freshman year spring and fall

Freshman Year Spring and Fall 

1/25/13

Character Pictures:

The first picture is for diary entry number 2. He is the only white kid in his class and is hoping to get out.

 

For diary number 6 a white girl is going a sorority, but she is shy and is worried she wont get in and be cool. 

For Diary number 15, a black girl tells how she was bulled because of her size, when they do a peanut shell experiment she realizes its whats in the inside that matters not the outside shell. 

Select a Song:

I chose the song Changes by 2PAC. In the song it says people are fighting of their background and race. he says they have to make changes to make peace. i think this song relates to this part of the book because it involves a lot about different races fighting and people not getting along because of the past, but things need to change. here is the link to the song with lyrics. 

http://youtu.be/jy3_mW40EPc 

Theme response:one of our themes Acceptance, is in this book a lot. in diary entry 18 the student is very upset about the peanut project their doing. with allowing that this is what they are doing the student remembers "its not the messenger, but the message"(pg38). putting her peanuts together she knows people don't care what on the outside of peanuts shells its whats in the inside that's good, and why people don't think that way about others? 

The other theme is Empowerment. in diary entry 14 it talks about two boys playing around with a gun and on shoots him self by accident. the other guys frame the boy who shot himself so it looks like a suicide. They bent the law so they would not be blamed. 

Acceptance and Empowerment happen in my life. i accept the fact of any things, and allow them to happen. 

Check you thinking: How do you relate to this year?

in diary entry 16 the girl talks about how she relates to Juliet in romeo and Juliet. i think i have some things in common with this student. she had ran away with her boyfriend, that her family did not like. her mom found out and punished her. i have similar qualities with this girl because i was sneaking around with a boy my mom did not care for and found out. i was grounded. i also read Romeo and Juliet and think i have things in common with her but would never go as far as death to be with the "love" of my life.