Fear and Gratitude

One day with our family we went to burgers at a restaurant called Burger King. I was just a kid like my brother and my cousin, we were having fun in the kids area, there was a big slide. The parents ordered the food and they were talking while we play. The food was ready and my dad went inside the kids area and called the three of us to go eat. Fast we put our shoes back on and we run very exited to our table. While we were finishing eating three big guys came inside with their guns pointing at the people. They were black and muscled and they shouted "Everybody down!" My aunt lay on top of the handbags trying to hide them. I stayed still beside the window I felt my mothers hand that went inside my pocket leaving something inside. I placed my hand in my pocket and touched my mothers engagement ring and clock. I didnt take out my hand until they left. I saw thrugh the window how the went runing with some handbags and money from the cash register. While they left i felt my mothers embracement and a relief in my body.

There are special persons in my life that i feel gratitude to and one of them is my grandma. I can remember that for some period of time me and my brother were sleeping at my grandma's house. My mother was ill and she wasnt able to wake us up early in the morning and make breackfast. We slept at her house, she woked us up the next morning and while we got dressed she prepared us breackfast and then she was the one that drove us to school. We returned in the bus to our house and after eating there my grandma came and pick us up to get to her house we do homework and sleep there. I have this enermous gratitude to her because she took the role of a mother to use for about a month or more than that. 

If only...

There was a lot of wind, my hair was al messy. I felt how something went inside my eye, inmidiatly I rubbed my eye but it didnt get out. That moment I realized that I will have to go to the restroom and see what's going on with my eye. It hurt a lot every time blink, I felt as if a knife was cutting my eye.

We returned home and my eye was still hurting. In the way home I was tired I felt how my eyes were closing slowly and then I fall asleep. When we got home I woke up and my eye again began hurting. If only I listened when my dad told me to go inside I wouldnt had this small trash in my eye. I had to go to the doctor and tell him what happened to he can take a look at my eye and remove that tiny rock.

It started as an ordinary day. Just after finishing eating I went to play outside and then it had to come this tremendous wind that rined my day. And it ended me going to Hospital Metropolitano to the ophthalmologist to check my eye.  

A Short Life

With the Odoñez always in mind.
A family of four we are now. 
I'm the only girl in the house.

Alphabet Autobiography

Agustina: my baby cousin was born
Boliche: we went camping for three days to Cotopaxi
Chicago: went to Chicago for the first time 
Downhill: we broke paperboard boxes and slide down a mini mountain with my cousins
ECA: my new school in Venezuela 
Fire ate the beach: we made a bonfire ate the beach the night after we left
Graduation: saw my brother's graduation from middle school to high school
H&M: My grandma got lost at this store
Iraq: my father went there for his job for 2 years
Joaquin my cousin almost had a car accident
Kangaroo: when i was little I saw a newborn kangaroo
Lagunazo: school in Venezuela took us to a camp
Miley Cyrus concert in Quito
Nono: With my family we went for a walk to Nono 
Oliver: my uncle kat died of a heart attack
Pottery: made my first jar out of ceramic
Quito: I retured from Venezuela after being away for one year
Road Trip: we went on a road
School Trip: I went to curaçao with my whole grade 
Tomas: my cousin turned four and he had a great party
USA: I went to the United States for the first time when I was four
Venezuela: moved to Venezuela for a year 
White Terrier: I received a new dog
Xnon Yang: went to a Chinese Circus
Years eve: all family weared costumes for New Year
Zoo: I went to the Chicago Zoo and feed a squirrel 

All Summer in a Day

This short story written by Ray Bradbury is abouta new civilization created in a planet called Venus, in wivh the sun only comes out every seven years and just for a while. The story tells of some kids that are in school and that dont remember how sun is because the first time they saw it they were to little. There is one particular girl called Margot that do remember the sun because she wasnt that little the last time she saw it so in the only thing she thibks about is the SUN. She is a lonely girl that is bodered by the rest of his classmates. When Margot shared what she remember about sun but the kids being always mean with her say that she was lying. Until one day the kids locked up Margot in the closet and left her there. After a while the teacher came to the class and tell the kids if they are ready to go out and see the sun because finally after seven years the sun came out again. The kids happily went with the teacher and enjoyed the sun as much as the sun went away again. When it satrted raining again like if it was a avalanche and they had to go back to the classroom. Once they were inside again one girl remembered Margot was still inside the closet. The kids took Margot out the closet and she couldnt see the sun as she wanted for seven years.

