Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Post 1: Pgs. 1-35

So Far in The Pursuit of Happyness, The main Character (Chris Gardner) is at an orphanage and is bieng raised to the best of capabilities at the time. The book starts out with the Prolouge, which lasts about 16 pages and opens the book. It prettymuch sums up the whole book without spoiling it. The Prolouge talks about how Chris overcame his early hardships to become a successful stockbroker. I was really intrigued and was much more excited to read te book after reading the prolouge. It showed me a brief glimpse of how the book was going to flow, and how Chris was going to rise above all and succeed even with a son in his hands. The prolouge (in my opinion) followed the movie very closely, but from what I have heard, the book is much, much different, in the aspect of content, and plotline.

Chapter 1 talked mainly about Chriss life as a young orphan. The whole 1st page explained his favorite food at the time, which was a warm candy made with maple syrup, which made him feel like he was on top of the world. It gave me a glimpse of how the author is going to be writing (very, very discriptive), which i happen to enjoy when reading non-fiction books, because it gives me an excellent idea as to what the scenario looks like, sounds like, smells like, and most importantly feels like.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

My Re-Do Assignment

1.) link:

2.) Author: David Gessner

3.) Title: Experiencing a Feeling of Wildness

4.) Belief that widerness is within us, and the wild, in everyday life and within our souls, the urge to be wild.

5.) 1- He has traveled all over in wilderness, and is a nature writer, and noted that Cape Cod has animals with the wildest spirit ever. From jumping whales to soaring eagles.
2- Held his fathers hand when he died, and he felt his fathers wild soul

6.) "When i was observing my own species, my own family, i felt the two most wild things in my life."

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Anxious

One thing i am anxious about this year is having school with Valley View Kids. Most of my friends from soccer went to VV, so now i can see them everyday. I am also anxious about my classes, will they be hard or no? I am excited to find out, and i hope this year's fun.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007