The Ordinary World

Sammie Davis’ ordinary world is the safe and comfort of her small town of Ithaca. Ithaca is where she has lived her whole life with her family, her mom and dad where she has a best friend named Kitty. This is Sammy’s ordinary world because this is all she ever has known and where she feels  safe and is where she can live her life without worry about what is happening around her, a safe haven for her. She is uncomfortable to leave her ordinary world because of the security the ordinary world of a small town called Ithaca has created for her to live in.  the home she has always lived in the friends she always had and lack of pressure to be something   she isn't was created for her in her  ordinary world.


This picture shows the welcome sign of  her home town shows that this town is home for her that it is comfort and that it is what she knows in the text it talks about how new york wasn't home for her and that she needs to go back to her home town ( ordinary world ).



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What if you were married in your last year in high school? What if you were married to a guy you can't stand? Could you imagine pretending to be married, to manage your fiances, or take care of the twins, all while you had to study for finals?  Me neither!  But when a mandatory course called "Tying the Knot" makes Fiona married to her worst nightmare, Todd Harding, the rich the popular and boyfriend to the one, the only, Amanda queen bee. As if her final year of high school isn't bad enough Fiona has to deal with the hardest thing this school has done to the students in a long time. This course is supposed to teach them how to be married because the marriage rate is dropping so quickly so the school has come up with a mock marriage to show all these kids that it isn't always  simple to be married, by giving them a mock budget, a mock home, and mock children.

Hero Archetype

The book I am reading is "Undomestic Goddesses" by Sophie Kinsella. The hero within my story is Samantha Sweeting, some of reasons why Samantha is a hero is because she is,

Innocent- Samantha is innocent because outside her world she is inexperienced. She is a lawyer and that is all she knows how to do, she is completely unaware of the outside world, thus making her innocent. On page 103, it states "Being a lawyer is what I was meant to be, not a housekeeper I can't even buy vacuum bags, and this woman is expecting a seven course meal." This showing she only knows one thing.

Willing and adventurous- Samantha is willing and adventurous because she takes on this job, having no idea of what she is getting into and doesn't stop. She wants to take it on and won't lose, this starts her journey of her being willing and adventurous.

Reluctant-Samantha is reluctant because she is unwilling to forget her old life. When she starts over, her new job and takes on a totally different type of life she is afraid to forget and let go of her past and where she has come from. This is a strong charastic of a hero, and Samantha shows a great deal of reluctance in this story. Example "As my hand rested on the mouse I could not bring myself to look away from the page. Everything I had worked for gone, wiped out."

I think this quote shows that a hero must think of others then think of their self. To remeber to always forgive but to move on when the time is needed.

Name:“Learning to forgive is one of the great paths to inner peace” Anonymous.

   Site: 2010 Health Resolution – Walk in Forgiveness

By: Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CN, HHP, CH

http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/health-articles/2010/01/2010-health-resolution-%E2%80%93-walk-in-forgiveness.html

Found on: November 24 2011

Archetypal characteristics

   I have just finished Kiss&Blog by: Alison Noel.  The book was a great choice for teen reading! As for the character archetypal I think that Sloane, who was Winter's (The Heroes) ex-best friend, she ditched Winter as soon as she became popular and then throughout the book changed from a best friend to an enemy then a friend again, and so on. Not until the end of the book did we find out what side she was really on, and who she was going to stab in the back.  She tended to change her role and personality throughout the book, she is hard to understand and her loyalty was very uncertain. Sloane changes Winter through out the journey. Sloane also made Winter question all of her beliefs. I believe this of Sloane because in the book it states  "the table A sabotage is moving on a lot quicker then I realised (since I had to admit to sometimes being a little preoccupied with Rey, and not as focused on her as i should be), and now she's actually wondering if her enemy just might be them and not me, and so she is actively seeking an emergency backup friend just in case the whole thing blows." (page 160) This is why I think Sloane is the SHAPE SHIFTER.                                          

Main Character

You're either someone or you're not.
I was someone. I was Regina Afton. I was Anna Morison's best friend. These weren't small things, and despite, what you may think, at the time it was worth keeping my mouth shut for." (page 1, Courtney Summers)
In this quote I have learned that this girl is very popular at her school. She is most likely pretty and her best friend rules the school. Most likely something has happened to change her mind about the friendship. She had to keep something quiet for this girl who is her best friend, and she is happy that she is a friend of this girl because it leads her to get what she wants, and she can be popular.
I think that something happens to her best friend and their friendship,or maybe they stop talking, a fight could happen and they share each others secrets to the school. I choose this video because from what I have read it is a lot like how the character's mood is at this point in her life and from what is happening to her. The lyrics are perfect to connect this book to this song one lyric that made me think the most of this was
"Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood! Miss "No way ,It's all good," it didn't slow me down Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated! Look, I'm still around..." Because this is what Regina feels like right now.

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Some Girls are

by Courtney Suumers

This book made me think of the movie Mean Girls. They both deal with teenage girls in high school and dealing with being popular. The part of the book that made me feel or think of this movie was, when the main character Regina Afton was describing what it was like to be in the cafeteria at lunch in high school they also have a similar scene in Mean Girls. Regina goes into how and where people sit at lunch the clique tables, where the "popular's", the "Jock's" and the "nerd's" sit. The scene from the movie does the exactly same thing. And when I read this it was an immediate thought back to the movie. It was so much the same I could see the movie in my head as I read it. Although the pretext was a little different, example Regina was trying to find a seat in the cafeteria, and Mean Girls they are just looking around pointing to theseats or where people sit. But all in all it was the same. This is the connection I have made from text to the movie.

About my Frist Book!

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    This was the first book I read called Cracked Up to be by Courtney Summers. This book talked about what it was like for high school senior Parker Fadley when she turned her life around. She used to be perfect Parker straight A's cheer leading captain and girlfriend to Chris the most popular guy in school. One night at an out of control party things get out of hand and next thing Parker is drunk witnessing her best friend being raped and killed unable to do anything Parker must live life knowing this horrible secret. Parker chooses not to tell anyone what she saw even though people know something horrible must have happened to have Parker change her life so much. Almost a year later everything has changes, Parker is now always drunk or stoned at school and she just wants everyone to leave her alone. She meets Jake "The New Guy" and he seems to make her feel things she never wanted to feel again. She starts to love again, but with everything weighing her down she just can't. She goes through many experience such as: her dog dying, sleeping with Jake getting Jake to work through his problems and to make Chris and Becky happy. After all this happens, she allows herself to tell someone what she witnessed this occurring in her being kicked out of her school. She is now allowed to heal herself after everything that has happened.

Review: For this book I found that the flash backs to the party could become confusing and awkward to read. When a flash back would occur it was hard to understand if it was a really good part of the book or if it was the flash back. The book made me want to read on and to want to find out what happened I enjoy the topics that they touched on. The characters got me into the book and wanting to find out what happened and what they were going to do. I believe this book was well written and many teens could relate strongly to and subject or to an event that occurred in this book. The over all review for this book was and wonderful book that teens of all ages would enjoy reading and I can't wait to read her other books!!!!

The Reason Why

"You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read."

- Charlie "Tremendous" Jones     I chose this quote because books and people do change you. If you meet someone who changes you, then you become a different person. If you read a book that has a big meaning and it speaks to you, than after reading that book you feel and have a different outlook on life. This happens a lot when I read a powerful and meaningful book or series. I come out after reading it thinking and feeling differently. People have the same meaning and affect on me after hearing someone's story you think not only of them differently, but others. Quote found on: http://www.readfaster.com/readingquotes.asp Sept. 23/2011 at 2:40 pm.