So far nothing has really changed in the book from the first blog post. The two main characters are still trying to head south but they have come in contact with other people. The weather is getting much colder and the dad is getting sicker. They actually had to use one of their bullets to defend themselves and are now left with only one. On their journey they have encountered many people, one who even tried to kill the boy and another the boy tried to help. The dad finds a bomb shelter where they find a whole bunch of food and they are able to stay there for a couple of days and keep warm. They were able to shower, wash their clothes, and eat real food. But they couldn't stay long just for safety reasons. This book kind of remind me of a movie called A Quite Place. In the movie A Quiet Place a family of five have to stay quite in order to survive. Most the population is wiped out and they are trying to survive from these big alien creatures. There are three big alien creatures who are attracted to sound so anything they hear they will attack and kill. This reminds me of the book because these people are also trying to survive and they won't know what they will encounter. The life a regular citizen in this book is horrible. The people are trying to survive in a polluted world where it is cold and there is nothing but ash in the sky. They are starving and they have to be careful with the people they interact with. There's good guys, there's bad guys but they don't know who's who. The life of a regular citizen in the US today sound pretty good compared to the citizens in the book. There's no ash in the sky and humans aren't eating other humans in order to survive. You are actually able to see the sun and the animals today are not extinct, and people aren't killing each other just to survive.
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The book I am reading for the Dystopias and Utopias project is called The Road by Cormac McCarthy, which is a dystopian novel. So far in the book there are two characters, their names haven't been shared but the relationship between those two characters is father and son. The father and son are traveling by foot and hoping to get to the coast, even though they don't know whats over there. On their journey the son encounters things he us unfamiliar with like a dam and even soda. The father decides to take his son to his childhood home, it's very quiet and empty. I have never read a dystopian novel before, but I thinks its very interesting. So far it's a little confusing especially because it's the beginning of the book and not much has been shared or happened, but I kinda get an idea of what happening because the father and the son haven't really encountered any other humans on their long journey. Some similarities I see from the book is that it takes place on earth, and we humans live on a planet called earth. Another similarity would be that the characters are human and we are human. I will be commenting on Matias and Hailey's DP. CNN
April 11, 2018 “Suspected Syria Chemical Attack May Have Affected 500 People, WHO Says.” By: Sheena McKenzie This event is about a deadly chemical attack last week in Syria. It has killed, injured and affected around 500 hundred people, including children. A chemical attack took place on Saturday last week on Syria’s rebel-held town Douma. About 500 people have been affected by this deadly attack. More than 70 people taking shelter in basements have died in the attack. Many patients seen at medical facilities show symptoms consistent to toxic exposure. Those symptoms include respiratory failure, severe irritation of mucous membranes and disruption to central nervous system. Some footage shot by rescuers and activist show many victims, including children, dead and injured, some ghostly white and foaming at the mouth. Now Trump tweeting at Russia to “get ready’ for a missle attack and the UK prime minister have ordered British submarines to move within missile range of Syria . This event takes place in Douma a city in Syria and happened Saturday April 7, 2018. In February, forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched an assault on the Eastern Ghouta that has reportedly left more than 1,700 civilians dead. In March, troops split the region into three pockets - the largest of which was around Douma, home to between 80,000 and 150,000 people. Facing defeat, rebel groups in the other two pockets agreed to be evacuated to northern Syria. But the group controlling Douma, Jaysh al-Islam, continued to hold out. I think that it is pretty sad that many innocent people were affected by the chemical attack only because of others mistakes. I will be commenting on Pablo and Matias Blog. CNN News
March 7, 2018 “Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz indicted on 34 counts, including premeditated murder.” Ray Sanchez This article is about the Parkland Florida school shooting. Nikolas Cruz, the gunman of the shooting was arrested after he took the lives of 17 students and teachers of the school. On Wednesday February 14, 2018 a gunman opens fire at Marjory Douglas High School. The 19 year old gunman killed 17 students and teachers that day, being charged with with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. This is considered one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Nikolas Cruz, the gunman, previously attended the high school but was expelled for being a “troubled kid.”After being arrested, Cruz later confessed to being the gunman. This event took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland Florida. It happened February 14, 2018. Nikolas wasn’t a very popular kid at Marjory Douglas High. In fact Nikolas was bullied, and because of the negative way people acted towards him was a reason why he did what he had did. People called him the “trouble kid,” and he stayed to himself and had very few friends. This is really sad, in the past year there have been so many shootings and it feels like nothing has been done about them. After the shooting that took place in Las Vegas I thought something would’ve been done about it, or a law about guns would change. After Sandy Hook, more than 400 people have been shot in over 200 school shootings. I will be commenting on Adrian's blog post and Gracie's blog post. If I were to write a sequel to the book I’d probably write about other great female soccer players. Since this is an autobiography it already talks about Mia a lot, so I would write about Alex Morgan or Abby Wambach. And because they are all completely different people it would be interesting to get different perspectives on soccer. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend if they had a love for soccer or just looking for a female role model. This book mainly focuses on Mia and soccer so unless you don’t have a love for the sport then you probably wouldn’t like it or understand it as much. But this isn’t just a book for girls, I would also recommend this to guys too. She talks about so many important skills for soccer and what it takes to gain them so this book is really for anyone.
