Sara

I watched the movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story.  The movie tells a story about a boy named Craig, who, as the movie opens, is standing on a bridge thinking of committing suicide.  As he is standing there, he goes through all the people he is leaving behind. Each of these people tells him […]

“…. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” [p.90]. This quotation is one of the most powerful quotations found in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.  Not only does it exemplify the title, it shows the injustice of not […]

He stumbles in alcohol spewing off his breath He hasn’t been the same since she died Every day it’s the same routine Get up, go drink, come home it’s been like this for months He forgot so easy   I walk down the stairs hoping today will be different Maybe today he’ll remember He’s in […]

In short story, “The Veldt”, the two children, Peter and Wendy, remind me of the two children, Hindley and Catherine, in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; though these children live in two different times and are from two-way different pieces of literature, they have similarities that connect them. Peter and Wendy are so spoiled by […]

Dear Teresa, I have just finished reading this amazing book and could not help but think of you and how much you would love to read it as well! The book is called The Hollow and it is by Jessica Verday.  Since I know we both have similar interests in the types of books we […]