reading response

        Holden Claufield is failing high school and he could not care less. He is enrolled in a very nice school but that not really the truth. See every sunday either the parents call their kids or come up to see them and when they do they always ask "what did you eat last night" the children will say steak and this is true though the steak is hard and small.

      Holden is a nice kid who might sometimes get on your nerves and is not the brightest scholar out there. Half the hair on his head is turning gray and he smoke to many cigerates for them to not affect his health. Holden decides that since he is going to be kick out of this school in a couple of days he might as well leave. This book is a story of his life in the big city.

       When Holden decides to go to the city he makes sure he has enough money and he does his grandmother is always very generous with her christmas donations. He sets out to stay at a not so fancy and when he gets there he tries to buy a scotch and soda but they wont give it to him as he is under age, this is something that drive him crazy because he wants to be an adult but no matter what he still gets treated like a kid.

        His stay in Manhattan also changes him. One night he comes back to the hotel very late and is not tired but very bored. The bellhop notices this and tell him he can send up a girl for five bucks. Holden doesn't really want to but he says yes to the man. When the girl comes al he wants to do is talk so she leaves but not before getting five bucks. The bellhop and the girl tomorrow saying he owes them five dollars, Holden wont pay him so the bellhop knocks him out and the girl takes the money and they walk out.

       In conclusion Holden as dumb as this trip to the city was, he grows and matures from it. He learns a thing or to about certain kinds of people and who they can be, which is good so now he's not going to get husstled again or at least I hope he won't. He also learns that even though he is a kid he wouldn't really want to be an adult yet because a child's life is just to much fun.

artifacts

Youth:
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warm and fuzzy
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cozy and comforting
Bankie
forever toghether.

Coming of age.

Two summers ago i went to cancun with my parents and it was really my transition from child to teen because they left me be and do whatever in another country, so this was a big summer for me.

INdependent reading book response

The book Youth in Revolt is full of lying and suspense. The main character, Nick Twisp, lives with his mom and the man she is dating at the time(through out the book his mom has many boyfriends). Nick's life changes when he goes on a family vacation to the beach with his mom and her boyfriend Jimmy at the time. When they get to the beach he meets a girl named Sheene Sanders. At first she doesn't notice him then she started to really like him and they started to hang out. When its time for him to leave they exchange numbers and he went back home, when they talk on the phone he relizes that something is wrong so to impress her ne dicides to blow up a building. Because of his actions he has to go move in with his dad who lives near Sheene, but when he goes there he finds out that Sheene is in a boarding school and is now over 100 miles away. This is the end of the first book.

SONNET

The hardest thing in the world is writing
there are so many rules it is very hard
dyslexia is forever fighting
the words are scrambled like a spinning card.

Guess what, if you can't read then you can't write
writing's the most essential subject too
and to read the words is a blinding light
forever fighting a battle with you.

Although tis hard I love to read my books
they are full of magic and even lies
I first read in third grade and got some looks
although it was very hard I did try.

If I can then maybe I can write
if I can write then I have won the fight.

Authors note

  Maturity is some that your suposed  to get more of every year you get older. Maybe at seven your parents expected you to stop weting the bed and at ten to start doing chores and at the thirteen to begin to start planning for your future. But really isn't that far ahead into the future and why do i have to "be more mature" or anything like that i have all the time of my adulthood to "be mature" so why do they actspect a hormone crazed up kid to be more mature and no i dont have angst to those of you that question that I have no anxienty because if you go with the flow and try hard then thing will sometimes work  out but you just have to enjoy yourself and not take everything to seriously.

JANUARY reading challenge

Reading a book that is all poems is very different then reading a regular book. It is a different format and to understand the book you have to really understand the poems. This is what is making up the whole book. When I was reading Sold though it felt at times that I was reading a regular book. But Sold was very differeent then reading Impulse because in the book Impulse there are much more complex poems that deal with very complictated topics that to someone who could not  understand the poems would not understand the book at all and they would be just as lost as I was.

JORDANS

 I think that it is interesting that this character talks about needing new "gear" in such a serious way. The author pulls you in so that you have to read more and find about what will happen. By the way it is written this is almost like a short story and you are dying to know what will happen next to the man. He says that his crew is making fun of him and that he needs new gear, so this can mean that he may be getting peer pressure from his friends but really when it comes down to killing someone you are the one whos choses wether to do it or not.

My mentor

IntroductionSo you're famous, everyone knows your name, And you're a specialist by gum, in the transport game, You think you're so grand with your important job.

A Letter to Rudolph

Dear Husband, It is time that I must have my say,
I've taken your shit day after day.
I've kept the home peaceful year after year
Now there is going to be changes, so listen my dear.
So you're famous, everyone knows your name,
And you're a specialist by gum, in the transport game,
You think you're so grand with your important job.
But I'm telling you my dear you're a worn out old yob
363 days a year,
You sit on your arse drinking scotch, rum and beer,
You claim it is to keep up the shine on your nose
So Santa can see where he bloodywell goes.
One night a year is all that you work,
You and your eight reisty mates - they're all jerks.
Dasher and Dancer - Speed freaks I say,
The sleigh wouldn't go that quick any other way.
Prancer and Vixen - Just cheap little tarts,
But they look like angels once Comet starts.
Cupids on some freaked out damned power trip,
And Donner...well, she should just get a damned grip
And Blitzen, I almost don't need to say,
Is here getting blitzed with you every day.
All of these years at the front of the sled,
Has gone, I'm afraid, to your crusty old head.
You're a layabout and a drunkard, with a big shiny nose,
And a weakness for elves in black pantyhose.
I'm telling you husband that one Christmas song,
Has made you think that you can do no wrong.
So this year while your out with old Santa's sled,
I am eloping, my dear, with your friend - Mr. Ed

IMPORTANT POEM

                                                                    MATURITY
                                                         
                                                              They tell you to be
                                                              mature, they tell you
                                                              to acted your age
                                                              well im thirteen so
                                                              no I will not be
                                                              mature but yes I
                                                              will act my age and,
                                                              since i am thirteen
                                                              I will be dumb and
                                                              stupid and not really
                                                              care about things that


                             
                                                                are mature because
                                                                I am thirteen and I
                                                                just wantt to have
                                                                fun. Who needs to
                                                                be serious anyway
                                                                            

Paintings

In Claude Monet's Lily Pond, there is a sense of peace. By the way the colors blend with each other and work so well to give the painting the feeling of timelessness. The way the water stays at bay gives you the feeling that no single person has ever been to this spot, but then you see the bridge and you know that people have been there. The lilies stand out from all else, as they are brighter then everything around them. The shading and the way light is hitting the grass you can also tell that it is sunny outside  As you move your eyes to the left, it slowly begins to become dark, giving you the feeling that it might be spring and it is cool outside. These are some things that you can  interpret from this painting.