Would We Be Killed?

          The American Indians were marginalized by white men from the U.S for a very long time. "Then came the white men's diseases, smallpox, tuberculosis, measles, which wiped out entire villages. Finally came the soldiers with guns and cannons, and the endless wars that left both Native Americans and white men dead in the prairie grass." This made the Native Americans have a low population. Then, the white people try brainwashing the young American Indians by Captain Henry Pratt. "Ultimately, though, the chiefs agreed that the beast hope for their people was education. So they gathered up 84 children, including Ota Kte, and sent them east with Pratt. But Pratt hadn't told the chiefs everything. It was not Pratt's plan to simply educate these children and teach them english. He also planned to 'Civilize' them to strip them of their traditions and ways of life." The white men educated the children to become more of them instead of following their tradition. This made the American Indians to be marginalized for a very long time.

Luther Standing Bear and Shanice Britton are both similar and different in each way. Shanice is American Indian but she wears normal everyday teenager clothes like jeans and shirts. No one brainwashed her because of her religion. She goes to college at the University of California. On the other hand, Luther Standing Bear was sent to go to school to be educated, but he wasn't educated, the white men made him forget his religion and have a new one. His life must have been difficult for many years.

This One Summer #3 (Summary&Solution)

          After the Historic Heritage Huron Village trip, a couple of consequences happened. Rose and Alice had a small fight about the baby and her dad.

          I think the solution to Jenny and Rose''s mom, Alice, is to exchange children. What I mean is,  when Jenny gives birth, she could let Alice adopt her child (See pretty simple). Jenny doesn't want a child, so I don't think she might get an abortion or not.

Tolerance

Definition: The ability or willingness to allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something, in particular the existence of opinion or behavior that one does not necessary agree with. 

         I don't judge the way people look or comment about them, only if they tell me a honest question about themselves. I will never do that! Everyone is different! We all have different beliefs, personality, eyes, mouths, noses, hair, and much more. No one will ever look like you (Only if you have a twin, but each are different ) even if its from the inside or out! 

This One Summer #2 (Summary& Conflict)

          Rose and Windy started noticing changes in the little convenient store. Douglas the clerk (Rose and Windy call him "the Dud") who works in the convenient store has problems with his girlfriend Jenny. Douglas made Jenny pregnant. First, they were both together and having fun and now their fighting over a baby. Douglas cared but he didn't want to do anything about it, he would just ignore her. When Rose and Windy went to a little village, they saw Jenny working there.

          The conflict in the book is man vs. society. All the characters in the book had one thing in common, a baby. Alice (Rose's mother), wanted to have a baby, but she couldn't. Her mother and father would always fight. Rose's mother lost her baby(fertilized egg) in the water on the beach. On page 299 it says, "Last year in the water... I was swimming and I felt the baby. Go." It means her child died in the water. Douglas and Jenny had a big argument too. Jenny never wanted a baby and now she is pregnant. Douglas ignored her, but still cared about her and his future.

This One Summer Blog #1 (Summary& Character Analysis)

          Every summer Rose and her family of parents go to Awago Beach where she meets her best friend Windy ever since they were very young. This year was different from every other year, Rose's parents fighting and the clerk Douglas and his girlfriend.  With lots of free time Rose and Windy try to get all the details on whats happening to the couples. With Rose's parents she had to get away from whats going on.

         I can see that Rose and Windy are really good friends. They have been best summer friends since they were little kids. In the text on page 19 it says, "Windy has been my summer cottage friend since I was five. Her grandma rents a cottage for her and her mom. Windy's one and a half younger than I am." This shows that Rose and Windy have been best friends.

Divergent #8

          Where I left off, is when everyone in Dauntless were hypnotized and were forced with the hands of the Erudite leader to murder all the Abnegation civilians. Tris finds out Four is Divergent too. Somehow he is hypnotized, when Eric finds out he is Divergent and was sentenced to kill Tris. Tris figured out a way to stop the hypnotisnm for him and everyone. Tris put a gun on her head and alerted Four to not kill her (Four is afraid of murdering someone who he held dear). Which immediately stopped Four being hypnotized. Next to Tris, the Erudite leader ready to start the simulation. Tris uses her trowing knife and stabbed strait through the arms of the leader. Tris injected the leader with the drug used to command people. Tris forced the Erudite leader to stop the simulation. She saved a numerous amount of people but lost her parents along the way.

          Tris changed a lot (I mean ALOT!) in the book. Her personality changed, she made friends, she gotten a lot stronger and became number 1 on the list for the strongest, she even saved a whole fraction from being killed. When the book started, Tris or I can just say Beatrice, she was the shy and quiet one in her family.

Divergent #7

          The final simulation comes by when all the Dauntless members are injected with a drug from the Dauntless leaders; that was believed for the simulation assessment. The drug that was injected from everyone was a drug made from the Erudite that controls the human body (which they look like their sleepwalking) to assassinate all the Abnegation. Since Tris is a divergent, the drug that the leaders injected to her did not work. Tris pretends to be like the rest of the Dauntless, all walking with silence not knowing whats going on.

