Transcendentalism: Emerson

Emerson's poems were actually very good. They gave you a good outlook on life and helped you realize how precious it really is. If you just skimmed over these poems (like most people do) you'd say oh, this is just really boring and plus it's a poem, why would I want to read this, but when you actually take the time out to read them slow and understand them you probably will get it and understand it and maybe even like it. I know I did, because I like stuff that shows you how awesome life is anyway.

Huck Finn 4

I finished the book, and for an overall review of the book, I will say this. It really wasn't as bad as I anticipated it. In the beginning it was slow and hard to understand, and I will admit it left me discouraged and made me want to stop reading, because even though it was a good book, I really hate the way they talk in the book. But at the end the story got really interesting and you wanted to know what happened next, it was a really good adventure story. I recommend this book if you don't have any trouble reading different dialects than your own, but if not, I don't think you'll like it as much as you would if it was just in regular wording. If the book was in regular wording, it would probably be ten times better and I would have enjoyed it that much more, but nonetheless it was still an alright book, and I didn't mind reading it for the most part.

Huck Finn 3

I am actually starting to like this book. I got how Huck went to the circus and everything, and how the duke and the king started that show and tricked everyone out of their money, and when they stole Peter Wilkes' money. It is actually kind of exciting, and there are some fun twists to the plot now. The book is still really hard to understand, but I like that I think it's exciting and adventurous now rather than boring the whole time. Now that I am starting to like it, I am starting to understand it more, which is a good feeling.

Huck Finn 2

As I continue to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I start to like it less and less. The plot is confusing to me, and the dialect makes it even harder for me to read. I try to get into it but it is very hard for me to. There are some interesting parts but even those are hard for me to understand. I just hope the book will maybe get better as I keep going, because I know if I like the book it'll be better for me to understand it.

Huck Finn 1

Today, I started reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The book starts out with Huck as the narrator and he is telling the story of some events in his life. This book so seems like it is going to be okay, I don't really like how they talk because it is hard to understand. So far it is interesting, I liked the part where Huck describes how he is friends with Tom Sawyer, because it kind of shows you where the book about Tom Sawyer left off. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this book, I just hope it does not disappoint me, because I really do not like the dialect they speak in and it is very confusing to comprehend.

Perfect Chemistry

The book I chose to read for my reading project is called Perfect Chemistry. I like it a lot so far. It is told by two people. One is a girl named Brittany Ellis, and she is the captain of the cheerleading squad, blonde, the captain of the football team's girlfriend, and very popular. She is pretty much the girl everyone wants to be in high school. The other is Alex Fuentes, who is Mexican and is in a gang called the Latino bloods. He is basically the bad guy in high school. They both attend Fairfield High School, in Fairfield, a suburb of Chicago. Alex lives on the south side of town, which is the bad part. Brittany lives in the north part of town, which is the upper class rich part. There is sort of a rivalry between the two sides, because north siders don't really talk to south siders, and vice versa. Brittany may seem perfect to everyone she is around, but she puts on a perfect image for everyone because she actually has a lot of problems at home that only her best friend Sierra and her boyfriend Colin know about. Her sister is twenty years old and is mentally retarded, her mother is paranoid, and her father is barely around. Alex sort of does the same thing as Brittany. He puts on a bad guy image, but he really can't stand being in a gang and just wants to protect his family, and misses his father, who got shot when he was six years old. The story starts when Brittany and Alex are partnered up in Chemistry class, and they have to be partners for the rest of the year. They can't stand each other, Alex thinks Brittany is a stuck up snob from the north side, and Brittany thinks Alex is a drug dealer and is just bad news to be around. Alex kind of starts to like Brittany, and he tells his gang friends about it. One of his friends, Lucky, bets him his motorcycle that he can't get her to sleep with him by the end of the year, and he agrees. So Alex does everything to get with her. Brittany can't stand him, but for some reason she can't get him out of her mind. Brittany's boyfriend, Colin, hates Alex. Colin seems like he only wants Brittany for sex, though, to me. When they are together, he is always trying to do things with her, and Brittany never wants to. Alex's ex girlfriend Carmen hates Brittany. She thinks Brittany likes Alex. Carmen wants Alex back, but he won't take her back because she cheated on him. I think that by the end of the book Alex and Brittany will be together, and that's really what I want to see happen.

The Navajo Origin Legend

The Navajo Origin Legend is a story from the Native American Navajo tribe. This has to be the weirdest story of them all, in my opinion. It is also a theory of how life was created. It basically was about how people were created by the wind. The gods had set down ears of corn, one white and one yellow, and the white ear had been transformed into a woman and the yellow ear had been transformed into a man by the wind. It said that the wind that comes out of our mouths give us life, and when that wind inside us stops to blow we die. I suppose it is a good way to look at how life came to be, but you really have to read it a few times to actually get it. It confused me at first, but when I realized what it meant, it made sense and even though it is kind of strange, it makes sense, because the wind represents the air that we breathe, and that keeps us alive. When the wind stops blowing, meaning when we stop breathing, we die.