Week 3 Comments

I commented on Sarah Collier's blog.
https://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/911.html

I commented on Jack Campbell's blog.
https://jackcenglish1blog.blogspot.com/2016/09/reading-response-to-firm.html

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a very powerful hurricane that affected tons of innocent lives in New Orleans and the Gulf Shores area. History's article, Hurricane Katrina, says that the hurricane started in the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. It finally made it to New Orleans 5 days later. New Orleans wasn't supposed to get a lot of flooding because of the levees, but Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne didn't hold back. This lead to the horrible flooding of most of New Orleans.

People in New Orleans were not expecting this and were definitely not prepared, says History's article, Hurricane Katrina. Most people had to be evacuated from their homes and most people lost everything. This is like the events that took place just a couple of weeks ago in Louisiana, but less traumatic. No one was prepared for this, not even the government, but everyone was willing to help out. Everyone that was affected ran out of food and water, had to find shelter on roofs or even the super dome, and some people resulted to stealing. This article says that 30% of New Orlean's population was in poverty before, it only got way worse after.

http://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina

Q1 Week 3 We Were Liars

Where I left off in We Were Liars, Cadence has come back to the island and is learning some of the truths in her family. She is just now starting to see there a bigger problems in her family. I really like how there is a lot of mystery happening right now in the book. When you're reading it, you are eagerly waiting to see what the truth is. The author really draws you in by adding new things to question about the Sin-Clairs often.

I also like how you start to catch the real personalities of the characters through out the book. For example, throughout the book, you find out that Gat has a lot of things to question about himself too. You wonder, does Gat love Cadence or does he actually have a girlfriend back home? The author also pulls you in by making some of the characters know something about one character that you and that character don't know. For example, all of the relatives know something about Cadence's accident that she doesn't remember. Will we ever find out what that is?

Comments for 9/1/16 and 9/8/16

9/1/16
I commented on Kaelyn and Sarah's blogs.
https://ksenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-selection-this-novel-girl-named.html

http://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/08/free-post-aunts-birthday.html

9/8/16
I commented on Kaelyn and Danny's blogs.

https://ksenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/09/friends.html?showComment=1473168974929#c2719933818666290687

https://english1danny.blogspot.com/2016/09/this-weekend.html?showComment=1473169163697#c2815457325334759290

Long Distance Call

My dad went on a three week long trip to Africa to hunt. Sometimes we don't get to call him for a couple days. Two days ago we got a call from him and it was really surprising and great. He hadn't been able to call for a whole three days so I had lots of things to tell him. My mom, brother, and I were all sitting in the living room watching tv and all of a sudden we heard my mom's phone ring and an unknown caller was on the screen. We knew it was my dad.

We put him on speaker and gathered around the phone eagerly. We missed him so much that just a couple minutes of calling him made us all very happy. As the conversation came to an end after just 3 or 4 minutes, we felt satisfied. We said everything we needed to say quickly so there was room for laughs. Talking to someone for just a couple of minutes makes a huge difference.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 9/6/16 post

I have noticed a lot of interesting things while reading We Were Liars by E. Lockhart including the way the author writes. The author seems to over exaggerate events that happen by a mile. For example, when Cadence's father leaves her and her mother, Cadence says that he pulled out a gun and shot her in the chest. She was not actually shot, she was just feeling overwhelmingly hurt by her disloyal father. The author also said that after Cadence was shot, her heart fell into the garden. This is obviously not true because she continues to live after this event without any physical injuries.

I have noticed in We Were Liars, that a lot of tragic and hurtful things are happening to Cadence but she doesn't show that it's bothering her. Her family doesn't see any pain in her either. This bothers me because I share everything with my family and friends, and she should too. When I read this book, I continuously wonder why she isn't sharing anything with her family about how she is feeling. Would the family not care? Or would the family not understand?

I commented on Sarah Collier's blog post.
http://sarahcenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/08/free-post-aunts-birthday.html

I commented on Kaelyn Smith's blog post.
http://ksenglish1.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-selection-this-novel-girl-named.html