MY READING

WELL TODAY MY READING WENT WELL..I GOT FURTHER IN MY BOOK AND I'M ALMOST DONE..I THINK THIS TIME I DIDN'T LET ANYTHING DISTACT ME SO I WAS ABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME..I'M STILL READING ALWAYS RUNNING..THIS BOOK IS SO INTERESTING..THIS BOOK CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT..THE COVER IS WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION..I KNOW THIS BOOK WILL HAVE MY ATTENTION UNTIL I FINISH THE BOOK SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH A BOOK AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST TIME I FINISH A BOOK THAT I LIKED..I'M REALLY HAPPY WIOTH MY CHOICE OF BOOK AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND MORE BOOKS LIKE IT...

MY THOUGHTS SO FAR ON READING

WELL READING SO FAR HAS BEEN FUN..I'VE READ BOOKS THAT ACTUALLY INTEREST ME..I HAVEN'T STARTED MY THIRD BOOK BUT MY BROTHER RECOMMENDED THE BOOK, "REPUBLIC OF EAST L.A."HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD BOOK..THE BOOK TAKES PLACE WHERE I LIVE SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE BOOK AND REALLY KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING TAKES PLACE..I THINK I DID GOOD ON MY BOOK TALK.I DIDN'T FINISH MY BOOK BUT I NEW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKED AND I BROUGHT A VISUAL AID SO I DID GOOD..I THOUGHT IT WAS FAIR BECAUSE I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS AND I ALSO I ALMOST FINISHED THE BOOK..I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EASY ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE I WAS PREPARED..

ALWAYS RUNNING

.:THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MY LIFE AND THIS BOOK ARE THAT WE HAVE BOTH HAD A HARD LIFE.:I GUESS YOU CAN SAY WE HAVE BOTH HAVE LIVED IN THE GHETTO AND WE TRY TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE BUT WE JUST KEEP GETTING SUCKED BACK..BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE BUT ESPECIALLY TO MY HOMEGIRL ANA.SHE HAS BEEN THRU ALL OF DIS..SHES HAD A HARD LIFE LIVING WITH GANG MEMBERS AND ALMOST RUINING HER LIFE...WE'VE ALL HAD A KRAZY LIFE BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET PAST IT IF WE CAN GET THRU ALL OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WE HAVE FACED.: BUT WE CANT ALWAYS BE RUNNING AWAY BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO FACE EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY.:

MY CONNECTIONS WITH THE MOVIE AND THE ALCHEMIST

SO FAR THE MOVIE HAS BEEN INTERESTING AND FUNNY..SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT BOTH ARE OUTGOING AND WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT... THEY LEARN THAT EVERYTHING CAN AND THERE IS TO FIND OUT BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE AND YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY SET THEIR HEARTS TO...SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SANTIAGO AND EVERETT AND SANTIAGO IS THAT SANTIAGO IS MOSTLY IN IT FOR HIS PERSONAL LEGEND AND EVERETT WANTS TO GET MONEY AND BE FREE..BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHY THERE IS MANY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM...

ME AND SANTIAGO

I THINK THAT CARING FOR SOMEONE AND HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION WOULD REALLY HAVE TO BE VERY HARD.YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND THEN THEY MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES AND SEE WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE BEST FOR BOTH PEOPLE.SO HAVING SOMEONE ELSE ON YOUR BACK AND HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION MIGHT BE DIFFICULT.

SYMBOLS OF THE ALCHEMIST

URIM:CURSES
THUMMIM:FAULTLESS
CARAVAN:TRAVELLERS JOURNEYING TOGETHER
OASIS:A WATERED FERTILE AREA IN A DESERT

ALL THESE WORDS MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT COELHO IS SAYING.ALL THIS MAKES SENSE AND FITS IN INTO THE STORY AND SANTIAGO.THE CARAVAN IS WHERE SANTIAGO IS TRAVELLING AND THEN HE THINKS HE PROBABLY FOUND OUT WHAT HIS PERSONAL LEGEND.

SANTIAGO AND THE BOOKS

BOOKS
THIS IMAGE RELATES TO THE ALCHEMIST BECAUSE SANTIAGO HAD BEGAN TO READ SOME BOOKS BY TRYING TO FIND WHAT ALCHEMY MEANT AND TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.SANTIAGO HAD LEARNED THAT THE WORLD HAD A SOUL.BUT THE ENGLISHMAN WASN'T SATISFIED BY WHAT HE HEARD.NOT ONLY DID HE NOT HEAR WHAT HE WANTED BUT HE SAW THAT SANTIAGO WASN'T ALL THAT IMPRESSED.SANTIAGO ALSO FELT THAT HE DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING

THE ALCHEMIST

SANTIAGO HAS REALLY BEGAN TO CHANGE.HE BELIEVES IN HIS FATE AND NOW HE WANTS TO DISCOVER HIS PERSONAL LEGEND.SANTIAGO HAS LEARNED TO FOLLOW HIS PERSONAL LEGEND AND NOW HE KNOWS THAT IT WAS MEANT OT BE.SANTIAGO LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY DID HER HAVE TO GO FIND THE TREASURE BUT HE HAD TO DO IT ON HIS OWN.THEN ONCE HE DISCOVERED WHAT THE TREASURE WAS HE COULD GO BACK TO WAS HE LOVES WHICH ARE HIS SHEEP.HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE PYRAMIDS BUT HE WOULD NEED HELP AND GUIDANCE TO GET THERE.

