The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes

     In the book I am reading The City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare Jace has been thinking of his father Valentine and of his newly found sister Clary.  Valentine is regaining his army and energy and plans a combat which would doom everyone and everything. So when Jace starts believing in him without knowing  his plan his adoptive mother ends up kicking him out for her safety. With no where to go he goes and picks a fight with the werewolves. Not responding to anyone or calming down they call Clary. When they see one another they look at each other with a mixed of emotions both wishing deep down that they were not related but something more. 

     The conflict in my book so far is that Jace is focusing too much on Valentine than the rest of his problems. He can't deal with his adoptive mother being offensive towards Valentine even if he had done terrible stuff in the past. The only things that matters to him is finally noticing why he hadn't seen the similarities between him and Valentine.  Another conflict that both Jace and Clary have are the mixed feelings they have for one another. They are supposed to feel like brother and sister but they just can't seem to wrap their heads around that and wish they were not related at all. 

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Continued..

     In my book The Perks Of Being A  Wallflower my main character Charlie yet again  has another Man Vs. Self conflict. With his birthday coming up all he could think about was the death of his favorite aunt Helen. The day of her death she had gone out to buy him a present for his special day. Charlie loved his aunt and he felt guilty because he thought he was responsible for her death. He can't get over the fact that he wasn't to blame for the day she died,  in had been snowing hard and had a really bad accident. He know has therapies in which he is know trying to get over this problem and many others he has in his family.

     So far in my book I think that the theme of this book would be "You shouldn't let your past hold you back let it go".  Maybe later on or at the end Charlie will finally let his past behind and focus on the special things ahead of him.  He will let the guilt that he has been holding since a child go and finally realize that he couldn't stop an accident. The reason I think this would be the theme is the fact that Charlie always feels guilty of the things that happen around him even if he couldn't do anything to stop it.

Perks of Being A Wallflower

     In The Perks of Being A Wallflower the main character Charlie is a very lonely guy at first. He had no friends after his last friend Michael killed himself because of problems at home.  When he meets Sam and Patrick he becomes part of the Wallflower group. He now has friends, goes out to parties, and has a crush on Sam.  Apart from that he gets good grades and feels better about himself, he is more secure with his actions and himself. At home his sister is slightly mad at him for not keeping her secret that her boyfriend hit her a secret. Charlie felt slightly guilt but his professor and parents told him that was the right thing to do. Charlie now has friends he can speak to if he is ever lonely or sad which is something he had wished for that finally came true.
     In the beginning of the book Charlie's English professor was his first friend. He talked to him about anything. If he ever had trouble at home or just needed to talk he would go to him. One day his professor asks him to stay behind since Charlie looked very distracted during class. He started asking him questions until he finally told him of what had happened at home. He told him about seeing his sisters boyfriend hit her. He felt as if he was betraying his sister but somehow felt good he had told someone. His professor at first had a very serious face but then told charlie a few words of the wiser "We accept the love we think we deserve".  This affected charlie because even though he didn't understand the whole meaning of the words, he knew it was something bad and that he had done the right thing even if his sister was mad at him.

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

      In the book The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky Charlie the main character would be considered as brave and lonely.   Brave because he doesn't just stand their when a bully is hurting he stands up for himself even though he is twice his size. In the book it states "he got mad and started hitting me, and i just did the things my brother taught me to do. My brother is a very good fighter."Go for the knees,throat, and eyes". This shows that the fight he finishes was only to protect himself not on purpose.  Lonely because he has no friends ever since his only friend killed himself. In the book it states "It would be nice to have a friend again." This shows his want for a new friend who will be their for him. 

     The main conflict for now in the is Man Vs. Self. It is man vs. self because Charlie can't find any friends. He is to shy to talk to anyone and mostly everyone ignores him. He meets a girl named Sam and a guy named Patrick. He wishes deep inside that those to would become his friends. After the death of his friend Michael he hasn't had another one since. And the people who do approach him like his bully is only to do him harm. The only think he wants more is a friend.

Next on Matched...

    Since the last time I wrote in the book Matched by Ally Condie Cassia has started to have stronger feelings towards Ky. She is confused for she doesn't only have feelings for him but for Xavier as well. She feels as if she has betrayed Xavier for he is her match. But she can't help but always think of Ky and what he has done for her. Ky has taught her how to write and read in their hiking trips. They have broken rules but she doesn't mind for Ky has awaken her inner bravery.  Things are starting to stir up both Ky and her feel something big coming. The officials seem on the edge and they seem more suspicious than usual. The only thing is that they both think it might affect them. Not only that but Cassia has found out that Ky might have been her true match for he was entered in the matching pool. He had also received a micro-card with her face on it and she was supposed to be his match. The same way he was supposed to be her match.
     The main character Cassia is caring and brave. She is caring because she doesn't keep her love for Ky a secret instead of hurting Xavier more than she would. She tells him instead the feelings she has for Ky so that if an official tells him it might not hurt him that much and won't think of it as betrayal. "He deserves to know about Ky, and he deserves to hear it from me. Not from an official in a green space,today or some other day." This proves that she cares enough to tell him she doesn't feel the same way than to let him find out from someone else and hurt him more. She is brave because when they tell her to sort people from better to worst she finds her self debating on putting Ky in the higher group so that he gets a better life. Even if that decision might cost her safety or be separated from him she thinks of his well being. " I sort Ky into the higher group and close the data pod as if the decision has cost me nothing at all".

Matched

     In the book, Matched by Ally Condie, Cassia Maria Reyes has turned seventeen. In this story every time a boy or girl turn seventeen they are invited to a banquet. In the banquet he or she is matched with another person who they will marry. Cassia is matched with her childhood friend Xander Thomas Carrow.  They are both given a micro-card filled with the background, picture and information about your match.

     When Cassia opens her micro-card she doesn't see Xander's picture but instead a whole different person. She is at first worried that she might have two matches but the officials tell her it was a mistake. Deep down she wonders if Xander really is her true match or was it the person she saw. In the society she lives in every person is to die at the age of eighty. So when her Grandfather turns eighty years old she feels disappointed and sad. The officials control the feelings, movements, dreams and everything in their life, they believe it is better to know when one will die instead of wondering "Will today be the end". They all live in a world where all they do is follow rules and are never themselves.

     Cassia Reyes main conflict in the book is man vs. self.  Her conflict is whether or not Xander is her true match or is it Ky Markham. She knows who Ky is but doesn't really interact with him. She feels intrigued and wants to find out more about him.  The thing is he doesn't let anyone read his emotions or tells a lot about himself to anyone. 

Welcome 2015!

     My academic goal on this new year is to get straight A's on the last two quarters of 8th grade, and hopefully keep them that way for freshman year. I would like to achieve this goal because it will be beneficial for me later on in life. I will achieve this goal by staying on task and asking questions when I need to. This might be a hard task but I will try my best and be more attentive in class. In conclusion this year I will try to finish strong and start strong in freshman year.
     My person goal this year is to improve my vocabulary. I would like to achieve this goal because it will help me sound more professional and mature. I will achieve this goal by reading more books and if I stumble around a word I don't know I will look it up. Another thing I could do is pay more attention to classes and picking up new words. In conclusion by the end of this year I would like to make my vocabulary stronger.