These quotes are in no specific order.
1. “We carry our mistakes…” (282).
In the book I choose to read, The Slow Moon, this quote was thought by Johnny, Crow’s younger brother, at the end of the book. After reading this quote I thought to myself that this is exactly the same exact thing every other character was thinking. The author, Elizabeth Cox, didn’t have to tell you this was what everyone felt; it was applied throughout the entire book.
2. “But what they saw---what they really saw---was the thin, bright string of light along the hills, a horizon not yet captured, not held down by circumstance. What they saw was the world opening…” (300).
This quote was said on the last page of the book and this is how the author leaves your mind without question. Even though throughout this book it makes you feel despair, this quote leaves you with hope that their lives will start to look up. I picked this quote because it’s a bit inspiring and as I stated before, it gives you hope.
3. “But what do I look like to you now? I mean, I don’t know anymore…” (226).
I feel sometimes in life we lose ourselves. We lose sight of who we really are. And after something happens it may drastically change us to the point of where we say, who is that? When looking straight at our own reflection. After Sophie was raped, she lost sight of the girl she was and could no longer see herself in her own reflection.
4. “The word unraped kept going through her mind. And she thought she knew now how getting unraped happened: by going back through the memory of it all. She had done that earlier today, and she remembered lying on the ground, the shirts around her head slipping off, seeing the shadows of boys---three boys moving through the woods---their height, the turn of their hair, the way they walked, small gestures she had seen before. And she knew who they were…” (234).
This quote informs us that Sophie has finally remembered who the three boys were that raped her. At this point in the book you can’t help but think, “Thank God she knows who did the horrific thing to her.” You try to imagine what she went through, yet can’t, because it is one of those unimaginable things that you need to see to believe.
5. “I’m afraid if I accuse somebody, that the accusation will backfire. Lawyers could make it look like my fault, the guys could get off and…” (184).
This quote is so true it scares me. When you hear of stories that guys get off after raping a girl by flipping the story and making it seem as though it was the girls fault...it sickens me. Thank God in Sophie’s case the boys didn’t get off. And Sophie didn’t have to worry about people not believing her, because the three boys turned themselves in after she confronted them.
6. “If she’s trembling, she’s back in this world” (48).
Louise was a nurse at the hospital. He was taking care of Sophie when she had been brought there after the rape. He had said this quote to Rita, Sophie’s mom, but the way he meant it was that she’s still with us. Yet the way I interpret this quote is that she is trembling because of the rape and the trauma that goes along with its scars to her memory.
7. "Then she saw them, or the shadow of them" (46).
This quote is extremely significant to my book; because it lets the readers know that Sophie knows Crow didn’t rape her. This quote is early on in the book, so Sophie doesn’t exactly know who raped her. But she knows there were three boys and she knew she had to remember.
8. “Don’t you hear something?” (3).
This quote may be the most significant to the book. It informs us that Sophie heard something as she and Crow walked out into the woods. They had planned to go out into the woods to make love for the first time, but right before they were about to Crow remembered he forgot a condom and had to run back to the car. He left his undressed girlfriend, Sophie, by herself in the woods. But the noises Sophie had questioned Crow about were not the wind as Crow had thought. It was Bobby, Tom, and Casey following them into the woods. When they saw Crow run off, they attacked Sophie and raped her. If only Sophie would have taken the noise she heard a bit more seriously, then this may have never happened to her.
9. “I found myself pausing over the beauty of this book, and wishing I’d been the one to think of it.”
This quote was said by another favorite author of mine, Jodi Picoult. She said this quote in awe and honor of The Slow Moon. I feel the exact same way so I felt this quote, in a way, was one that I would say about this amazing book myself. A novel this good should be praised.
10. “Sophie’s request wasn’t a doubt or a dare but rather the wish to see her friend in a state of suspension over the water, a shiny moment of mindless ease, and she felt the ease of it being given to her” (225).
