Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Help

    The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a wonderful novel that is written in the early to late 1900's.  This book is written as if by a person that was a maid so back than it was people with dark colored skin.  In the book it talks about how the blacks and whites live in different neighbor hoods just because of there skin color.  You might think its racist but its true back than these people didn't get along so well.  They would get along well so long as they were the same skin color.  There are things that really bothered me in that time period one thing was how the people treated each other, they really had no respect for you if you had darker skin than they had what also bothered me is that some people were rich and had plenty of money but they would only pay the help up to two dollars a day that is just so sad.  Now there is this big question wondering around in my head and that is why did people treat each other like this?
  Back than I realized the help (the people that help keep the house clean and take care of children) was treated terribly and no one really cared.  For example in the book the people that have the big houses spread a rumor about how one of the help stole something from them, they did that so when they fire that person they would not be able to get any other job.  Well why would they do that you ask?  well they did that because some of these people were really rude and had nothing better to do with there life.  Well that is just my opinion I also think that every person should be treated with respect no matter what shape, size, or color of skin.
  Overall i am really enjoying this book.  It really sucks you in.  One you have started it you really can't stop reading it.  What really worries me is that although most of this nonsense has stopped there are still people out there that have problems with people's color of skin and how they look.  I really think that that should stop because I say that treat people the way you want to be treated.  I say that because if you are nice to people they will be nice to you, but if you are mean to people there is a big chance they will be mean to you!    

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Inkheart

  So far in the book Inkheart by Cornelia Funke the main character and her father Mo set out to her aunts house because something bad has happened.  A stranger to Meggie but not Mo has come to there house with bad news that a bad guy is coming to look for something that Mo has.  A book.  It is no normal book in fact it is a magical book.  Meggie and Mo have gone away from the house because Mo knew the first place the bad guy would be looking is there house.
  Right now Mo is keeping lots of secrets to himself and not telling Meggie what they are although she really wants to know.  All Meggie knows is that there is a book involved and someone wants it really bad.  Meggie also knows that she is going to a place she has never been in.  Over her life time her and her father had gone to many family members but never have they gone to one of her aunts.  Meggie is scared and doesn't know what the aunt is going to be like for now she is just imagining the bad and hoping for the good.  
  In her aunts house there are lots of books every were around the house although there is a pretty big room used as a library.  Meggie has never seen so much books at once in her whole entire life and she can't wait to read them all, if she has time before they have to go back home again.  Right in the middle of the library was a huge book that was probably the biggest in the whole library Meggie was most interested in that one she couldn't wait to get her hands on it.  I stopped at that part and can't wait to see what happens next!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Coming towards the end of the book I realized it just gets better and better.  Harry has now joined the Quidditch team for flying a broom as if he were a pro although he was no really allowed to ride it while the teacher was gone but this was all because of a boy named Malfoy.  Harry does not trust Malfoy because he is mean, rude and a Slytherin.  Slytherin is not to be trusted because Harry has heard terrible things about it.  Now Harry has two best friends Ron and Hermione they meat on the train on there way to Hogwarts.
  For now all Harry knows is that Malfoy is his only enemy but although he knows about he who's name shall not be said Harry sees him as no threat.  SO far Harry is having a wonderful time at the school as he finds out more about his past from teachers, friends and even some he doesn't know.  Now Harry has been lucky not getting in trouble for flying the broom or sneaking out pass curfew.  Harry has no idea what is waiting for him in his future.
  Harry has come into this magical world without knowing a thing about magic and things like that but he has a talent that he doesn't realize he has.  Although he may not be as good as Hermione he is still good.  Harry has been trying his best in school because he does not want to go back to the Dursley's house.  He knows that if he goes back things will go back to normal and he would have to live a horrible life as he did before.