The second part of my reading has been better. Jan has now been living at the shelter home for about a month. She is now 15. She is not liked at the shelter home because she is one of the only white girls there. The other girls in the house threaten to hurt her and call her names. Jan is sick of it, but she doesn't want to go back home. Jan's mom called the shelter a few times to tell her if she doesn't come home she will throw her stuff in the garbage. Life is getting a lot harder for Jan and she can't deal with it. She smokes a lot and will do just about anything for the girls in the house to make them like her. It's been over a month and Jan still hasn't found a new house to live in. The shelter is trying to find her a foster home or anywhere else, but no luck. She wants to live on her own but she knows she could never handle it.
I think this book so far is really good. It makes me think into more things when i'm reading it. It has a lot of passion and the writing makes me feel like i'm there or like it's happening to me.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Memoir Reading
I'm reading the memoir Girl Bomb by Janie Erlbaum
Girl Bomb is about a 15 year old teenage girl named Jan who has a dangerous life at home.
Her mom has an abusive husband who beats her and her family. Jan struggles with her mom always getting back together with her husband, Dave, after he threatens to take her brother and harm her family. She finally gives up and tells her mom she's going to leave if her mother takes Dave back. Eventually this happens in the second chapter, and that's when Jane decides to leave. She knows she can't live and survive on the streets so she feels like she is forced to live at a shelter. Anything is better than home.
"Jan, I have something to tell you, and I don't expect it to be easy at first, but I think you'll understand that it's best for everyone."
This makes me think of times when parents use this line on their kids.
So far, Girl Bomb is a good book and it's very discriptive and uses words and examples that normal teens would go through as they are growing up. I feel like it relates to me a lot.
Girl Bomb is about a 15 year old teenage girl named Jan who has a dangerous life at home.
Her mom has an abusive husband who beats her and her family. Jan struggles with her mom always getting back together with her husband, Dave, after he threatens to take her brother and harm her family. She finally gives up and tells her mom she's going to leave if her mother takes Dave back. Eventually this happens in the second chapter, and that's when Jane decides to leave. She knows she can't live and survive on the streets so she feels like she is forced to live at a shelter. Anything is better than home.
"Jan, I have something to tell you, and I don't expect it to be easy at first, but I think you'll understand that it's best for everyone."
This makes me think of times when parents use this line on their kids.
So far, Girl Bomb is a good book and it's very discriptive and uses words and examples that normal teens would go through as they are growing up. I feel like it relates to me a lot.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
This I believe
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8931602
Author: Andy Blowers
Title: The Person I'm Supposed to Be
Belief Statement: “I believe pain tells us something critical about ourselves and life: that developing strength and empathy and bravery is more essential than our personal comfort.”
I liked this essay because it relates to how everyone can feel at one point in their life. The author explains how hard it is to get through the tough times and how inner strength is everyone needs. It was sad to read this at first because it was about his depression, but it really just shows how strong of a person he is and he's trying to prove that everyone can do the same.
Author: Andy Blowers
Title: The Person I'm Supposed to Be
Belief Statement: “I believe pain tells us something critical about ourselves and life: that developing strength and empathy and bravery is more essential than our personal comfort.”
I liked this essay because it relates to how everyone can feel at one point in their life. The author explains how hard it is to get through the tough times and how inner strength is everyone needs. It was sad to read this at first because it was about his depression, but it really just shows how strong of a person he is and he's trying to prove that everyone can do the same.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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