Sophie felt this way as she watched her friend, Grace, master the jackknife off of the diving board. Sophie stayed with Grace over the summer to get away from what had happened and clear her mind in hopes of remembering who raped her. This quote from the book may be my favorite because I love moments where nothing can touch you and your mind is at peace. For Sophie, watching her friend perform this dive and then managing to do it herself set her mind at peace, if only for a moment.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Week 7 Post B
When I first started to read this section of the book I thought to myself…what does this have to do with the book? The as you look closer and start to get deeper into it you realize that it is tell you how the community is summed up in an odd way. They talk about how there is a carnival and there is the circus with monkeys in the large tent. When the show started the monkeys appeared to be normal, cool, collected, trained and restrained. But as the show proceeds to go on the monkeys get raddled up and get bothered by things and start to get upset and act in ways they normally would not have. The monkey trainer was trying to keep them under control until all mayhem broke loose. The trainer had to call in reinforcement, yet the monkeys could not be stopped or contained. The monkeys fled the tent and ran in a rampage to freedom. During the time I was reading this I didn’t quite understand what this had to do with anything. Then I started to see the connection. The way in which the author made you dig deep to really see the meaning behind these crazed monkeys. It was one of those “read between the lines” moment and I find it fascinating how she could easily compare the community, the society, to wild monkeys. As Sophie and Crow’s kiss still lingered on their lips they looked down from the Ferris wheel upon the event, the world and all its flaws. “But what they saw---what they really saw---was the thin, bright string of light along the hills, a horizon not yet captured, not held down by circumstance. What they saw was the world opening…” (300). I don’t know if you could quite say this was a happy ending, but in some ways it certainly was a happily ever after.
Week 7 Post A
Vocab:
1) Tremulous (p. 300) adj. 1. Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking. 2. Timid or fearful
2) Ether (p.285) n. 1. Any of a class of organic compounds in which two hydrocarbon groups are linked by an oxygen atom. 2. A volatile, highly flammable liquid, C2H5OC2H5, derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and used as a reagent and solvent. It was formerly used as an anesthetic. Also called diethyl ether, ethyl ether. 3. The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens. 4. The element believed in ancient and medieval civilizations to fill all space above the sphere of the moon and to compose the stars and planets. 5. Physics An all-pervading, infinitely elastic, massless medium formerly postulated as the medium of propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Quote:
“We carry our mistakes, he thought.” (p. 282)
When Johnny was thinking about this he had so many things on his mind. I picked this quote because it has so much meaning behind for everyone’s daily life. I feel it’s a true statement and fits with how everyone in this book felt.
1) Tremulous (p. 300) adj. 1. Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking. 2. Timid or fearful
2) Ether (p.285) n. 1. Any of a class of organic compounds in which two hydrocarbon groups are linked by an oxygen atom. 2. A volatile, highly flammable liquid, C2H5OC2H5, derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and used as a reagent and solvent. It was formerly used as an anesthetic. Also called diethyl ether, ethyl ether. 3. The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens. 4. The element believed in ancient and medieval civilizations to fill all space above the sphere of the moon and to compose the stars and planets. 5. Physics An all-pervading, infinitely elastic, massless medium formerly postulated as the medium of propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Quote:
“We carry our mistakes, he thought.” (p. 282)
When Johnny was thinking about this he had so many things on his mind. I picked this quote because it has so much meaning behind for everyone’s daily life. I feel it’s a true statement and fits with how everyone in this book felt.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Week 6 Post B
I feel there are so many good quotes I could take from this section. It is the best thus far. I have decided to take some of the best quotes out of this section to let you see the depth of this book and the emotion that overwhelms you and makes you think. “But what do I look like to you now? I mean, I don’t know anymore. I wash and dry my hair and put on makeup, but I can’t really see my face anymore, or my body. A few days ago I caught a glimpse of myself in a window, and what I saw surprised me---my reflection surprised me. I’ve gotten thin, but still, what do I look like?” Sophie asked this to her best friend Grace on page 226. “The word unraped kept going through her mind. And she thought she knew now how getting unraped happened: by going back through the memory of it all. She had done that earlier today, and she remembered lying on the ground, the shirts around her head slipping off, seeing the shadows of boys---three boys moving through the woods---their height, the turn of their hair, the way they walked, small gestures she had seen before. And she knew who they were.” Sophie had finally remembered who raped her on page 234. “She conspired to be a literal moon…the moon came close to her face---a simple touch of wings, and she was done…but she knew that the evening had changed, and that the night had become for her, in those few moments, a revelation. She was coming back to the world” (p. 235). As Sophie talked to Bobby, on page 244, she said, “you and Tom and Casey have to turn yourselves in. I want you to admit what you’ve done. It will be easier that way---just a confession.” The next morning before noon the three boys turned themselves in for raping Sophie. These are only a few of the quotes I loved from this section which had so much powerful meaning.
