reading response for the book Witch Hunt

    i am currently reading the book witch hunt by Marc Bronson. this book is a non fiction book trying to unlock the mysteries of the Salem witch trials. no one really knows what happened at happened at the Salem witch trials no one was actually there when it all began. but we do have journals, books, and knowledge passed on through the years. 

    in the beginning of the book there is a scene of what was happening in the first trial. the towns people accused a woman named Martha carrier. two girls said that she hurt them and threatened many dangerous things. like ''i will cut you.'' ths show the disturbing things martha might have said. this scared the girls and the town. the Salem witch trials took place in the 1690s. no one was ever sure that some people were actually witches. many people in the town accused Innocent women of being witches they killed the people thought to be witches. the auther connects this historical happening to fairy tales. like in stories when a fairy godmother offers a servent girl fancy ball clothing so they can attend a grand ball or creatures that lurk in the shadows of night. he says imagine that all of those things came true and were no longer fables, well that is was people thought was actually happening during the trials.

     my opinion on the witch trials are that they dont actally exist. i think that people just bamed there bloblems on the people who act weirder than normal people. like if you plant a plant and the next day its ruined the person would think they have been cursed by a witch and get angry. some of the people might have acted unusual but that doesnt mean they are a witch.

  blog post                                   hunger games

   i have just finished reading the book ''the hunger games'' by suzanne collins'' this book is about the nation of panem whitch was once called north america. in panem there are twelve districts. one district in particular is district 12. whitch is where katniss the main character lives. she grew up in a poor family with only her mom and her sister because her father died in a mining accedient. the capital is harsh, cruel, and greedy. and make a boy and a girl from each district participate in the anual hunger games. katniss gets chosen and peeta the bakers son. my question is: who in the story has the power?

   my responce is that the capital has all the power. no one else has any power and they contol every thing that goes on. it is unfair that they make children fight till the death. espeically when some of the children are so young like rue. rue and katniss team up during the games. it is very traumatizing to have to see people get killed and children having to kill other children. children should not have to live there life in panem knowing they are not fully safe because it could be them that one day it could be them who has to enter the hunger games and fight till death.

   the ruler should never have that much power where children could get picked for a '' death sentence'' thats pretty much what they are doing when kids get picked for the hunger games. now in days even the president doesnt have much power over us other then laws.

              socail action question - is the book fair or unfair unfair                                          blog #3

      in the book the hunger games the government has way to much power over each district. a boy and a girl from each district has to compete and fight till death. it is really unfair that children should have to fight and kill, because they still have a long way to go in there life and if they die they didnt get to experience all that they should have. the book is nonfiction but one of the problems is obviously the ruler having way to much power over inasint people. another problem in the book was a smaller conflict but, poverty. most families in district 12 dont have enough food and other resources. katnisses family is poor and are almost broke. when katniss goes into the games she is worried about her family starving while she is away. the government really does not care about most of the problems that go in in each district.
  
     in the book a huge mine explosian that many people were in and died. it affected many families including katnisses family which really set off a load of problems, the father was in the explosian and died, the whole family was depressed about it, they were running low on money and starving, and katnisses mother couldnt get a job.the family was starving to death. that is probubly what is happening to a lot of families. this is one problem showing the to much power that the ruler has. the everdeen family is stuck in there poor house in district 12.

    this book has many problems in it. the problem of children fighting till death just makes me sick inside knowing the trauma they are feeling when the fighting time comes.its like the people in each district are puppets and the ruler and his cabinet are puppet masters and can play with them whenever they want. so i think the book is mostly unfair.

 
     

blog # 2                                                    reading responce on the hunger games

   I have just started the book, the the hunger games suzanne collins.   so far the book is about a girl named katniss everdeen, who lives in a poor district (12). ruled by the capital of panem. this year is the hunger games. where one girl, and one boy, from each district is chosen and forced to fight against other districts to the death. im at the part where katnisses sister is chosen from the bowl, but katniss volenteers as tribute.because she dousnt want her sister to go into the harsh hunger games war.