MY JOURNAL OF MY INDEPENDENT READING BOOK

I THINK ANYONE CAN READ THIS BOOK.8 BALL CHICKS IS A BOOK THAT CAN GIVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT GANGS.IT CAN INFORM YOU ABOUT THAT MANY RISKS OF GANG RELATED SITUATIONS.THE PERSON THAT I THINK WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED WITH THIS BOOK WOULD EITHER BE IN A GANG OR BE PRESSURED TO BE IN A GANG.ALSO MANY PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK THAT WAY THEY KNOW WHAT KIND OF RISKS THEIR CHILDREN MIGHT BE IN.SO I THINK ANYONE CAN READ THIS BOOK,JUST AS LNOG AS THEY'RE OLDER THAT 13.

DEAR GINI SIKES

WELL I HAVE BEEN READING 8 BALL CHICKS FOR A WHILE NOW AND I'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT.I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE GANG THOUGHT IT WAS SHOCKING TO FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE WANTED TO FIND AND WRITE A BOOK OF WHAT GANG MEMBERS DID AND THEY THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD WANT TO KNOW ANY THING ABOUT THEM.THE PERSON THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME WAS ALICIA BECAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WOULD OF BEEN IN DANGER OF DYING OR WOULD BE LOST TO DRUGS.NOT ONLY DID SHE GET HER GED BUT WAS NOW A NURSING AIDE .HOPEFULLY THEY GET THROUGH THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES AND ARE NOW GETTING HELP.BUT I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE BOOK BUT WICKED REALLY SHOCKED ME BECAUSE SHE WAS NOW ATTENDING COLLEGE.GINI YOU ARE BRAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH GANG AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS LIKE THOSE.I WOULD OF BEEN SCARED FOR MY LIFE BUT SOMEONE HAD TO TO THE HARD JOB.NOW I REALLY KNOW ABOUT WHAT GIRLS IN GANGS GO THROUGH AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GUYS AND GIRLS.

SANTIAGO AND HIS JOURNEY

THE CONNECTION THAT I HAVE WITH SANTIAGO IS THAT WHEN I HAVE AN CHOICE BETWEEN TWO THINGS I USUALLY GO AND ASK PEOPLE FOR ADVICE AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK.I WANT THEM TO TELL ME THE BOTH SIDES OF WHAT THEY THINK AND THEN I BASE ALL THAT THEY TOLD ME ON THE CHOICE I MAKE.SO YOU CAN SEE I ALWAYS GO TO OTHER PEOPLE FOR ADVICE..

MY READING SO FAR..

I HAVE BEEN READING 8 BALL CHICKS AND IT'S ABOUT A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF VIOLENT GIRL GANGS AND HOW THEY LIVE.I THINK THAT GINI WILL GO TO FAR ON HER QUESTIONS AND SHE MIGHT REGRET IT BUT IT MIGHT ME TOO LATE AND SHE MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE AND BE AT RISK.SHE'S INTERVIEWING GANG GIRLS BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN NICE TO HER AND SHE'S IN GOOD HANDS.NOW I CAN REALLY FIND OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LIVING A DANGEROUS LIFE.

MY LETTER TO ANA

DEAR ANA,
WELL I FINISHED READING THE BOOK SHOOTING THE MOON AND I WAS GLAD I READ IT.I THOUGHT YOU COULD BENIFIT FROM READING THIS BECAUSE it really opened my eyes.i learned that you can't think something is what it seems until you experience it for yourself or someone you know experiences it.I WAS SHOCKED BY WHAT I READ BUT NOW I KNOW WHAT WAR IS REALLY LIKE AND HOW SOMEONE SO SMALL CAN BE SO AFFECTED BY IT.

My Reflections and Thoughts

Right now I am reading Shooting the Moon.I don't remember the author but it has really caught my attention.The part that really got to me was when Jamie got the pictures from her brother that is in the Vietnam War.She is really stunned by what she saw.She thinks that the war is the best thing because she is a Colonel's Child.She thinks that she has to be in the war because it is her duty to serve her country.But I can't wait to get to the end.I think that Jamie will regret thinking that the war is the best and want her brother to come back.She might want to burn the pictures because they might bring horrible pictures...

Dreams

Well I believe that deams really have to do with the past and the future.I also heard that dreams protect our sleep and really can happen.I think that dreams are really a big deal and can even control what we do.I think it was the right thing for Santiago to follow his dreams and try to find the treasure that he believes is true.He was smart and we'll find out is he'll find the treasure.