Week 6 Post A
Vocab:
1) Jeering (p. 225) v. To speak or shout derisively; mock
2) Grotesque (p. 231) adj. 1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner. 2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.
Quote:
“Then Sophie said out loud the names of the boys” (p. 241).
This quote is very significant, because it’s the first time Sophie has said the boy’s names and now it means that the boys who raped her are going to finally get what they deserve.
1) Jeering (p. 225) v. To speak or shout derisively; mock
2) Grotesque (p. 231) adj. 1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner. 2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.
Quote:
“Then Sophie said out loud the names of the boys” (p. 241).
This quote is very significant, because it’s the first time Sophie has said the boy’s names and now it means that the boys who raped her are going to finally get what they deserve.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Week 5 Post B
“I’m afraid if I accuse somebody, that the accusation will backfire. Lawyers could make it look like my fault, the guys could get off and-” Sophie then proceeds to say, “If I accuse somebody, they’ll say that I wasn’t wearing any clothes, they say it was my fault. And I’d had some beer, so that too.” Her words came in huge sobs (p. 184). Sophie expresses her feelings to her mother right before she is about to board her plane. Sophie had decided to fly back to Montana and stay with her friend Grace for the summer. At first her mother, Rita, didn’t want her to go. But then Rita went to speak with Dr. Brooks, Sophie’s therapist. He felt Sophie going away might clear her head. Dr. Brooks thought that maybe by chance Sophie will be able to remember the perpetrators who bestowed horrible physical and mental pain onto her. After speaking with Dr. Brooks, Rita understood that getting away was the best thing for Sophie. She also understood why Sophie liked this man so much, because even when things seemed so bad, he made it seem like everything will be okay. But as Sophie and Rita sat there, Rita knew she had to do something to make Sophie know everything would be okay and that she needed to tell her who the people were that raped her as soon as she could remember. Rita needed to comfort Sophie and help her daughter get their lives back in order. Sophie finally left for Montana, leaving the pain, darkness, lies, and fear behind.
Week 5 Post A
Vocab:
1) Rancor (p. 196) n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will
2) Illicit (p. 211) adj. Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
Quote:
“I remember some of it,” Sophie said. “But not a face. I remember things like somebody’s hair, and a smell, and a watch ticking. I remember a watch next to my ear.” She began to cry again (p. 185).
This quote is very significant to the book because Sophie finally started to open up to her mother and tell her what she could remember. Even though it wasn’t much, it gave them both hope.
1) Rancor (p. 196) n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will
2) Illicit (p. 211) adj. Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
Quote:
“I remember some of it,” Sophie said. “But not a face. I remember things like somebody’s hair, and a smell, and a watch ticking. I remember a watch next to my ear.” She began to cry again (p. 185).
This quote is very significant to the book because Sophie finally started to open up to her mother and tell her what she could remember. Even though it wasn’t much, it gave them both hope.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Week 4 Post B
Reflective thoughts of week 4 reading:
This part in the book is important for many reasons. Number one, Crow is found not guilty by the jury and now people know it was not him. Yet still lingering in everyone’s minds, including mine, is who committed this unbelievably horrific crime? Was it one of there very own? Was it there son whom committed this crime they despise? Was it there neighbor; the kid down the street? If not Crow, who? It is mind boggling when you think about it, because for the people that live in this down, the very ones they love could have committed this very crime that everyone wants to solve. But besides this case there are other mischief’s happening. Bobby has a gun now and is telling everyone it is to work on his aim to impress his father he did not even know was still alive. Bobby is going through a lot right now; receiving the letter from his father, finding out that his mother knew all along and just never told him, the controversial thoughts over Sophie and the fact that Crow is his best friend. So that gets me thinking; what is Bobby aiming at? There are a few options I feel he is considering. First, kill himself to kill the pain and confusion he is dealing with. Second, kill Crow for stealing his girl. Third, kill Sophie to save his hide. Fourth thought, kill everyone. I think Bobby is deeply depressed and just confused about a lot and needs some help. I feel Crow is the one to help Bobby find his way back onto the right path.
