Wonderful Works pt 1

Out of all of my classmates’ blogs that I read this weekend, I favored two the most. My two favorite blog posts that I read this weekend were Sydney’s and kiana's. Their posts stood out to me the most because of the language they used and the meaning behind the post.

         I really liked Sydney’s blog post about The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Sydney connected to the main character. She didn’t just connect in one way, she was able to connect to her main character on two different levels. One way that she connected to Ronnie was that she explained how their personalities are similar and how they interacted with others in similar ways. The second way that Sydney connected to Ronnie was how they both play the piano and how their love of music intertwines with their lives. I really thought that Sydney’s post was overall very interesting to read.

           Also I enjoyed Kianas blog post. My favorite part of her blog post was her second to last sentence, she says how the book is really intriguing  “It pulls you in and keeps you” I really liked this line because it really expresses the feeling when your reading an interesting book. I also really liked kiana’s book because her book seems so interesting by reading her post I’m dying to read it.

Keep up the great blogging guys!

Perfection

Perfect?
How
          Do you define a word without
          concrete meaning?To each
          His own,the saying goes,so
Why
         Push to attain an ideal state
         of being that no two random
         people will agree is
Where
         you want to be?Faultless.
         Finished.Incomparable.People
         can never be these, and anyway,
When
          did creating a flawless facade
          become a more vital goal
         than learning to love the person
Who
         lives inside your skin?
         The outside belongs to others.
         Only you should decide for you      
What
          is perfect.

(p1)

The main conflict in the book Perfect by Ellen Hopkins is the pressure to be perfect. All of the characters in this book have aspirations to not only be the best they can possibly be. They aspire to be perfect.

       

Cara one of the main characters is pageant girl and a model. She works really hard to look perfect and be beautiful. She works out for hours at a time, diets and sometimes doesn’t eat for periods of time. She says, “I’ve lived with the pretense of perfection for seventeen years” (pg 2). This is an example of the conflict because people think that she is perfect, but she still works hard to make herself believe that she’s perfect.

      

Sean, another character, strives to be perfect. Is a serious baseball player who takes steroids so that he can be stronger than everyone else? He does this so he can be the star player. This eventually affects his body from properly functioning because he took so many douses of steroids. This proves that the pressure to be perfect is a big conflict in this book because trying to be perfect can affect you mentally and physically. For example Sean’s steroids use affected him in a negative way.

I don’t think perfection actually exists because if it did who would be the judge of who’s perfect and who isn’t perfect. We tend to forget about what the importance of what’s inside, because we worry a lot about what’s on the outside, which isn’t as important.