   Katniss is very brave to do such a thing. this shows that katniss loves her sister so much and doesn't want anything to happen to her.   I feel very surprised  that a person would actually take the place of someone going into the hunger games because its really scary, maybe even the scariest thing that could happen to a person. but katniss showed how loving and caring she is towards here sister.   but  know the katniss is very brave and has always been really brave.   at first katniss told her sister she wouldn't get chosen but when prims name got chosen katniss was scared and made a big decision that would keep her sister safe.\

   In conclusion, i have realized there is all ready a small theme developing.   when you love someone you would do almost any thing for them. katniss would really agree. she is probably scared and lost, and angry at the capital. i would be angry too. its terrible to make children fight to the death when they didn't chose to do that and have to training.   i wish katniss good luck.

  post #                                                reading responce on hurricane sandy article 

   Sandy started Sunday, November 28, 2012.  Hurricane Sandy stretched for about two days, and was thought to be a "tropical storm'' but ended up being a real hurricane because of how much damage it left.  In new york hurricane sandy had to have killed at least 60 people. sandy whipped huge waves of water over the streets of atlantic city. i read the article ''sandy wreaks havoc across the northeast; at least 11 dead'' by matt smith. the article is about how horrible the hurricane was, and the damage it left. matt smith also explains the what happened during the hurricane.

   i have realized how seious hurricanes are. hurricanes cause a lot of damage wich scares places that the hurricanes hit the hardest and takes a lot of money and time to heal the scare.in the article, sandy caused people in hopitals at nyu to have to evacuate patients up to 200. in addition the bottom floor of the bellevue hospital center was flooded, and the hospital was running on emergency backup power.

   the storm was blamed to have caused 2.8 million outages across the north east. this means that many people probubly got sick from being in the cold for two long and maybe even a few deathes.also trees were nocked down and fell on homes and the people were struck indoors till people came to resque them. by monday afternoon, 23 states were warned about the harsh winds witch meant a lot of debree would be flying around and falling trees and branches, so it was highly recomended to stay indoors.

   in conclusion, this was no tropical storm i agree with the governer of pennsylvania who also said what i said. hurricane sandy concluded with millions of dollars worth of damage and many deaths across the north east. sandy ended by tuesday leaving damages and remains in some places.
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blog post #5                               reading responce for independent readin book

   i am reading a book called Broken by Kelly Armstrong. this book is about a girl named Elena, or should i say she is older? That is because Elena is a wherewolf, so she could be 40 to 500 years. elena is pregnent with her husban clay. elena, clay, and jeremy are all in a pack. jeremy is their leader/alpha wolf. elena may have unleashed jack the ripper because of the letter that jack was put in by a mysterious sourser that they have not yet met. i am up to the part where elena and the pack are on an adventure to put jack the ripper back to where he came from. mean while, elena is having scary dreams about her baby dying at birth because  of the confusing conflict if its going to to be wolf, human, or both. elena is confused and unsure of her self.

   in the way beginning of the story elena has a dream that she is in wolf form but she is giving birth but something doesnt feel right about the birth finaly the baby arives but its all mangled and bloody she screams and wakes up. elena,clay, and jeremy say its all right but elena doesnt think so. now she is worried about her baby. i think that elena should be worried too because anything could happen and sometimes dreams reresent the future or the past. she should also be worried about the unleashing of jack the ripper because elena and the gang think he is zombie or imortal.

   i really enjoy this book. i really think that it is interesting. i love books with vampires, wolfs, and other imortal creatures as you might know from my previous reading responce.this book is very conflicted and intersesting because of jack the ripper wo is after the wolf pack and elena who is pregnant. i like think kelly armstrong is an inspirational writer

blog post#4              reading responce                                                                                    

   the drummer boy of shiloh by ray bradburry is about a young boy named Joby. joby is a drummer boy for for his army.joby meets the general in this passege. in the passege joby is very unconfident about the war and himself.after all ''joby only has a drum and two sticks to beat it'' he does not have any protection in this dangerous war.the general trys to build up jobys confidents. i remember the time in sixth grade and it was my first real play. i was really scared i didnt have any confidents and kept asking "what if i mess up?'' but in the end i did very well and my mom,dad and sisters were really proud. joby lacks confients.

   joby lacks confients and does not no what to do because he is about to enter the huge world of war. in the beginning of the story joby is trying to sleep but he is way to nervous to close his eyes. joby is scared something bould happen to him.''i got only a drum, two sticks and no sheild.'' this shows that joby is very worried that he has nothing to protect him. this is a huge problem that joby faces. what will build his confidents?
 
   joby later meets the general. the gereral and tells him comferting things like: ''you are the heart of the army'' which is true joby is the one who shows who they are and makes the soilders feel alive. joby starts to feel better and feels a lot more confident in himself. at night before bed joby'' firmly and slowly turns the drum up so it faced towards the sky'' this shows that joby is very prod of being a drummer boy. the general is a very strong and wise character and always knows what to say.

  in conclusin, joby is confient and should be confident in who he is because he is a very inportant adition to the army. when i came to greet my family at the end of the play i knew i was a very importan character to the play and every character was special in his or her own way.