Evil lives in everyone

     This quarter, a book my class and I finished was Lord of the Flies. This book is about a group of boys that get stranded on an unknown island due to the fact they're plane has crashed. The story tells about how these group of boys live on the island. Thoughtout the book you can really see the way the characters develop because of the way they talk and the way they behave. Let's just say that not EVERYONE stays civilized and some of them lose their marbles. Some act vulnerable and some don't even care about getting off the island anymore. Some don't even stay alive. You'll just have to find out the rest by reading the book!


      I would recommend this book to someone that is very very patient and doesn't have a problem with books that kind of drag a bit. Even though this book had action in it, it isn't the FASTEST book you'll ever read. You just have to be patient with it and see what it has in store. This book is for someone that really can comprehend because it can be a very difficult book to read.  I hope whoever is reading this takes time to actually check out the book and read it!!!

Life is beautiful

      In the life is beautiful movie it is similar to the stuff we read about the holocaust because it does show in the movie what people went through in the concentration camps. In the reading it does explain more in detail about what the concentration camps were but in the movie it actually gave a visual to the audience. However in the reading it explained a lot more about what went on during the holocaust but in the movie it just shows what a family goes through in the concentration camp. Although the movie did show a lot of detailed scenes and it does show how the nazi soldiers are very cruel to the Jews working in the concentration camps.


     In the movie Life is beautiful the mood doesn't seem to be a gloomy yet hopeful type mood. In he movie the son really had hope to have the best birthday ever and the dad is trying his best to make it feel like it. Even though they are in a concentration camp the dad tries to make it as fun for the son as possible but of course, like any other kid, the boy wants to go home. This movie has a gloomy type mood to it because of the fact they ARE in a concentration camp and those never really were happy from the start. This is similar to what we read about the holocaust because of course everything we did read had a gloomy mood to it because it was sad to see what people had to go through. The reading was very explicit which helped develop the mood.

     Life is beautiful really does show that life is beautiful. That sounded like a very confusing line but I'll explain more. In the movie, the parts when he is trying to make his son believe that he is gonna make the best birthday for him as possible really shows how much a parent can care for you. Even if they are going through a tough time they will always try their best for you. This really shows how even if life is tough people can still go an extra mile for you and that is what really makes it beautiful. Also, in life there is always gonna be rough patches. No matter what you go through there will be a tough time ahead and you just have to work through it. The dad in the movie sacrificed his own life for his son because he just wanted the best for his son. In the end the son gets rescued and gets to be with his mom again. This really does show that even through a dark time there will be a light at the end of the tunnel waiting for you. You just have to work through the rough patches to get to the smooth road.

Milk & Honey

The book I read this quarter is "Milk & Honey" by Rupi Kaur. The book is written in poetry as well. Milk & Honey is about the author describing the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing. Every chapter has a different purpose. This isn't another cliche poetry book. The book is supposed to heal wounds by the author telling them in poetry that they aren't alone that things like heartbreak, abuse, and lose happen to others too.

I loved this book when I finished it. It's an amazing book to read when you feel lost and have no word to explain how you feel. I feel as if this book healed some of my wounds, I want this to happen to other people too. So, I recommend this book to everybody. It doesn't take much time to read it too. I rate this book a 5/5. I hope people can love this book as much as I did.

You remind me of you

   The book that I read this quarter was "You remind me of you". This book is about a girl that had eating disorders and suffers from depression also. In the book it is just talking about how she struggles with eating disorders and depression and how she is trying to overcome it. It tells about how when she had eating disorders she would put all her food in plastic bags and stash it so nobody would find out that she isn't eating. It also incorporates her high school life and talks about her boyfriend Daniel that tries committing suicide but something happens in he book that it fails and he gets to live. This book is a memoir talking about how the author struggled throughout her high school life and her early adult life.

   I would recommend this book to someone that likes kind of sad books. This book is the kind of book you have to bare with because it can get very very sad and at times she seems so vulnerable that you just want to hug the author. This book is written in poetry form so it may be hard to follow along with at times but if you are someone that LOVES books written in poetry form this is definitely the book for you. This book is a great written book and I think I would give this book a 4/5 because it is such a great written book and i think the author is so strong for wanting to write about her struggles in her past and sharing it with all her readers! So if you want to read it I would recommend it!

Pain Strikes Sparks On Me, The Pain Of Terezin

A head full of regrets

      The feeling of regret is honestly one of the worst feelings you can experience in life. I have experienced this a lot in my own life. One of the things I really regret doing is doing something in the past  that affected me in the future. I quit a certain thing and because of this I was not able to join something else later that I really wanted to join. At the time of me quitting I didn't know that it would affect me like it did later in the year. When the event came up that I really wanted to be in and I couldn't be in I was very very upset but then I realized that it was my own fault for being irresponsible and not thinking about if it would affect me later in life. This made me realize that you should think about what you do now because later in life it could really mess you and your opportunities up. This is something I really do regret doing. Whenever I think about this I always want to turn back time and change the decisions I've made. In life I think we all do things that we regret and they make us learn from what we have done and make ourselves better people. It helps us develop better mindsets and make us think before we do certain things. I know that I've made a lot of decisions or have done things I have regret. It's just a part of being a human being!

Propaganda over everything

     This is the poster I chose to talk about for my "propaganda". I chose this poster because it really stuck out to me that it's putting a knife through the holy bible ( which I think indicated the Jews religion in a way ). It was really crazy to see that the Nazi's actually had this poster out for the whole world to see. This poster was meant for anyone and everyone to see and learn the Jews were enemies not friends. This can really change how a person would think back then because if we as people were to see a knife going through something and a caption being ' this is the enemy ' we would REALLY believe it because it looks realistic even if there is no evidence backing it up on the poster. Whenever there is say an A big red X on something or something like a knife that indicates something is "forbidden" or "banned". I feel like this poster was really effective because it would show a person that lived back then that the targeted people ( any other person that wasn't a German or Nazi ) is not a friend it's an enemy. People are not going to want to be a friend of someone that everyone else seees as an enemy. I think overall of course that all the other people that the Nazis tortured and made their lives miserable was totally unfair and I think that they should've not been seen as enemies. All people of course should be treated with equal rights and never ruled by someone that'll make their lives totally not worth living. It is simply just not right for one to do that and if I could do anything to help out in the past I would totally do so. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE! NOBODY IS AN INADEQUATE HUMAN BEING!