Authors note: This piece of writing will include what I thought of the book and why I thought it. Also, note that this might give away parts in the book.
Do you believe in true love? Well in the book The Notebook Ali and Noah fall in love when they were very young. They thought it was meant to be. But once Ali’s mother found out that she was seeing a boy that wasn’t fitted in their life style she made her stop seeing him. He sent her letters everyday but Ali’s mother never let her read them. Would this be terrible not to talk to the person that you truly love?
Through out the book many conflicts happen between Ali and Noah. Some of the major ones that happened were that the police went looking for them when they went together into an old house, Ali moving away and getting engaged to another man, and Ali and Noah dying together.
When Ali moved away and didn’t get to read the letters that Noah has sent her she thought that he didn’t love her anymore. If I were her I would think the same thing but then again she didn’t know that her mother was taking the letters from her before she could read them. I don’t think this is right because she should have cared what her daughter wanted, which was to continue to fall in love with Noah. But her mother didn’t like him and thought that she shouldn’t be around someone like him. After Ali found out what her mother had done she realized how strong her feelings were for Noah, but it was too late because she was getting ready to get married. Ali wanted to tell Noah and drove to his house. She didn’t know where he lived until she saw a picture of him in the newspaper, saying that he had fixed up the old house just like he said he always would. I know for a fact that I would never have the guts to tell a guy that I care about that I was going to be getting married. I would feel terrible! What if he still had feelings for me or thought I was dead because we lost touch with each other?
In the end of the book Ali and Noah ended up getting married to each other. They fell in love yet once again. Ali had written a book to Noah about their journey together, and gave it to Noah as a present. Over the years Ali hadn’t aged well and couldn’t remember anything or anyone. Even the people she loved, like Noah. This is very sad because of everything that they went through together and she couldn’t remember a thing. But Noah didn’t give up on her. He would go and read the book to her that she wrote. One day when Noah went and read the book to her she started to remember, and remembered Noah. He was the happiest person ever, but then her memory kicked out of whack and she couldn’t remember anything again. Noah felt terrible and that night went into bed with her and slept with her.
That very night both Ali and Noah died together. I guess every love story has to end some way or another. But the way they had it would be the way I would. Expect the fact that the person I loved wouldn’t remember me. But, you always have the memories that you will have forever!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Johnny from the Outsiders
Author’s Note: Throughout this piece you will read about Johnny, and everything that happened to him. Also, why I think he is a dynamic character.
Have you ever read the book The Outsiders? Well if you did, you would probably know that Johnny is one of the main characters in the book. I personally believe that he is the most important character. The reason this is because he has changed the most threw out the book. Johnny has a family and lives at home but he doesn’t like his parents, he says that all they do is yell at him. Sounds like a fun life, huh?
Well, some things that you should know about Johnny would be that he is a greaser, very poor, and is best friends with Ponyboy. I can relate to him, but I wouldn’t say that I’m a greaser. Greasers are a group that is poorer than other people are. I’m not saying that I come from a rich household, but if I was in the book The Outsiders I would be considered a Soc. Just like Bob, the guy that Johnny killed. I don’t think that Johnny would have killed him unless he needed to. Which he did, he killed him for his own safety. So, he used his self defense.
There are two types of characters, dynamic and static. Johnny would be a dynamic character. Throughout the book Johnny changes a lot, he realizes that killing someone doesn’t leave a good impression on you; he has bad luck, and really doesn’t like to get into trouble. In the beginning Johnny was a good kid that liked to stay out of trouble. But he was always at the wrong place at the wrong time. Where ever he would go, the Socs would also be there, and let’s just say that is ever ends well. But in the end, he ends up killing someone for his self defense. At the time I’m sure he thought it was a good idea but if he were still alive to think about it I’m sure he would feel terrible for killing him. Also, when the church burnt down people thought that he burnt it down, sense he was one of the people in it at the time. But he was really going in to save the children that were still in the burning church. Sadly, he got burned very badly and ended up in the hospital.
The night the Ponyboy and Johnny went to the movie, changed Johnny’s life. They had picked up some girls that had happened to be, Socs. And Bob (The main Soc.) Found out and was not happy with them. After Johnny and Pony left the movie they left and went to the park. Ponyboy noticed that Bob and 4 other Socs. Were coming towards them, he asked Johnny why they were at the park too. Johnny said “I don’t know. But I bet they are looking for us. We picked up their girls.” Ponyboy and Johnny got into a fight with them and Bob had started to pull Ponyboy into the kids’ pool. Johnny got very angry and took out his switchblade, and killed Bob. Your actions are what make events in life happen. You might not think that your actions are important but they really are. Johnny never intended to kill Bob, but his actions ended up killing someone. Another action that affected Johnny was him going into the church to save the children from the burning church. He wanted to change his life around. He didn’t want to be the bad kid that he was. Johnny thought that if he went into the church and saved the kids people wouldn’t think bad things about him anymore. Even though after killing someone I don’t think that people would think differently about you.
