Authors Note: This piece is a text to self analysis I wrote about how Mrs. Luella Jones talks to the boy and makes him feel comfortable, while when adults talk to me they never know what to say.
Late one evening, Mrs. Leulla Bates Washington Jones gets mugged by a teenage boy. Instead of turning him in or even letting him go like a normal person would, she takes him back to her house. This boys is obviously feeling very uncomfortable, just I do when I am stuck talking to some strange adult I don’t know. You feel as if there’s nothing that you could possibly share in common, except for the fact that those awkward silences just make things worse.
Although I didn’t mug someone, I still know how it feels to be with someone you don’t know, and you don’t trust, but you are forced to talk to them. The only difference between me and Roger (the mugger) is that at least the person he’s stuck with finally says something that makes a connection with him. Roger poor, because why else would he need to mug somebody, but he only did that for some new shoes. Then surprisingly, Mrs. Jones says to him “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.” To him, that means something.
Even though it may seem tough to have a conversation with someone you know nothing about, it can be done. Just like me though, Roger struggled with it at first because it can be really awkward. It makes anyone uncomfortable to meet someone new, but it is even harder if you really have to talk to them. It can be done though, it will just take some time.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
By: Cassandra Clare
Genre: Fantasy
512 Pages
When Clarissa Fray goes to a club one night she never would have guessed it could change her entire life, that night she witnesses a demon murder committed by 3 teenagers. This brings her into a world of shadowhunters and downwordlers, with death, right around the corner. This is a fast pace book, from a series of four, that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Genre: Fantasy
512 Pages
When Clarissa Fray goes to a club one night she never would have guessed it could change her entire life, that night she witnesses a demon murder committed by 3 teenagers. This brings her into a world of shadowhunters and downwordlers, with death, right around the corner. This is a fast pace book, from a series of four, that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Winning a War Without Even Fighting in it
Authors note: This is a cause and effect piece I wrote about the war that happens in City Of Glass. Valentine is a horrifying man that wants to take over the only place where shadow hunters are free, so he starts the war making the Nephilim wanting to surrender.
Bodies of demons, along with a handful shadowhunters lay on the ground, as the rest of the Nephilim and Downworlders proudly walk among the streets of Alicante. The impossible has been made possible; Valentine’s army of demons has been defeated. For once, just one time in history, Nephilim, night children, warlocks, and lycanthropes got along and won the war.
Although, it was only the adults that fought, none of this would have been possible without the help of a teenage girl. When Clary suggested that everyone should get along so they have a chance at winning the war, everyone just stared at her like she was a lunatic. That didn’t matter to her though, she has a dad figure in her life that is a werewolf, and he has been there for her since she was a toddler. Clary knows that not all downworlders are bad, and most in fact, are relatively kind. She also knows that if Valentine wins, he will start by killing downworlders, then move on to people who know or like them “He doesn’t think anyone who associates with downworlders is worthy of being called Nephilim.” Once Clary says that, she knows she touched some people, but not enough.
Along with knowing her power, Clary also saw that her friends and family were watching her, and that gave her the strength to prove her point and carry on with her speech. Clary has a special power, the power to know any rune, and to even create new ones, runes that aren’t even in the gray book (the book of all runes). To get people to believe her, Clary demonstrates on herself, marking her arm with a rune that causes anyone who sees her, instead see the person they love most in the world. Once the magic slips from her grasp and she turns back into herself, everyone believes her and decides to use her talent for the war.
As a result of the Claves wise choice, Clary creates a rune that kind bind people together, even shadowhunters and downworlders, giving Nephilim the power of whatever downworlder is their partner, and the downworlders the agility and stamina of their partner. With that being said, everyone finds a partner and marks them with the rune, Clary’s rune. This gives them hope, before Clary gave her speech they all thought that they were going to surrender, but they now have a chance.
All in all, the war is over, the Nephilim beat the demons, and it’s all because of Clary. She defeated her repulsive, murderer of a father and basically one the war without even fighting in it. At first the clave was skeptical of this whole plan, but after seeing what Clary could do, the definitely made the right decision.
Bodies of demons, along with a handful shadowhunters lay on the ground, as the rest of the Nephilim and Downworlders proudly walk among the streets of Alicante. The impossible has been made possible; Valentine’s army of demons has been defeated. For once, just one time in history, Nephilim, night children, warlocks, and lycanthropes got along and won the war.
Although, it was only the adults that fought, none of this would have been possible without the help of a teenage girl. When Clary suggested that everyone should get along so they have a chance at winning the war, everyone just stared at her like she was a lunatic. That didn’t matter to her though, she has a dad figure in her life that is a werewolf, and he has been there for her since she was a toddler. Clary knows that not all downworlders are bad, and most in fact, are relatively kind. She also knows that if Valentine wins, he will start by killing downworlders, then move on to people who know or like them “He doesn’t think anyone who associates with downworlders is worthy of being called Nephilim.” Once Clary says that, she knows she touched some people, but not enough.
Along with knowing her power, Clary also saw that her friends and family were watching her, and that gave her the strength to prove her point and carry on with her speech. Clary has a special power, the power to know any rune, and to even create new ones, runes that aren’t even in the gray book (the book of all runes). To get people to believe her, Clary demonstrates on herself, marking her arm with a rune that causes anyone who sees her, instead see the person they love most in the world. Once the magic slips from her grasp and she turns back into herself, everyone believes her and decides to use her talent for the war.
As a result of the Claves wise choice, Clary creates a rune that kind bind people together, even shadowhunters and downworlders, giving Nephilim the power of whatever downworlder is their partner, and the downworlders the agility and stamina of their partner. With that being said, everyone finds a partner and marks them with the rune, Clary’s rune. This gives them hope, before Clary gave her speech they all thought that they were going to surrender, but they now have a chance.
All in all, the war is over, the Nephilim beat the demons, and it’s all because of Clary. She defeated her repulsive, murderer of a father and basically one the war without even fighting in it. At first the clave was skeptical of this whole plan, but after seeing what Clary could do, the definitely made the right decision.
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