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     i have recently finished reading the book romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. this book is about two star crossed lovers who can not be together because they are each others most hated enemies. as the sneaky teenagers they are they meet anyway. the story all started when Romeo Montague met Juliet Capulet at a party held by the Capulet's. romeo and his friends sneak into the party. romeo sees Juliet and falls in love the minute he sets his eyes on her. they eventually fall in love during the story. romeo and Juliet get married because they were so in love. but when Juliet finds out she has an arranged marriage with prince Paris she decides to fake her death. when romeo finds out she is "dead" he commits suicide poor Juliet wakes up to a dead romeo lying on the ground and she kills herself too.

      the book is really sad. i think that all the sneaking around they did is what made the story more intense and if they just told the truth maybe they wouldn't have ended up dead. they were Juliet and romeos behavior was foolish and they everyone found out about their secret love when they were dead. i think that it was very brave to have snuck around though because you never know what there parents would have done if they found out. and if you really love someone you would do anything thing for them.

      overall, i enjoyed Reading the book even though it was a little hard to understand because it was Shakespearean language. but that made you want to learn more about it. i thought it was interesting to read because it taught me more about how to analyze writing that was harder than what i usually read.i recommend this book to people like romance, tragedy and if you want to challenge yourself.

   blog                                                         reading response

             i finished reading 11 birthdays about a week ago. this book is about to friends that were born exactly on the same day. a women tells the parents on the day they were born that its a very special thing and they shouldnt take it for granted. the parents dont really care. they move on with there lives. but on the baby girls birthday some one books it at the same place and same time and that person ends up being the baby boy born on the same day. from then on they end up being best friends

           but there 11th birthday come and her friend leos birthday comes but thay get in a really big fight about having there birthday partyon the same day. they soon split up as being friends and drift apart.

           i thought that they should have just gotten over it. its not worth fighting with your best friend espeicaly if you have known them for a really long time. in sixth grade i had a huge fight with my best friend and we didnt make up till 7th grade we really missed each other so we decided it wasnt woth it. we decided to forgive and forget.

                                         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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