This part in the book is important for many reasons. Number one, Crow is found not guilty by the jury and now people know it was not him. Yet still lingering in everyone’s minds, including mine, is who committed this unbelievably horrific crime? Was it one of there very own? Was it there son whom committed this crime they despise? Was it there neighbor; the kid down the street? If not Crow, who? It is mind boggling when you think about it, because for the people that live in this down, the very ones they love could have committed this very crime that everyone wants to solve. But besides this case there are other mischief’s happening. Bobby has a gun now and is telling everyone it is to work on his aim to impress his father he did not even know was still alive. Bobby is going through a lot right now; receiving the letter from his father, finding out that his mother knew all along and just never told him, the controversial thoughts over Sophie and the fact that Crow is his best friend. So that gets me thinking; what is Bobby aiming at? There are a few options I feel he is considering. First, kill himself to kill the pain and confusion he is dealing with. Second, kill Crow for stealing his girl. Third, kill Sophie to save his hide. Fourth thought, kill everyone. I think Bobby is deeply depressed and just confused about a lot and needs some help. I feel Crow is the one to help Bobby find his way back onto the right path.
Week 4 Post A
Vocab:
1) Incoherent (pg. 149) adj. 1. Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent
2. Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner
2) Acquitted (pg. 168) adj. declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
Quote:
“When the jury acquitted Crow…” (pg. 168).
This quote is extremely significant, because it tells us that Crow is found not guilty of the crime committed against Sophie and now can try to help Sophie figure out who is the true culprit.
1) Incoherent (pg. 149) adj. 1. Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent
2. Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner
2) Acquitted (pg. 168) adj. declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
Quote:
“When the jury acquitted Crow…” (pg. 168).
This quote is extremely significant, because it tells us that Crow is found not guilty of the crime committed against Sophie and now can try to help Sophie figure out who is the true culprit.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Week 3 Post B
In these chapters I start to figure out who I think possibly committed the crime and raped Sophie. First it gives us information on Sophie’s life and how she moved from Montana to Tennessee. Her father died back in Montana and she was worried that if she moved she would leave behind the memories of her father. Sophie’s father, Ben, was a forest ranger in Glacier Park. (Ironic how he worked in the forest and Sophie was raped in a forest.) She begged her mother, Rita, not to move and asked her if she no longer loved Montana. Her mother told her that if she didn’t like Montana then they wouldn’t stay there. When they arrived they were greeted by their new neighbor, the town judge, Aurelia Bailey. She invited them to have dinner that night and when they arrived at the Bailey’s house they were greeted at the door by Bobby. Bobby took extreme interest in Sophie right away. Bobby showed up at Sophie’s house everyday the following week asking her to join him to go anywhere and do anything. She finally said yes when he asked her to join him at his band rehearsal at the end of the week. That evening he asked her to go with him down by the river. When they were down there he expressed to Sophie his feelings for her and tried to kiss her. Sophie felt flattered, scared and uncomfortable around him. She told him no and asked to leave. Then you have Lester. Lester first saw Sophie at school. He figured out her class schedule and watched for her in the halls. He finally got up enough courage to ask her to the dance. When Sophie said yes all he could think about is what he was going to do with her that night and how much he fantasized about touching Sophie. When that night rolled around, Sophie was dancing with neither Lester nor Bobby; Sophie was dancing with Crow and couldn’t stop talking about him after. That is where the jealousy of both friends of Crow’s came about. Crow came between the girl both his best friends like and this is where the entire story seems to start to unravel.
Week 3 Post A
vocab:
1. Azimuth (pg. 96) noun- The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°
2. Appallingly (pg. 130) adverb- 1. To an appalling extent 2. Used as intensifiers 3. In a terrible manner
quote:
"I think about you all the time...Let me kiss you one time," (pg. 121). Bobby said this to Sophie.
This quote is significant because it shows the feelings that Bobby has towards Sophie and makes the reads think that possibly he could be the one who committed the crime.
1. Azimuth (pg. 96) noun- The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°
2. Appallingly (pg. 130) adverb- 1. To an appalling extent 2. Used as intensifiers 3. In a terrible manner
quote:
"I think about you all the time...Let me kiss you one time," (pg. 121). Bobby said this to Sophie.
This quote is significant because it shows the feelings that Bobby has towards Sophie and makes the reads think that possibly he could be the one who committed the crime.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Debates
Political Debate: These debates occur on TV. The purpose is to get their ideas out, gain more followers and to get more votes to win an election. It helps arrive at a better decision, because we then can decide who we agree or disagree and who we feel will do their job to its full potential. The debate is structured, which allows the candidates to get the same amount of time making it unbiased or it is set up in a way that makes it an equal chance for the candidates.
