Monday Muses

Here i am being the oldest
I've ever been today and the
Youngest I'll ever be
again.
Looking back now
It's all a blur just
memories.
visions.
The experience's stays
forever.
From our first step's
to our last.
From love we remembered
to the hate that is in us
My first words was a
huge deal now my words mean
nothing.
Having to worry about
nothing to worrying about
everything.
Now i look back and
say my child hood is
not gone.
But in my heart I know it's over
and i am getting one step
closer to adulthood.
Good bye child hood.
Hello....
 Adulthood

Reading Response on theme

 I just finished the book "Flight" by Sherman Alexie. "Zits" the main character travels back and forth through time in a violent search for his true identity. This all occurs after the big shooting that Zits caused in the bank, Zits gets shot in the head but "survives" which leads to the travelling back and forth in time. While reading the book i noticed 2 themes that came up as i progressed through the book. "Adolescence" and "Violence".

Zits progresses through a change in adolescence. Zits was a troubled kid who would constantly be getting into fights, however through the course of events that occur Zits begins to change. By the end of the book Zits is ready to accept who he is. He is no longer Zits but now he is Michael, and now he has a real family.But I'm beginning to think I've been given a chance. I'm beginning to think I might get un-lonely. I'm beginning to think I might have an almost real family...Michael. My real name is Michael. Please call me Michael." Pages 180-181

"I get into arguments and fistfights with everybody. I get so angry that I go blind and deaf and mute." Page 8. Zits starts off as a very angry and violent kid. One reason why i believe that Zits is really violent is because he is constantly moving from one place to another taking his anger out on everyone around him. Zits's has seen first hand violence through "flight". After experiencing the , which he is unable to change anything, he realizes that the violence had dire consequences. And by realizing how violence affects those around him he realizes that the way he's living is wrong and he's got to change something.

To sum it up Zits aka Michael finds out who his real family is, and gets to understand why his father left him. 
After travelling through time, seeing and experiencing all the action and violence that is portrayed throughout the course of the book Zits realises his mistakes and changes himself.

Character Response

I just finished the book "push" by Sapphire in the book the main character is Precious Jones. Precious is an obese and illiterate sixteen-year old who lives in Harlem with her abusive mother Mary. Precious gets raped by her father which leads her to have two children. Although Precious family is abusive and violent Precious herself is a determined girl who is ready to go through anything and she'll just keep on pushing through.

Precious is a really determined character who really wants to make change in her life. In the story Precious is in her math class and her teacher is telling her to turn her book to  page 122 but Precious doesn't move Precious starts arguing with the teacher but in her head she wants to learn but she doesn't want anyone to know that she's illiterate so she stops arguing with her teacher. In her head Precious says "N i really do want to learn. Everyday i tell myself something gonna happen..., I'm gonna break through or somebody gonna break through to me- I'm gonna learn, catch up be normal, change my seat to the front of the class. But again, it has no been that day.

That just shows what a determined kid Precious is and it shows that she really wants to learn and change who she is. She's doing this for her kid and herself.

Summer Reading Response on Teen Angst

Over the summer i read the book Teen angst? Naaah by Ned Vizzini. This book is one of my favorite books of all time. Ned Vizzini writes about the weird, funny experiences that made up his teenage years.This book helps out us guys so we know what is ahead of us and we can get a heads up through Ned Vizzinis's experiences.

One reason why i really like this book is because of the vibe of the book. The book it feels like it fits in my life. As i said before this book really prepares you through another person's experience. I can really relate to this book because the settings of this book is where i go through every day and i can mentally see the book taking place there.

Another reason i really like this book is because of how Ned Vizzini includes the short stories from his freshman years in Stuyvesant High School to his senior year at Stuyvesant.Each year at his school Ned Vizzini labels them by freshman, junior, etc. All the little stories really tie in together really well.

 Teen Angst? Naaah: A Quasi-Autobiography by Ned Vizzini is a very funny read. These were some reasons i enjoyed the book and I highly recommend this book to anybody looking to read it.