Divergent #6

          Days later, Tris and the rest of the dauntless begin to do stage two of testing. (Where the syringe needle takes place and sends you to a fake world.) At the end of testing, Tris realized she is number one on the list. Al gets fuss treated and is threatened to kill her with the help of Peter and Drew. They wore masks to protect their identity and we're ready to kill Tris. They dragged Tris somewhere that nobody can see or hear them.  All three attacked Tris violently.  Four approaches and rescues Tris and takes all three of the masks off and found out who they are. Tris angrily ignores them. Al Is devastated of what he has done and kills himself.

          I thought Al was cool, but seriously he was about to kill Tris! Just because she is ranked number one on the list! At least he is surpassing other people who are lower ranked than him. He even killed himself when Triss uncovered the mask revealing his face. He could've apologized Tris for what he has done.

Divergent #5

          Where I left off, Triss took the flag and swinged it around for victory. At the top of the tower where everyone can see it. After the game, everyone went to have some fun zip-lining! This was the first time Triss has ever been zip lining, she zip lines down from the Hancock building. This helped Triss not to be afraid. Days later a special day arrives, Visiting days! Where parents from their child who moved to another fraction. Triss finds her mom who has been hiding behind some boxes suspiciously. Triss thinks she was born from Dauntless fraction.

Divergent #4

       Where I left off, Triss and the rest of the Dauntless fraction goes to a field trip. A trip to the border, but a twist appeared. The game they were about to play is capture the flag, which their weapon was a sting gun, a gun that will sting and descend your opponent for a couple of minuets. Two teams, Team Eric and Team Four, everyone laughed at Triss because she was chosen by Four, when everyone thinks she is the weakling in the intire group. They were proven guilty. With all the training and fighting she did, she knew she will be strong and capture the flag. When the game began, all you would hear was gun shots. Triss pinpointed the flag and secretly sneaked the way there. Out of nowhere an strong opponent which Triss can't beat is right in front of her. Luckily with all the training she did, Triss managed to beat her opponent and capture the flag! With the win, Triss became popular in the Dauntless fraction. Before the game started, Triss found out that Four is afraid of heights when both of them climbed a farris wheel.

Divergent #3

     Where I left on, Beatriss joins the Dountless and changed her name to Triss, so she can become a new person with a new goal and have new friends. Triss met Cristina,  Alex, and Four, Peter. It has been difficult for her because this fraction was about strength and speed. Since she had none of that, she would have to train extra hard. They would have challenges, like fighting, throwing knives, parkour, and even using a gun.

     The conflict is person vs. nature and person vs. society. Person vs. nature because Triss is fighting for survival and the strength she needs to succeed. Person vs. society because Triss fights for the fraction she chose and how she chose to live it without her parents and her brother.

Divergent #2

          Where I left off, Beatriss goes to the Choosing Ceremony. Now it's her turn to chose which group she will be in for the rest of her future. On the front stage there are 5 big bowls that have different things inside that dedicates each faction. There is a knife and napkin on the table where you use your blood to chose the faction you want to be in. Beatriss name was called up and ready to chose a faction. She was shaking, thinking of which faction she had to chose. The crowd being quiet waiting for her to chose. Beatriss cuts herself on the palm of her hand with the knife and put her hand over the Abnegation bowl. Before her blood drips, she suddenly moved her hand to the next bowl and her blood drips to the Dauntless bowl. The Dauntless cheering her on, her parents disappointed. When the ceremony is over, Beatriss follows the Dountless group outside and sprints fast on the street like little children playing tag.

         It's pretty depressing leaving your family to go to a different place with a completely different culture.  Then, you have to learn that culture by practicing. Then, eating completely different food and drinks, not know how to eat it. Then, your wondering how to make friends, will you be alone not seeing your family.

Divergent

      The book I'm currently reading is Divergent. A 16 year old girl named Beatrice Prior who grew up as a Abnegation. She and her brother Caleb take a aptitude test that will help them have a suitable future ahead of them. There are five groups to chose from. Abnegation, people who help the poor and feed them. Amity, people who values peace. Candor, people who have the honesty to tell the truth. Erudite, people who are smart and have knowledge. Last but not least, Dauntless, the people who shows bravery and fearlessness. Beatrice takes the test and when finished she gets a test score of Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite. The test only gives you one group that suits you but, the test gave Beatrice three groups which only means Beatrice is a Divergent. Being a Divergent means serious risk of death. You can't tell nobody your test score, even if it's someone close to you.

       Beatrice is brave because she has to keep her test score a absolute secret. The Erudite are hunting down people who are a Divergent, and killing them because they are dangerous. Which Beatrice is a Divergent and she has to survive no matter what obstacles she faces head on. Even if it's friends, families, loved ones. ( I didn't have much details since I just started the book a while back)

My Goals for 2015

 My Goals:

 Academic Goal:

- Have good grades for every class I have

       To achieve my goal I need to do extra homework. I need to do better on my test if I scored poorly. I will see and ask my teacher if I need help or ask for extra homework. I will stay after school if I need to. I will redo homework that was late or that has been scored poorly. The most important is to not get my work late and check my work if it's completed.

Personal Goal:

-Raise money for a cat

       To achieve my personal goal I would clean the whole house to make money. I would help my father on his job, like packing boxes for delivery. I would need to know how to befriend, feed ( know what type of food to give), clean litter box, and groom a cat.  I would even buy toys for the cat for entertainment and buy a small bed for the cat to sleep on. The most important is what type of breed of a cat and what type of personality of the cat I want to own.