School Debate: These obviously occur in school. The purpose of these is to allow people to get out their opinions and to make an impact on others. It allows both sides to be productive, yet it can be either structured or unstructured. When it is structured everyone gets a say in and if it’s unstructured the teacher or one student would probably take over the debate.
Family Debates: These may occur anywhere, but most likely at home. There are many purposes for these debates, such as: what will happen on a vacation, what will we spend any extra money on, how to give each person an equal amount of time with the car, how much free time can you have before doing homework, and so on. This helps arrive a better decision for the family as a whole, and what will make life a bit less stressful. These debates are sometimes structured and sometimes unstructured. When it’s structured it makes the decision making process extremely nice, but when it’s unstructured it may just be our mom taking over in the end.
School Debate: These obviously occur in school. The purpose of these is to allow people to get out their opinions and to make an impact on others. It allows both sides to be productive, yet it can be either structured or unstructured. When it is structured everyone gets a say in and if it’s unstructured the teacher or one student would probably take over the debate.
Family Debates: These may occur anywhere, but most likely at home. There are many purposes for these debates, such as: what will happen on a vacation, what will we spend any extra money on, how to give each person an equal amount of time with the car, how much free time can you have before doing homework, and so on. This helps arrive a better decision for the family as a whole, and what will make life a bit less stressful. These debates are sometimes structured and sometimes unstructured. When it’s structured it makes the decision making process extremely nice, but when it’s unstructured it may just be our mom taking over in the end.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Week 2 Post B
Sophie Chabot woke from what we would all hope would only be a nightmare. In only her underwear, she lay in the woods hearing voices of her rescuers. The male and female officers reinsure her to not worry and that everything is alright now. They were going to bring her to the emergency room, but later she found out she began to scream at the voices of the officers. She could not recall any of her screams. As that dreadful night flashed through her memory she remembered Crow saying he was going to the car to get the condoms and that it would only take a minute. As she was laying in the woods that night, she heard the rustling in the leaves and then heard voices coming from the party at the house. She started to yell out Crow’s name, in hopes that it was him returning to her. Sadly, she saw a group of shadows and whispers from their mouths. Suddenly, a figure jumped on top of her and covered her face with her shirt. The others grabbed her arms and held her down. The body jumped off of her and another jumped on. She could no longer feel anything, nor hear her own muffled cries. Louise, the nurse, put two fingers on Sophie’s wrist in the hospital room. He said, “If she’s trembling, she’s back in this world” (pg. 48). I know it’s a good sign she’s trembling, because that means she’s at least still with us. But I can’t help but think; maybe she’s trembling for another reason.
Week 2 Post A
vocab:
1. Haze (pg. 44)-noun: 1. daze, fog, confusion characterized by lack of clarity
2. Gingerly (pg. 49)-adjective: 1. with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White
quote:
"Then she saw them, or the shadow of them." (pg. 46)
This quote is significant because it lets the readers know that Sophie knows Crow didn't harm her. Sophie doesn't know exactly who committed the crime or everything that happened, but she knows there's more than one person guilty of this horrific crime.
1. Haze (pg. 44)-noun: 1. daze, fog, confusion characterized by lack of clarity
2. Gingerly (pg. 49)-adjective: 1. with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White
quote:
"Then she saw them, or the shadow of them." (pg. 46)
This quote is significant because it lets the readers know that Sophie knows Crow didn't harm her. Sophie doesn't know exactly who committed the crime or everything that happened, but she knows there's more than one person guilty of this horrific crime.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Week 1 Post B
My quote I used in Post A was, “Don’t you hear something?” (pg. 3). This is most likely the most significant quote from the entire book. Sophie had said this repeatedly to Crow as they ventured into the woods, near the party they had attended. As they pushed the limbs of the trees to the side so that they wouldn’t be hit in the face, Sophie had an eerie that there was something else out there besides them. Yet Crow reinsured her there was nothing there, and she was probably just hearing the waves hit the shore of the river. They quickly rushed into “touchy feely” time and Crow forgot a condom so he had to leave Sophie for a few minutes and run to the car to retrieve one. When he reached the car a truck of girls drove up and Crow had to hide and wait longer than he had expected he would have to. When he ran back into the woods Sophie wasn’t where he’d left her; he saw her stumbling away and called her name with no response when suddenly she dropped to the ground. Crow ran to her and saw she was bruised and cut up badly, when he then heard the cops running into the woods. Crow knew he would be accused of doing this to her, even though he’s her boyfriend, so he ran away leaving his wallet behind. Sophie was put into the hospital and refused to say anything about what happened, leaving Crow helpless. Unfortunately, Crow also felt he had to lie to his father, which won’t help him seeing he is going to trail. Even though he is best friends with the town judge’s son, that makes no difference; he is the only lead to the case. I think that all the secrets will unravel during this conflicting case; Carl is not Crow’s real father, his mother cheated on Crow’s “father” with a college professor, secrets among the city, and Crow’s true strength to get through no one believing him and to reveal the true rapist.
