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LOTF

      LOTF is about lots of adolescent children stranded on an abandon island. The island is packed with resources, but the island is packed and the children are losing sanity. LOTF is very dark and intense, with many characters exchanging harsh words. The vivid detail in the book is amazing, for the first chapter it was no challenge to draw the illustrations. The book is a little hard to read because the book because I'm unfamiliar with some of the English vocabulary. The characters have developed lots since the beginning of the book.
    
        The book is very realistic in terms of how unorganized the ways of life are for them. Also the meetings are realistic as well because when thinking about a group of kids stranded o an island that's how imagined the meeting scenario. The only part that was unrealistic to me was the fact that coincidentally no adults survived the island plane crash. The book does a great job at capturing interactions of different characters, like Piggy and Ralph during the exposition. Lastly, William Golding also describes the setting nicely.

LOTF Human Nature

Humans are naturally want to fulfill their desires. Humans are naturally selfish and genuinely not good people. Naturally we want things for our own self interest and like to nitpick good things from the bad. If there were no profound teaching humans would steal and murder with the only basis as what makes you feel better. Humans must be taught right from wrong.
   
     Religion teaches us that stealing is wrong, religion tells us not kill or rape. Good manners are taught by parents, these fundamentals do not come to us naturally. The important people in our life guide us, they help control our natural desires to steal, or hurt someone who hurt you. These teachings in life are the reason humans developed in to what we are today, that life is not about what you want it's about what the human race needs and that's why are taught to share.

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My Fall Break was Interesting.

This Fall Break there was not a second of silence. I spent lots of my time spending time with friends.
I also spent time eating(lots), playing soccer, running, and watching movies. Fall Break was great and was a nice break to get some time off, although I feel Monday off would be nice. I'm sure everyone wants Monday off though.
The most memorable experience this Fall break was going to the movies with a friend. The movie was "What Now?" featuring Kevin Hart. The atmosphere in the movie was great, almost every seat was taken and laughing at a joke is best when everyone there is sharing a laugh. I also remember playing hours of soccer outside training a new kid to play soccer. Before I knew it Fall Break was over.

CHERUB reading review

Reading Response

This is my final response to Cherub, by Robert Muchamore. Now that I have finished the book I now see the roller coaster of emotions Cherub gave me. At some times the boom was a challenge from the use of vivid detail. I think the writing style for Cherub was more than enough for me to come back and read the next book. Vivid detail is why I will finish the series.
    At the beginning of Cherub I was very hesitant as to if I would even finish the book let lone the series. Cherub started out way too fast if pace, the pace in the book was so fast I thought Cherub was the second book in the series. As the book continued I adapted to the fast paced story of James enrolling in a secret spy agency. The book began to get very interesting and hooked me on, the disgusting vivid detail that made me cringe only increased my desire to keep reading. I can now happily say Cherub was few of many books to grasp my attention throughout the whole book.

Should We Abandon Louisiana? In Some Ways, We Already Have

 In Should We Abandon Louisiana? In Some Ways, We Already Have

Zach Kopplin, writer of the article, starts off by stating the horrific Louisiana floods did not get enough media attention. Zach says that the tragedy wasn't enough of a selling point-its the media conspiracy that gets people to care. I completely disagree with this, the Louisiana floods got plenty of attention, a trending tag on twitter brought attention to the devastating floods, many very popular online celebrities also donated money for families effected by the floods. Yes, major news channels didn't have broadcast over the floods, but compared to larger problems such as ISIS and North Korea. Were talking about a flood we can all recover from in one year or less, is this worthy to have national attention over bigger problems? The media may not always focus on the most important, but in times of despair not every problem wins the national spotlight. I believe the local news station brought plenty of attention to the floods.
     The flood in Louisiana and the natural disaster in Florida, I believe come from climate change. Well, what's responsible for all this, Zach states it's climate change. Personally I feel Louisiana will be forgotten very soon and will be abandon, people may take steps to prevent this, but Louisiana is a lost cause. Louisiana is not worth saving and should only be remembered for it's historical, remarkable past.

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Turkey

Well, I'm going back to my roots. Turkey is my real home, I'm proud to be a Turk. Before I got to stare at the mountains and enjoy real Turkish delights, I had to travel 21 hours to get there. Flying was indefinitely the worst part, especially the security. Waiting for 3-4 hours for your flight, then sitting in an awkward position on a plane over seas.
     This isn't about how miserable my flight was, this is about my stay in Turkey. Staying with the Turkish family in the summer home on a mountain, walking one mile to the beautiful soccer field staring at the roofs of many other homes. The communication was easy, I fit in better in Turkey than I did in the States. I still dream of the unbelievable food, unforgettable. Last but not least, the people, everyone in Turkey was kind to everyone, things were so local, it felt like a community.

Responding to CHERUB

      Cherub, by Robert Muchamore, I'm towards the end of the first book in the series. I rate Cherub highly, Cherub is now one of few books that kept me fully engaged. The vivid detail was interesting, and was easy to picture in my mind. Some of the word choice was foreign to me because the book is from the UK. Also the character development of James was phenomenal, when James was in a rough area he started to develop into a rough kid, rather than have the original traits.
     Robert Muchamore, did a great job of adding the right amount of intensity. Example, James, must undergo intense training, he must go to Malaysia and risk his life just to be apart of a program. Intensity was not the only trait Robert Muchamore portrayed nicely. Robert Muchamore created the perfect ratio between vivid detail and leaving the reader to imagine. Robert Muchamore also made the characters make questionable decisions on purpose, this was genius because the decisions from the characters made me curious as to why, so I kept reading.

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