Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Last Song-Visualization

I could really picture the characters from the book The Last Song. The scene that I could really picture from the book is the scene when Will saves Blaze. It's Will's volleyball tournament and he saw fireballs and new that Marcus was close by it caught his attention and then all of a sudden Blaze is on fire and Marcus leaves. Will starts sprinting towards Blaze to rush her to the hospital. Ronnie runs after Will to help him get Blaze to the hospital. Will grabs his car and rushes her there.
I could really picture everything that was going on especially when Will is about to finish the game, but decides to save an old friend that he doesn't even talk to anymore. When I was reading this I never thought that Will would give up the volleyball tournament for Blaze. I never thought he cared about Blaze that much.

The Last Song-Visualization 2

I could really picture when Ronnie had to take care of her father when he was sick. I could picture her thinking about Will and the fight they had while she was cleaning, cooking, or helping her dad. Ronnie had to put on a tough face and pretend that she didn't care about her and Will breaking up and her watching her father slowly dying. She had to do all the dirty work and help her father as much as he could because he was starting to get weaker, and weaker because the cancer was starting to take power of his body. She had to be strong for him and her brother Jonah. I really believe that Ronnie is a strong person and she was such a big help to her father. I don't know how she could be strong and work so much and still have to watch her father die and she couldn't do anything about it. I don't know if I could even do that. I really think that this part in the book really showed who Ronnie is and that she is overall just a good, passionate, and strong person.

The Last Song-Connections to my life

The last song connects to my life because Ronnie is a really independent girl I think that I'm really independent like Ronnie. I liked to do my own things and I like to be alone a lot and just hang out. I also think it connects to my life because Ronnie's dad has cancer and I've had a lot of family members who have had cancer and I've had to help them out. I know the kind of pain Ronnie was going through. Even though I have never lost a parent in my life. I still could understand what she was going through when her dad died. Also like Ronnie I have had my family die before like when her father passed away I could really connect to what she was feeling because all of my grandparents have passed away and even though I only met two of them I was extremely close to both of them like how Ronnie was with her dad in the end of the book. I also can connect to Ronnie because she loves animals and she will do anything to protect them and save them. Like when she stayed out and slept on the beach to make sure the sea turtles didn't get eaten. I would have done that if I had sea turtles in my backyard. I think me and Ronnie have a lot in common.

Friday, March 5, 2010

I could really picture Savannah and John in Dear John. Even though I saw the movie before I read the book I could picture two different characters while reading the book. The movie characters and my own characters. I could picture them when they were together and when they were apart. I could see the first time John taught Savannah how to surf and how well she did her first time. This book was so good that I could picture everything in my head without thinking about the movies idea.
When I read the book I already new that they weren't going to end up together because someone ruined it for me (SYDNEY) but I still wanted to believe that they would end up together in the end. I predicted that Tim and Savannah were going to end up together in the end because throughout the book I could tell that they have feelings for each other, but they didn't express it like John and Savannah. In the end they did end up together after all. I was sad because I really felt that John and Savannah had something better than Savannah and Tim.
The character that I related most to was Savannah. As much as I hate her decision in the end of the book I still feel like me and her are kind of a like. She's really passionate about helping autistic kids. I'm not as passionate as her and but I do like helping kids who need a little more help than others. I really feel like if she was real I would be really good friends with her. She loves the outdoors and horses. I do too(: As much as I don't like her character in the book I still think we have the same interests.




Monday, March 1, 2010

Dear John

I finished the book Dear John. I really liked the book because I can really relate to some of the characters in a different way. It's about a guy named John Tryee he lives with his dad because his mom left them. After High School he leaves to go to the army. John was on leave for 2 weeks so he decides to visit his dad at his hometown. While he's there he ends up falling in love with a college student Savannah Lynn Curtis. Since him and Savannah can't see each other in person they decide to send letters. John awaits Savannah's letters, but he doesn't hear from her. No letters. No calls. Nothing. When he finally does he finds out Savannah has fallen in love with someone else and is engaged. I found this book extremely heart breaking. The ending was not what I wanted it to be. I didn't like the ending that much, but overall I loved the book(: