This is my This I believe essay.

Hi guys and gals I'm sorry that I can't post about Fear because I haven't even made it to the 1/2 way mark. Soooooooooo, enjoy this this I believe essay :).

I believe that two heads are better than one. For me, the first thing I ever do when I go to someplace new is attempt to make a friend. I know that I won’t be alone if I have a friend. When I first came to MS51, I was a little nervous.  I got on class 603’s line and talked to the first person I saw. My friend Schon and I met that day and we are still friends. This helped when I first went into class, when I went through those class doors I wasn’t afraid anymore. When I met my other friends, I had people who I could spend my lunch time with playing sports.

            When we were preparing for the statewide tests, it was always a relief to know that our stress was disappearing as we were talking and playing. This made it easier to go through the day and easier to sleep at night. When it was time to study, we helped each other and made it easier to focus on what we needed to learn. That helped us prepare as a group for the test.

            Thanks to all my friends, I started to take up rock band at Brooklyn Music Factory, where I only made more friends. When I was in my band, I realized that a band wouldn’t be complete without all of the members. That collaboration between band mates could never be the exact same experience twice. Even when some band mates didn’t show up, though, we still did what we had to do and enjoyed doing it.

            Now, as I’m writing this, I have been taking magic lessons with my Uncle Randy. As I’ve been doing the magic tricks, I’ve found that’s it’s always easier to learn and practice with him than without him. He made it easy to work with him because when I messed up he wasn’t mad, no, he was always kind and patient, he made sure I knew something before I moved onto something new. Believe it or not, when I was in Kansas, I even used most of my time to do magic instead of video games! That’s how much I enjoyed working with my uncle.

            With the help of my friends and family, I’ve come further than I could possibly have expected to do alone. After being backed by many a friend, I stride forward.  Now, because of them, I’ve realized that two or more heads are better than one. This I believe. 

-Fin
Many a book share this topic and that's good because that means we can relate to them. That makes for a better story.

I hoped you liked my this I believe essay, good day.

Pitacus Lore vs. Suzanne Collins part four.

     Hello my viewers, today's blog is a very special blog.  Why you ask? It's special because it is my tenth blog. Well with that aside lets get to the things I didn't like about the Rise of Nine. Well the few things I didn't like about this book were A. the fact that the only things that were going on were basically battles and talking and moving around. B. The fact that Lore turned the C.I.A. against the people. Finally C. The fact that the author made himself the most powerful person of all time.

     I hate to admit it but the repeated battles, the amount of talking, and the driving, flying, and other forms of transportation take up the entire book. There are some parts of the book where people randomly attack the main characters no joke. When I mean random they get attacked by aliens, people in India, the C.I.A., giant monsters, and for all we know in the next book they could be attacked by armed ducks ( Pitacus Lore if you're reading this please put in the part in your abut armed ducks that would be downright awesome, so if I made it seem as though I don't want the ducks, please forgive me.)

     Listen I like the C.I.A., they're literally the spies of America. I enjoy talking about them and really enjoyed how they beat the K.G.B. in deadliest warrior (that show is awesome I support Deadliest Warrior and you should watch it.) So Why, Why did Lore turn them against us and make them look like idiots and villains. This in my opinion is the worst issue in this book. Why, because you seem to like making a fool out of most Americans Lore.

     Listen Lore your an amazing writer but seriously did you have to make your self pretty much a god. I understand, if I were a writer like you I would probably do the same thing, but because I'm not I a going to criticize you about it.You really like having your characters worship you don't you, you made it so that without you there would be no story and you also made it so that all the characters were fighting over who is you. I bet that you made one of the characters resemble you exactly didn't you Lore.

     To sum this all up I'm going to say what I rate each book and why. The Hunger Games could have and and sould have been a 9.5/10 but it's major flaws and strange story and character development bring it down to a 5/10. Now the Rise Of Nine could have been a 9.5/10 too but it's minor flaws bring it down to an 8/10, but  there's a likely chance that there will be ducks in the next  book raising that 8 into a 9.75. If you think that I'm judging unfairly and have read all of these books then leave you're #/10 ten for each book in the comment section below.