As the book went on, I noticed that Johnny really wanted to change his life. But it was hard with the people that we hung around. In the end when he died the last thing he heard was say gold. What does this mean to you? To me it means stay the same amazing person that you were when you were still living.
Have you ever read the book The Outsiders? Well if you did, you would probably know that Johnny is one of the main characters in the book. I personally believe that he is the most important character. The reason this is because he has changed the most threw out the book. Johnny has a family and lives at home but he doesn’t like his parents, he says that all they do is yell at him. Sounds like a fun life, huh?
Well, some things that you should know about Johnny would be that he is a greaser, very poor, and is best friends with Ponyboy. I can relate to him, but I wouldn’t say that I’m a greaser. Greasers are a group that is poorer than other people are. I’m not saying that I come from a rich household, but if I was in the book The Outsiders I would be considered a Soc. Just like Bob, the guy that Johnny killed. I don’t think that Johnny would have killed him unless he needed to. Which he did, he killed him for his own safety. So, he used his self defense.
There are two types of characters, dynamic and static. Johnny would be a dynamic character. Throughout the book Johnny changes a lot, he realizes that killing someone doesn’t leave a good impression on you; he has bad luck, and really doesn’t like to get into trouble. In the beginning Johnny was a good kid that liked to stay out of trouble. But he was always at the wrong place at the wrong time. Where ever he would go, the Socs would also be there, and let’s just say that is ever ends well. But in the end, he ends up killing someone for his self defense. At the time I’m sure he thought it was a good idea but if he were still alive to think about it I’m sure he would feel terrible for killing him. Also, when the church burnt down people thought that he burnt it down, sense he was one of the people in it at the time. But he was really going in to save the children that were still in the burning church. Sadly, he got burned very badly and ended up in the hospital.
The night the Ponyboy and Johnny went to the movie, changed Johnny’s life. They had picked up some girls that had happened to be, Socs. And Bob (The main Soc.) Found out and was not happy with them. After Johnny and Pony left the movie they left and went to the park. Ponyboy noticed that Bob and 4 other Socs. Were coming towards them, he asked Johnny why they were at the park too. Johnny said “I don’t know. But I bet they are looking for us. We picked up their girls.” Ponyboy and Johnny got into a fight with them and Bob had started to pull Ponyboy into the kids’ pool. Johnny got very angry and took out his switchblade, and killed Bob. Your actions are what make events in life happen. You might not think that your actions are important but they really are. Johnny never intended to kill Bob, but his actions ended up killing someone. Another action that affected Johnny was him going into the church to save the children from the burning church. He wanted to change his life around. He didn’t want to be the bad kid that he was. Johnny thought that if he went into the church and saved the kids people wouldn’t think bad things about him anymore. Even though after killing someone I don’t think that people would think differently about you.
As the book went on, I noticed that Johnny really wanted to change his life. But it was hard with the people that we hung around. In the end when he died the last thing he heard was say gold. What does this mean to you? To me it means stay the same amazing person that you were when you were still living.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Is Your Family Important to You?
Author’s note: This is about why family is important, and also gives examples from the book The Outsiders relating to the characters.
What does the definition of family mean to you? To me it means having someone always there for you and people that care about you. You might think of those people as your friends, and they are your family you could say. For example in the book The Outsiders Johnny was considered that his parents didn’t care about him, so he told everyone that his family was the greasers. If you have a hard home life would you do the same thing?
After Darry’s parents died, he decided to drop out of school and take care of his brothers. He cares so much for them that he didn’t want them just to end up on the streets because there would be no one to take care of them. What Darry did was very considerate of him, considering that Darry was almost a socs. The reason that he was almost a socs was because he got good grades, has good friends, and also was the star football player and took it serious. Darry never did drugs, drank, and never smoked. I can relate to Darry, after my dad died and I got taken away from my mom my aunt and uncle took me in because they wanted what was best for me. Just like Darry did for Sodapop and Ponyboy.
Even though Johnny had an actual family at home he didn’t consider them as his family. He thought that his family hated him. When Johnny was in the hospital his parents came to visit him and Johnny told the nurse “Get them outta here all they are going to do is yell at me.” If I was him I would have done the same thing because he is already in sever conditions, I wouldn’t be in the mood to get yelled at. Or see the people that I thought hated me.
Although most people think as family just as family, think a little harder about the meaning of family. Does your actual family fit the defection? If so, you must have a family that love and cares for you. Unlike Johnny had, I’m sure his parents did love him but from what I could tell they didn’t care about him. They didn’t seem to want to take care and watch after him. Personally I don’t think this is right, because all parents should want to love and care for their children. That’s why they wanted to have you. It’s too bad that Johnny had to die; he could have taken advice from people to talk to his parents and figure everything out between them. Now that Johnny is gone, I think that his parents would care more because they weren’t there to stop him from saving the kids and didn’t overly care that he had ran away to the church.
Some times people think that people don’t care about them. I think everyone has had that feeling sometime in their life, I know for a fact that Johnny did. But, I also have felt that way. It’s hard living with my cousins because they are my aunt and uncle’s actual children, and I’m not, most of the time they don’t treat me fair. I make the best out it though; I stay positive and always know that they love me. Just like all the geasers loved each other. And most importantly Johnny’s parents loving him.