Week 1 Post A
Quote:
“Don’t you hear something?” (pg. 3). This is what Sophie had asked Crow as they walked further and further into the woods. It's extremely significant, because unknowingly there really was someone following them and that's the person i suspect raped Sophie when Crow left to run to his car.
Vocab:
1) Wanes (In a quote right before page one)-verb 1. Grow smaller 2. Become smaller
3. Decrease in phase
2) Subaqueous (pg. 9)-adj. 1. Growing or remaining under water
“Don’t you hear something?” (pg. 3). This is what Sophie had asked Crow as they walked further and further into the woods. It's extremely significant, because unknowingly there really was someone following them and that's the person i suspect raped Sophie when Crow left to run to his car.
Vocab:
1) Wanes (In a quote right before page one)-verb 1. Grow smaller 2. Become smaller
3. Decrease in phase
2) Subaqueous (pg. 9)-adj. 1. Growing or remaining under water
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Slow Moon
*The Slow Moon by Elizabeth Cox
*2006
*Fiction
*307
*The book is meant for young adults & is sufficiently challenging for our level of reading.
*A friend told me about the book and I read the back of the book to find what it was about and really took interest in it.
*2006
*Fiction
*307
*The book is meant for young adults & is sufficiently challenging for our level of reading.
*A friend told me about the book and I read the back of the book to find what it was about and really took interest in it.
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Sea Inside
Post one:
My general reaction and response to this film is heartache. It make’s me sad to think someone has to endure something like Ramon has to. I think his request for assisted suicide is pretty complicated, because it puts whomever he asks in an awkward position. He is asking them to do it out of love for him, but they love him so much that they want to keep him living; yet on the other hand, they don’t want to see their loved one suffer. I feel the court’s response to him was reasonable, because any way you look at it, its suicide. And what kind of message would the court send out if they allowed that kind of suicide to happen, but others were sins? I feel his final actions were showing a man at whit’s end. I have many mixed emotions on this subject, because it is suicide and in God’s eyes suicide is a sin. But I know, if put in that situation, I would have most likely done the same. That was not life. But then there’s my feeling that God chose when he wanted you to be put into life, and He has the choice of when to end your life. So I am still very uncertain on how I feel about this matter. For his friends that helped him, they did it out of love, that’s all I can say in defense for them. But in a way they helped suicide; almost murder. So it’s just another fact of religion for me. But I don’t feel any of them should have gone to jail. They already lost a loved one; I think that’s enough punishment.
Post two:
The Sea Inside and the Diving Bell and the Butterfly I feel aren’t very similar at all. Yes, they can’t move and are both quadriplegic, but Bauby can’t speak and Ramon can. The only other similarities I find are that they both wrote books and their stories are both sad. Otherwise I find that Bauby, although talking about regrets and how people treat him differently at times, is an optimistic person who doesn’t want to kill himself; as far as we know. Ramon always seemed to bring up the sad and depressing things like how he was sitting so close to Julia, but could not reach out and touch her. He always would speak of dying and how he thought there was no Heaven, which made me pretty sad seeing I like to have things I can believe in. So in reality, yes they are both in the same position, but the way they feel about it is different and the stories are very different as well. The Sea Inside was more powerful for me personally. I am one that needs to “see it to believe it.” So watching the video had a greater impact on me. Also the fact he could speak and tell you how he felt made it more dramatic when he would talk to Julia especially.
