Right now, I'm re-reading the book Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi. Hurricane Song is a memoir written from the point of view of a Katrina survivor. As I'm reading Hurricane Song I'm receiving a feeling of darkness, hunger and a feeling of desperateness. The main character Miles and his father don't have a great relationship. They fight often, they don't talk very much, and you can feel the awkwardness between them as the reader. The setting takes place in the Super Dome, a place where everybody tries to go for shelter and safety. So many terrible things happen in the super dome such as suicides, rapes, lack of bathrooms and food, robberies, that it's difficult to think of it as a place for safety.
After reading this book for the first time, it was extremely difficult to process what actually happened during hurricane Katrina. As I''m reading this book, I'm realizing that it is so important to know what's happening around us. People everywhere are suffering from huge tragedies like this. What upsets me is that no one actually cares. I think that Hurricane Song taught me to think about the way other people are living their lives, and how they are deeply suffering.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wake By Lisa McMann
Wake by Lisa McMann, is a story about a girl who's cursed with getting sucked into people's dreams. Janie has many problem's because of this. Janie gets depressed and some of the time, into a lot of trouble. Janie doesn't want to talk to anyone about it because she's afraid society will judge her and not believe her. Janie is stuck in a deep hole and can't find her way out of it.
There could be many deep and difficult reasons why this happens to Janie. Janie herself doesn't get enough attention from her mom who spends her time smoking and drinking. I think that Janie feels the need to help other people. Janie doesn't get to live a good life at home. Maybe she doesn't want other people to end up the same way she did. I'm thinking that the dreams she gets sucked into represent her in some way. Maybe it could be that she needs to learn something. Maybe it could be a problem that she's facing in her life. Janie doesn't spend time paying attention to herself. I think that's why she has so much trouble. She spends to much time figuring out what's wrong in her life (in her subconscious mind.) She's processing all of this through other people. Maybe if Janie just focused on what was going on then and there, she wouldn't be going through all this pain.
People usually have trouble coping when there going through rough times. Janie's probably going through a stage in her life, where she doesn't know who she is anymore. I think that this is Janie's way of coping with the struggles that she faces.
There could be many deep and difficult reasons why this happens to Janie. Janie herself doesn't get enough attention from her mom who spends her time smoking and drinking. I think that Janie feels the need to help other people. Janie doesn't get to live a good life at home. Maybe she doesn't want other people to end up the same way she did. I'm thinking that the dreams she gets sucked into represent her in some way. Maybe it could be that she needs to learn something. Maybe it could be a problem that she's facing in her life. Janie doesn't spend time paying attention to herself. I think that's why she has so much trouble. She spends to much time figuring out what's wrong in her life (in her subconscious mind.) She's processing all of this through other people. Maybe if Janie just focused on what was going on then and there, she wouldn't be going through all this pain.
People usually have trouble coping when there going through rough times. Janie's probably going through a stage in her life, where she doesn't know who she is anymore. I think that this is Janie's way of coping with the struggles that she faces.
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