What does the definition of family mean to you? To me it means having someone always there for you and people that care about you. You might think of those people as your friends, and they are your family you could say. For example in the book The Outsiders Johnny was considered that his parents didn’t care about him, so he told everyone that his family was the greasers. If you have a hard home life would you do the same thing?
After Darry’s parents died, he decided to drop out of school and take care of his brothers. He cares so much for them that he didn’t want them just to end up on the streets because there would be no one to take care of them. What Darry did was very considerate of him, considering that Darry was almost a socs. The reason that he was almost a socs was because he got good grades, has good friends, and also was the star football player and took it serious. Darry never did drugs, drank, and never smoked. I can relate to Darry, after my dad died and I got taken away from my mom my aunt and uncle took me in because they wanted what was best for me. Just like Darry did for Sodapop and Ponyboy.
Even though Johnny had an actual family at home he didn’t consider them as his family. He thought that his family hated him. When Johnny was in the hospital his parents came to visit him and Johnny told the nurse “Get them outta here all they are going to do is yell at me.” If I was him I would have done the same thing because he is already in sever conditions, I wouldn’t be in the mood to get yelled at. Or see the people that I thought hated me.
Although most people think as family just as family, think a little harder about the meaning of family. Does your actual family fit the defection? If so, you must have a family that love and cares for you. Unlike Johnny had, I’m sure his parents did love him but from what I could tell they didn’t care about him. They didn’t seem to want to take care and watch after him. Personally I don’t think this is right, because all parents should want to love and care for their children. That’s why they wanted to have you. It’s too bad that Johnny had to die; he could have taken advice from people to talk to his parents and figure everything out between them. Now that Johnny is gone, I think that his parents would care more because they weren’t there to stop him from saving the kids and didn’t overly care that he had ran away to the church.
Some times people think that people don’t care about them. I think everyone has had that feeling sometime in their life, I know for a fact that Johnny did. But, I also have felt that way. It’s hard living with my cousins because they are my aunt and uncle’s actual children, and I’m not, most of the time they don’t treat me fair. I make the best out it though; I stay positive and always know that they love me. Just like all the geasers loved each other. And most importantly Johnny’s parents loving him.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Letter to Dalls
Dear Dallas (Dally),
You are the leader of the Greasers. People look up to you, which means you probably have a lot of things of your mind. I’m sure your scared because you don’t want to mess up on whatever your doing because then people won’t look up to you anymore. You must have a lot of stress on your mind. Even though you might be scared to mess up, in the end you always will learn from your mistakes. I wanted to say that I think that you are a good leader. I think this because you are wiser and can make better choices then other people can. For example, Johnny killed Bob. Even though he was doing it as self defense, I’m sure you wouldn’t have done that. But then again you also have a record with the police that go a long way back.
Was growing up on the streets of New York hard? I’m sure you got into a lot of fights considering your background with the police. How did you manage to get arrested at the age 10? I would have been in school or with my friends or family. I know that you don't really have a family besides the Geasers, from what I can tell your home life isn't the greatest. You like to consider the Geasers as your family because they are the closest thing that you have to a family. It's ok, I know how you feel. When I was little my dad got shot and died and my mom has problems so I moved in with my aunt and uncle. most of the time it's a joy living there but sometimes it's not so fun. So then I consider who is really my family. And I just say that my friends are because My friends are very important to me.
Anyways, I just wanted to say keep being the strong, fearless, smart leader that you are being today. Even though problems might pop up I'm sure you will do the best to help who ever might be in trouble. Maybe it will be Johnny and Ponyboy.
Sincerely, Kristie
You are the leader of the Greasers. People look up to you, which means you probably have a lot of things of your mind. I’m sure your scared because you don’t want to mess up on whatever your doing because then people won’t look up to you anymore. You must have a lot of stress on your mind. Even though you might be scared to mess up, in the end you always will learn from your mistakes. I wanted to say that I think that you are a good leader. I think this because you are wiser and can make better choices then other people can. For example, Johnny killed Bob. Even though he was doing it as self defense, I’m sure you wouldn’t have done that. But then again you also have a record with the police that go a long way back.
Was growing up on the streets of New York hard? I’m sure you got into a lot of fights considering your background with the police. How did you manage to get arrested at the age 10? I would have been in school or with my friends or family. I know that you don't really have a family besides the Geasers, from what I can tell your home life isn't the greatest. You like to consider the Geasers as your family because they are the closest thing that you have to a family. It's ok, I know how you feel. When I was little my dad got shot and died and my mom has problems so I moved in with my aunt and uncle. most of the time it's a joy living there but sometimes it's not so fun. So then I consider who is really my family. And I just say that my friends are because My friends are very important to me.
Anyways, I just wanted to say keep being the strong, fearless, smart leader that you are being today. Even though problems might pop up I'm sure you will do the best to help who ever might be in trouble. Maybe it will be Johnny and Ponyboy.
Sincerely, Kristie
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