The book I am reading is Go for Goal, which is an autobiography by Mia Hamm and she is one of the worlds youngest females to be apart of the USA’s women’s international soccer team. So far from what I have read, Mia has talked about finishing and important it is, she also talks about trapping the ball and using all parts of your foot for passing. Mia says that a wall can be your best friend when it comes to practicing, she says you can use it to pass, trap, and it won’t get mad at you when you when you make a mistake. I think I would be friends with Mia, one because we both love soccer and two because we are both pretty competitive when it comes to playing. I’d say we have a lot in common, the only difference is, is at 15 Mia started playing with the USA international women’s soccer team and as for me, well I’m not. I don’t think there is a person in the book that I wouldn’t struggle getting along with.
So far Mia has talked about technique of soccer, so trapping the ball, defending, passing, style of play, and teamwork. Teamwork is really important to Mia, especially if you want to have a good relationship with your team. Mia’s team is always communicating and working together to win against other players. They have really good chemistry when it comes to passing and making excellent plays and I believe that what makes the Women’s National Soccer Team the best. Honestly I really don’t have advice, so far everything Mia has said in the book is actually true, if anything I should be asking for advice. Mia says “ If you make your teammate look good, she will make you look good down the line.”(pg.97) I think this is absolutely true, if you have a good relationship with your team you guys could make eachother look really good. I think the relationship has a huge impact on the “story,” because if Mia didn’t have a good relationship with her teammates, her coach, and soccer, then I don’t think she’d be as successful as she was back then.
The book I chose is Go for the Goal, an Autobiography by Mia Hamm. This book talks about Mia and her journey through soccer, Mia talks about what it takes to be a team player, her love for the game, and her love for the ball. After reading part one I found that Mia is a hard worker, she’s always found a way to challenge herself when it came to soccer, weather it’s playing up a division or playing with the boys. Mia is the youngest woman ever to play on USA’s international soccer team, she started when she was just 15, she is also a role model to many young female athletes. Because many sports are seen to be a guys thing, Mia grew up with no female role models. So far from what I’ve read, Mia has talked about all her success, so I predict Mia will start to talk about her struggles and what she did to overcome them. I really like this book a lot, soccer has always been a passion of mine and really important to me. I feel like I am able to relate to Mia, growing up shy and always competing with older brothers. This book is important to me because she is one of my female role models I look up to.
I will comment on Gracie and Cheyenne’s Blog cheyenne2020.weebly.com/blog/the-book-thief-independent-book#comments ghensleydp.weebly.com/current-eventblog-post The name of the newspaper I found the article from was The Guardian, the date it was published was January 24, 2018. The name of the article, Isis claims attack on Save the Children office in Afghanistan, and the author, Michael Safi. This event is about and Isis attack that takes place in Jalalabad a city in Afghanistan. Gunman open fire at the offices of Save the Children in Jalalabad, a city in Afghanistan. This killed 6 people and left 27 injured. The attack began around 9 a.m. after a suicide bomb car was detonated. Afghan security forces fought the gunman for over 10 hours and saved over 50 citizens trapped inside the building. 3 staff members of Save the Children in Jalalabad have been killed. This incident was claimed by Isis. Save the Children has operated since 1976. There was no real reason to why this happened. The Isis group said in a statement it was targeting British and Swedish groups in the region. The people of Save the Children in Jalalabad were not expecting this violent attack, no one was. It was believed to be an attack on Isis, but because this is something that was just recently discovered there are only minor details. In my opinion I think that it’s sad to hear stuff like this, just random attacks on innocent people. I think that things like these could be stopped in the future though.
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