Post three:
The scene that effected me the most was the extreme close ups of the pictures of Ramon’s life when Julia was looking through them. They showed the pictures quickly and almost got a feeling of, life passes by fast. I think the director was going for that effect on people to get it in their heads that life is short and soon all you have left are those pictures. The scene and extreme close up made the message of the movie so much stronger for me.
My general reaction and response to this film is heartache. It make’s me sad to think someone has to endure something like Ramon has to. I think his request for assisted suicide is pretty complicated, because it puts whomever he asks in an awkward position. He is asking them to do it out of love for him, but they love him so much that they want to keep him living; yet on the other hand, they don’t want to see their loved one suffer. I feel the court’s response to him was reasonable, because any way you look at it, its suicide. And what kind of message would the court send out if they allowed that kind of suicide to happen, but others were sins? I feel his final actions were showing a man at whit’s end. I have many mixed emotions on this subject, because it is suicide and in God’s eyes suicide is a sin. But I know, if put in that situation, I would have most likely done the same. That was not life. But then there’s my feeling that God chose when he wanted you to be put into life, and He has the choice of when to end your life. So I am still very uncertain on how I feel about this matter. For his friends that helped him, they did it out of love, that’s all I can say in defense for them. But in a way they helped suicide; almost murder. So it’s just another fact of religion for me. But I don’t feel any of them should have gone to jail. They already lost a loved one; I think that’s enough punishment.
Post two:
The Sea Inside and the Diving Bell and the Butterfly I feel aren’t very similar at all. Yes, they can’t move and are both quadriplegic, but Bauby can’t speak and Ramon can. The only other similarities I find are that they both wrote books and their stories are both sad. Otherwise I find that Bauby, although talking about regrets and how people treat him differently at times, is an optimistic person who doesn’t want to kill himself; as far as we know. Ramon always seemed to bring up the sad and depressing things like how he was sitting so close to Julia, but could not reach out and touch her. He always would speak of dying and how he thought there was no Heaven, which made me pretty sad seeing I like to have things I can believe in. So in reality, yes they are both in the same position, but the way they feel about it is different and the stories are very different as well. The Sea Inside was more powerful for me personally. I am one that needs to “see it to believe it.” So watching the video had a greater impact on me. Also the fact he could speak and tell you how he felt made it more dramatic when he would talk to Julia especially.
Post three:
The scene that effected me the most was the extreme close ups of the pictures of Ramon’s life when Julia was looking through them. They showed the pictures quickly and almost got a feeling of, life passes by fast. I think the director was going for that effect on people to get it in their heads that life is short and soon all you have left are those pictures. The scene and extreme close up made the message of the movie so much stronger for me.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Final Sickened Blog!
Summary:
In the last part of Sickened I wanted to jump for joy because she finally started to get her life back in order! She is now able to go about her life in baby-steps at a time to make up her lost childhood. She has now moved out of her house of mirrors and is moving the Los Angeles, California. She feels moving there in a sea of people she won’t stand out. She’ll be able to start her life over and no one will care if she dies on the sidewalk. She will just be happy to not have people watching all the time. She also tries talking to her mom and her dad again. Her dad doesn’t admit to anything even after crying because he was being confronted by Julie about the abuse. Then she saw her mother again and her brother Danny. Julie is over thirty now and has finally decided to call Children’s Services, because she knows her mother will never stop her abusive behaviors. But Julie has moved on and is now leading the life she deserves.
