"Poetry Reflection" by, Stanley Suter

         Poetry reflection 

         Stanley S.

        Poetry’s importance in my life is very small. As I do not enjoy either reading or writing it I do not consider it very important, at least in my life. I find that writing it has been very slow and I have trouble finding a good topic to write on. I end up sounding very cheesy and my poem doesn’t flow well. I haven’t seen or done many things worth writing, and that would be the easiest type of poetry, I think for me, is to write story.

        I also do not think that poetry belongs to everyone. Myself being a living example, I know several other kids that struggle and don’t like poetry. That is why I would say that poetry is not for everyone. Some people like to read, but not write poetry and I would say poetry would be for them. It is like other things, not all people are for baseball, or basketball are they? People that do not like poetry, I would say poetry is not for them. 

        I know these two things from personal experience alone. Several of my friends, including me have asked each other for help on a topic, that usually does not turn out well. I also know that many people don’t like poetry and surely do not like writing it, I think that if you asked them, they would tell you straight up that poetry was not for them.  Again, things like music, sports, and other things, people say all the time is not for them. Like people being less athletic than another, the same sort of rule applies for poetry, people that are in that mental mind set will do much better than those not.

        They life and experiences of a poet affects the poem that he or she creates drastically. If the poet has a bad childhood, many of the poems could be bad as well, or just the opposite. For example, if someone only knows of gum drops and unicorns, they won’t be writing about the monster under the bed. The experiences of the poet is the poem.

"Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf" By:Stanley S.

Prompt-Describe your most and least favorite characters and explain why.

        This week I have been reading "Wereworld: Rise of the wolf" and I really like it. There are certain very slow parts that develop into awesome fighting scenes. I starts with a kid, a loving mother and a hating father who falsly accuses the son of killing his mom and trys to kill him. Even though it was a giant rat, in this world of transforming humans. This boy, Drew is the last of the wolves, all of the others having been slaughtered by the lions in the great war. In the book he starts out going to high cliff to oppose the lion king but is side tracked several times and is finally captured by the kings guard.

        My favorite character is Drew. He is the "lone wolf" (that was a good one, you have to admit it) and travels on his own for the most part. He meets up with the medic, Hector and from then on they travel together. I like Drew the best because he is the toughest and the most determined. Hector is frightened easily and often throwes up, looking like a wimp. He acts bold but he isn't arrogant, a nice strong boy.

        My least favorite character by far would be Gretchen. She is the girly girl "Im a little princess" (she really is) type of character, who complains way too much. When Drew kidnaps her she is totally unpredictable and irrational, making very stupid moves. The thing about her that really angers me is her unstopping persistence of stupid moves. She leaves the hotel in the middle of no where just to try to get away from Drew and Hector, when she has no idea that 95% of the guard is corrupt and would hold her for ransome. Luckily Drew caught her in time...

"Mr.Tucket", Stanley Suter

 *Prompt - How did the reading make you feel? Why?

        This week I've read "Mr.Tucket" by Gary Paulson and I really like the book. It all starts on a wagon ride to Utah, on Francis Tucket's birthday. He gets a rifle from his father and strays far behind the group practicing when a group of hostil indians take hit to their tribe to make hit a slave. When another man, Mr.Grimes, saves him. They set off to try to find both his family and make beaver pelts, when the Pawnee leader comes after them and they are forced to a duel. Mr.Grimes wins and skins the leaders face.

        I hated Mr.Grimes when he skinned the Leaders face because I felt he was just going too far and it mortified Francis. Destroying a dead man's face isn't cool, especially if you knew him. Then, as Francis rides away as fast as he can, he doesn't even follow him to make sure he got back to his family. He just watched the last time he would probably ever see the boy. Thats what angered me. How can you not follow the kid you practically fathered for a year?

        I liked the part of the book where Mr.Grimes didn't make snappy remarks or was as on edge as the rest of the book. When they where trapping beavers, and their only worry was to cover the tracks so other people didn't follow. It made me happy when Mr.Grimes's friends came and Francis held a gun on them for a solid hour, making them think he was a full grown man, when he was only 14. The Mr.Grimes came and explained the situation to them, showing them how a 14 year lod boy stopped them in their tracks, and kept them there for an hour. I think that that was the high of the book.

"The Plod", Stanley Suter

Creative Reflection On Blogging

       

        When I started blogging I focused more on the base of the story instead of the prompt I had. I would summarize randomly throughout the story. I would say something such as "Dognut liked Brittany, and Katherine liked Dognut." and then follow with something like "They met on a bus, with the only living person over 16 and his son. His son was nice but the father was cruel." I also seemed to have much less evidence put into my blogs to support the Prompt.

       

         In my later posts I use much more evidence toward the prompt and the sides I choose with the blog. I also go much further into the characters in the first/summary paragraph and make sure that the later two are focused on the prompt. I add visuals and my writhing is much better with more feeling and better vocabulary. I try to use longer paragraphs and figurative language. Thats the changes I can see throughout my blog posts.

"Small Steps", Stanley S. Pages 0-256

 *Prompt* - • Describe the most important event. Give at least three reasons why you think it

is the most important event.

        "Small Steps" is the sequel to "Holes" and I really like how the story has changed. It isn't in the view of Stanley Yelnats any more, but instead between Armpit and X-ray. They had just gotten out of their jail camp and Armpit is trying it out the right way by working hard and trying to get to college. On the other hand X-ray is into scalping illegally for a concert and, they being friends, offers to have Armpit into the deal, and when Armpit wants to go to the concert with his friend, X-ray gives them fake tickets without telling them, and when at the concert the guards come to see the tickets they notice. When Armpit reacts, he starts yelling and his friend has a seizure. Thats when they meet Tatiana.

        I think that the most important event in the book is when they meet Tatiana. It sets up the whole plot and the book would not be even close to how it is now without her. She is the woman singing in the concert, and talks to Armpit's friend after she has the seizure. She becomes intimately involved with Armpit, and they "hook-up". Armpit meets the man married to her mother and he asks Armpit to hold a bat, only to get his finger prints on to later frame him.

        Eventually after Armpit and Tatiana break up, the father finally uses the finger prints. He knows that Tatiana and Armpit are angry at each other and Tatiana has a giant life insurance check. So one night, he goes in with the bat and hits Tatiana over the head several times. Only one problem. The loose end that he didn't tie up was Armpit. Armpit had come back to apologize, when no one answered the knock and he heard a wimper, he had to let himself in. Yadda, Yadda, he takes the lamp, smashes it over the fathers head, they all live happily ever after, except Armpit never gets back together with Tatiana.

"The Secret" By: Stanley S. (Found Poem)

In this poem I bring forward what seems like a major argument in the book. From what  can see on the page a boy named Dallas is the boyfriend of a girl named Retta. Retta recieves a letter in the mail, probably from one of her admirers and Dallas finds out. So they talk it over by the end of my page. I have highlighted the best and most inportant parts, giving you a pretty good idea of my twisted argument between them.