"The sky darkened into midnight in a flash.

They stood in the doorway of the underground for a moment until it was raining hard. Then they closed the door and heard the gigantic sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever". 

Here Ray Bradbury uses the sense of sight and sound by describing how the rain came again and the terrible sound it made. In the picture we can see a very rainy and cold day that makes no one want to go outside. The sound of the rain was so strong that it was like the sun never came out and it was so cold that is like the only seson they have is winter. 

The main character of the story is Margot, she is a very quiete and lonely girl that wants to go back to live in the Earth. She is very respectfull with his classmateseven they treat her badly. 

When the class sang songs about happiness and life and games her lips barely moved. 

This shows that Margot not happy of his life because when the class sings happy song she dosent sing so it shows that he really wants sun back because if it only rains then is like sad day but when is sunny it is like happy day so Margot looks sad. 

 

 

 

Taste

This is a Roald Dahl short story that is about a man called Michael Scofield that invite his friend Richard Pratt and his wife to dinner in Michaels house. Richard Pratt is a famous gourmet man that likes all types of wines and know them very well. While eating dinner Richard was very interested in Michaels daughter so he seated next to her and talked to her all dinner without even eating his own fish. Michel and Richard everytime they meet they make some bets about who knows which wine they are drinking. This night they also made a bet, Michael took a wine from his study and Richard need t tell what exact wine it was. Michael said that he would bet anything that Pratt wants, so Pratt taking it very serious what Michael said and he said that he want to bet the hand of her daughter in marriage. Michael was so sure that he was going to win because he said that his wines are good enough to be recognised so he convinced his daughter to accept the bet. After accepting the bet Michael went to his studio take out one wine and gave a glass to Pratt. Richard Pratt took his time deciding which wine it was and after tasting it many times and discarding some possibilities he said his final word. When he said his final answer Michael was quiet staring a the table and the rest of the guests were saint for Michael to show the tag of the wine. But sadly Pratt was correct and he "won the prize".


"He paused, his mouth full of wine, getting the first taste, then, he permitted some of it to trickle down his throat and I saw his Adam's apple move as it passed by". (4)



Here Roald Dahl appeals to the sense of sight because he was very descriptive at the moment of tasting the wine. In the image we can see how this person drinks and very carefully tasting every single mouthful of wine. Also we can see how the wine passes through his throught.


The protagonist of ti story is Michael Scofield, he is a very confident of himself. He is the type of  person that we can how he is by looking his actions for example:

'So you'll bet me anything I like?' 'That's what I told you. I'll

bet you anything you damn well please, if you want to make an issue out of it.'
This reveals about the character that he is very sure of what he is doing or what he is betting. By teling Richard Pratt that he would bet anything he damn please then he would choose anything and Michael cant say no so that is why Pratt choosed the hand of her daughter in marriage. 

 

You Decide- Die or Survive

Good and bad memories

In these chapters of the giver happens some interesting things. Jonas goes to the Annex and the Giver tells him that he needs to be taken some pain so he gives Jonas a painful memory of a body during war he was very thirsty and he had to watch how he died slowly. The Giver apologize for giving him that awful memory. The Giver gave Jonas some good memories trying to make up the terrible one. He gives him the memory of a birthday party, one that he was riding a horse, there he understood the bond between and animal and a human, and he gave Jonas his favorite a Christmas morning.

