Thursday, October 29, 2009

My Best Friends Character Traits

One of my best friends is named Faith Newman. She is very tall and has short, dark brown hair. Also, she has an amazing fashion sense. She is way more than just a "pretty face", however. Faith is confident and can start a conversation with anybody. She is an author and makes comics that I have no doubt are really good. Faith is always there for me when I have a problem or feel like crying. I can confide in her about anything and she genuinely cares and tries to help. However, what I consider most amazing about her is that she is on fire for God. She loves him and proves it daily.
Faith is definitely a altruist ambivert. She is confident and knows that she is a child of God. She is respectful and many people can tell she loves Jesus. She has inspired me to go farther into Christ and to get to know him better because that is what he wants me to do.

*the Word Power words are in italics because I couldn't underline them

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Early Memories: my fantasy obssesion

I can only recall very vague memories of my distant past, And I can't remember past a few years back, so this story is more current than ten years.
I was eight years old and loved reading fantasy books. Because I was over-imaginative I started fantasizing about mythical creatures. Wanting to rule, because I thought it would be fun, I decided to rule my own imaginary country, which was a huge mistake. I would act out everything I fantasized about and literally talk to my " invisible subjects" and defend "my country" when anyone gave me funny looks about it. I even went so far as to talk about it like it was real, because it was very real to me even if it didn't exist.
The more fantasy books I read the more things I added to "my country", and it got HUGE! Soon I had whole plot lines and stories, dozens of them, and I could have written multiple books about what went on in my country, but whenever I tried, all the stories ran out of my head as fast as they could go. One day my mom confronted me about it and I tried to end it, but it was addicting. I couldn't stop reading fantasy books either; they were to good to not read.
My mom said I couldn't read anymore fantasy books, and I obeyed her, but struggled with it; fantasy had become an obsession. Finally I got over it cold turkey,on a no-fantasy diet and Jesus's help. That experiance keeps me away from getting obsessed to anything else.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Jungle: imagery

Imagery is used most heavily in this novel. I believe that Upton Sinclare used imagery the most because it makes it more interesting. If it wasn't for all the imagery, I wouldn't be able to read "The Jungle" at all.
In the novel, Jurgis goes through may changes. He starts as a hopeful groom who has just barely felt how hard it is to survive in Chicago. He ends up a socialism speaker who fights for civil rights for everybody, but only after he is a desperate worker, who can barley earn enough to feed his family, and a beggar. Sinclare uses the imagery to show his change in circumstance and attitude towards life. If the author did not use imagery, we would not be able to really understand how his attitude towards life changes.