   

   

Not Such an Evil Fairy

In Ted Poston’s “Revolt of the Evil Fairies”, the narrator is put through something I

would never wish to go through, and that is discrimination. You and I  may not wish to admit it

but you and everyone else has had discrimination in their lives. The discrimination that the

narrator endures is very heart-breaking because it is done by African Americans with light skin

to African Americans with dark skin. The dark-skinned people were never allowed to have any

high paying jobs, their children’s opportunities were crushed by their teachers, and the dark-

skinned children always got in trouble while the light-skinned children thrived.

The story takes place in a colored grammar school in Kentucky in the early 1900s. The

Narrator, a dark-skinned boy, says in the text that “The yallers had the best of everything. They

held most of the teaching jobs in Booker T. Washington Colored Grammar School.” “Yallers” are

very light skinned African - Americans. This means that the dark-skinned people didn’t get the

opportunities to go to a good college or to get a good, well-paying job. If they went to a good

college they would still be despised by the Yallers because they are thought of as lower class.

In the text, it is also plain to see that the “yallers” are given priority over the “blacks”.

In the play, all of the good characters wore white and all the evil characters wore black. Also,

you had to be “yaller” to get the part of Prince Charming, Sleeping beauty, or any important

good fairy. Poston writes, “most of the Good Fairies usually turned out to be extremely light in

complexion, with straight hair and white folks’ features.” The narrator also says “sometimes

a lucky dark-skinned girl would get the part of a good fairy, but not one with a speaking part.”

Another example is that the teachers pass over the fact that the narrator did well in class and

got high grades (in fact, he says that he “got the best grades in his class”) and give the best role

to the “yaller” who did worse. So, even if a “black” was better qualified, the teachers’ priorities

were set on the child with lighter skin.

One thing that I find even more disturbing than the other two problems is the fact

that the light skins never got into deep trouble like the dark-skins did. For example, in the text

when Leonardius hits the narrator over the head with the prop sword, Leonardius did not

get in trouble. The teachers said it was probably by accident. However, when the narrator hit

Leonardius, the narrator got in huge trouble because he was dark-skinned. This shows that the

teachers think the narrator has worse behavior because he’s dark skinned. They even give him a

much greater punishment than Leonardius by exiling the narrator from the play.

All in all, I believe that this is more than enough proof to make you realize what type of

discrimination the African Americans put themselves through. The “yallers” got the better jobs

and the better opportunities, they got priority over the “blacks”, and they were protected and

supported. I hope this essay has made you think about discrimination within societies, and this

is still happening in the present. An example is that many “blacks “ today still get lower pay and

slower promotions than most whites.

I believe that this is a very sad, but amazing story. I feel as though this really did affect my life to because as someone who isn't truly an adult or even close to being a true teen I don't get so much respect shown to me, I'm just the kid anyway. The narrator has it even worse than me because he's a kid and he's dark-skinned. Neither of those titles give him respect. Imagine if you were in his shoes. Wouldn't it be a frightening experience because of what the others think of you? I know it would for me.

Pitacus Lore vs Suzanne Collins part Three.

    Now it is time for the beginning of the reasons why I think The Rise of Nine by Pitacus Lore, is better than the Hunger Games. Reason one: The character development was clear, you didn't have to think about it because it was obvious. Reason two : The past actually has a role in this story and so does the way they live. Reason three: The plot is very emotional and climactic.

     In I am Number Four, John Smith has moved to Paradise, Ohio. In the beginning John knows that he's on the run from aliens, but he never knew what was about to happen. After meeting his girlfriend  you knew something bad was going to happen and you were right. At the end of the book a huge battle occurs and John's cepan, or more like a foster parent, Henry gets murdered in front of his face. This changed this perky main character into someone very sad and depressed for the rest of the book.

     In the entire series the past has a major role. It tells the main characters about what they have to do and what they need to win against the Mogadorians. In the Hunger Games, the past isn't important at all and has no meaning in the story. Also in the Hunger Games arena the only thing that changes is the nature and the cities that they battle in.

     Although the story line in The Hunger Games could been very dramatic, I feel that it fell short. Pitacus, though, picked up a story line like the Hunger Games, a very violent, partially romantic, sci-fi story, and brought it to its full potential. He did this by making sure that almost every character the main characters meet could change the entire plot line. He made every character have emotions and have a story behind them, I feel that this is something Suzanne struggled with.