In the last part of Sickened I wanted to jump for joy because she finally started to get her life back in order! She is now able to go about her life in baby-steps at a time to make up her lost childhood. She has now moved out of her house of mirrors and is moving the Los Angeles, California. She feels moving there in a sea of people she won’t stand out. She’ll be able to start her life over and no one will care if she dies on the sidewalk. She will just be happy to not have people watching all the time. She also tries talking to her mom and her dad again. Her dad doesn’t admit to anything even after crying because he was being confronted by Julie about the abuse. Then she saw her mother again and her brother Danny. Julie is over thirty now and has finally decided to call Children’s Services, because she knows her mother will never stop her abusive behaviors. But Julie has moved on and is now leading the life she deserves.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Sickened: Part Five
Summary:
In part 5 of my memoir Julie finally tells a counselor about the abuse she endures from her parents. A lady from child services goes to the house and takes the foster children away from her parents and tells Julie that if she needs help to call her. Julie was happy she saved the foster kids from her parents and was happy they made it so that her parents could no long have foster children. But when Julie’s mom found out it was her who made that happen she told Julie that her father was going to kill her. Julie had no other option then to finally take a car and run away, seeing she was sixteen. The lady from children services put her in a foster home and told her they would take her parents to court. But when it came time for trail, Julie’s dad had convinced her that she was in the wrong and the courts had no testimony from Julie so they sent her back to live with her parents and Danny, her brother. When she went home the family was different. No more doctors’ appointments, no more fighting, no more abuse. Her parents even trusted her to go stay at her friend Carmen’s house. But the next morning when she got home her house was burned to the ground. She quickly found her mother and asked where her beloved dog P.J. was. Her mom told her the dog was trapped in the house and died in the fire. In part 5 the years fly by quickly. Julie moves out and is 21 now. She now wants to go back to school and in her summer class they start to talk about different types of abuse. One day her professor starts talking about this common type of abuse that is normally a mother conflicting it on her daughter. As she listens to the things that may occur during this type of abuse, her life flashes before her eyes. “This form of child abuse is called Munchausen by proxy, or MBP.” Julie finally realized, her mother was doing this through her entire childhood.
Reaction:
My reaction to part five of Sickened is just that, sickened. I don’t know how someone can look at their daughter and say that they are not the one in wrong, but in fact the victim is the one who is the wrong. It hurts me to know that Julie finally had the courage to runway, be free, and safe for once in her life; then be manipulated back into believe she is the one with problems. It’s just wrong! Then my reaction to the house burning down and P.J., Julie’s dog, dying in the fire is what kind of sick person would do that? I love my dogs and I know how Julie must have felt. When my first dogs died it felt like a family member of mine died. So for Julie, knowing her dog burned to death must have been extremely hard! P.J. was like her best friend and taken away from her by her father who apparently doesn’t have a heart. Then the fact that she finally moved out and decided to go back to school made me extremely happy for her. The day she found out about MBP made me ecstatic! I was smiling from ear to ear when I reached that part. But I’m still hurt that it took her 24 long years to finally here about MBP.
In part 5 of my memoir Julie finally tells a counselor about the abuse she endures from her parents. A lady from child services goes to the house and takes the foster children away from her parents and tells Julie that if she needs help to call her. Julie was happy she saved the foster kids from her parents and was happy they made it so that her parents could no long have foster children. But when Julie’s mom found out it was her who made that happen she told Julie that her father was going to kill her. Julie had no other option then to finally take a car and run away, seeing she was sixteen. The lady from children services put her in a foster home and told her they would take her parents to court. But when it came time for trail, Julie’s dad had convinced her that she was in the wrong and the courts had no testimony from Julie so they sent her back to live with her parents and Danny, her brother. When she went home the family was different. No more doctors’ appointments, no more fighting, no more abuse. Her parents even trusted her to go stay at her friend Carmen’s house. But the next morning when she got home her house was burned to the ground. She quickly found her mother and asked where her beloved dog P.J. was. Her mom told her the dog was trapped in the house and died in the fire. In part 5 the years fly by quickly. Julie moves out and is 21 now. She now wants to go back to school and in her summer class they start to talk about different types of abuse. One day her professor starts talking about this common type of abuse that is normally a mother conflicting it on her daughter. As she listens to the things that may occur during this type of abuse, her life flashes before her eyes. “This form of child abuse is called Munchausen by proxy, or MBP.” Julie finally realized, her mother was doing this through her entire childhood.
Reaction:
My reaction to part five of Sickened is just that, sickened. I don’t know how someone can look at their daughter and say that they are not the one in wrong, but in fact the victim is the one who is the wrong. It hurts me to know that Julie finally had the courage to runway, be free, and safe for once in her life; then be manipulated back into believe she is the one with problems. It’s just wrong! Then my reaction to the house burning down and P.J., Julie’s dog, dying in the fire is what kind of sick person would do that? I love my dogs and I know how Julie must have felt. When my first dogs died it felt like a family member of mine died. So for Julie, knowing her dog burned to death must have been extremely hard! P.J. was like her best friend and taken away from her by her father who apparently doesn’t have a heart. Then the fact that she finally moved out and decided to go back to school made me extremely happy for her. The day she found out about MBP made me ecstatic! I was smiling from ear to ear when I reached that part. But I’m still hurt that it took her 24 long years to finally here about MBP.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)