because we know what it is that we are doing and how the points and grading works, also how it can effect our grades either positively or negative depending on how much effort we put to it.
    I think that this book sounds a little weird. From what I read it is about an awkward man's childhood. It talks about him still acting inmature and embarising even though he is already in his mid thirty's. It also tells about all the little things this man did throughout his life and what he messed up with his fits. He acted or still acts like when he was two years old.

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Litterary Elements

Setting: Where the stuff in the story happens/ takes place.- The story starts in Alaska. Kip starts living at the place for juvenille delicuents after he burns Bobby. After he is released he lives in Indiana and Texas.
Tone: What the author in the story trys to reflect and how he makes it sound like.- I think the author trys to make people feel like kip really is a good person deep inside. It sounds like he is being honest about how much he regrets killing Bobby.
Protagonist: The main character in the story, what it all revolves around.- Kip is the main character in this book.
Antagonist: The person or thing that complicates things and makes the story interesting.- Kip is his own antagonist. He won't forget himself for what he did. He trys to destroy his own happiness.
Theme: It is the message or moral of the story.- I think it is that people can sometimes make mistakes that make them seem like monsters but in the end we can all regret and try to fix the past. You can't always judge someone for their past.

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My Comments
@ Marcus Burton: Good job Marcus, I liked your blog. When I first heard about this book I honestly did not think it was very interesting in the least bit. I hope it ends up having the suspense you are waiting/looking for. Although I have to admit the main character from your story does seem kind of interesting. I hope you don't get too many bad ideas from the book.
@ Chardonnay Bennett:     Hi Chardonnay, I'm glad we have the same English class. My teacher is also Ms. Hayes and I am also a Freshmen. You sound like a friendly person. Your book seems to be pretty interesting. Your grammar seems good and I like the way you wrapped things up in your blog. I also like how you didn't write too much but filled your paragraph with information.
@ Iman Ibrahim:     Iman, I am in the same English class as you. The book you are reading sounds really good. I like what you wrote about it. It really got my attention. What was the name of the drug the girl used? I would like to know that, it sounds pretty interesting. I agree with you in everything you said in your opinion. Good job,

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Song:
"Kreutzer" Ludwig Van Beethoven
    I here sadness with the violin, and it reflects the sadness in Kip's heart. As Kip starts to change his life  and now is Wade the things start to get better. The music also lightens up, and gradually starts getting much more cheerful. Like when Wade, Carrie, and Dad were all having a great life in Indiana. Until Wade felt he couldn't keep it up anymore, because he felt he did not deserve so much happiness and had to ruin it all himself, things started to get complicated all over again. As that happens the music has different ups and downs, like the story. Until it reaches a soft point all over again and the music starts to turn all sad. Exactly what happened when Wade and his family had to start all over again and move to Texas to the beach house. When they got to Texas things where not very complicated but very peaceful. Like the ending of the song.

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Blog Entry #2

     Alaska,

Kip's Mom died of cancer.

Bobby's present...

  The flames that killed Bobby, 

 The Loon Platoon, as the Nurses called the boys.

Wild E. Coyote helped Kip remember.

What Wade is called by Dave

  

Wade felt like a plucked chicken without his clothes.

Coach's rubber boots, Wade wore.

The beach house in Texas