Jonas tells the Giver that he saw a family and also he learned of "grandparents" Jonas understands that his parents had parents and so on, and he also saw another thing but he couldnt find the word until the Giver told him "LOVE". When Jonas got home he asked his parents that if they loved him they didnt answer and they told him to par attention to precision of language. The next day Jonas went to tell Asher the news about the free day, Jonas finds Asher playing with other kids as if thy were in war, Jonas took it very seriously because he had the memory of war and he knows how terrible it is. Jonas wants them to stop playing but Asher was mad at him, he didnt uderstood why it affected so much Jonas. At night Father tell all the family about his work tomorrow, he had a twins release. The next day Jonas ask the Giver about relesases, he sometimes wantes to get released but he couldnt until Jonas gets trained, and Jonas coulnt ask for release eather that was one of his rules. Jonas asked about the failure of the other reciever before 10 years ago. Her name was Rosemary, the Giver felt love for her so he didnt want to trnsmit bad memories to her so for 5 weeks he gave her only good memories. But it was her job and the Giver needed to give her also the other memories so he started with kids taken away freom parents, with bad memories she was no longer happy.

He said that Rosemary one day at the end of a session she kissed him on the cheek and left. Rosemary asked fpr release and she was never seen again. The community was a caos because the memories that she had came to the community when she left.




Text Responses.

"And somebody else comes to get him? Somebody from Elsewhere?"

"That's right, Jonas-bonus." (137)

Who will come? is that actually true or they are just saying that so they dont have to reveal the ugly truth about releasing, also with Elsewhere what do people in the community think about Elsewhere, they think that is exist and everyone lives with the perspective that it actually exists, but what if not? They will be very disappointed because no one wants to live deceived. 

If Jonas father is lying and telling him that someone will pick up Gabe and take him to Elsewhere he is doing it without regret like nothing is happening  "thats right Jonas- bonus" he seems like he is telling the truth. But is he??

  

"Do you love me?"
There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. "Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!" (127)

OMG! I never thought that his PARENTS would say that to his son! In a normal world parents love their kids and make them feel that they are loved and protected.   I felt very bad for Jonas in that moment, he must had felt a vacuum in his heart. What kind of comunity is this, it is suposed to be without pain but when you know the truth everything is upside down. 

Final Thoughts

In these chapter Jonas knows more about feelings (war, love) Now when he hears people saying i am sad or angry he knows what that really means and that those people dont because they dont have the memories.   

  

seeing colors

Jonas is still recieving memories. Now he is having some of colors, one of them was a rainbow. Jonas tells Te Giver that he think that not having colors in his community is unfair, he wanted to pick the color of his tunic each morning, but he couldnt. He also recieved the momery of the oain of a broken leg. That day Jonas learned that people had different skin color and that animals once existed. The Giver shares with Jonas something of his personal life, he told him that once he had a wife but that it was very difficult to be with her and have to hide everything, and that it will be also difficult for him if he woud  want a wife. As we can see Jonas learns many things in this chapter, and also how importat is to have a Reciever of Memory. When Jonas was at home he made something that he didnt told The Giver. Jonas accidentaly transmitted the memory of a beautiful landscape to Gabe because he was trying to make him fall asleep panting his back. OMG!

Text Responces

"But now that I can see colors, at least sometimes, I was just thinking: what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and he could choose?Instead of the Sameness."

"He might make wrong choices." 

when i read this part of the book i think that making wrong decisions is part of life because they make you learn so you dont chose wrong again. As Jonas i also thibk that is unfair not having the freedom to chise whatever they whant. Choosing what you want to wear is not that important but for eample your assignment if you get something that you dont whant then that will be important because you will be doing that the rest of your life. 

"This time he quite deliberately placed his hand firmly on Gabriel's back, and released the rest of the calming day on the lake. Again, Gabriel slept.

He wondered, though, if he should confess to The Giver that he had given a memory away. He was not yet qualified to be a Giver (116-117) 

When I read this I thought that maybe he was able to transmit the memory to Gabe because he has pale eyes like Jonas and also The Giver has pale eyes so I questioned myself that if their is a connection between them because of their pale eyes that allow them to transmit or receive memories. In the final sentence of the passage it made me wonder what would The Giver say if Jonas told him that he transmitted a memory to Gabe.

Final Thoughts 

I liked reading these chapters they were very interesting, Jonas keeps learning more and more. He finds out some things and make his own conclusion like that having no colors is unfair. What i think is that this community actualy have fear of making mistakes so the result is sameness everything the same no one choose anything they get what they get. I dont think that is correct or good for the people in the community because they should have the freedom to choose what they whnat and wthing that the mistakes come, and that is not bad because they learn making mistakes and help them be better.