adios college lit

well I have to say I really enjoyed college lit and i'm really going to miss it :( Good luck to you all in the future!

remix

http://Pixton.com/ic:mgmbt4r3

here is a remix to Julie's pixton comic

pixton comic

http://Pixton.com/ic:y8iqg35n

just in case my other comic didn't work

Persepolis reaction

Well I am done with the assigned reading of Persepolis for the class. So far I think the book has been pretty good. It is nice to see what it is like in a different culture especially when they are a topic that comes up in the news frequently. I think the book being in graphic novel format definitely made the book more interesting and easier to read. If it was just a regular novel I think I would of gotten bored of it really fast. Also since we don't know the culture very well it would be hard to picture the book in our minds and I feel like the pictures in the book help me with that. All in all, its a good book and i'm hoping that in this last week of senior year I have enough motivation to finish the book on my own.

COMIC!

http://www.pixton.com/create/comic/y8iqg35n

enjoy :)

especially dalty!

Slaughterhouse-five

While reading this book slaughterhouse-five I can help but be reminded of a book I read in 7th grade. It had the same writing style of jumping back and forth between the present and the past.

The book is about a teenage father trying to take care of his infant daughter. It skips back and forth between his girlfriend Nia's pregnancy and him struggling to care of an infant. Because of the skipping back and forth between the future and the present it keeps the book interesting. It gives a good insight to what it is like to be a teen parent and the choices you are forced to make.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes the style of Slaughterhouse-five.

War Movie

 
I don't watch war movies so they only one I can really think of is the Disney Movie Mulan.

The movie is about when a war in China breaks out and the emperor requires one male from each family to fight. When Mulan realizes that her elderly father has to fight because he is the only male in her family she takes matters into her own hands. She dresses up as a guy changes her name to Ping and joins the army. Her father learns what she has done and prays to her ancestors to protect her. A small dragon named Mushu is sent to help and guide her. The movie goes on to show her troubles and victories in the war.

Although it did have scenes of villages burnt down and an important character gets killed, the last like battle scene in the movie glorifies it a little bit. It has humor in it which nothing during war is funny. I think the writers of this movie had to do this since the movie is for kids. They can't like show stuff that would disturb the kids and they have to keep them interested.

I think this movie and slaughterhouse-five are different. First and foremost no one gets abducted by animals. Second, Slaughterhouse shows scences of war that little kids shouldn't see and there was a lot of dying in it. This book is definitely not intended for children to read opposed to the movie Mulan which is meant for kids.

Mary O'Hare would not like this movie. It makes war seem fun and like no one really gets hurt. Also it doesn't show any horrific war scences that usually come with war. She would yell about this movie like she yelled in the book.